Taylor Gold Label 517e w/ Spruce Top & Mahogany Back and Sides Acoustic/ Electric 2026 (1208316075)

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Gold Label 517e

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. Our 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. 

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.

Highlights

NUMBER OF STRINGS: 6 String

ORIENTATION: Right Handed

BODY SHAPE: Grand Pacific

BRACING SYSTEM: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout

COLOR: Natural

ELECTRONICS: LR Baggs - Element VTC

CASE/BAG: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa

Body

TOP WOOD: Spruce

BACK/SIDE WOOD: Neo-Tropical Mahogany

ROSETTE: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring

BACK CONFIGURATION: 2-piece No Wedge

BODY BINDING: Cream

ARMREST: None

TOP FINISH: Gloss

BACK/SIDE FINISH: Gloss

Neck

NECK WOOD: Neo-Tropical Mahogany

FRETBOARD WOOD: West African Crelicam Ebony

NECK PROFILE: Standard Carve

FRETBOARD INLAY: Cream Crest

FRETBOARD BINDING: West African Crelicam Ebony

NECK FINISH: Satin

Peghead

NUT WIDTH: 1-3/4"

PEGHEAD VENEER WOOD: West African Crelicam Ebony

SCALE LENGTH: 25-1/2"

PEGHEAD INLAY: Cream Crest

PEGHEAD TYPE: Paddle

PEGHEAD BINDING: None

PEGHEAD FINISH: Gloss

Other

BRIDGE: Honduran Rosewood

NUT & SADDLE: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle

BRIDGE PINS: Indian Rosewood

STRINGS: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)

PICKGUARD: Firestripe

TUNERS: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons

STRAP PIN: Black

END PIN: Bronze