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Taylor 517e Builder's Edition Torrefied Sitka/Tropical Mahogany Grand Pacific Wild Honey Burst ES2

Taylor 517e Builder's Edition Torrefied Sitka/Tropical Mahogany Grand Pacific Wild Honey Burst ES2

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Description

The Grand Pacific is Taylor’s round-shoulder dreadnought, designed to deliver a different flavor of Taylor tone: a warm, seasoned voice in which notes overlap in a way that recalls traditional acoustic guitar recordings, requiring no studio enhancements. With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, the Grand Pacific pumps out clear low-end power, making the Grand Pacific’s voice more musical and usable, while remaining as versatile as a Grand Auditorium and as assertive as a traditional dreadnought.

V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Auditorium features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.

ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness.

Specs

General

Series: Taylor 500 Series
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Product Color: Wild Honey Burst
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .013-.056, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Grand Pacific
Body Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Body Finish: Silent Satin
Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
Bracing Material: Spruce
Bracing Pattern: V-Class
Body Binding: Sapele
Rosette: Sapele Single Ring
Purfling: Black/Maple

Neck

Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Tint/Color: Blackwood Stain
Neck Shape: Compound Carve
Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
Headstock Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut Material: TUSQ
Nut Width: 1.75"
Fingerboard Radius: 15"
Scale Length: 25.5"
Number of Frets: 20 Frets
Neck Joint: Taylor Neck, Bolt-On
Fingerboard Inlay: Grained Ivoroid Arrowheads
Inlay Shape: Custom Symbol
Side Marker Inlay: Silver
Headstock Inlay/Decal: Grained Ivoroid Arrowhead
Neck Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

Electronics

Acoustic Electronics: ES2
Controls and Switching: Volume, Bass, Treble

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons
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SKU: A50203401100575S213

Description

The Grand Pacific is Taylor’s round-shoulder dreadnought, designed to deliver a different flavor of Taylor tone: a warm, seasoned voice in which notes overlap in a way that recalls traditional acoustic guitar recordings, requiring no studio enhancements. With Taylor’s V-Class bracing, the Grand Pacific pumps out clear low-end power, making the Grand Pacific’s voice more musical and usable, while remaining as versatile as a Grand Auditorium and as assertive as a traditional dreadnought.

V-Class Bracing
The Taylor Grand Auditorium features Taylor’s innovative new V-Class bracing, which lets the soundboard of the guitar vibrate naturally, increasing sustain and overall cohesiveness, and generating additional volume without sacrificing sustain. This design puts the body more in tune with the strings, improving articulation and harmonic alignment, resulting in a sound that is optimally warm and seasoned, nicely blended, and full of luscious low end without being muddy.

ES2 Electronics
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) delivers the latest technology in Taylor acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the ES2 system is Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, featuring three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The new positioning enables the piezo pickup’s crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar’s energy as it is transferred through the saddle, with three pickup sensors installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle. Together with Taylor’s custom-designed preamp, this ES2 system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness.

Specs

General

Series: Taylor 500 Series
Country of Manufacture: Made in the USA
Product Color: Wild Honey Burst
Case Type: Hardshell Case Included
Factory Setup: .013-.056, E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape: Grand Pacific
Body Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Body Finish: Silent Satin
Top Material: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
Bracing Material: Spruce
Bracing Pattern: V-Class
Body Binding: Sapele
Rosette: Sapele Single Ring
Purfling: Black/Maple

Neck

Neck Material: Neo-Tropical Mahogany
Neck Finish: Satin
Neck Tint/Color: Blackwood Stain
Neck Shape: Compound Carve
Fingerboard Material: West African Crelicam Ebony
Headstock Veneer: West African Crelicam Ebony
Nut Material: TUSQ
Nut Width: 1.75"
Fingerboard Radius: 15"
Scale Length: 25.5"
Number of Frets: 20 Frets
Neck Joint: Taylor Neck, Bolt-On
Fingerboard Inlay: Grained Ivoroid Arrowheads
Inlay Shape: Custom Symbol
Side Marker Inlay: Silver
Headstock Inlay/Decal: Grained Ivoroid Arrowhead
Neck Binding: West African Crelicam Ebony

Electronics

Acoustic Electronics: ES2
Controls and Switching: Volume, Bass, Treble

Hardware

Hardware Color: Nickel
Bridge: West African Crelicam Ebony
Tuning Machines: Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons