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Taylor Builder's Edition 717e - Natural
Part of Taylor’s inaugural class of Grand Pacific guitars, the Builder’s Edition 717 builds on a long tradition of rosewood/spruce dreadnoughts, but breaks new ground with an entirely new Taylor sound. The round-shoulder dreadnought shape, featuring Taylor’s award-winning V-Class bracing, produces warm, seasoned acoustic tone in which individual notes overlap and blend smoothly together, while the low-end power common among dreadnoughts boasts greater clarity here. V-Class brings extra punch and sustain, along with improved intonation and musicality across the entire frequency spectrum. Together with rosewood’s harmonic complexity and the played-in sound of the torrefied spruce top, players can expect rich, luxurious tonal character from top to bottom. It’s a voice comfortably rooted in a traditional sound, yet updated to offer more expressive musical range. As a Builder’s Edition model, the 717 also sports an array of premium, player-friendly features: chamfered body edges, rolled fretboard edges, and a new compound-carve neck profile, whose contours match the natural adjustments in the player’s hand position when moving up and down the fretboard. Even the bridge design was refined to add a more ergonomic feel for the player’s pick hand. Taylor’s noise-reducing Silent Satinfinish displays the muted sheen of an older guitar, while elegantly understated appointments include mother-of-pearl Arrowhead fretboard and pegheadinlays, with sapele binding. It all adds up to a Taylor like you’ve never seen, heard or felt before. Includes Taylor's Expression System 2 electronics.
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717E |
Manufacturer: |
Taylor |
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Specifications: |
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| HIGHLIGHTS: | |
| Model: | Builder's Edition 717e |
| Shape: | Grand Pacific |
| Number of Strings: | 6 |
| Scale Length: | 25-1/2" |
| Body Length: | 20" |
| Body Width: | 16" |
| Body Depth: | 4 5/8" |
| Nut and Saddle: | Black Graphite, Micarta saddle |
| Bracing: | V-Class |
| Truss Rod Cover: | West African Ebony |
| Pickguard: | None |
| Number Of Frets: | 20 |
| Tuners: | Taylor Nickel |
| Electronics: | Expression System 2 |
| Case: | Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral |
| BODY: | |
| Top Wood: | Sitka Spruce |
| Body Wood: | Indian Rosewood |
| Cutaway: | None |
| Binding: | West African Ebony |
| Top Finish: | Silent Satin |
| Back Config: | 2-piece No Wedge |
| Backstrap Wood: | None |
| Backstrap Finish: | None |
| Rosette Size: | Single Ring |
| Rosette Material: | Black Sapele/Maple |
| Bridge Inlay: | None |
| Back/Side Finish: | Silent Satin |
| Armrest Binding: | None |
| Stain/Sunburst: | None |
| Wedge: | None |
| NECK: | |
| Neck Width: | 1-3/4" |
| Fretboard Wood: | West African Ebony |
| Fretboard Inlay: | Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl |
| Fretboard Binding: | West African Ebony |
| Heel Cap Binding: | None |
| Neck/Heel: | Tropical Mahogany |
| Heel Length: | 3-1/2" |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Type Of Neck Joint: | Scarf |
| PEGHEAD: | |
| Peghead Finish: | Satin |
| Peghead Binding: | None |
| Peghead Type: | Standard |
| Peghead Purfling: | None |
| Peghead Inlay: | Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl |
| Peghead Logo: | Taylor Mother of Pearl |
| Headstock Overlay: | West African Ebony |
| OTHER: | |
| Bridge Pins: | West African Ebony |
| Buttons: | Nickel |
| Fingerboard Ext: | None |
| Edge Trim: | None |
| SPECIAL NOTES: | |
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