The construction of the T5z Classic Koa consists of a sapele body and a Hawaiian koa top with a nice wood grain enhanced by a subtle Shaded Edgeburst finish. Glued to the mahogany neck is an ebony fingerboard fitted with twenty-one jumbo-sized frets. Orientation around its surface is facilitated by decorative position markers in the shape of small diamonds. The strings are anchored in the company's Satin Black mechanics and ebony fingerboard over a TusQ zero fret and a Micarta saddle fret.
The triple sound sensing method, using an acoustic sensor that senses the vibration of the top and two humbuckers (hidden neck and visible tailpiece), brings with it the ability to switch between acoustic and electric guitar sounds (also play through both acoustic and electric guitars). The settings and character of the sound can be adjusted using the two-band equalizer and volume control. The five-position pickup switch offers the following configurations - 1. neck humbucker and magnetic sensor, 2. neck humbucker, 3. tailpiece humbucker, 4. parallel-wired humbuckers, 5. series-wired humbuckers.
The instrument comes in a case (Aerocase).
Hybrid guitars with the T5z designation are manufactured in El Cajon, California. The most skilled professionals build guitars here that will impress any musician with their precision craftsmanship, perfect sound and high-quality materials.
Specifications
- Product Colour: Shaded Edgeburst
- Colour: Sunburst
- Surface Treatment: Matte
- Type: Hybrid
- Cutaway: Yes
- Body: Sapele
- Top/Face: Koa, Solid
- Neck: Mahogany
- Scale: 632 mm
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Width: 42.8 mm
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Nut: TusQ
- Pickup: Yes
- Pickup Type: Humbucker + Magnetic Sensor
- Model electronics: Taylor T5z
- Controls: Volume, Bass, Treble, 5-way switch
- Integrated Tuner: No
- Tuning Machines: Taylor
- Hardware: Black
- MIDI: No
- USB: No
- Hard Case: Yes
- Case: No
- Strings: Elixir Light Electric
- Country of Production: USA