Ibanez Talman Series TCM50NT

Nope! For acoustic guitars, I only like traditional folk styles: no electonics, no cutaways, no laminates, no Made-in-Chinas.

The electric Talmans, however, look like loads of fun - visually, an appealing cross between a Tele and a Strat, with all kinds of pickup configurations to choose from.

 

Not familiar with that at all. It looks very cool, and I've had many great Ibanez's over the years. However, I once bought a thin body acoustic/electric guitar. It had terrible tone compared to any of the full bodies I've owned. Thin, plunky, and lacking sustain, both acoustic and plugged in. Saw Steve Vai play one in concert one time and it sounded the same; I think he was playing a Carvin. I think you need depth to the body to get that deep full-tone and resonation. Unless someone comes along and demonstrates a thin body acoustic that sounds good to me, I'll stick with my more traditional models.

 

Tried one before, did not care for it.
Do find the electric models interesting thou.

 

Yes, I have had that model Talman for about 6 years. The guitar is light and very comfortable to play. The neck feels like an electric. When plugged into an acoustic amp or PA system through DI, it sounds great. The only change I have made is to add a thin strip of copper tape inside by the string ends to ground to the output jack. When I first got it the guitar had a noticeable hum to it, but the grounding solved the problem. Another thing that changed were the strings, I installed white bronze strings and that gave it a little more bright sound. The pickup and controls work great. Just be aware that the sound unamplified is not suitable for much volume, but amplified it is great. The Ibanez tuners are also top notch. This sound very full and not plinkyl through the PA.

 

Looks cool

 

http://www.juststrings.com/ghsacousticguitarwhitebronze.html

The above is a link to where I get my GHS white bronze strings. The 11-48 extra light set is what I finally settled on. The G string is .20 and wound. These string are magnetic and generate a strong signal for the pickup. The nanoflex pickup receives vibration from the strings and also from the body, making a great signal combination.

 

In a live play situation through a PA the feedback was substantial. I first solved this by covering the sound hole with light cardboard. Then when I was a little more flush with cash I invested in the http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/bbe-acoustimax-sonic-maximizer-preamp-pedal

This has a great notch filter and other attributes that make the live sound great. I have also played it through a twin reverb, Peavy Bandit, line six and Behringer Acoustic amp.

 

I like the looks... George Jetson's acoustic.

 

I have a TCY10 and I'm not very happy wigh it. It sounds thin (both plugged and unplugged).

 

As much as I love my Talman electric, I've never once been able to convince myself the Talman acoustics look any good. Never heard one that I know of.

 

I think it's a fun guitar and it plays like an electric. Acoustically it's bass shy, but I got it to amplify, I have a regular dreadnought for messing about at home. That one doesn't sound great hooked up with a pickup but it is a cheapo Epi anyway.

I've never been much of an acoustic player, so the Ibanez does make me want to play acoustic more, probably because it plays like my Teles! Looks cool too IMO, really different if you like that sort of thing.