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. Our 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. Taylor's 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-colored 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.

Overview

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

General:
Brand Name: Taylor
Case Type: Hardshell Case
Hardware Color: Nickel
Made in: Made in the USA
Product Color: Sunburst
Serial Number: 1206266064
Series: Taylor 500 Series
Weight: 4lbs 8oz

Body:
Body Binding: Cream Binding
Body Finish: Gloss
Body Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Body Notes: 5" Body Depth at Soundhole (3/8" deeper than standard Grand Pacific)
Body Shape: Grand Pacific
Bracing Pattern: Fanned V-Class
Purfling: Black/White Purfling
Rosette: Single Ring
Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce

Neck:
Fingerboard Inlay: "Crest" Inlays Motif w/Dot/Diamond Markers
Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
Frets to Body: 14
Headstock Inlay or Decal: Script-Style Taylor Logo w/Cream "Crest"
Headstock Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Binding: Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Joint: Taylor Long-Tenon Action Control Neck
Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Neck Shape: Standard Carve
Number of Frets: 20 Frets
Nut Material: White TUSQ
Nut Width: 1.75"
Side Marker Inlay: Silver Dots
Truss Rod: Adjustable

Electronics:
Acoustic Electronics: L.R. Baggs Element VTC
Controls and Switching: Volume & Tone

Hardware:
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood "Curve Wing"
Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
Pickguard: Firestripe Celluloid
Saddle Material: White Micarta
Tuning Machines: Standard Taylor Nickel