Part of Taylor’s inaugural class of Grand Pacific guitars, the Builder’s 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 Taylor’s 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 rosewood’s harmonic complexity and the played-in sound of the torrefied spruce top, players can expect rich, luxurious tonal character from top to bottom. It’s a voice comfortably rooted in a traditional sound, yet updated to offer more expressive musical range. As a Builder’s 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 player’s hand position when moving up and down the fretboard. Even the bridge design was refined to add a more ergonomic feel for the player’s pick hand. Taylor’s 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. It all adds up to a Taylor like you’ve never seen, heard or felt before.

Highlights

Scale Length: 25-1/2"

Bracing: V-Class 

Pickguard: None

Tuners: Taylor Nickel 

Brand of Strings: Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium 

Body Width: 16"
Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite, Micarta saddle

Truss Rod Cover: West African Ebony
Number of Frets: 20
Case: Taylor 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

 Color Natural
Armrest: no 

Top Finish: Silent Satin
Backstrap Finish: None
Bridge Inlay: None

Armrest Binding: None
Rosette Mat.: Black Sapele/Maple
Wedge: None

Neck


Neck Width: 1-3/4"
Fretboard Inlay: Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl
Fretboard Binding/Edge Treatment: West African Ebony
Heel Cap Binding: West African Ebony
Type of Neck Joint: Scarf
Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany
Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony
Neck Finish: Satin
Heel Length: 3-1/2"


Peghead


Peghead Finish: Satin
Peghead Binding:  None
Peghead Type: Standard
Peghead Purfling: None
Headstock Overlay: West African Ebony
Peghead Inlay: Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl
Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl


Other


Bridge Pins: West African Ebony
Buttons: Nickel
Fingerboard Ext: None
Edge Trim: None
Electronics None