Comments on: Guitar Reviews: Taylor T5, Line 6 Variax Acoustic 700 http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/guitar-reviews-taylor-t5-line-6-variax-acoustic-700/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:26:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Evil Elvis http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/guitar-reviews-taylor-t5-line-6-variax-acoustic-700/#comment-8228 Evil Elvis Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:49:52 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=415#comment-8228 I’ve just sold my T5 koa and bought a ‘54 reissue strat instead. Perhaps it was just problems with the individual guitar and I’m sorry for being on a downer, but; 1. Trying to keep it in tune was virtually impossible. I had the guitar tecs check it out several times, had the bridge professionally readjusted, tried different string gauges and types etc., etc., but to no avail. Not a problem in the studio, but a total pain during gigs…I was hitting the tune-up pedal after each number!! 2. Feedback; yes, I know all hollow bodied guitars suffer from the same problem, but this guitar howled….and not in a good way. 3. Sound; Famed for its diversity, but limited dependent on your choice of amp, again leading to gigging limitations. Crap “acoustic” sound through a Marshall amp. I have a Taylor acoustic which is stunning in every way, but I would not recommend the very expensive T5C2 to anybody even considering using it during a gig; shame, because I couldn’t wait to buy one….. I’ve just sold my T5 koa and bought a ‘54 reissue strat instead. Perhaps it was just problems with the individual guitar and I’m sorry for being on a downer, but;

  1. Trying to keep it in tune was virtually impossible. I had the guitar tecs check it out several times, had the bridge professionally readjusted, tried different string gauges and types etc., etc., but to no avail. Not a problem in the studio, but a total pain during gigs…I was hitting the tune-up pedal after each number!!

  2. Feedback; yes, I know all hollow bodied guitars suffer from the same problem, but this guitar howled….and not in a good way.

  3. Sound; Famed for its diversity, but limited dependent on your choice of amp, again leading to gigging limitations. Crap “acoustic” sound through a Marshall amp.

I have a Taylor acoustic which is stunning in every way, but I would not recommend the very expensive T5C2 to anybody even considering using it during a gig; shame, because I couldn’t wait to buy one…..

]]> By: Pat http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/guitar-reviews-taylor-t5-line-6-variax-acoustic-700/#comment-1222 Pat Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=415#comment-1222 No mockery. I just think that once you actually play a Crowdster, you'll feel the same way about it as you do the Taylor and Variax - it's a pretty nice fake, but it's still a fake, and, especially for the price, it just doesn't hold up. Ok, some mockery. You? Purist? Mr. Flamekat? Hehehehe... No mockery. I just think that once you actually play a Crowdster, you’ll feel the same way about it as you do the Taylor and Variax - it’s a pretty nice fake, but it’s still a fake, and, especially for the price, it just doesn’t hold up.
Ok, some mockery. You? Purist? Mr. Flamekat? Hehehehe…

]]> By: Hank Ziebol http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/guitar-reviews-taylor-t5-line-6-variax-acoustic-700/#comment-1223 Hank Ziebol Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=415#comment-1223 Check out Sadowski and Godin. They make great thinlines ala the Tom Anderson at a much more affordable cost. Kinda like your Lowden. Check out Sadowski and Godin. They make great thinlines ala the Tom Anderson at a much more affordable cost. Kinda like your Lowden.

]]> By: Pat http://www.mattandnancy.org/music/guitar-reviews-taylor-t5-line-6-variax-acoustic-700/#comment-1224 Pat Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://mattandnancy.mattheerema.com/?p=415#comment-1224 OK, having now played the Line6 (only had to go to Des Moines, not Minneapolis), I can say that, as a toy, it's kinda fun. As a guitar, it's a steaming heap of crap. You can ask if you'd like a more detailed review. OK, having now played the Line6 (only had to go to Des Moines, not Minneapolis), I can say that, as a toy, it’s kinda fun. As a guitar, it’s a steaming heap of crap.
You can ask if you’d like a more detailed review.

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