Taylor Gold Label 717e Blacktop

The latest addition to the Taylor Gold Label Collection brings another flavor of warm, round, old-school acoustic tone that will change your expectations of how a Taylor can sound. A modified Grand Pacific round-shoulder dreadnought with a deeper body, the Gold Label 717e Blacktop combines Indian rosewood with torrefied Sitka spruce to produce a rich, powerful voice with robust low-end character and warmth that stretches across the frequency spectrum. Inside, a fanned variant of our V-Class bracing architecture adds more volume and longer sustain, while our patented Action Control Neck™ incorporates a long-tenon neck joint to warm up the low-end resonance and offers unmatched adjustability and playing comfort—just turn the interior bolt to alter your action (string height) in seconds, without needing to remove the neck or detune the strings. 

A striking black top finish treatment is complemented by cream-colored binding, rosette, pickguard, and Crest inlays, with a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge and Indian rosewood bridge pins to round out the visual details. Dressed in a full-body gloss finish, the Gold Label 717e Blacktop features LR Baggs Element VTC electronics and includes a deluxe British Cocoa hardshell case.

Body
Type: Dreadnought
Shape: Grand Pacific
Top Material: Sitka Spruce
Bracing Pattern: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Route
Bracing Material: Spruce
Body Material: Indian Rosewood
Finish: Gloss
Color: Black Top, Natural Back/Sides
Body Binding: Cream
Rosette: Cream/Black Single Ring

Neck
Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Shape: Standard Carve
Dimensions: .840" at the 1st fret, .870" at the 9th fret
Joint: Long-tenon Action Control
Fretboard Material: West-African Crelicam Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Headstock: West-African Crelicam Ebony, Cream Crest Inlay
Inlay: Cream Crest
Radius: 15"
Frets: 20
Scale Length: 25.5"
Nut Width: 1.75"
Nut Material: White TUSQ

Hardware
Bridge/Tailpiece: Hounduran Rosewood Curved Wing Bridge, White Micarta Saddle
Tuners: Taylor Nickel
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Pickguard: Cream/Black

Electronics
Preamp: LR Baggs - Element VTC
Controls: 1 x Volume, 1 x Tone

Case/Gigbag: Taylor Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa