TAYLOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY 217E SB | Review | Guitar Interactive

Limited to only 1,974 guitars and making its debut in Taylor's 50th Anniversary Collection - the 217e-SB Plus LTD introduces the Grand Pacific body shape to the 200 Series. Layered Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a solid torrefied Sitka spruce top offer a pleasing blend of projection, warmth and clarity. The torrefied top, decked out with a tobacco sunburst, yields a sweet, played-in character, while our tone-enhancing C-Class bracing adds more volume, sustain and low-end presence. Nick Jennison reviews.
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[@TomZola1]

Excellent review (nice playing!). The guitar looks great and sounds nice for the price - except for the ES2 pickup. Time Taylor dumped that - I think all those holes drilled in the bridge and top must be weakening the top and, anyway, aren't helping the tone.

[@rmzzz76]

It's not a bad sounding instrument. My big problem with Taylor is their aim to find that balance between strumming and single note play. The truth is, most players don't want an instrument that does both of these well. They one a guitar that does one of this things great and the other can be more subdued. Most acoustic players don't "do it all" they are either heavy on the rhythm side of things or more lead players and the ones that do it all, prefer two guitars fine-tuned for their specific application instead of going with a builder who's mission is to find a sweet spot in compromise is delivering a balanced universal tool... If I was wrong about this more of the most respected players would be out there playing Taylor guitars, but they just aren't. Not anymore. Now, you can cite a hand full of big names, sure. But of those, I bet they the ones really known for their acoustic playing (e.g. Jason Mraz) are playing on custom shop artist models like nothing in their main lineup. Not hating on Taylor here, just explaining why I strongly disagree with their philosophy behind guitar design... I also love acoustic guitars and their rich history, so naturally I'm very skeptical when it comes to a company building their brand on a product category that really peeked in the 1940s for craftsmanship and design. Putting these sort of companies under a microscope, it always ends the same. There's gimmick there that's selling... until it's not. Taylor has hung on because there are some who do want that one do-it-all guitar, but most do not.