Taylor Builder's Edition 517e WHB Wild Honey Burst

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Featuring the Grand Pacific dreadnought body shape, exclusive comfort features and top-tier tonewoods, the Builder's Edition 517e WHB introduces Taylor players to a new kind of sound within our lineup. Solid mahogany back and sides generate a warm, punchy midrange response with projection and aged-in warmth from the torrefied Sitka spruce top, resulting in a blended, seasoned tone with clear low-end power. Our V-Class bracing enhances the response with more volume and longer sustain while also providing greater harmony between notes. This Builder's Edition model also boasts chamfered edges and a compound-carve neck profile for a more seamless feel, and the Silent Satin finish reduces incidental playing noise for recording applications.

Features

Grand Pacific - This round-shoulder dreadnought delivers a new flavor of warm, rich Taylor tone.

Tropical Mahogany Body Wood - A midrange powerhouse. Mahogany is prized for balance and articulation, making it one of the best all-around tonewoods there is.

Torrefied Spruce Top Wood - Treated with our special roasting process, torrefied spruce tops deliver all the clarity, balance and projection you’d expect from a traditional spruce top with an extra dash of warmth and played-in depth.

Expression System® 2 - Captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.

V-Class Bracing - Our patented V-Class bracing is a revolutionary new pattern — a new sonic engine — that marks a major shift away from traditional steel-string bracing patterns.

Specifications

Highlights
Orientation Right Handed
Bracing System V-Class Bracing
Cutaway Non-cutaway
Electronics Expression System® 2
Case/Bag Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral

Body
Top Wood Torrefied Spruce
Back Configuration 2-piece No Wedge
Body Binding Sapele
Armrest No
Top Finish Silent Satin
Back/Side Finish Silent Satin

Neck
Neck Wood Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood West African Crelicam Ebony
Fretboard Inlay Arrowheads, Grained Ivoroid
Fretboard Binding West African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish Satin

Peghead
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Peghead Inlay Arrowheads, Grained Ivoroid
Peghead Type Standard
Peghead Binding None
Peghead Finish Satin

Other
Bridge West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut & Saddle Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
Bridge Pins West African Crelicam Ebony
Strings D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Medium (.013 - .056)
Pickguard None
Tuners Taylor Nickel