Taylor Builders Edition 717E WHB Sunburst Top V-Class Slope Shoulder Acoustic-Electric Dreadnought Guitar

A Wild Honey Burst top and low-sheen finish heighten the old-soul aesthetic appeal of this Builder’s Edition Grand Pacific, which 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. 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.

Body

• Body type: Round Shoulder Dreadnought
• Cutaway: No
• Top wood: Solid torrified Sitka spruce
• Back and sides: Solid Indian rosewood
• Bracing pattern: V-Class
• Body finish: Satin
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: Taylor Grand Pacific Compound Carve
• Nut width: 1.75″ (44.45 mm)
• Fingerboard: Genuine West African ebony
• Neck wood: Tropical mahogany
• Scale length: 25.5″
• Number of frets: 20
• Neck finish: Satin

Electronics

• Pickup/preamp: Yes
• Brand: Taylor
• Configuration: Behind-the-saddle transducer with Adjustable Sensors
• Preamp EQ: 2-band  
• Feedback filter: Phase