Having laminated back and sides is also a great thing. Spruce has a lightweight and durable personality, which you’ll find comfortable. These two tonewoods are one of the common and best combinations, especially in the affordable range. The Yamaha FG-TA features a solid Spruce top and laminated Mahogany for its back and sides. New Scalloped Bracing for an Enduring Body of Yamaha FGTA It has a brighter tone, longer sustain, and it’ll last you longer. If you want far better strings, I’d suggest the D’Addario EJ16 Phosphor strings. Strings are often overlooked as a factor for the overall quality of the guitar. This guitar sports an Elixir NANOWEB 80/20 Bronze Light for the strings. Unfortunately, the case isn’t included, so you might have to buy that separately. It is solely for the FG-TA.Ī unique color for a bizarre guitar. On the other hand, black is unique amongst the TransAcoustic guitars. The VT (vintage tint) and BS (brown sunburst) is the standard color of the TA series. It is offered in three colors: vintage tint, brown sunburst, and black. Given the outcome, chorus and reverb are indeed special. I'm super excited of letting the strings settle in and hearing how it can sound.Even beginners would notice that magnificent difference.īasically, there are two special effects added to the TA guitars.
It's a pretty sounding guitar of light construction. The sustain is good and the neck is playable.
And while it's not perfect, the guitar now chimes. So I tightend the rod because the neck was concave. Which is like such a simple but reassuring thing to say, instead of caveats and warning. The truss rod is fairly rugged, so you shouldn't worry about experimenting with different adjustments. It was just enough information and even, josh darnit, demystifiying encouragement to give it a shot. I was disinclined to try.īut I googled and found Taylor Guitar's page on truss rods. I knew you could do something with the truss rod but had never tried. Any lower and the strings would have started scraping the bridge. I despaired a bit because the saddle was already pretty low. I put some new strings but the guitar sounded muddy in the lower strings. when I got the guitar the strings were old.