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Taylor 500-Series 517e Builder's Edition Grand Pacific Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric - Spruce Top with Mahogany Back and Sides
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V-Class Bracing Builder's Edition Wild Honey Burst
Featuring the Grand Pacific dreadnought body shape, exclusive comfort features and top-tier tonewoods, the Builder's Edition 517e WHB introduces Taylor players to a new kind of sound within our lineup. Solid mahogany back and sides generate a warm, punchy midrange response with projection and aged-in warmth from the torrefied Sitka spruce top, resulting in a blended, seasoned tone with clear low-end power. V-Class bracing enhances the response with more volume and longer sustain while also providing greater harmony between notes. This Builder's Edition model also boasts chamfered edges and a compound-carve neck profile for a more seamless feel, and the Silent Satin finish reduces incidental playing noise for recording applications.
Features
- Builder's Edition model with premium comfort features
- Solid mahogany back/sides for midrange punch, focus
- Torrefied spruce top offers warmth and projection
- V-Class bracing generates more volume and sustain
- Includes built-in ES2 pickup and hardshell case
- Responsibly sourced materials
- Lifetime warranty with registration
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.
Sitka Spruce
The soundboard choice for most guitars, Sitka spruce produces a broad dynamic range and accommodates a versatile range of playing styles.
Expression System® 2
The Expression System® 2 captures more of a guitar’s dynamic properties using a breakthrough behind-the-saddle design.
V-Class Bracing
Taylor patented V-Class bracing is a revolutionary new pattern — a new sonic engine — that marks a major shift away from traditional steel-string bracing patterns.
Highlights
- Scale Length
- 25-1/2"
- Bracing
- V-Class Bracing
- Pickguard
- None
- Tuners
- Taylor Nickel
- Strings
- Phosphor Bronze Medium
- Body Width
- 16”
- Nut & Saddle
- Black Graphite, Micarta saddle
- Truss Rod Cover
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Case
- Taylor Deluxe Hardshell-Western Floral
- Body Length
- 20”
- Body Depth
- 4 5/8"
Body
- Binding Edge Treatment
- Sapele
- Back Config
- 2-piece No Wedge
- Rosette Size
- Single Ring
- Back/Side Finish
- Silent Satin
- Backstrap Wood
- None
- Stain/Sunburst
- Wild Honey Burst Top, Blackwood Stain Back, Sides, Neck
- Armrest
- No
- Top Finish
- Silent Satin
- Backstrap Finish
- None
- Bridge Inlay
- None
- Armrest Binding
- None
- Rosette Material
- Black Sapele/Maple
- Wedge
- None
Neck
- Neck Width
- 1-3/4"
- Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Type of Neck Joint
- Scarf
- Fretboard Wood
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Heel Length
- 3-1/2"
- Fretboard Inlay
- 15"
- Heel Cap Binding
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Neck/Heel
- Tropical Mahogany
- Neck Finish
- Satin
Peghead
- Peghead Finish
- Satin
- Peghead Type
- Standard
- Headstock Overlay
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Peghead Logo
- Grained Ivoroid
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Peghead Purfling
- None
- Peghead Inlay
- Arrowheads, Grained Ivoroid
Other
- Bridge Pins
- West African Crelicam Ebony
- Fingerboard Ext
- None
- Buttons
- Nickel
- Edge Trim
- None
| Model: | 517EWHB |
| Manufacturer: | Taylor |
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