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
Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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