Part of Taylors inaugural class of Grand Pacific guitars, the Builders Edition 717 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 Taylors 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 rosewoods harmonic complexity and the played-in sound of the torrefied spruce top, players can expect rich, luxurious tonal character from top to bottom. Its a voice comfortably rooted in a traditional sound, yet updated to offer more expressive musical range. As a Builders 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 players hand position when moving up and down the fretboard. Even the bridge design was refined to add a more ergonomic feel for the players pick hand. Taylors 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.
- Scale Length – 25-1/2″
- Nut & Saddle – Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
- Bracing – V-Class
- Truss Rod Cover – West African Ebony
- Pickguard – None
- Number of Frets – 20
- Tuners – Taylor Nickel
- Case – Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
- Brand of Strings – Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium
- Body Length – 20
- Body Width – 16
- Body Depth – 4 5/8″
- Nut – 1 3/4″
- Back and Sides – Indian Rosewood
- Top – Sitka Spruce
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