Gold Label 517e
With its deep, expansive voice and extraordinary projection, the Gold Label 517e adds a powerful new dimension to the Gold Label Collection. Designed to produce an older, more traditional acoustic sound, this model blends warm, old-school tone with modern playability. Crafted with solid mahogany back and sides and a natural torrefied Sitka spruce top for a mature, played-in sound from day one, this gloss-finish Grand Pacific model offers a rich midrange character with a clear, woody response. Taylor's round-shoulder dreadnought shape—updated here with a slightly deeper body—delivers incredible low-end power while a slender, satin-finish Taylor neck provides smooth playability. Inside, fanned V-Class bracing boosts volume, lengthens sustain and improves intonation along the entire fretboard. Taylor's patented long-tenon Action Control Neck™ joint enhances the wood coupling between neck and body to boost low-end resonance while enabling easy and precise adjustments to string height.
Showcasing the Gold Label Collection’s unique design details, this model features a modified headstock with an angled back cut and script-style Taylor logo inlay and a firestripe pickguard with a distinct shape. The appointment package also 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.
Features
Grand Pacific Body Shape: A versatile workhorse, this round-shoulder take on the classic dreadnought body yields clear low-end power and a warm, blended voice.
Mahogany Back & Sides: Dry and woody with clear, potent midrange. Strong fundamental focus with controlled overtones.
Spruce Top: The most common top wood between Sitka, Adirondack and Engelmann varieties. Bold, clear, and dynamic sound suits any playing style.
Action Control Neck: Building on Taylor’s legacy of easy-playing necks, the new Action Control Neck pairs a long-tenon joint for added warmth and depth with a patented system for effortless string height adjustment.
LR Baggs - Element VTC: This undersaddle pickup channels tone from the movement of a guitar’s top, delivering a remarkably warm, detailed sound in Gold Label and Legacy Collection guitars.
Specifications
HIGHLIGHTS
- Number of Strings: 6 String
- Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout
- Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa
- Orientation: Right Handed
- Color: Natural
- Body Shape: Grand Pacific
- Electronics: LR Baggs - Element VTC
BODY
- Top Wood: Spruce
- Back Configuration: 2-Piece, No Wedge
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Back/Side Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Body Binding: Cream
- Back/Side Finish: Gloss
- Rosette: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring
- Armrest: None
NECK
- Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Fretboard Inlay: Cream Crest
- Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck Profile: Standard Carve
- Neck Finish: Satin
PEGHEAD
- Nut Width: 1-3/4"
- Peghead Inlay: Cream Crest
- Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Type: Paddle
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Peghead Finish: Gloss
- Peghead Binding: None
OTHER
- Bridge: Honduran Rosewood
- Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012-.053)
- Strap Pin: Black
- Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle
- Pickguard: Firestripe
- Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
- Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons