Description
The Taylor 517e Gold Label Grand Pacific in Sunburst is built for players who want a seasoned, round-sounding dreadnought with the kind of refinement that makes it easy to live with on stage or in the studio. Ideal for intermediate and professional players alike. It's got a vintage-inspired voice, but it plays and handles like a modern acoustic should.
This deeper-body Grand Pacific design gives you more low-end push, and paired with the torrefied Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, it's got a dry, focused tone with warmth in the mids and an earthy resonance across the board. Taylor's V-Class bracing and their new long-tenon Action Control Neck bring both stability and a wider dynamic response, while the LR Baggs Element VTC system keeps your amplified sound clean and musical.
The satin-finished neck plays smooth, with a natural feel that holds up through long sets. And because it's equipped with Taylor's Action Control Neck design, you can adjust the string height on the fly, no tech bench needed. That Firestripe pickguard gives this guitar a familiar flavor, and the overall build quality is exactly what we'd expect from a Gold Label Taylor. We've had it in-hand, and it delivers the tone, feel, and reliability you'd want from a serious acoustic.
Specifications:
- Back and Sides: Mahogany
- Top: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
- Neck: Mahogany
- Fretboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Bracing: Fanned V-Class
- Bridge: Honduran Rosewood "Curve Wing"
- Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
- Nut: TUSQ
- Saddle: Micarta
- Finish: Gloss Body (Sunburst Top), Satin Neck
- Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
- Pickguard: Firestripe
- Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case
Sku: 517EGL-SB
