Taylor Builder's Edition 717e WHB

A Wild Honey Burst top and low-sheen finish heighten the old-soul aesthetic appeal of this Builder’s Edition Grand Pacific, which 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. Elegantly understated appointments include mother-of-pearl Arrowhead fretboard and peghead inlays, with sapele binding. It all adds up to a Taylor like you’ve never seen, heard or felt before.

Specs:

• Serial Number:  120261152
• Shape:  Grand Pacific
• Top Wood:  Solid Sitka Spruce
• Body Wood:  Solid Indian Rosewood
• Electronics:  Expression System 2
• No Cutaway
• Bracing:  V-Class
• Scale Length:  25-1/2"
• Nut & Saddle:  Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
• Truss Rod Cover:  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Pickguard:  None
• Number of Frets:  20
• Tuners:  Taylor Nickel
• Case:  Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
• Brand of Strings:  Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium
• Binding/Edge Treatment:  Sapele
• Top Finish;  Silent Satin
• Rosette Size:  Single Ring
• Back/Side Finish:  Silent Satin
• Rosette Mat.:  Black Sapele/Maple
• Stain/Sunburst:  Wild Honey Burst Top
• Neck Width:  1-3/4"
• Fretboard Inlay:  Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl
• Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment:  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Heel Cap Binding:  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Type of Neck Joint;  Scarf
• Neck/Heel:  Tropical Mahogany
• Fretboard Wood:  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Neck Finish;  Satin
• Peghead Finish:  Satin
• Peghead Type:  Standard
• Headstock Overlay;  West African Crelicam Ebony
• Peghead Inlay:  Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl
• Bridge Pin:  sWest African Crelicam Ebony
• Buttons;  Nickel