Taylor Solidbodies...something unique.

We got in some of the new Taylor Electric guitars this week, 0ne of each model the Classic, Standard, and Custom (From top to bottom).

I was excited to get a chance to finally play one, and with that being said, I am not sure if I really like the sound of the instrument.... While these are Electric guitars they are very different from other elecrtic guitars.

The tone is unique, almost hollow sounding, but not like a true hollowbody. This is achieved thru the use of tone chambers. I think the difference in tone is from a couple things, the way the bridge attaches to the body and the way the neck attaches to the body. If you look below at the bridge from the front and the back you will see what I am talking about.

The neck is attached by a single hex screw (T-Lock), along with the wood to wood fit that you see in the picture bleow, which I think also adds to the different tone.

They have two different types of pickups also, a mini-humbucker(Style I) and full size humbucker (Style II), these are what really started this whole solidbody craze for Taylor. They also took a little bit different approach to the electronics putting a fuse on the circut board. This is there to stop the shock of an unproperly grounded microphone.

Taylor also has taken a different approach to the exotic tops like where they inset the wood into the body so its not a thick slab of wood like you would normally see. The standard comes with a figured Tamo ash (bottom left) and the Custom with either the Walnut (bottom right) or Koa.

They have a complete different way of looking at an electric, being known as an acoustic company, and it shows here. These are some very well made instruments that play really well...but do they have that soul that guitar players are looking for??

That is a question as a player you will have to answer for yourself.