Here in Music Connection's office our two resident guitar-players, Bill McBee and Brian Stewart, picked up the T3 for a test spin and were immediately impressed by the beautiful look of Sapele body and luxuriously quilted maple top and high gloss finish. Both Bill and Brian loved the huge range of sounds possible due to this semi-hollow's great resonance and sustain. Brian felt the flatter neck makes for easier playing and effortless note bending and Bill found the guitar (compared to other semi-hollows) to be much less susceptible to acoustical feedback when playing on loud stages.

The tropical American mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard attaches to the body using Taylor's single bolt T-Lock™ joinery. It is flat, has 21 mother-of-pearl dots and is 1 11/16-inches wide with heavier fret wire for a true electric feel. The T3B model has an authentic Bigsby model B70 vibrato tailpiece and roller bridge while the standard T3 model comes with a stop tailpiece.

Taylor's Style 2 humbuckers are used along with a standard three-way toggle switch and a special pull up volume control for coil splitting. In addition, the tone control has a tone splitter--a pull up switch that engages a second capacitor for a mellow and smooth jazz tone.