Taylor T5z Pro Hollowbody - Tobacco Sunburst Review

Taylor T5. Pro . Fav color tabbaco burst

This by far is a favorite! one true masterpiece. From on board controls, to pristeen actcoustic action. One of my true favorites

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Exactly What I Needed

This is the perfect solution for a singer-song writer playing in a full band. I was just on the edge of what I could get out of my traditional accustic-electric volume wise before clipping or feedback thru my Acustic amp even though I still had plenty of room left on my amp power-wise. But my drummer is a hard hitting player and to match his live volume I was essentially out of… read more headroom. I tried different accustic-electric guitars only to find that the on-board electronics on my old Japanese built Takamine are about as good as it gets. It was that, - combined with the playability and comfort of the 12" radius fretboard that sent me searching for other guitars with a similar neck and better sound to volume ratio. And that's when I came accross the T5z. Not only did it give me the accustic sounds I needed at much higher amplified volumes, it also offered a plethora of other tone choices and settings when paired with an A-B-Y pedal thru my electric amp with some overdrive. It's perfect. I've also found I can do pretty well with just an overdrive pedal added to the clean channel thru the humbucker and no adittional amp with less gear to haul and setup. The guitar is also quickly becoming my go to guitar for writing and practice. It's a very nice comfortable guitar with a nice neck and the perfect amount of unplugged volume for just monkying around the house. Does it sound as good as my Takamine for accustic parts? Nope. - Does it sound as good as good as my Les Paul for full on distorted electric parts? Nope. But does it sound good enough to fill the bill on both parts without switching guitars? - A resounding Yes! I'm very happy I bought this guitar. Already thinking about getting another for alternate tunings. Lol. The neck joint and hollow body construction make it a little more delicate to play without changes in the intonation from moving around on stage but it's just something l had to know as I play with it on a strap and standing. The flame maple top looks better in person than the photos did it justice on the web site so that was a nice surprise. I love this guitar. I'll probably buy a few more of them. It's pretty much a must have now that I've discovered it. It's brilliant!

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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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First strum sold me

I had not heard anything positive about this guitar. Most of the players that I knew said the same thing. But, as I walked into the acoustic room at a local shop, I heard a guy getting incredible sounds out of a guitar he was playing. I was really surprised to find him playing a T5z. It really sounded great. The guy knew what he was doing and had nothing but positive thoughts on… read more the guitar. So, I sat down with one and proceeded to blow myself away. And that was just on the most acoustic switch setting. I was getting full rythem and lead tones that I had never gotten from a pure acoustic/electric guitar. Plus the set-up was perfect even with the Elixer 11's that came installed from the factory. I ended up taking home the Pro model and I have been enjoying it ever since. I do have a number of electrics that give me the sounds that I want from solid bodies, but for my acoustic work, this is the guitar I grab.

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Tayor T-5

Remember you must use a TRS cable to work the A/B switch. One of the best sounding and easiest guitars to play.

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