Any opinions of the new Taylor T5?

  • Thread starter Thread starter EddieRay
  • Start date Start date
EddieRay

EddieRay

#?
The reviews of this new model are very positive, maybe even a little over the top. Anyone here tried one yet? Are the reviews hype or on target?
 
I checked out the Taylor website and all of their videos. My opintion? Fucking A!!!!!!!!! That guitar is my new obsession. I will have one. Oh yes..... I will have one.
 
So other than having a few different pickups on a thin body acoustic guitar, what is actually different about it?

And no other company has ever tossed a humbucker on an acoustic before? :confused:
 
I played the custom a couple of days ago. It plays and sounds fantastic. I played it through a JCM800 and did fall in love with it. The only bad thing I can say about it is that it got muddy pretty fast with the distortion kicked in. I am not sure it wasn't me though. I didn't have the book and was probably not on just the humbucker. I would have walked out with it, but I just dropped $2,600 on a PRS a couple of days before.

Taylor has a deal with Guitar Center. For the next 3 weeks they have exclusive distribution. I was talking to a manager friend of mine, and he says that they had 60 some in stock and in 5 days, they are down to about 25 left. So they are selling like hot cakes. The prices go from $1,900 for the standard to $3,000 for the custom Koa. All the GC stores are suppose to have them, so you should be able to go in and try it. I had my buddy call Taylor, and he said that the next run will ship in June/July. I will have a Koa model then.

I was going to start this thread also, but Eddie just beat me to the punch. To answer you question, I think the reviews and hype are right on. I was very impressed with it, and I have a very nice Gibson / fender collection, and am not easily impressed.

The best advice I can give you is to go try one out. Just take the check book along.
 
I played a Taylor (I think it was a 615) at GC...the tone was so warm and silky. The best accoustic I've ever heard.

I too will have a high end accoustic some day...until then, I'll stick to my several affordable guitars.
 
Outlaws said:
So other than having a few different pickups on a thin body acoustic guitar, what is actually different about it?

And no other company has ever tossed a humbucker on an acoustic before? :confused:
Click to expand...

there are plenty of humbuckers on acoustics. My fave is the Turner that Lindsay Buckingham plays.
 
I do like Taylor guits. But in the $2,000 - $3,000 range there are a lot of other guits (new or used) I'd buy instead (Santa Cruz, Collings, H&D, Goodall, etc.).
 
Played one at NAMM. Very cool and NOT like another acoustic/electric. I own a PRS HBI and have also owned an Anderson Crowdster. This Taylor is it's own beast. Plays like an electric with a tonal range that is amazing. Doesn't sound like my Martin, or my PRS, Fender, GIbson, or Thorns for that matter...very unique guitar!
 
SteveK said:
Played one at NAMM. Very cool and NOT like another acoustic/electric. I own a PRS HBI and have also owned an Anderson Crowdster. This Taylor is it's own beast. Plays like an electric with a tonal range that is amazing. Doesn't sound like my Martin, or my PRS, Fender, GIbson, or Thorns for that matter...very unique guitar!
Click to expand...
To ever-so-slightly hijack this thread...what did you think of the Crowdster?
 
I'll paste what I just posted at acoustic guitar forum:

No doubt I'll check one out next time I'm at a GC, but to me there are some issues.

First, without an archtop style pickguard, the treble side f-hole would be a problem for me, and the sharp edges of the bridge would have to be filed.

Secondly, though esthetically a very good looking guitar, the retention of the standard Taylor headstock seems out of place in the design.

Also, I'm not keen on a short scales though at 24 and 7/8's it's not that short.

Is there some sort of a notch filter to help control feedback when played at stage volume levels?

No Lo/Z output.

Carvin and Godin's approach for electric/acoustics has been to come from the electric side of things, whereas Taylor is coming from the acoustic side. Either way, they have the same problem when trying to be two differents guitars and that's amplification.....they don't mix. The only way I see of getting useable electric sound is adding an amp modeler (line in to a pa or acoustic amp) to the chain and using the bypass for acoustic.
 
No LoZ output cause Taylors pickup systems are balanced. Elliminates the need for a direct box, you can use much longer cable runs, alot less signal degredation before it hits the board. And there aren't alot of Gibsons out there without the Gibson headstock. Acoustic AND electric share the crown headstock. It's a brand identifier.

Why would the f-hole be a problem for you?

I havent played one of these yet. They look neat, but I enjoy switching guitars myself. It's not that hard to make a set with scheduled guitar changes and have your tech hand you a prefectly tuned guitar at the right moment. No matter how great a guitar holds tune, after _I_ pound on it for 10 minutes, its goinna be out.

Oh yeah. Taylor makes little hole fillers to go in the f-holes as an accessory.

The one thing I really don't like about the T5 is that it should be dual output. With my Parker Fly Deluxe I could run one signal to my amp, and another straight to the board and then actually blend the two sounds FOH. That gets some really cool sounds, and you can still go back and forth, or blend the sounds. I don't know why Taylor didn't make it that way. Except for maintaining their balanced system.

H2H
 
Hard2Hear said:
No LoZ output cause Taylors pickup systems are balanced. Elliminates the need for a direct box, you can use much longer cable runs, alot less signal degredation before it hits the board. And there aren't alot of Gibsons out there without the Gibson headstock. Acoustic AND electric share the crown headstock. It's a brand identifier.

Why would the f-hole be a problem for you?

I havent played one of these yet. They look neat, but I enjoy switching guitars myself. It's not that hard to make a set with scheduled guitar changes and have your tech hand you a prefectly tuned guitar at the right moment. No matter how great a guitar holds tune, after _I_ pound on it for 10 minutes, its goinna be out.

Oh yeah. Taylor makes little hole fillers to go in the f-holes as an accessory.

The one thing I really don't like about the T5 is that it should be dual output. With my Parker Fly Deluxe I could run one signal to my amp, and another straight to the board and then actually blend the two sounds FOH. That gets some really cool sounds, and you can still go back and forth, or blend the sounds. I don't know why Taylor didn't make it that way. Except for maintaining their balanced system.

H2H
Click to expand...

Yeah a dual output makes sense.

Gibson headstocks look better IMO......Taylor headstocks are about as clunky as Carvin's.

Maybe I'm just still pissed at how bad my Taylor NS-62 was.

The f-hole? Thats where my hand would sweep by. I could get used to it though....like I have with strats.

I'm very skeptical of new product hype and Taylor faithful in particular.
 
sile2001 said:
To ever-so-slightly hijack this thread...what did you think of the Crowdster?
Click to expand...

Extremely well done for what it was designed to be....a great sounding and playing acoustic-electric that WILL NOT feedback even at high volume levels. If I were playing a large percentage of live and loud "acoustic" gigs, I would have kept it. But, we do mostly electric and if need be my PRS HBI does the "acoustic" job when necessary. For recording I have my Martin 6 string, Taylor 12 string, and Yamaha nylon string. The Crowdster is definitely worth checking out though... :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top