Taylor T5X Classic, Ovangkol Top, Acoustic Electric Guitar
Taylor T5X Classic, Ovangkol Top, Acoustic Electric Guitar
The T5 is available in several configurations and across different price ranges. But whichever model you choose, you’ll get all solid wood construction and the T5’s breakthrough electronics.
Only the type of woods and appointments separate the T5X Classic from the other T5-Series guitars.
T5 Classic (T5-X)
Top/Body: Ovangkol/Sapele
Inlays: Diamonds
Hardware: Chrome
Color Options: None
Case: Taylor Gig Bag
All T5 Series Guitars Feature:
 | Three-plus decades of acoustic expertise informed the way we shaped the hollow body hybrid T5. You can hear the tonal character before you even plug it in. The T5 features a fully hollow body and an active soundboard with a compound radius. The top is a flat piece of wood braced into an arch to capture |
| the acoustic resonance. The f-holes in the top were specially designed and voiced to further enhance the resonance of the body chamber, and to allow the top to breathe in relation to the player’s dynamic attack. Despite the f-holes and the slight arch in the top, the T5 is not an archtop guitar. Its acoustic tone is more akin to a flattop style of sound, as opposed to a carved top instrument like a violin, viola, archtop guitar, or mandolin. Working in concert with the body design, The T5 electronics were inspired by the revolutionary Taylor Expression System®, and then were custom made to bring out the best electric and acoustic tones from the guitar. |
 | Inspired by the groundbreaking NT Neck, the single-bolt T-Lock® neck
design used on the T5, T3, and, SolidBody employs a unique neck joint
and a precisely milled pocket spacer to dial-in the perfect neck angle.
As the neck bolt is tightened in place, it pulls the neck both down and
back toward |
| the bridge for perfect alignment and stability. It's simple to put on or take off to switch out spacers if an angle adjustment is ever needed. And once in place, the fit is perfect without any side movement, resulting in impeccable stability and playability, along with extended sustain. |
 | Inspired by Taylor’s Expression System® pickup for acoustic guitars,
the T5’s pickup design is yet another breakthrough developed here at
Taylor. Thanks to its humbucking pickups and proprietary acoustic body
sensor, the T5 produces a versatile range of pure analog tones from
strumming acoustic |
to crunchy electric and everything in between. A
hidden neck humbucker, a visible bridge humbucker, and a body sensor
mounted to the inside surface of the top take advantage of the latest
technology, utilizing Samarium Cobalt magnets and humbucking coils. The
body sensor reads the movement of the top, adding even more warmth to
your acoustic tone.T5 Bridge PickupA stacked humbucker located near the bridge, this is the only pickup that’s visible on the guitar. When played through an electric amp, this pickup can swing from Tele tones to vintage Gretsch to full-blown humbucker. T5 Dynamic Neck PickupThe second stacked humbucker is buried in the neck joint, and can yield tones that range from warm and woody to fat and rowdy. T5 Dynamic Body SensorEvolving from our Expression System technology, the T5 body sensor is over-wound and affixed to the underside of the top beyond the bridge to register the sparkling highs and acoustic shimmer of the soundboard. |
| Model: | T5X |
| Manufacturer: | Taylor |
