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30 May 18 - 05:34 AM (#3927935) Subject: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: Big Al Whittle interesting reviews on youtube, and in this months acoustic magazine? |
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30 May 18 - 03:42 PM (#3928043) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: GUEST,Busker On A Budget It's eerie when you have reverb, etc at hand but you're not seeing an amp or a cable. Yamaha guitars are always well-built, and the TA is no exception. I would be wary of the battery-driven digital doohickey failing at some point, but I generally don't rely on effects in performance anyway. |
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31 May 18 - 08:04 PM (#3928352) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: GUEST,.gargoyle Big Al, Cut the promo crap. |
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01 Jun 18 - 02:50 AM (#3928385) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: Rusty Dobro Early thread drift, but I love my Yamaha 'silent' acoustic. |
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01 Jun 18 - 04:41 AM (#3928401) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: Big Al Whittle intrigued, that's all. I love my yamahas, but my main axe is a fender paramount these days. Nothing I'm likely to do in a folk club with chorus and delay added, or not, seems to cut it in folk clubs. |
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01 Jun 18 - 04:50 AM (#3928403) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: GUEST,Nick Dow I've been using my Yamaha for years. I've binned off some pretty expensive guitars to return to it. It's the best I've found over the last 40 years. It's an FG365se. The very first to have electrics added in 1983. Yam. Rosewood laminates are that good they are better than some other solid back and sides. The rosewood gives the bass a punch which I love. The ARE system used in modern Yammys gives a similar sound but the price is prohibitive, try them out though. Look upon a Yamaha as raw material when you get it. Set it up change the nut, bridge and add brass bridge pins, put a set of Schallers or Grovers on if necessary and enjoy. Here endeth the lesson. Nick |
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01 Jun 18 - 05:44 AM (#3928414) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: Big Al Whittle In truth - they've done some decent guitars over the years. I'm not a big fan of the later model's transducer systems. too bleeding clever by half. The transacoustic model is of interest to folk players. It has something called an actuator fitted. What this means is that in effect you will be able to go to all these mouldy fig folk clubs , where they look askance at amps , footpedals, PA systems. Take out a an acoustic guitar (okay probably lost some of them at that point) and enhance your guitar sound with chorus and delay without any other equipment. The current issue of acoustic says they're basically a three hundred quid yam , with the other three hundred going on this actuator thing. I haven't seen one, much less tried one. I wondered if anyone had. |
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01 Jun 18 - 09:42 AM (#3928471) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: leeneia There are videos of guys playing this guitar on YouTube. It looks like a traditional guitar, but it has three small dials set into the top which you can turn up or down for reverb and a couple other things. I listened to two of the videos, and I think it sounds muddy and fake. For an effect like that, I would prefer a twelve-string. Maybe to guys who've grown up with rock, music is supposed to sound like that. I guess it uses batteries. |
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01 Jun 18 - 12:19 PM (#3928485) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: punkfolkrocker "I guess it uses batteries."... Perhaps Yamaha could be petitioned to provide a coal & steam powered version for old folkies...??? |
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01 Jun 18 - 02:45 PM (#3928518) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: leeneia I would prefer one that you power by pedaling. Play music and get cardio benefit at the same time. |
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01 Jun 18 - 03:10 PM (#3928522) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: punkfolkrocker That shouldn't be difficult to sort out... I'd like a PC and monitor powered by exercise bike generator... btw... I'd never heard of these guitars.. now i have... This is a very good demo by real versatile pro session guitar players... |
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03 Jun 18 - 05:47 PM (#3929014) Subject: RE: Has anyone played a Yamaha transacoustic From: GUEST,Rigby I played one briefly at the Musikmesse trade show in Frankfurt this year. The chorus effect is absolutely horrible. The reverb is a lot better, though it probably isn't the reverb I'd choose if I were recording or mixing an acoustic guitar personally. |