Taylor T5z Pro Hollowbody - Gaslamp Black Review

Taylor T5Z Gaslamp Black

Excellent guitar, very light, easy to play, surprising how much sound it puts out unplugged, simple electronics, very nice looking ( not as black/grey as it appears in photo online; more brown/black) versatile, and very fun to play. I love this guitar! I was looking for something between an acoustic and an electric, I like that you still get decent acoustic volume and the playability… read more of an electric in one. Quality made instrument + Sweetwater inspection = ready to play out of the box. I wish it was not as expensive.

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Expected More for the Price

It was really hard and tedious for me to dial in a good sound. I also feel that, for this price, the sound would be more customizable. It was tough to get a good acoustic sound, as well as an electric tone that worked with my rig. I even changed settings on my amp and pedals to see if that would help. Overall, I'm disappointed in it, but that's just my opinion.

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What a beautiful thing

Being cursed with small hands and arthritis I have always struggled playing acoustic guitars because of the thickness of the neck. I took the Keith Richards approach and used a capo but was never satisfied with that so I used my electric for everything. I heard Taylor was starting to dabble in creating acoustic guitars for electric players. Wow ! I said to myself that would be… read more great if they can really pull it off. I thought if anyone knew it would be my sales rep Randy Akins. I called Randy and he confirmed what I had heard and told me about the T5z. I did a lot of research , read countless articles and watched every you tube video out there and decided to pull the trigger and bought the T5z pro. When it arrived I immediately went to work unpacking , inspecting and marveling at this beautiful thing before my eyes. I started to play unplugged and the neck truly felt like an electric pretty close to a les Paul slim taper . The sound unplugged was not great but not bad and I expected that but when I plugged into my audio interface I was at awe. The sound was beautiful the tones I was hearing as I switched through the pickups were blowing me away. You know the feeling when the creative juices start flowing that"s what was going on. I then ran it through my helix and tested it on some of my high gain patches and with some minor tweaking the ax was screaming. I ran it through an eleven rack , a tc helicon voice live 2 and directly into a PA and the guitar and sound passed with flying colors. I played the guitar for 3 straight days no less than 6 hours per day it was very hard to put it down. On the 3 rd day I popped the high E string and without thinking I grabbed a set of Martin light acoustic strings and slapped them on. Un plugged the strings improved the tonal sound but it did not feel right in my hands then I realized the strings that are shipped with the guitar are electric strings ellixers medium lights I think. Anyway I had some electric Ernie ball super slinky light strings slapped them on and that was the ticket. I will be using the elixir medium lights as soon as they arrive as feel the light strings are too light for the guitar I wasn"t crazy about the tone or the feel. In closing some important things I should also mention about this guitar. Although it may sound great it will not replace the tones of a genuine acoustic guitar. This guitar is what is called a hybrid guitar made to do it all. I highly recommend this guitar to anyone that has shied away from playing and enjoying an acoustic guitar , is serious about tone experimenting and has short arthritic hands that cannot handle play a traditional acoustic hope this review was helpful

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T5z adoption

Recently, a 6 year old black Pomeranian and a brand new black T5z have been welcomed into my household. The dog is cool, but this is a musical instrument review, so Mr. Deebs' review will be posted elsewhere. I have 11 other guitars - Gibson, Epiphone, Tak, Zion, Ibanez, Peavey, Samick, even an Esteban and some other unspeakable brands. The T5z's value exceeds all the others combined.… read more That's not just a cost analysis, it's also a reflection of the quality, playability, and sheer joy of performing with this wonderful instrument. Tonality options, shape and feel, and coolness factor are all beyond my expectations. This beauty honestly has no negative traits that I can mention. Love at first strum, if there is such a thing.

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