Taylor Gold Label 517e Mahogany/Torrefied Sitka

Overview

• Deeper Grand Pacific body for incredible warmth and power

• Torrefied Sitka spruce top adds aged-in sweetness and depth

• Solid mahogany back and sides offer bold midrange

• Long-tenon neck joint with exceptional adjustability

• Includes LR Baggs Element VTC pickup and deluxe hardshell case

With its deep, expansive voice and extraordinary projection, the Gold Label 517e adds a powerful new dimension to the Gold Label Collection. Designed to produce an older, more traditional acoustic sound, this model blends warm, old-school tone with modern playability. Crafted with solid mahogany back and sides and a natural torrefied Sitka spruce top for a mature, played-in sound from day one, this gloss-finish Grand Pacific model offers a rich midrange character with a clear, woody response. Our round-shoulder dreadnought shape—updated here with a slightly deeper body—delivers incredible low-end power while a slender, satin-finish Taylor neck provides smooth playability. Inside, fanned V-Class bracing boosts volume, lengthens sustain and improves intonation along the entire fretboard. Taylor's patented long-tenon Action Control Neck joint enhances the wood coupling between neck and body to boost low-end resonance while enabling easy and precise adjustments to string height.

Showcasing the Gold Label Collection’s unique design details, this model features a modified headstock with an angled back cut and script-style Taylor logo inlay and a firestripe pickguard with a distinct shape. The appointment package also includes a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge with Indian rosewood bridge pins, cream-colored Crest inlays on the fretboard and peghead, cream body binding, and a cream single-ring rosette. Outfitted with Taylor nickel tuners and LR Baggs Element VTC electronics, the Gold Label 517e ships in a British Cocoa deluxe hardshell case.

Highlights

• Number of Strings: 6 String

• Orientation: Right Handed

• Body Shape: Grand Pacific

• Bracing System: Fanned V-Class with Tonal Rout

• Color: Natural

• Electronics: LR Baggs - Element VTC

• Case/Bag: Gold Label Hardshell Case British Cocoa

Body

• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce

• Back/Side Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany

• Rosette: Cream (.075")/.032" Black/Cream (.075") Single Ring

• Back Configuration: 2-piece No Wedge

• Body Binding: Cream

• Armrest: None

• Top Finish: Gloss

• Back/Side Finish: Gloss

Neck

• Neck Wood: Neo-Tropical Mahogany

• Fretboard Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony

• Neck Profile: Standard Carve

• Fretboard Inlay: Cream Crest

• Fretboard Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

• Neck Finish: Satin

Peghead

• Nut Width: 1-3/4"

• Peghead Veneer Wood: West African Crelicam Ebony

• Scale Length: 25-1/2"

• Peghead Inlay: Cream Crest

• Peghead Type: Paddle

• Peghead Binding: None

• Peghead Finish: Gloss

Other

• Bridge: Honduran Rosewood

• Nut & Saddle: White TUSQ Nut, White Micarta Saddle

• Bridge Pins: Indian Rosewood

• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)

• Pickguard: Firestripe

• Tuners: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons

• Strap Pin: Black

• End Pin: Bronze

Delivery Time

We do our very best to deliver your order as quickly as possible. Orders placed on working days before 3:00 PM are usually shipped the same day. All guitars are carefully inspected and, if necessary, adjusted before shipping. Every package is packed with care and attention, and Guitarking reuses packaging materials to contribute to a better world.

The listed prices do not include shipping costs. Shipping costs within the Netherlands are:

Shipping Costs

€4.95 for orders that fit through the mailbox (these do not always include a tracking code)
€7.95 for orders under €75 (you will receive a tracking code by email)
Free for orders over €75 (you will receive a tracking code by email)

Delivery is carried out by the postal service or parcel courier. In general, delivery within the Netherlands takes place on the next working day between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the exact delivery time.

Returns

You have the right to cancel your order up to 14 days after receiving it, without giving any reason. After cancellation, you have another 14 days to return the product. You will then receive a full refund of the order amount, including shipping costs. Only the costs for returning the item are at your own expense.

If you make use of this right of withdrawal, the product must be returned to Guitarking with all supplied accessories and if reasonably possible in its original condition and packaging.

To exercise this right, you can complete the withdrawal form or contact us via wilma@guitarking.nl. We will refund the due amount within 14 days after your return has been registered.

Even though we always do our very best to help you as well as possible, it may still happen that you are not completely satisfied. If that’s the case, we would really appreciate it if you let us know first by sending an email to wilma@guitarking.nl. We’re happy to think along with you and will do everything we can to find a suitable solution together. 

If this does not lead to a solution, you can submit your dispute for mediation via WebwinkelKeur: https://www.webwinkelkeur.nl/kennisbank/consumenten/geschil