A Dreadnought with Muscle
The Taylor 517e Urban Ironbark is a muscular-sounding Grand Pacific dreadnought with a torrefied Sitka spruce top and a solid urban ironbark back and sides. This 517e offers a classic full-range sound with plenty of seasoned punch, framed by a glorious tonal cocktail of balance, power, and clarity. You'll revel in the playability of this 6-string acoustic-electric guitar's neotropical mahogany neck, which features a comfortable standard carve, a slick-playing satin finish, and a bound, 15-inch-radius Crelicam ebony fingerboard. You also get Taylor's acclaimed V-Class bracing for enhanced volume and sustain and ES2 electronics for first-class plugged-in performance. Moreover, the Taylor 517e Urban Ironbark's faux tortoise body binding, single-ring rosette, and faux pearl fingerboard inlays give it a classy look that's impossible to ignore.
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Exceptional tonewoods
The 517e Urban Ironbark was built from the ground up to deliver an authoritative sound. Its torrefied Sitka spruce top exhibits a seasoned, punchy sound with loads of headroom; no matter how hard you strum this acoustic-electric guitar, it will produce a warm, deep sound with excellent articulation. This 517e's solid urban ironbark back and sides yield a muscular sound with a balanced clarity that keep Sweetwater guitarists coming back, strum after strum. The 517e Urban Ironbark's neotropical mahogany neck offers a warm, resonant tone that's accented perfectly by the concise attack produced by its West African Crelicam ebony fingerboard.
Grand Pacific body meets V-Class bracing
The 517e Urban Ironbark features a round-shoulder dreadnought design that Taylor has dubbed the Grand Pacific. The Grand Pacific's overall sound is warm and seasoned, producing notes that overlap more to create a smooth, blended sound. Its wider waist delivers low-frequency muscle by the truckload, but without a hint of low-end woodiness, thanks to Taylor's innovative V-Class bracing. V-Class bracing is truly revolutionary; it's strong enough to resist the tension of your guitar's strings, yet flexible enough to let its top vibrate freely. This bracing helps to create a more orderly sound and refines intonation. The combination of the Taylor 517e Urban Ironbark's Grand Pacific body and V-Class bracing not only keeps unwanted overtones in check, but it also provides a clear, focused tone.
Cutting-edge ES2 electronics
If you play plugged in, then you're going to love the Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) electronics built into your 517e Urban Ironbark. The key to this fantastic system is the three-section proprietary pickup located behind the saddle. Because of where it's positioned and how it's integrated into the guitar's saddle, the ES2 pickup provides you with a remarkably clear and accurate sound. In addition to a master volume control, a pair of tone controls let you tweak your highs and lows to get the sound you need, and a discreet phase switch offers vital onboard feedback suppression.
Taylor 517e Urban Ironbark Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:
- Torrefied Sitka spruce top exhibits a seasoned, punchy sound with loads of headroom
- Ironbark back and sides yield a muscular sound with balanced clarity
- Grand Pacific dreadnought body produces a classic, full-range tone
- Neotropical mahogany neck with a comfortable standard carve and a slick-playing satin finish
- Bound, 15-inch-radius Crelicam ebony fingerboard provides effortless playability
- V-Class bracing offers enhanced volume and sustain with less unwanted overtones
- ES2 electronics supply first-class plugged-in performance
- Classy faux tortoise body binding, single-ring rosette, and faux pearl fingerboard inlays
