From Taylor:

“Our Gold Label guitars produce a warm, heritage sound unlike anything you’ve heard from Taylor before, and this modified Grand Pacific adds even more depth and variety to the collection. The Gold Label 717e SB boasts a deeper version of our round-shoulder dreadnought body shape, coaxing out an exceptionally warm, open voice with a rich bass-range response, clear power across the spectrum and treble notes with a round, smooth character. The classic tonewood pairing of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce yields blooming overtones along with a dash of played-in sweetness thanks to our proprietary torrefaction process for the soundboard. Inside, a fanned variant of our V-Class bracing architecture bolsters the volume and sustain, while our patented Action Control Neck incorporates a long-tenon joint to enhance low-end resonance. The neck design also offers unmatched micro-adjustability and playing comfortyou can alter your action (string height) in seconds with a simple turn of a bolt through the soundhole without needing to remove the neck or detune the strings.

Aesthetic appointments for this model include a golden-brown shaded edgeburst top color treatment to complement a full-body gloss finish, a cream-colored pickguard with matching rosette and binding, Crest inlays, our new Gold Label headstock profile, and a Honduran rosewood Curve Wing bridge with Indian rosewood pins. It ships with LR Baggs Element VTC electronics and a deluxe British Cocoa hardshell case.”

Golden Brown Shaded Edgeburst top, Gloss top and body finish, Grand Pacific Round Shoulder Dreadnought body shape, Torrefied Sitka Spruce top, Single Ring Cream Rosette, Fanned V-Class bracing with Tonal Route, Indian Rosewood back and sides, Cream binding, West African Crelicam Ebony fingerboard with the Cream Crest inlays on a Neo-Tropical Mahogany neck, 25.5″ scale length, 1 3/4″ nut width, Cast/sealed tuners, With the L.R. Baggs Element VTC pickup system and hardshell case