Showcasing the Gold Label Collection’s unique design details, this guitar features a modified headstock with an angled back cut and script-style Taylor logo inlay, and a cream-colored pickguard with a distinct shape. A firestripe pickguard is also available for this model. Its appointment package 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

  • Modified Grand Pacific body adds remarkable warmth and depth
  • Torrefied Sitka spruce top produces rich, sweet projection
  • Solid mahogany back and sides for warm, woody tone
  • 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: 1210015046
Series: Taylor 500 Series
Weight: 4lbs 12oz

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

ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Gold Label 517e
Finish
  • Sunburst
Categories
Made In
  • United States
String Type
  • Steel
Model Sub-Family
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Mahogany
Offset Body
  • Non-Offset Body
Body Shape
  • Dreadnought
Model Family
Finish Pattern
  • Sunburst
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Top Material
  • Spruce
Series
Nut Width
  • 1.75"
Back Material
  • Mahogany
Pickup
  • Undersaddle Piezo Pickup
Sides Material
  • Mahogany
Fretboard Material
  • Ebony
Scale Length
  • 25.5"
Number of Frets
  • 20

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