Combining a modified round-shoulder dreadnought body with a classic tonewood pairing, upgraded interior voicing and a revolutionary neck design, the Taylor Gold Label 717e promises an exciting next step in the growth of Taylor's Gold Label Collection.

This model boasts back and sides of solid Indian rosewood, a torrefied Sitka spruce top, and a fanned variant of Taylor's V-Class bracing design, which all come together in a Grand Pacific body that's a full five inches deep at the soundhole -- 3/8" deeper than the standard version of that body shape. That modification adds more low-end power and projection along with an exceptionally warm, round tone profile accented by rosewood's signature blooming overtones and a dash of played-in sweetness thanks to the specially roasted top. Complementing that heritage sound is Taylor's new long-tenon Action Control Neck, which offers enhanced coupling between the neck and body to produce more low-end warmth plus unprecedented adjustability -- simply turn the interior neck bolt through the soundhole to dial in the perfect action (string height) for your playing style.

Appointments include a Curve Wing bridge in Honduran rosewood with matching bridge pins, cream-colored binding and a matching single-ring rosette, Crest inlays, Taylor's newly modified headstock shape, a firestripe pickguard, and a full-body gloss finish. It ships with LR Baggs Element VTC electronics and a deluxe hardshell case with a British Cocoa exterior.

Specs: 

• Body Shape: Grand Pacific
• Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
• Back Material: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Sides Material: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
• Neck Shape: Standard Carve
• Scale Length: 25-1/2″
• Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Number of Frets: 20
• Nut Material: TUSQ
• Nut Width: 1-3/4″
• Bridge Material: Honduran Rosewood (Curve Wing)
• Saddle Material: Micarta
• Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
• Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
• Pickup Type: Undersaddle Piezo
• Preamp: LR Baggs Element VTC with Volume and 2-band EQ controls
• Output Jack: Standard 1/4″
• String Gauge: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
• String Material: Phosphor Bronze with XS Coating
• Truss Rod: Adjustable
• Binding Material: Cream
• Inlays: Cream Crest
• Rosette: Cream (.075″)/.032″ Black/Cream (.075″) Single Ring