Taylor’s 517e Grand Pacific Builder’s Edition
With its unique round-shoulder dreadnought silhouette, revolutionary V-Class bracing, and dramatically different tonal personality, the 517e Grand Pacific Builder’s Edition blazes new ground for Taylor. Featuring premium all-solid tonewoods — neo-tropical mahogany for the back and sides and a torrefied Sitka spruce top — this alluring acoustic-electric guitar delivers a seductively bold and versatile tonal profile that is perfectly amplified by the onboard ES2 electronics. As your eyes drink in this instrument’s understated elegance, your hands savor its flawless playability while your ears revel in its warm, rich, organic tone. The 517e Grand Pacific Builder’s Edition is a feast for the senses.
 
Tech Specs
String Type:Steel
Number of Strings:6
Body Shape:Round Shoulder Dreadnought
Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
Color:Wild Honey Burst
Finish:Satin
Top Wood:Torrified Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Wood:Tropical Mahogany
Body Bracing:V-Class Mahogany
Binding:Sapele
Neck Wood:Tropical Mahogany
Neck Shape:Compound Carve
Radius:15"
Fingerboard Material:West African Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay:Grained Ivoroid Arrowheads
Number of Frets:20
Scale Length:25.5"
Tuning Machines:Taylor Nickel
Bridge Material:West African Ebony
Nut/Saddle Material:Black Graphite/Micarta
Nut Width:1.75"
Electronics:ES2
Strings:Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium
Case Included:Hardshell Case