Description

Taylor have impressed us with this New Taylor Gold Label 517e Electro Acoustic in Natural in Guitars, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Acoustic Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.

With its deep, expansive voice and extraordinary projection, the Gold Label 517e adds a powerful new dimension to the Gold Label Collection. Designed to produce an older, more traditional acoustic sound, this model blends warm, old-school tone with modern playability. Crafted with solid mahogany back and sides and a natural torrefied Sitka spruce top for a mature, played-in sound from day one, this gloss-finish Grand Pacific model offers a rich midrange character with a clear, woody response.

Key Features

• Grand Pacific – This round-shoulder dreadnought delivers a new flavor of warm, rich Taylor tone.
• Tropical Mahogany – A midrange powerhouse. Mahogany is prized for balance and articulation, making it one of the best all-around tonewoods there is.
• Action Control Neck – Building on Taylor’s legacy of easy-playing necks, the new Action Control Neck pairs a long-tenon joint for added warmth and depth with a patented system for effortless string height adjustment.
• Sitka Spruce – The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.
• LR Baggs-Element VTC  – This undersaddle pickup channels tone from the movement of a guitar’s top, delivering a remarkably warm, detailed sound in Gold Label and Legacy Collection guitars.

Taylor’s Round-Shoulder Dreadnought Body

Taylor’s round-shoulder dreadnought shape—updated here with a slightly deeper body—delivers incredible low-end power while a slender, satin-finish Taylor neck provides smooth playability. Inside, fanned V-Class bracing boosts volume, lengthens sustain and improves intonation along the entire fretboard. Taylor’s patented long-tenon Action Control Neck™ joint enhances the wood coupling between neck and body to boost low-end resonance while enabling easy and precise adjustments to string height. 

Gold Label Collection

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 and a firestripe pickguard with a distinct shape. 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.

Specifications

• Back & Sides: Mahogany
• Top: Torrefied Spruce
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fretboard: West African Crelicam Ebony
• Tuners: Taylor Nickel
• Scale Length: 25-1/2”
• Bracing: Fanned V-Class
• Bridge: Honduran Rosewood “Curve Wing”
• Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood
• Nut: TUSQ
• Saddle: Micarta
• Finish: Gloss Body (Natural, Sunburst or Black Top), Satin Neck
• Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
• Guitar Case: Taylor Deluxe Hardshell Case, “British Cocoa” Vinyl Exterior