Taylor T5z

jamesM ,

It goes without saying, Taylor make some of the best Acoustic Guitars (and there electric guitars are not bad).
It all comes down to, yes you have guessed correctly, money, the T5z is one hell of a guitar.
The electric guitar has two things going for it in my humble opinion, one playing unplugged or with headphones on so you can play in the same room as the better half, and live in harmony, and the second is the almost unlimited available tones, you can usually find a tone to go with whatever mood you are in. 😀

TonyKgull , interestingly, Wayne Johnson, the guitarist last night, played, recorded and toured with Manhattan Transfer. He told us that he did a big European tour with them and the T5 was the only guitar he took. He said that even though M. T. did so many different styles of music that one guitar covered all the bases. Of course a cynic (me for example) might be thinking that he works for the company so of course he's going to say how great they are. But I have to say, I was impressed.

O.P.?

jamesM, and Derick,  Oh, I'm sure they're out there, I was just saying that "I've" never heard of or seen them used or pondered, that's all.  I don't watch a lot of musician media or go to concerts etc, etc anymore so the only thing I have to go by is what I see in my local guitar stores, the people there and the musicians I work with and/or just know and speak to.

One of my guitar store guys is actually a HUGE Taylor fan.  I mentioned before that he's even a member of some club at Taylor that only "industry" people are allowed to join (don't ask, cuz I have no idea what that's all about or how it works.  LOL ).  Anyways, even he doesn't even mention electrics from Taylor, he's all about their acoustics and that's about it.  Even when he talks about up and coming stuff, sales figures and strategies etc, it's always about acoustics.  In fact, until this post, I had actually completely forgotten that Taylor even made electrics.  LOL.

And about the "OP", just short form for "Original Post." 

Acoustic Illuminati confirmed!!!            

I agree with your thoughts here.  I won't be in the market for an electric any time soon, but will be eventually.  I am definitely going to "try" to remember to check out some Taylors when that time comes.  I'm also going to revisit trying some Godins too because awhile back, when I was thinking of getting an electric (didn't happen though, but had fun trying a bunch) the Godin electrics impressed me more than any other at that time.  Granted, I did not even search for any Taylors, but that's because of my aforementioned reasons.

Dunno if the electric journey will be as fun as the acoustic one has always been, but it will be fun finding out I'm sure.

Derick, oddly enough I have one of those. The one you tried was probably the newer model with two pickups. Even though I got mine only a few months ago it's the older model with a single P90. I bought it because it was just too good a deal to pass up. Godin was selling them through a local store as discontinued models so it was close to half the regular price. I admit I don't play it as much as my acoustics but when I do I like it. Makes me feel like a jazz player. Unfortunately, feeling like a jazz player doesn't actually translate into playing like a jazz player.