Taylor Gold Label 717e Blacktop
The latest addition to the Taylor Gold Label Collection brings another flavor of warm, round, old-school acoustic tone that will change your expectations of how a Taylor can sound. A modified Grand Pacific round-shoulder dreadnought with a deeper body, the Gold Label 717e Blacktop combines Indian rosewood with torrefied Sitka spruce to produce a rich, powerful voice with robust low-end character and warmth that stretches across the frequency spectrum. Inside, a fanned variant of our V-Class bracing architecture adds more volume and longer sustain, while our patented Action Control Neck™ incorporates a long-tenon neck joint to warm up the low-end resonance and offers unmatched adjustability and playing comfort—just turn the interior bolt to alter your action (string height) in seconds, without needing to remove the neck or detune the strings. A striking black top finish treatment is complemented by cream-colored binding, rosette, pickguard, and Crest inlays, with a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge and Indian rosewood bridge pins to round out the visual details. Dressed in a full-body gloss finish, the Gold Label 717e Blacktop features LR Baggs Element VTC electronics and includes a deluxe British Cocoa hardshell case.
Specifications
HIGHLIGHTS
Number of Strings: 6 String Orientation: Right Handed Body Shape: Grand Pacific Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Route Color: Natural Back/Sides, Black Top Electronics: LR Baggs - Element VTC Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa
BODY
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce Back/Side Wood: Indian Rosewood Rosette: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge Body Binding: Cream Armrest: None Top Finish: Gloss Back/Side Finish: Gloss
NECK
Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony Neck Profile: Standard Carve Fretboard Inlay: Cream Crest Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony Neck Finish: Satin
PEGHEAD
Nut Width: 1-3/4" Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony Scale Length: 25-1/2" Peghead Inlay: Cream Crest Peghead Type: Paddle Peghead Binding: None Peghead Finish: Gloss
OTHER
Bridge: Honduran Rosewood Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053) Pickguard: Cream/Black Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons Strap Pin: Black End Pin: Bronze

