717E Builders Edition V-Class

Taylor’s inaugural class of Grand Pacific guitars, the Builder’s Edition 717e 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 717e 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 Satin finish displays the muted sheen of an older guitar, while elegantly understated appointments include mother-of-pearl Arrowhead fretboard and peghead inlays, with sapele binding. This edition also features our stage-ready ES2 electronics.

Specs:

• Body type: Round Shoulder drednought
• Cutaway: No
• Top wood: Solid torrified Sitka spruce
• Back and sides: Solid Indian rosewood
• Bracing pattern: V-Class
• Body finish: Satin
• Orientation: Right handed
• Neck shape: Taylor Grand Pacific Compound Carve
• Nut width: 1.75" (44.45 mm)
• Fingerboard: Genuine West African ebony
• Neck wood: Tropical mahogany
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Number of frets: 20
• Neck finish: Satin
• Pickup/preamp: Yes
• Brand: Taylor
• Configuration: Behind-the-saddle transducer with Adjustable Sensors
• Preamp EQ: 2-band  
• Feedback filter: Phase
• Tuner: No
• Headstock overlay: Genuine West African ebony
• Tuning machines: Nickel tuners with nickel buttons
• Bridge: Genuine West African ebony
• Saddle and nut: Micarta "wave"/Graphite nut
• Number of strings: 6
• Case: Taylor Deluxe hardshell "Country Western" case
• Country of origin: United States