Description
Taylor Gold Label 517e Acoustic-electric Guitar - Blacktop (Cream Pickguard) x6045
Serialized 1204176045
Featuring a bold black soundboard finish, the Gold Label 517e Blacktop is a confident, road-ready powerhouse. Blending heritage aesthetics and a warm, muscular acoustic voice with old-school character, this model expands the Gold Label Collection in an inspiring new direction. Boasting a slightly deeper body than our original round-shoulder dreadnought design, this Grand Pacific produces extraordinary low-end power and projection. Solid mahogany back and sides are paired with a torrefied Sitka spruce top in a gloss-finish body, a time-tested tonewood pairing that serves up a woody, earthy voice with a thick midrange character. Our special soundboard roasting process contributes extra sweetness for a sound that’s even more reminiscent of older, more played-in acoustics. Inside, fanned V-Class bracing boosts volume, lengthens sustain and improves intonation along the entire fretboard. A long-tenon Action Control Neck™ joint enhances the connection between neck and body for enhanced tonal transfer while enabling easy and precise adjustments to string height for optimal playability in any scenario.
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. Exuding the classic styling of mid-20th-century acoustics, it features a cream-colored pickguard with a distinct shape that contrasts stylishly with its blacktop finish. 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.
Number of Strings
6 String
Orientation
Right Handed
Body Shape
Grand Pacific
Bracing System
Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout
Color
Natural Back/Sides, Black Top
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
Armrest
None
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 Binding
None
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
Cream/Black
Tuners
Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
Strap Pin
Black
End Pin
Bronze
