Description
Description
Taylor’s 717e Builders Edition Grand Pacific models offer deep lows and pristine trebles, plus some added sweetness from the torrefied Sitka spruce top, resulting in a richly textured sound with lush overtones that’s reminiscent of vintage acoustic recordings. The warm seasoned voice of a traditional slope-shoulder dreadnought pumps out clear low-end power, with a modern feel and articulate response. Plus, Taylor’s ES2 electronics provide ample tonal control and responsiveness.
700 Series Builders Edition
Taylor’s 700 series Builders Edition Grand Pacific models boast a seasoned tone that can otherwise only be achieved after years of play. While the Indian rosewood back and sides help to generate deep lows and pristine trebles, the torrefied Sitka spruce top adds a bit of sweetness, resulting in a richly textured sound with lush overtones that’s reminiscent of vintage acoustic recordings.
Grand Pacific
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 Pacific 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.
700 Series Builders Edition
Taylor’s 700 series Builders Edition Grand Pacific models boast a seasoned tone that can otherwise only be achieved after years of play. While the Indian rosewood back and sides help to generate deep lows and pristine trebles, the torrefied Sitka spruce top adds a bit of sweetness, resulting in a richly textured sound with lush overtones that’s reminiscent of vintage acoustic recordings.
Grand Pacific
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 Pacific 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
Specs
General
| Series: | Taylor 700 Series |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Product Color: | Wild Honey Burst |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Grand Pacific |
| Body Material: | Indian Rosewood |
| Body Finish: | Silent Satin |
| Top Material: | 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: | Natural |
| 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: | Mother of Pearl Arrow Heads |
| Inlay Shape: | Custom Symbol |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Silver |
| Neck Binding: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
Electronics
| Acoustic Electronics: | ES2 |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume, Bass, Treble |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Black |
| Bridge: | West African Crelicam Ebony |
| Tuning Machines: | Taylor Nickel with Nickel Buttons |
| Saddle: | Micarta |