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
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