The Taylor C17e C0029 is a genuinely extraordinary NAMM 2026 Custom Gold Label instrument - a deep-body Grand Pacific round-shoulder dreadnought that combines top-shelf tonewoods, a heritage-inspired appointment scheme of remarkable beauty, and Taylor's most advanced acoustic engineering in a guitar that is as visually arresting as it is tonally exceptional. Lutz spruce - a natural hybrid of white and Sitka spruce found in Alaska and northwestern Canada, prized for its combination of stiffness, low density, and tonal complexity - is paired with AA-grade Indian rosewood back and sides to produce a voice of extraordinary character: clear, crisp trebles with complex harmonic overtones and a dynamic range that stays articulate from the lightest fingertip touch to the most aggressive flatpicking attack.

The Grand Pacific body with increased depth at the soundhole adds warmth, low-end expansiveness, and a powerful, resonant heritage-inspired acoustic presence, while fanned V-Class bracing applied with traditional hot hide glue and Taylor's Action Control Neck with long-tenon joint ensure the instrument performs with consistency, sustain, and tonal balance across the full fretboard. The Honey Sunburst top glows with a warmth that is perfectly matched to the figured koa binding, back strip, and soundhole binding - a tonewood pairing of extraordinary visual coherence - while the "Dove on a Branch" peghead inlay rendered in paua, mother of pearl, and Hawaiian koa, paua rosette with black/white purfling, green abalone 5-dot fretboard inlays, and Gotoh 510 Antique Gold tuners complete an aesthetic vision that is entirely one of a kind. The LR Baggs HiFi bridge-plate dual sensor pickup system captures the guitar's natural sonic texture with exceptional transparency and fidelity. 

Features

• Lutz spruce top with AA-grade Indian rosewood back and sides delivers clear, crisp trebles, complex harmonic overtones, and an articulate dynamic range that responds expressively from the lightest touch to the most aggressive attack.
• Grand Pacific deep body with fanned V-Class bracing applied with traditional hot hide glue produces a powerful, warm, and low-end expansive acoustic voice with the heritage-inspired character and tonal depth of the finest round-shoulder dreadnoughts.
• "Dove on a Branch" peghead inlay in paua, mother of pearl, and Hawaiian koa, with figured koa body binding, back strip, soundhole binding, and fretboard binding - alongside a paua rosette and green abalone 5-dot fretboard inlays - create a completely unique and cohesive decorative vision.
• LR Baggs HiFi bridge-plate dual sensor pickup system mounts directly to the bridge plate to capture the instrument's natural sonic texture with exceptional transparency - among the most natural-sounding amplified acoustic systems available on any production instrument.
• Action Control Neck with long-tenon joint and West African Crelicam ebony fretboard and Curve Wing bridge deliver Taylor's characteristic effortless playability and tonal precision across the full scale length.

• Model: Taylor C17e C0029
• Body: Grand Pacific deep body, round-shoulder dreadnought
• Top: Lutz spruce
• Back & sides: AA-grade Indian rosewood
• Bracing: Fanned V-Class, hot hide glue
• Neck: Mahogany, Action Control Neck, long-tenon joint
• Fingerboard: West African Crelicam ebony
• Fingerboard inlays: 5-dot pattern, green abalone
• Bridge: Crelicam ebony Curve Wing
• Bridge pins: Bone
• Nut: White bone, 1-3/4"
• Saddle: White Micarta
• Scale length: 25-1/2"
• Peghead: Paddle, Gold Label Crown, 6-string
• Peghead inlay: Dove on a Branch (paua/mother of pearl/Hawaiian koa)
• Peghead logo: Paua, script style
• Peghead veneer: Indian rosewood
• Body binding: Figured Hawaiian koa (paua/black/white - top)
• Fretboard binding: Figured koa (paua)
• Soundhole binding: Figured koa (black)
• Back strip: Figured koa
• Rosette: Single-ring paua (black/white)
• Tuning machines: Gotoh 510 Antique Gold
• Burst: Honey Sunburst (top)
• Finish: Gloss 4.5 (top), gloss (back/sides), satin (neck)
• Electronics: LR Baggs HiFi bridge-plate dual sensor
• Strings: D'Addario XS Coated Phosphor Bronze Medium
• Includes: Taylor Deluxe hardshell case, British Cocoa vinyl exterior
• Edition: NAMM 2026 Custom Collection