Yamaha Transacoustic LL-TA

[elihu]

Has anyone played one of these guitars? I must say, it looks interesting: 1.732" nut width, Ebony fingerboard, solid Rosewood back and sides, Engelmann Spruce top with Yamaha's A.R.E. aging process...

My experience with Yamaha acoustics is that they make good guitars at reasonable prices. And I've been looking at a Rosewood Dread lately-both my Martin's have mahogany back and sides.

Sweetwater has them for $1,129.99.



And I found something on the A.R.E. process...

Yamaha Creates Vintage Tone with New Wood

Yamaha has been making instruments for quite some time. So they know firsthand how age enhances the tone of the wood. In fact, the company has done a variety of tests to determine what those age-enhanced tonal characteristics are. And now with that knowledge, Yamaha has taken the next step to...

www.guitarworld.com

 

[lupowitz]

I did.
I played the cheaper version, the FS-TA too, which has 25 inch scale length. I liked that more than the LL.
I did not care for the chorus too much, but the reverb sounded fantastic, it gives a whole new perspective to acoustic playing.
I am looking forward to play the CSF-TA which is their parlour size offering from the Transacoustic series.

 

[elihu]

I too think that I'd use the reverb much more than the chorus.

I play in different ensembles where the other folks are all strum-strum-strum so it's nice to get a solid bass line going.

That plus a harmony vocal fill out the sound pretty well.

So I'm leaning toward the Rosewood Dreadnaught.

 

[Vognell]

don't have the LL-TA, but I have the LS-TA. Consensus that the chorus is not that great is spot on. Really "metallic" sounding. A touch of hall or room reverb does the trick though. The chorus is useable in the just barely there setting, but quickly becomes an annoyance. Construction, finish, playability of the LS-TA is excellent, I would expect the LL-TA to be in the same ballpark.

 

[Controller]

I played the FSC-TA and was immediately taken with it. The neck, the sound. I didn't even try the effects but if I were going to buy another acoustic, this would be a strong contender.

 

[Peegoo]

Looks like a production guitar with the Tonewood Amp tech built in.

The reviewer speaks about the urea saddle and nut as if it's some new synthetic bone material, but urea formaldehyde has been around for many years; it's a thermoset polymer of amino resins in the same family as Melamine. Yamaha conveniently leaves off the 'formaldehyde' part of the name because that would stir up cancer fear in the guitar-playing public...but in this solid form it is inert.

 

[USian Pie]

Looks like a production guitar with the Tonewood Amp tech built in.

The reviewer speaks about the urea saddle and nut as if it's some new synthetic bone material, but urea formaldehyde has been around for many years; it's a thermoset polymer of amino resins in the same family as Melamine. Yamaha conveniently leaves off the 'formaldehyde' part of the name because that would stir up cancer fear in the guitar-playing public...but in this solid form it is inert.

"Most of the mines you will encounter are inert. However, some are ert."

(Only line I remember from Private Benjamin)

 

[Colo Springs E]

I played one--can't recall the model, but a dread I believe--and I was blown away by both the chorus and reverb. Very innovative! I'd definitely buy one if I was in the market for another acoustic.