Description
The Taylor Builder's Edition 517e is part of their new line of Grand Pacific guitars, which seeks to redefine the typical sound of a Taylor acoustic. This guitar has a huge list of features that make it one of the best-playing, best-sounding Taylors we've come across. Its round-shoulder dreadnought body, V-Class bracing, and Tropical mahogany back/sides lay a remarkable tonal foundation, with deep lows and punchy, articulate mids. And thanks to the time-honored tone of a torrefied Sitka Spruce top, you get crisp highs that sparkle and shimmer, adding high-end definition to balance out the lows and mids. And as a Builder's Edition guitar, this 517e receives a premium treatment when it comes to playability, with chamfered body edges, contoured fretboard edges, and a compound-carve neck profile that feels comfortable at every position. And with Taylor's proprietary Expression System 2 electronics, your amplified tone is just as rich and sonically vibrant as it is unplugged. The Builder's Edition 517e truly pulls out all the stops, delivering lively, spirited tone, and top of the line playability.
Features:
-Body Shape: Grand Pacific
-Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
-Body Wood: Tropical Mahogany
-Bracing: V-Class
-Electronics: Expression System 2
Specs:
Highlights
-Scale Length: 25-1/2"
-Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
-Bracing: V-Class
-Truss Rod Cover: West African Ebony
-Pickguard: None
-Number of Frets: 20
-Tuners: Classical Nickel
-Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
-Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium
-Body Length: 20”
-Body Width: 16”
-Body Depth: 4 5/8"
Body
-Binding/Edge Treatment: Sapele
-Top Finish: Silent Satin
-Back Config: 2-piece No Wedge
-Rosette Size: Single Ring
-Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin
-Rosette Mat.: Black Sapele/Maple
-Stain/Sunburst: Blackwood Stain Back/Sides/Neck, Natural Top
Neck
-Neck Width: 1-3/4"
-Fretboard Inlay: Arrowheads, Grained Ivoroid
-Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Ebony
-Heel Cap Binding: West African Ebony
-Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
-Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
-Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
-Neck Finish: Satin
-Heel Length: 3-1/2"
Peghead
-Peghead Finish: Satin
-Peghead Type: Standard
-Headstock Overlay: West African Ebony
-Peghead Inlay: Arrowheads, Grained Ivoroid
-Peghead Logo: Grained Ivoroid
Other
-Bridge Pins: West African Ebony
-Buttons: Nickel