Taylor Gold Label 717e Blacktop Torrified Spruce / Rosewood

This is the Grand Pacific redefined. The Gold Label 717e Blacktop opens with a top that looks like a painting and sounds like it’s been around for decades: a torrefied Sitka spruce top, pre-aged and ready to sing with rich warmth and dynamic clarity. Its deeper body brings a weighty, resonant soul to every chord.

Encasing its voice are solid Indian rosewood back and sides, giving the tone a luxurious depth, lush overtones, and a timeless acoustic elegance. Together, these woods shape a sonic experience that balances old-school richness with modern articulation.

Inside is Taylor’s fanned V-Class bracing, elevating sustain, harmonic precision, and note projection—like a fine-tuned engine that sounds better the harder you push it. And the innovative Action Control Neck with long-tenon joint means you can tweak string action on the fly—right through the soundhole—keeping playability glossy without truss rod fuss.

On the handside, satin-finished mahogany invites you in with smooth comfort, while the West African ebony fingerboard rewards every note with clarity. The creed-inspired inlays, cream binding, and firestripe pickguard are luxe accents that turn headstock and body into visual poetry.

When it’s time to plug in, the LR Baggs Element VTC system delivers uncompromising, warm acoustic tone—faithfully echoing the instrument’s natural voice under the spotlight.

At Musicmaker, we call this an instrument with character, gravitas, and presence—built to inspire both emotionally and technically, wherever creativity strikes.

Features

• Torrefied Sitka spruce top for that aged, expressive resonance

• Indian rosewood back and sides for warmth, depth, and harmonic richness

• Deepened Grand Pacific body shape for enhanced projection and full-bodied tone

• Fanned V-Class bracing for soaring sustain and harmonic clarity

• Action Control Neck with long-tenon design for seamless adjustability

• Satin-finished mahogany neck and West African ebony fingerboard for smooth precision

• Elegant aesthetics: blacktop gloss, cream binding, firestripe pickguard, crest inlays

• LR Baggs Element VTC electronics for natural, high-fidelity amplification

• Includes deluxe British Cocoa hardshell case for touring-grade protection