Well, yesterday I took the plunge, left my guitar pedal board home and took my new T1 to a sizable outdoor gig at Descanso Gardens. Nice crowd (450-ish), classic setup with our 3 Classics (except for pushing the fiddle player's unit a bit further out for off-axis considerations - Crown condensor mic).

First, what I left home (soon to be on EBay): Furman power conditioner pedal board, Whirlwind 4-channel multiselector, Yamaha AGStomp, programmed with individual settings for my 6-string, 12-string, and bouzouki.

All of us and our Classics. Did I say how great the T1 was? Of course I did. But let me note that the tuner really worked for me, as other included tuners have not. I found it easy to use on the fly, while the bandmates were yakking with the crowd. It was a warm, humid day, and tuning was needed along the way. Easy to mute and tune with no one the wiser. My Intellitouch tuner stayed in the bag, one less thing to keep track of!
In summary, the T1 was all I expected and more. This was the clearest, crispest sound I've gotten yet with my L1/B1. I attribute that the Tonematch presets (Taylor GA strum, Taylor Jumbo strum, Ac. Guitar flat -bouzouki). I hadn't been able to use the presets before since I was running 3 guitars into Ch. 2.

My happiest post-gig moment was when several people approached the stage to ask about the guitars and bouzouki, and oh by the way, who was playing bass? Moi. No! One older guy was looking around behind me as if to find the hidden bass source. I tried to explain, but he had me turn on the system and show him. "Sir, if you were hearing bass out there in the audience, I've done my job right." Was all I could say. He walked away shaking his head.

The younger guy knew Taylor guitars have a tasty low end range, and was really impressed at how the L1/B1/T1 made the most of it!

-MBanshee, July 16, 2007

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