Description

With its deep, expansive voice and extraordinary projection, the Gold Label 517e adds a powerful new dimension to the Gold Label Collection. Designed to produce an older, more traditional acoustic sound, this model blends warm, old-school tone with modern playability. Crafted with solid mahogany back and sides and a natural torrefied Sitka spruce top for a mature, played-in sound from day one, this gloss-finish Grand Pacific model offers a rich midrange character with a clear, woody response. Taylor’s round-shoulder dreadnought shape – updated here with a slightly deeper body – delivers incredible low-end power while a slender, satin-finish Taylor neck provides smooth playability. Inside, fanned V-Class bracing boosts volume, lengthens sustain and improves intonation along the entire fretboard. The patented long-tenon Action Control Neck joint enhances the wood coupling between neck and body to boost low-end resonance while enabling easy and precise adjustments to string height.
Showcasing the Gold Label Collection’s unique design details, this model features a modified headstock with an angled back cut and script-style Taylor logo inlay and a firestripe pickguard with a distinct shape. The appointment package also includes a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge with Indian rosewood bridge pins, cream-coloured Crest inlays on the fretboard and peghead, cream body binding, and a cream single-ring rosette. Outfitted with Taylor nickel tuners and LR Baggs Element VTC electronics, the Gold Label 517e ships in a British Cocoa deluxe hardshell case.

Features

Deeper Grand Pacific body for incredible warmth and power
Torrefied Sitka spruce top adds aged-in sweetness and depth
Solid mahogany back and sides for strong midrange character
Long-tenon neck joint with exceptional adjustability
Includes LR Baggs Element VTC pickup and deluxe hardshell case

Specifications

General
Number of Strings: 6 String
Orientation: Right Handed
Body Shape: Grand Pacific
Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Route
Color: Natural
Electronics: LR Baggs – Element VTC
Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa
Body
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
Back/Side Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Rosette: Cream (.075″)/.032″ Black/Cream (.075″) Single Ring
Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding: Cream
Armrest: None
Top Finish: Gloss
Back/Side Finish: Gloss
Neck
Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Profile: Standard Carve
Fretboard Inlay: Cream Crest
Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Nut Width: 1-3/4″
Scale Length: 25-1/2″
Hardware
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood
Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
Strings: D’Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 – .053)
Pickguard: Firestripe
Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons