Jason Mraz - Taylor Acoustic Guitars

Since I bought a Taylor acoustic recently I've been looking for artists I like that use a Taylor, and being an electric player it was actually not easy to find. Most top guitar heroes seem to use Martin acoustic guitars such as Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Elvis ect. After searching for some acoustic songs to learn I found Jason Mraz doing an acoustic set playing "I'm yours" and this man like me is a Taylor fan.

Jason Mraz uses various Taylor guitars from 612's, 714's and T5's. The T5 seems to be slowly gaining more and more popularity especially for it's versatility for acoustic and electric tones for live performances.

Jason Mraz also owns a rare vintage Taylor which his dad bought him, only about dozen of them were made, it's a J15 Jumbo like guitar, this is one of the main guitar that Jason Mraz uses for recording now.

Jason Mraz is taking his music back to the raw essential's, acoustic and vocals, with the success of Jack Johnson and others alike, this is not a bad move, I love this kind of music it's peaceful and earthly, and Jason is backing it up with Taylor guitars, the first video is of a Jason Mrazen interview with Mark Seal talking about his gear, Taylor guitars, and music, the second video is an unplugged performance of Jason playing I'm Yours, ejoy the videos.

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Serj Tankian T5 guitar

Serj Tankian gear: Signature Guitar
Serj Tankian known for his unique vocals in System of a Down, he also plays guitar aswell, and he's got a signature out. The Serj Tankian signature guitar is made by Taylor guitars, Taylor is famous for their acoustic guitars and have recently branched into the electric field, and their electrics have been well received. The first electric they released was a semi hollow body, the T3, then the improved version the Taylor T5 was released. The T5 has acoustic properties and has a great electric tone clean or distorted.

Serj Tankian took a liking to the T5 and now has a Taylor guitar T5 signature, this guitar has a custom finish, black and red binding with "energy wheel" inlays. I bought a Taylor Big Baby recently and was amazed with the difference in tone you get with different woods, for acoustic guitars the wood is the main thing that gives tone (compared to electrics which also depends on the pickups and amps ect), this lead me to watching nearly every youtube video on guitar woods and the tone they give. The Serj Tankian T5 signature has a maple top and sapele body, this is similar to the Taylor T5-S1, Serj opting for the maple body as it gives a bright tone with more bite.

The T5 itself has won mulitple awards, it's built by Taylor so you know it's quality, it's got electric and acoustic qualities with new innovative electronics and pickups to compliment this, especially with Taylor guitars knowledge of acoustics, and to top it off, with the Serj Tankian Taylor T5 signature you get the cool paint job and colours.

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