The Taylor Gold Label 517e Natural offers a deep, expansive voice with exceptional projection, delivering a traditional acoustic tone enriched by modern playability. Featuring solid mahogany back and sides paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top, it produces a mature, played-in sound from the start. Its gloss-finish Grand Pacific body, slightly deeper than usual, emphasizes rich midrange and powerful low-end. The slender satin-finish neck ensures smooth playability, while fanned V-Class bracing enhances volume, sustain, and tonal clarity, making this guitar a refined choice for discerning players seeking warmth and depth.
Specs
- Number of Strings-6 String
- Orientation-Right Handed
- Body Shape-Grand Pacific
- Bracing System-Fanned V-Class with Tonal Route
- Cutaway-Non-cutaway
- Color-Natural
- Electronics-LR Baggs – Element VTC
- Case/Bag-Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa
- Top Wood-Sitka Spruce
- Back/Side Wood-Neo-Tropical Mahogany
- Rosette-Cream (.075″)/.032″ Black/Cream (.075″) Single Ring
- Back Configuration-2-piece No Wedge
- Body Binding-Cream
- Top Finish-Gloss
- Back/Side Finish-Gloss
- 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
- 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 Finish-Gloss
- 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-Firestripe
- Tuners-Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
- Strap Pin-Black
- End Pin-Bronze
