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Taylor T5 Thinline Fiveway Custom

6-string Thinline Acoustic/Electric Guitar with Koa Top - Natural Finish

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A Whole New Breed of Sonic Possibilities!

There are electric guitars, and there are acoustic guitars, and then there's the Taylor T5 Thinline 5-way guitar. It's a little bit of both, and everything they're not all at the same time. It may very well be a new category!

Taylor T5 Thinline 5-Way Guitar at a Glance:
  • Multi-personality guitar
  • 5-way switching for amazingly unique sounds
  • Sleek, comfortable and gorgeous
  • Whether you choose a Standard or Custom model, there's a lot going on!


Is it an Acoustic or and Electric?
Well, it's actually both. It allows you to get fully acoustic sounds and fully electric sounds from the same guitar. It's designed to be used with both acoustic and electric amps using a standard guitar cable or a balanced cable.

Next-Generation Electronics!
The Taylor T5 features a whole new generation of electronics!Tones are selected via the easy access 5-way switch located on the side of the Taylor T5.
  • T5 CMR air-coil rear pickup - this is the pickup you can see coming through the top near the bridge of the guitar. When played through an electric amp, this pickup can go from Tele-like sounds to Gretsch-like to full-blown humbucker.
  • T5 Dynamic neck pickup - buried in the neck joint, this pickup can sound warm and woody or fat and rowdy.
  • T5 Dynamic body sensor - inspired by the research on the Expression System, the T5 body sensors are overwound to produce the sparkling highs and shimmer for the most acoustic-like switch position.
  • T5 Preamp and EQ - the preamp was designed to deliver a wide range of tones in every switch position. Controls include: Volume, Bass and Treble. The tone controls are best described as Resonance (bass) and Detail (treble).


What a Body!
Inspired by the Taylor Grand Auditorium silhouette, the T5 features a sleek and comfortable-to-hold carved hollow body of sapele, and a svelte neck of Tropical American mahogany. A shortened scale length ensures a fingerboard that is endlessly pleasureable to play with either electric or acoustic strings. Like all Taylor guitars, a custom voiced soundboard is the heart of the T5 tone; on both T5 Standard and T5 Custom models, a spruce top creates a strong, colorful voice with outrageous sustain. Finally, sexy and stylized f-holes command the eye and enhance the resonance of the T5 body chamber, allowing the top to breathe and capture the dynamics of a player's performance.

Standard or Custom Choices
Both Taylor T5 Standard and Taylor T5 Custom Models are available with luscious Cherry, Honey or Tobacco bursts and optional Premium Tops of Stunning flamey maple or figured Hawaiian koa. The Taylor T5 Standard comes with chrome Taylor tuners and subtle "micro dot" fingerboard inlays, while the Taylor T5 Custom has gold Taylor tuners and Taylor's exquisite and well-loved Artist inlays.


Taylor T5 Custom Features:
  • Premium Koa Top
  • Color: Natural Finish
  • Contoured Thinline Body
  • T-Lock Neck Joint
  • Stylized f-holes
  • Two Endpins
  • Type/Shape: Modified Grand Auditorium
  • Body: Sapele
  • Top: Premium Koa
  • Neck: Tropical American Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Ebony w/Binding
  • Fretboard Radius: 15 inches
  • Fretboard Inlay: Taylor T5 Inlay
  • Headstock Overlay: Ebony
  • Binding: Multi-layer white with Black pinstripes
  • Bridge: Ebony
  • Nut & Saddle: Bone
  • Tuning Machines and Hardware: Gold-plated
  • Scale Length: 24 7/8 in.
  • Truss Rod: Adjustable
  • Neck WIdth at Nut: 1 11/16 in.
  • Number of Frets: 21
  • Strings: Medium Gauge (.011-.049) electric Nanoweb coated Elixir strings
  • Bracing: T5 Custom Bracing
  • Finish: Gloss
  • Cutaway: Venetian
  • Electronics: Taylor T5
  • Case: Taylor T5 Hardshell

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based on 2 customer reviews

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Robert Williams
This series of guitars is really puts the "Electric" in the electric/acoustic guitar arena. Great fit and finish makes for great eye appeal on top of a very comfortable neck and well balanced body. The controls are easy to get to and provide usable tonal options. Here's a hybrid that really works for a variety of players.

Oh Holy Moley !!!!

by Skipper from Jackson Mississippi
November 20, 2006
Music Background: Weekend Musician
I am loving this guitar!!!... changed to acoustic strings.... Tight and well finished...so many sound combinations straight from the pickups... Sharp well made good looking case...Swings from rich aco... read more [+]ustic to tasty electric....easy to play...Comfortable neck !!! close [-]

Taylor T 5 is worth the money!!

by Steve Hotra from Vancouver, WA. USA
October 13, 2006
Music Background: Guitar playing pastor of worship arts
Taylor's T 5 guitar lives up to its claims! I own a Fender Telcaster B bender and a Gibson ES 335... and I am able to cover a variety of guitar tones. However, Taylor's T 5 does introduce new guitar s... read more [+]ounds, due to its inovative active pick-up system. Visit their website and listen for yourself. I own a Koa T5 love the grain of the wood. I needed to find a guitar where I could play acoustic and electric tones off the same guitar. The T5 thinline does that and more. The acoustic position #1, sound like a concert size acoustic, mix in some bass and it sounds fuller. This guitar has the ability to shred as well... I play mine thru a Vox Tonelab SE, and it represents all of the amp/cabs offerred. Taylor offers excellent customer support and their website is very informative. Pick-ups positions 2 thru 5 are good: the middle humbucker can sound like a tele, but add bass and you will get the Gibson humbucker sound. It won't replace your existing guitar, but I can't imagine not owning one. I lead worship at my church and needed a guitar that would allow me to cover a wide variety of music: blues, rock, country and R & B.. this guitar does it all and more! close [-]

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