Taylor’s Long Awaited Guitar Amps are HERE to STAY | The Circa 74 is Officially Out
*Correction – the current production amp doesn’t include a cover*
We’ve shown you a custom version of Taylor’s Circa 74 acoustic and vocal amp before, but we had to hold our tongue when it came to the standard release of the Mahogany version. Well, you probably guessed it would happen, and now it’s official! Check out the AV150-10 and let us know what you think, does this one hold its own in the world of acoustic guitar amplifiers?
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Originally posted by UCIB3DqQuXKmM7DzEMppafDA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xlBxasKjR4
how much would the solid koa version of the amp that comes bundled with the PS24ce cost?
Beautiful playing Cooper!
Thats a buttload of MANDATORY ads. Thumbs down.
Pickups on acoustic guitars are less than ideal. My point is that I want both channels to be XLR with phantom power. I mic the guitar at fret 12 which makes a $8k guitar sound like one.
Pickups on acoustic guitars are less than ideal. My point is that I want both channels to be XLR with phantom power. I mic the guitar at fret 12 which makes a $8k guitar sound like one.
Loudmouth is cool and all but DAMM the 74 looks so much better.
Considering that the amp has only a reverb on each channel, I would have liked to have seen a post pre-amp effects loop for time based effects. Having said that, sound quality always trumps all other factors when amplifying acoustic instruments as far as I'm concerned.
As a workaround for live use, I suppose you could use the instrument channel as the input section, take the line out, connect time based effects in-line, and re-enter the amp through the XLR channel. In the studio, you could simply use the line out, route through time based effects and go into your audio interface. But the time based effects would have to be monitored via your studio monitors, not the Circa 74.
To begin, I've followed you 2 for a while now and take every word quite seriously for a multitude of reasons. Nice shirt, Cooper. I graduated SWT when it was SWT and I love San Antonio. Now after 36 years of high school English teaching and gigging, we are in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and I'm still gigging up to 7 nights a week, solo. Seeking out the best acoustic sound. Love my two Loudbox Artists, love my two SA220's more. But was amazed that you mentioned the Performer as a rival to the Circa 74 because either may be my next amp. You 2 are the ones I listen to. Thank you! Smooth sailing.
I would say this is a perfect small venue/cafe/listening room gig box as opposed to concert stage big crowd noisy bar gig box.
I think they decided on a flat spectrum amp and cone setup to emphasize the fact they expect you to be also singing and playing through the same amplifier. human voice sounds muddy through a regular guitar amp. also why it sounds so pristine and clean.
Just ordered the 50th PS24ce LE + amp combo… sounds incredible, super excited
20 minutes for review of one unit is too long.
This amp is good, but musicians also want to emulate a variety of expensive acoustic guitars (in the $20k to $60k range) they can't afford even one of them. Musicians also want to push studio-quality acoustic sounds out on live stages. They want easy portability and even battery power options. They even want to get acoustic sounds from electric instruments so they can easily mix the sounds. They want volume and ability to access venues that don't provide sound systems. They want affordability. But knock on wood, everyone from Musicians Friend to the local mom and pop music store wants to sell them defunct technology from companies whose primary innovation has focused on emulating electric guitar amps and modern metal amps. This amp is a step in the right direction. But for the vast music instrument industry — Knock on wood…
Maybe Taylor has wised up to the fact that their guitars are nothing to write home about but the acoustic guitar market is hotter than a firecracker. I'm thinking of Leo Fender's 1950's and 1960s business wisdom. Back then, his now almost priceless solidbody electric guitars hadn't caught on. Everyone was buying hollowbodies and, by 1958, semihollows that Fender's competitors like Gibson and Gretsch were building . As a strategy to push his amps to make them the most popular, Leo didn't voice his amps just for his solidbody guitars (like most amp designers nowadays), he also voiced them for his competitors' hollowbody electrics. It wasn't until 1969 that solidbody guitars really took off. By then, Fender had sold his company to CBS for a fortune. (CBS may have seen the solidbody craze was coming). Maybe now, Taylor sees the accoustic guitar market is coming and is now here and has wised up that Taylor guitars are not what players want, but that the market for amplified acoustic sounds is humongous. If they have, this amp of their's still doesn't scratch the surface of the market potential. Musicians want to emulate a variety of expensive acoustic guitars they can't afford even 1 of. Acoustic instrument players want to push studio quality acoustic sounds out on live stages. They want easy portability and battery power. They want to get acoustic sounds from electric instruments. They want volume and ability to access venues that don't provide sound systems. They want affordability. But knock on wood, everyone from Musicians Friend to the local mom and pop music store wants to sell them defunct technology from companies whose primary innovation has focused on emulating vintage electric guitar amps and modern metal amps. Knock on wood…
This unit is not going to compete on price or features. It can only be a winner if accomplished gigging musicians say it sounds exceptionally fine out there in the real world. So, we'll see.
Dear Taylor, please get me a Mexican made sapele version of this amp for a cool $599, please Bob!!
Any thoughts on pairing this with amplified nylon acoustics?
Should of been a class A amp and since there isn't much in the way of effects not having and effects loop is a huge FAIL!
A large mail order company had a couple of pages up showing a Walnut cab and a Koa cab at $1500 and $2000 respectively. They said available in a couple of months. The pages came up directly, but now they are only available if you use a search engine and go from there. (They may have taken them down completely though.) SO my guess is someone over there screwed up and these options will be available in a few months, but Taylor isn't ready to go public yet. Personally, I'll wait for the Walnut to pair with my AD 12e-SB. I'd buy it today if it were available.
I played the mahogany against the Fender acoustic junior at my LGS, which is what I gig with now, and there is no comparison. The Circa 74 is super bright and clear, the Acoustic Junior sounds muffled in comparison. Wish I still lived in Texas…. San Antonio is AWESOME!!! Had a lot of fun there. Cheers! ????
Hi folks, Bob Taylor here. Thanks for the interest. Here is my own iPhone video of my brother-in-law playing the first advanced prototype in March of 2021. This is when I thought we were onto something useful. This amp chassis here in this video is the same as the production model. This was iPhone recorded when Covid had us all eating outside. BTW, we used lots of pickup systems. This one happens to be Baggs. The other pickups also sound great. But all we were going for was a viable easy useful guitar and vocal amp that’s also beautiful. I hope this link I’m leaving works!!
https://youtube.com/shorts/aYihgGE1A8I?si=S17r1IgHUt8tWjzl
Can you guys review the Blackstar sonnet 60
Does it have 24 or 48 V phantom power?
Coop slays… what masterful playing!
The amp your only fooling Taylor fans. Can buy 2 Bose s1 pros for the price
I didn't see any buttons for phantom power for the XLR mic input. Does it have phantom power? If not, that means a whole class of better mics can not be used unless something like a TC Helicon is dropped inline. Both my old Roland AC60 and newer Fishman Loudbox Artists have phantom power, which I use for SM86 style mics. Otherwise, it sounds and looks nice.
that amp iis an extnsion of the guitar, not the other way around, the next logical step in the accoustic amplifiier gives 70's and 80's home hifi vibes, with bluetooth????
What kind of warranty comes with this amp?
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This amp is a joke. You could buy a Bose L1 pro 8 pa for that price with so many features phantom power and infinitely better sound. Hell you could buy 2 Bose S1 pros and you get battery power for busking better sound and more options. This is for some retiree who only plays in his living room and thinks it looks cute probably has the Taylor matching wrist watch. If you actually get paid to play like I do and I only play acoustic sets you would never want this. It’s pretty looking isn’t that something. Joke it’s sad this for people who buy boutique guitars and only play in there house they will enjoy it asesthetics. Not for gigging musicians.
My favorite part of the amp is the very small indiscrete badge.
Always enjoy your detailed conversations. Thank you!!
My experience since 68 in fine woodworking antique restoration & music gear, I will say at 1,200. I would rather buy one of your Guitars…. but I like the idea of you making the Amplifier, it needs to be something special to go with your special guitars . Build the cabinet here at Taylor, and engrave or Fire Brand Taylor on the top or on the corner -side…. I think this needs to be a collector's item for sure, celebrating the 50th year anniversary!… also a 12-inch speaker sounds better than 1200.00–ouchy ????
The Circa 74 seems like a pretty cool amp especially the cool mid century modern look but I’m sorry, it’s overpriced. My Boss Singer Pro is plenty loud at 120 watts with a cool voice harmonizer and roughly $400.00 cheaper.
The one thing it needs is phantom power on the mic input. I'm sure there's a way to rig that, no? So many of the best vocal mics are condenser mics that need phantom power to work properly. Interesting oversight that they didn't include it… Maybe there will be an updated model at some point.
But even without phantom power, this thing is amazing! Sounds great, looks great — I would buy this in a second if I needed a gigging acoustic amp.
I've got an old Crate 60 watt combo amp. It's got the two channels and I use a split mic chord with a 58 Shure voice and 57 Shure instrument plus the 1/4 instruments plug. I have a AB box and usually keep the sound volume at a three.
Nice, but that logo is xx too large
I could listen to Copper play like that all day! ????????????
Lovely technology; however, someone has to pay for it. I just bought the Blackstar Sonnet 120, and it's great for less than $500. Please tell me what this Taylor's amp does differently compared to Blackstar?
So what does your wife have to say about it being beautiful furniture ???
Expensive acoustic amp that’s a Taylor but not a Taylor but really a Taylor amp, yet another Taylor product that is vastly overpriced
how bout the sound plug a guitar into
The best comparison might be the HK era with wood cabinetry