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Once dubbed “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine, Trey Hensley brings his signature blend of Appalachian grit and bluesy finesse to Taylor’s new Gold Label 517e. In this video, captured at Soundcheck Nashville, Hensley weighs in on the new round-shoulder dreadnought and demonstrates its earthy depth and warm, old-school tone.
“I’ve played every day for twenty-some years,” says Hensley, “so at this point I know what has it and what doesn’t … I haven’t sat up and played until I went to bed since I was a kid. So it has it.”
Blending traditional tone and modern playability, Gold Label Collection guitars produce a heritage tone unlike anything you’ve heard from Taylor before. The mahogany/torrefied Sitka spruce Gold Label 517e features a deeper Grand Pacific body, fanned V-Class® bracing and Taylor’s new long-tenon Action Control Neck™. The patented neck design enables swift string height adjustments, boosts low-end resonance and delivers signature Taylor playability. “There’s something about it that I can play for a long time,” Hensley says. “It’s inspiring … the neck is always perfect.”
Taylor’s Gold Label 517e is available with a natural, blacktop or sunburst finish. Prefer Indian rosewood? Check out the Gold Label 717e.
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