Sound Pure's Take

Our first V-class!  Fantastic clarity and fantastic comfort, as we would expect, with a woody-ness and power we don't always associate with Taylor.  Owned for 3 months by the previous owner, you better believe it's about as clean as they come!

 

Condition: Used, Excellent

From Taylor Guitars

Part of Taylor’s inaugural class of Grand Pacific guitars, the Builder’s Edition 717e 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 717e 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. This edition also features our stage-ready ES2 electronics.

Model: 717e Builder's Edition

Serial: 1103289131

Year: 2019

Body Style: Grand Pacific

Scale Length: 25 1/2"

Top Wood: Sitka Spruce

Body Wood: Indian Rosewood

Bracing: V-Class

Pickguard: None

Tuners: Taylor Nickel

Electronics: Expression System 2

Body Width: 16"

Nut & Saddle: Black Graphite / Micarta Saddle

Truss Rod Cover: West African Ebony

Number of Frets: 20

Body Length: 20"

Body Depth: 4 5/8"

Binding/Edge Treatment: Sapele

Back Config: 2-Piece No Wedge

Rosette Size: Single Ring

Back/Side Finish: Silent Satin

Backstrap Wood: None

Stain/Sunburst: None

Armrest: No

Top Finish: Silent Satin

Backstrap Finish: None

Bridge Inlay: None

Armrest Binding: None

Rosette Material: Black Sapele/Maple

Wedge: None

Neck Width: 1 3/4"

Fretboard Binding: West African Ebony

Type of Neck Joint: Scarf

Fretboard Wood: West African Ebony

Heel Length: 3 1/2"

Fretboard Inlay: Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl

Heel Cap Binding: None

Neck/Heel: Tropical Mahogany

Neck Finish: Satin

Peghead Finish: Satin

Peghead Type: Standard

Headstock Overlay: West African Ebony

Peghead Logo: Taylor Mother of Pearl

Peghead Binding: None

Peghead Purfling: None

Peghead Inlay: Arrowheads, Mother of Pearl

Bridge Pins: West African Ebony

Fingerboard Ext: None

Buttons: Nickel

Edge Trim: None

Case: Hardshell

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

This item is not eligible for the Try-Before-You-Buy 48-hour audition. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.

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