This Guitar rocks! Taking its good looks from the shape and lines of the hybrid, electric wannabe older brother T5, the new Taylor T3 and T3B is a real rock and roll electric guitar.

Taylor T3B Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

A solid slab of wood down the center of the sapele body capped off with a maple top replaces the more dainty and delicate wood bracing. Instead of hidden pickups and body sensors the semi-hollowbody features dual coil humbuckers, borrowed from Taylor’s Solidbody line, accented by polished chrome rings. And there is even a good old fashion coil tapping switch on the volume knob.

Taylor Style 2 HD Humbuckers And Roller Bridge

Gone is the skinny acoustic fret wire having been supplanted with easy to finger electric guitar size jumbo frets. The new roller bridge compliments the optional Bigsby vibrato tailpiece for smooth tuning stability. And the petite plastic controls from the T5 are replaced with meaty chrome volume and tone knobs positioned under the pickups.

Single-Bolt T-Lock Neck Design

The best features from the T5 have been retained: lusterous lacquer finish, beautiful figured woods, exquisite binding everywhere, single-bolt T-Lock™neck design, and incredible attention to detail.

The most exciting part of the new Taylor T3 electric guitar is the sound. Thanks to the Style 2 HD humbuckers, coil splitter and switching tone circuit, the guitar does everything from hard driving southern rock and clean country to soulful blues and jazz. Sorry, no acoustic emulation here but Taylor already makes about a billion other guitars that do that well.