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Day after day
Published on 10/05/08 at 13:48
Guitar-shaped dreadnought cutaway made in United States, 20 frets and any mass.
Top: spruce gloss
Case: satin ovangkol
Neck: mahogany satin
Fingerboard and bridge: ebony
Expression System equipped preamp and three magnetic sensors powered by a 9V battery in the box (a rare version, it seems, and for good reason: you have to loosen the strings to change the battery and it believe me it is really heavy !)
The rest of the specs, it's classic chrome tuners oil bath, ankle ebony, white plastic netting ... Sober, impeccably finished but for the price one would expect a bit of pearl, or nets table in maple ...
UTILIZATION
The handle is divine. The best that I've had the opportunity to put my hands. Everything seems simple on a handle like this. And satin: my god what a pleasure! I became a fan of satin sleeves. So much so that I can search more than that for my future purchases!
Uh, yes, there will be future purchases but we'll talk later ...
The guitar is well balanced, access is easy thanks to the sharp cutaway.
The jack is not of good quality on my model: it broke down once and after the store's customer service, "such things happen, the jacks are sometimes of poor quality, It can last 10 years or 10 months ... "
Yes but then voila, a guitar has more than € 1,800 it seems to me unacceptable.
The Expression System is supposed to be the amplification system for acoustic guitars. "You plug and play" as they say over there ... At first glance this seems great, but we'll talk about that too ...
Without the jack I put 10/10 as the beautiful is easy to use but do not count on is a tricky point when you want to use it on stage.
SOUNDS
This guitar will suit many styles as it has a nice balance. Mediums are still a little behind. If it is shaped to the rhythm it will satisfy you in many other fields thanks to its well-rounded bass and clear highs without being shrill.
The association spruce / ovangkol wonders. The latter, whose identity is very strong, has tonal qualities straddling mahogany which he seems to have the roundness and rosewood for defining sounds ... A real tonewood!
The sound opens up more and more ... it becomes increasingly warm!
The electro sound now. At first we bought this guitar ears full of defects piezo sensors. It values its very low natural and being able to attack the strings hard or very low without the sensor distorts the attack. The sound in the treble does not have this side does not attack metal and ears when you say "Wow, finally a guitar that sounds with acoustic and electronic sound realistic!"
Except ...
Except that reports the guitar at home. And there away from the noise of cars and people from the store, away from the comments of the seller and the noise of the radius battery, you plug the guitar and there: oops!
It blows. My gods so that blows that one comes to wonder if it would not fan more than that!
And then the strings Si and high E: it looks like plastic! The magnetic sensors caricature the sound of these strings and it loses all expression! Hope for not even move an audience with a solo on this guitar plugged in!
So we invest (again) ... and with a Noise Gate and a parametric equalizer you come to reworking the sound ... like when adjusted to that of a piezo pickup ... (sic)
Meanwhile the guitar "Plug'n Play" was needed an extra suitcase to carry his equipment ... It has been well spent for it, well spent to use it: in the end the guitar costs not but not € 1800 € 2100 ...
And the battery needs to be changed by loosening the strings all 20-25 hours of gameplay ..
Then sound is excellent. In electronics, it sounds good on all four strings. Too bad I liked the last two! I will not hide my disappointment and I go back a good old EAN10C, with its solid jack, his old piezo sound that leaves the 6 strings, the amp does not blow economy and its built-in tuner for € 888 Thomann!
OVERALL OPINION
I made the acquisition of this beautiful guitar a year ago now. The only question I have is to know what acoustic guitar back to complete the Takamine future?
Unless I keep it to use sound ... Given the market price of the equivalent OCCAZ it seems ...
I tried many models and I realize how difficult it is to make a good test in the store. Ask if you can try to calm ... Try multi-amp ...
The value for money is not good. the instrument is unreliable and does nothing. I agree with many on this Afiens Expression System: it is a publicity stunt for Bob Taylor to attract customers disappointed with the piezo!
Unless a good fishman natural, or LR Baggs ribbon transducer is a much better ally for an acoustic guitar at this level ...
With experience, I also reports how a preamp vériatble "on board" I miss ... That's why I simply add this guitar sensor (also, the association piezo + ES might be a good solution to improve some points ... unfortunately not all ...)
Escape the electro-acoustic Taylor equipped with this mail!
Top: spruce gloss
Case: satin ovangkol
Neck: mahogany satin
Fingerboard and bridge: ebony
Expression System equipped preamp and three magnetic sensors powered by a 9V battery in the box (a rare version, it seems, and for good reason: you have to loosen the strings to change the battery and it believe me it is really heavy !)
The rest of the specs, it's classic chrome tuners oil bath, ankle ebony, white plastic netting ... Sober, impeccably finished but for the price one would expect a bit of pearl, or nets table in maple ...
UTILIZATION
The handle is divine. The best that I've had the opportunity to put my hands. Everything seems simple on a handle like this. And satin: my god what a pleasure! I became a fan of satin sleeves. So much so that I can search more than that for my future purchases!
Uh, yes, there will be future purchases but we'll talk later ...
The guitar is well balanced, access is easy thanks to the sharp cutaway.
The jack is not of good quality on my model: it broke down once and after the store's customer service, "such things happen, the jacks are sometimes of poor quality, It can last 10 years or 10 months ... "
Yes but then voila, a guitar has more than € 1,800 it seems to me unacceptable.
The Expression System is supposed to be the amplification system for acoustic guitars. "You plug and play" as they say over there ... At first glance this seems great, but we'll talk about that too ...
Without the jack I put 10/10 as the beautiful is easy to use but do not count on is a tricky point when you want to use it on stage.
SOUNDS
This guitar will suit many styles as it has a nice balance. Mediums are still a little behind. If it is shaped to the rhythm it will satisfy you in many other fields thanks to its well-rounded bass and clear highs without being shrill.
The association spruce / ovangkol wonders. The latter, whose identity is very strong, has tonal qualities straddling mahogany which he seems to have the roundness and rosewood for defining sounds ... A real tonewood!
The sound opens up more and more ... it becomes increasingly warm!
The electro sound now. At first we bought this guitar ears full of defects piezo sensors. It values its very low natural and being able to attack the strings hard or very low without the sensor distorts the attack. The sound in the treble does not have this side does not attack metal and ears when you say "Wow, finally a guitar that sounds with acoustic and electronic sound realistic!"
Except ...
Except that reports the guitar at home. And there away from the noise of cars and people from the store, away from the comments of the seller and the noise of the radius battery, you plug the guitar and there: oops!
It blows. My gods so that blows that one comes to wonder if it would not fan more than that!
And then the strings Si and high E: it looks like plastic! The magnetic sensors caricature the sound of these strings and it loses all expression! Hope for not even move an audience with a solo on this guitar plugged in!
So we invest (again) ... and with a Noise Gate and a parametric equalizer you come to reworking the sound ... like when adjusted to that of a piezo pickup ... (sic)
Meanwhile the guitar "Plug'n Play" was needed an extra suitcase to carry his equipment ... It has been well spent for it, well spent to use it: in the end the guitar costs not but not € 1800 € 2100 ...
And the battery needs to be changed by loosening the strings all 20-25 hours of gameplay ..
Then sound is excellent. In electronics, it sounds good on all four strings. Too bad I liked the last two! I will not hide my disappointment and I go back a good old EAN10C, with its solid jack, his old piezo sound that leaves the 6 strings, the amp does not blow economy and its built-in tuner for € 888 Thomann!
OVERALL OPINION
I made the acquisition of this beautiful guitar a year ago now. The only question I have is to know what acoustic guitar back to complete the Takamine future?
Unless I keep it to use sound ... Given the market price of the equivalent OCCAZ it seems ...
I tried many models and I realize how difficult it is to make a good test in the store. Ask if you can try to calm ... Try multi-amp ...
The value for money is not good. the instrument is unreliable and does nothing. I agree with many on this Afiens Expression System: it is a publicity stunt for Bob Taylor to attract customers disappointed with the piezo!
Unless a good fishman natural, or LR Baggs ribbon transducer is a much better ally for an acoustic guitar at this level ...
With experience, I also reports how a preamp vériatble "on board" I miss ... That's why I simply add this guitar sensor (also, the association piezo + ES might be a good solution to improve some points ... unfortunately not all ...)
Escape the electro-acoustic Taylor equipped with this mail!