05-23-2019, 01:31 PM
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Resident Guitar Hack
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Northwest Oklahoma
Posts: 7,194
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Originally Posted by Shades of Blue
I've now played three 717s, and each time I liked them more and more...sound wise the 717 is balanced and the low end is strong but not overpowering...The sound is right in between a Martin and a Gibson. It's got enough of that honky midrange I love in the Gibson, but with the assertiveness and power of a Martin dread. Low end is enveloping, rather than forward and out front.
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Originally Posted by Shades of Blue
But it also doesn't really sound like a Taylor to me. It's got a thicker sound, more girth to the tone. I got excited because the sound of these is so new and different, my mind didn't place it in any camp per se.
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I wish you’d quit describing it this way. It just might convince me to give Taylor another try. 
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