For all the fancy electric guitars and amps and the wide array of pedals I own and get to test, I spend the vast majority of my playing time with an old Guild acoustic on my couch. I find it easier to plunk through new songs in the living room, and the quick grab-and-go versatility of an acoustic guitar is impossible to beat.
How do you make something that is so utilitarian and easy even better? If you’re Yamaha with its new TAG3 C, you add audio actuators, a built-in looper, Bluetooth, and effects like delay and reverb, and you toss in a charging cable. In doing so, Yamaha created an astonishing piece of musical technology that fits in with everything I like about my usual acoustic guitar experience but makes me sound even better with less effort. It even has a great built-in tuner.
The looper, reverb, and delay effects allow you to practice difficult passages over yourself, work on…
