Taylor Gold Label 717e Natural

Launched in January 2025, Taylor’s Gold Label Collection introduced a rounder, warmer, more robust flavor of acoustic tone inspired by an older, more traditional acoustic sound — a dramatically different sonic personality from anything previously crafted by Taylor. Among the key tone-shaping design features were a new Super Auditorium body style, new bracing architecture, and Taylor’s patented new long-tenon Action Control Neck. Together, the design elements create a voice rich with old- school character, coupled with modern playability refinements that extend Taylor’s legacy of exceptional playability.

Andy Powers has reimagined his Grand Pacific shape with a deeper-bodied design for the Gold Label Collection — it’s 3/8-inch deeper (5-inch body depth at the soundhole). The extra depth gives the guitar extra “lung capacity” and a deeper resonant frequency. This translates into more low-end expansiveness, power and projection — the guitar has more sonic push toward an audience or a microphone, yet with pleasing musical clarity. Even the treble notes have enhanced warmth and depth. Compared to the Gold Label Super Auditorium, the curves and depth of the Grand Pacific produce even more volume and tonal depth. Its voice is earthy, honest and uncomplicated — like sonic comfort food. A reliable acoustic workhorse — both seasoned and soulful. Fitting into the distinctive design aesthetic of the Gold Label Collection, the guitars feature Andy’s modified headstock shape with an angled back cut and script- style Taylor logo inlay, a different pickguard shape, and a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge.

Features:

• Clean, understated appointments reflect a down-to-earth, workhorse spirit:
• “Crest” inlay motif in cream featuring simple dot/diamond position markers in the fretboard crowned with a new headstock inlay
• Cream binding with simple black/white top purfling and a single-ring rosette in cream and black with black/white purfling
• Pickguard color: Firestripe (natural, sunburst top) or cream (blacktop, sunburst top)
• Indian rosewood bridge pins

General

Series:

Taylor 700 Series

Country of Manufacture:

Made in the USA

Serial Number:

1205205085

Product Color:

Natural

Case Type:

Hardshell Case Included

Factory Setup:

E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape:

Grand Pacific

Acoustic Cutaway Type:

No Cutaway

Body Material:

Indian Rosewood

Body Finish:

Gloss

Top Material:

Torrefied Sitka Spruce

Bracing Pattern:

Fanned V-Class

Body Binding:

Cream Binding

Rosette:

Single Ring

Purfling:

Black/White Purfling

Body Notes:

5″ Body Depth at Soundhole (3/8″ deeper than standard Grand Pacific)

Neck

Neck Material:

Neo-Tropical Mahogany

Neck Finish:

Satin

Neck Shape:

Standard Carve

Fingerboard Material:

West African Crelicam Ebony

Headstock Veneer:

West African Crelicam Ebony

Nut Material:

White TUSQ

Nut Width:

1.75″

Fingerboard Radius:

15″

Scale Length:

25.5″

Number of Frets:

20 Frets

Neck Joint:

Taylor Long-Tenon Action Control Neck

Fingerboard Inlay:

“Crest” Inlays Motif w/Dot/Diamond Markers

Inlay Shape:

Custom Symbol

Side Marker Inlay:

Silver Dots

Headstock Inlay/Decal:

Script-Style Taylor Logo w/Cream “Crest”

Neck Binding:

Crelicam Ebony

Electronics

Acoustic Electronics:

L.R. Baggs Element VTC

Controls and Switching:

Volume & Tone

Hardware

Hardware Color:

Nickel

Bridge:

Honduran Rosewood “Curve Wing”

Tuning Machines:

Standard Taylor Nickel

Saddle:

White Micarta

Pickguard:

Firestripe Celluloid

Bridge Pins:

Indian Rosewood

All instruments are setup and inspected before shipping. We offer the option to upgrade to a Plek setup at a discounted rate when purchasing an instrument. To learn more about Plek, please message us, or call at: 740-522-0277.