So many people missing the point of this guitar. It’s a niche guitar meant to be a nylon/classical that has playing similarities to an electric. I have mine and it’s hard for me to put it down, I love it!

@Bruisewillies

Жыл бұрын

It is Andertons though......

@blurryface9910

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, just because it's a nylon doesn't mean it's a classical!

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

I couldn’t disagree more. What a stupid guitar.

@HeadbangoO

11 ай бұрын

You're missing the point too... It will sell because Polyphia, and that's it. Whether it's good or bad doesn't matter (yeah it's bad, but who cares...)

@blurryface9910

11 ай бұрын

@@HeadbangoO Lmfao so ignorant

Ben, you are such an inspiration to my playing! Thank you, this is a great video and you excel as always! I didn't even know I wanted an electric nylon until watching this video!😃

That's a really reasonable price. It might tempt electric players to try it and have an acoustic number in their rock set!

@stringrip

Жыл бұрын

Wonder if it would have tempted Paco De Lucia ?

@Lez325

Жыл бұрын

£37 Cheaper @Thomann

@OfficialTygo

Жыл бұрын

It doesnt just tempt. its sold out everywhere with some stores even having the next batch of pre orders also sold out

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@stringrip No, he liked actual good guitars. Not this buzzy mess.

@Aresous

11 ай бұрын

@@powbobs hater detected

Thanks. Ibanez has made a number of nylon electro guitars. I have a GA35TCEDVS which has a body leaning a bit more toward traditional. Still a moderately thin body, but with a resonant top and a normal sound hole. Very nice piece and fun to play. Channeled through a Bose T4S for a bit of "piezo correction" it's great. W/o the correction it's a bit thin and honky like most nylon piezo's, but once corrected, you can get deep into Willie Nelson style walk-ups and other fun things 😊 You'all might want to try this one into some tone correction pedals or a T4S, maybe even a Kemper. That would be a fun session and demo 😁

So nice to hear something other than Polyphia songs played on this. Got mine coming on Monday without any preorder wait so I'm chuffed.

@OfficialTygo

Жыл бұрын

Sold out everywhere in europe ffs

@Doc.Marten123

Жыл бұрын

@Tygo you never know one may show up somewhere unexpectedly. I just kept checking all the time then found one suddenly available at one store.

@thefourthwritedjentleman3643

11 ай бұрын

@@Doc.Marten123 How you finding it? I am looking at trying to get one

@Doc.Marten123

11 ай бұрын

@The Fourth Write Djentleman it's not too bad. Certainly doesn't have a great tone unplugged, but I guess that's not what it's for. If you're after a classical guitar sound it's nowhere near as warm sounding. But plugged in, it's pretty decent, the neck feels comfortable and smooth, the pickup system is good.

Beautiful playing on the outro! Bravo!

I want to hear more of it with the bass control dimed - from the few seconds we heard, it had some really interesting resonance, almost like a reverb. I might be tempted, if only Ibanez made a left-handed one. 😐

@Jesperadoo

11 ай бұрын

I really want one. I know Tim said on a livestream before they went touring that he was going to push Ibanez for more left-handed models, especially his silver TOD10. Hoping the nylon one is coming soon.

@tawmifm

8 ай бұрын

Henson has said he'd love to release a left handed nylon!

@severussid5856

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. So pissed that left handed players get treated with spare handedness man.

@bluberrykush3912

7 ай бұрын

Same, I'd buy this too

Love mine. I have a gibson semi-hollow electric, fender strat, Martin full body acoustic, and this guitar. Makes apartment playing fantastic. Really lightweight, I take it everywhere. The nylon strings make practicing chord shapes and fretting more articulate across all guitar types as you get less clarity by playing blues or classic rock style. As a jimmy page and David gilmour inspired player, this guitar brought out some articulation problems in my finger picking and fretting. Glorious instrument for the price, wish it had a case. My most played practice guitar. I love polyphia so that was a perk.

@JonasCraftUltimate

8 ай бұрын

how is playability vs steel string acoustic? i have tendonitis and want something that takes way less force to play than my steel strings.

@zaccarter3801

8 ай бұрын

@@JonasCraftUltimate I think one thing to consider is that while fretting is less physically demanding, it is way more finicky. By that I mean, you have to more precisely articulate chords. Nylon strings will buzz or mute much more easily than metal strings. If I was you, I would consider lighter gauges or an electric guitar (semi hollow or hollow). Because most guitar songs have bends, and nylon strings don’t bend well. To be candid, I actually sold the Tim Henson guitar to make room for my dream Les Paul. Nothing wrong with the guitar, I just got a great deal on a Gibson Les Paul and the Tim Henson guitar had decent resale still. So made room.

@JonasCraftUltimate

8 ай бұрын

@@zaccarter3801 thanks for saving me $750! Will maybe try it out If I see it in a store but def not ordering it now without trying it, will go get .8s for electric

@zaccarter3801

8 ай бұрын

@@JonasCraftUltimate what’s your play style? I can make some decent recommendations in the same ballpark. If you are kind of in to anything and want something versatile, an epiphone ES-335 is a great instrument that sounds good acoustically and amazing with an amp. WARNING, any purchase of an epiphone will make you dream about the Gibson version. I used to be an “anti-Gibson” guy but then I grew up and Gibson, as a whole, got better (avoid 2013-2018 years, is a good rule of thumb).

Wow, that pickup sounds great.

Holy buckets I didnt realize how much the tone knobs did to this guitar it sounds crazy

if you cover it in bright green felt and some shag it becomes a Jim Henson signature guitar waka waka!

@Chasetenny

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

Good price on those. Tim is smart for keeping it reasonable for a signature guitar. I absolutely love Ibanez acoustics. Might have to snatch one of these up.

@SourStrawberrys

10 ай бұрын

Well nylons ar typically not as expensive the other guitars anyways unless you're getting a higher end classical one. Hit as for the other Ibanez nylons they aren't going be as expensive as most of their electrics anyways regardless of it being an artist model.

@2WheelsGood.01

7 ай бұрын

Tim most likely had no input on cost. This is purely a business deal with very tight margins and very strategically placed. It's all a numbers game in the product world.

Tried it the other day, felt nice and sounded great..takes about 4 months to get one from the store where I live xP

Definitely much more for the "rock band with a nylon part of a song" as opposed to a band that is more classical/nylon focused. Playability is for sure more of the focus than the traditional sound

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it sounds crap.

@MrKylederp

11 ай бұрын

​@@powbobs I'd honestly blame that on the presenters processing of the guitar signal.

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@MrKylederp It sounds terrible in every review.

@michaelchen1046

8 ай бұрын

Marcin's style is more of a classical guitar style and he uses this guitar alot

@MrSongwriter2

8 ай бұрын

I can only describe it as sounding really plastic compared to my takemine

I actually like how the pickups sound, it's quite unique but that also means it's super niche, and this style of elec/accoustic is already a hard sell on top of the nylon, and I woulds simply NEVER use one of these flat bodies as a straight accoustic which cuts the theoretical usefulness in half for me. Doesn't sound bad at all, but definitely needs the right player AND the right kind of music to be useful.

That sounds good.. A demo only with this guitar please 🥺 🥺 🥺

He describes things really well

I guess the question is: what potential does this guitar have in the hands of a Tim Henson fan..? I am too old to answer that but I hope some kid does. If I were a Tim Henson fan, I would probably go for his electric with the pickups that give me a nylon sound to have more versatility. Saying that, I'm always happy that someone like Tim wants to try something new and Ibanez are good enough to accommodate him and have enough faith in him to put it out there. Hopefully we will hear something new in the future from someone wielding this thing and we'll all eat our hats!

@martyshwaartz971

Жыл бұрын

There’s loads of polyphia clones playing electric nylons these days and it sounds very good. I think, like a usual electric guitar, what comes after the guitar is much more important.

@gohamm8629

Жыл бұрын

Huge Polyphia fan here - I have this guitar and I LOVE playing it. It’s just fun as all hell to play, and I love the tone it has. It’s not meant to be an acoustic - there are thousands of options for that already - this is niche, and I love it for what it is. Super high quality for the price too!

@elcastro5000

11 ай бұрын

It's a niche guitar but good for noodling and practice. If it gets you to pick it up and play it's a good guitar imo.

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@gohamm8629 Tone? Dead and buzzy is not good tone.

ben do u mind doing a direct comparison to the cordoba stage?

I was overwhelmingly surprised by the sound and feel of the guitar, playing Flamenco, and Rumba stylings works well on this guitar. It is very versatile, and stands up well to my others, Godin, Rick Turner, Yamaha (silent), and my Kiesel. Definitely fun to play, and the equipped Fishman is super nice. I've been trying to purchase this for a while and the guitars have been back ordered, but while in Boston this past weekend, went to The GC, and miraculously they had one in stock. Got the Labor Day sale price + Berklee School of Music discount....yes!!! Well even it it wasn't on sale, the price is forgiving, and won't put one in the poorhouse. Definitely a well made instrument by Ibanez!! KUDOS!

Not sure if there was a review with the non TOD model on the left of they're the same besides the pickup. I tried that one unplugged.

Sounds like elastic bands. But DI acoustics often do. There's no resonance from the wood.

@brddork

Жыл бұрын

I'd imagine it sounds better when you run it through Tim Henson's NeuralDSP plugin which has an acoustic sim. I personally find these (and the Fender acoustasonics) a bit puzzling because they're just about useless as actual acoustic guitars... but given how incredibly popular the Fenders are, there must be a real market for them. For some I imagine it's a sweet compromise, but for me, if I want an acoustic, I want its sound to be intrinsic to the guitar itself and not dependent on DSP.

@aydenmcfly1362

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this is definitely not a guitar where you go to play a show unplugged with it or just a mic over the acoustic hole 😅

@omgdisfunny4852

Жыл бұрын

you love a good gibson dont you

@mrpositronia

Жыл бұрын

@@omgdisfunny4852 I prefer Martins. 😂

@DeltaJazzUK

Жыл бұрын

@@mrpositronia Except when the binding falls off.

Hey was there any compression put on the guitar track in post on this video? Thanks

Everyone is saying the guitar sounds bad but i absolutely love how it sounds! Its got that dope quak-ness to it. Its so unique!!!

@thelowlifex9437

Жыл бұрын

Yep agree , i think it has a verh nice sound to it , its just different from a traditional acoustic and people maybe say it sound bad becuse its different

@sordel5866

Жыл бұрын

I thought it sounded good as well, and it's really not at all expensive for a signature guitar. I see this as a nylon guitar for electric players who want "unplugged" tones on stage or for beginners (who like Polyphia) ... it's obviously not for classical guitarists. If I didn't already have a nylon string electroacoustic I think I'd be sorely tempted.

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

So you like the sound of horrible fret buzz. To each their own I guess.

@yeetyfreety6938

9 ай бұрын

@@powbobsIt's common, flamenco guitars have intentional fret buzz and this does too.

@powbobs

9 ай бұрын

@@yeetyfreety6938 I have flamenco guitars. Good flamenco guitars only buzz when you really dig in to intentionally produce that specific tonality. This piece of crap however is just badly made.

Love the way you demonstrate with that ending piece of music. Can tell it was somewhat derived from the playing god.

The flamenco scales sounds great

@Physticuffs

7 ай бұрын

Mine sounds great and I play through a boss as well

Great playing, but the tone of the guitar doesn't sound great sadly, it just doesn't have the resonance that you would expect from a good nylon string.

Yamaha guitalele and a silent guitar lovechild. Wish it had more bass acoustically but alas it is more an electric guitar. The look is amazing and the end result unique

... now if that was being played through massive PA with full range speakers it would transform the sound , maybe a bit of Strymon reverb / cloudburst etc and you have a sound that will make you money , wedding breakfasts , sit down dinner music , background tunes etc sadly not the best demo , sound wise , playing was great as usual 👍

@davidf2281

Жыл бұрын

I just learned that a "wedding breakfast" is something that exists. Thanks!

@krastolff

Жыл бұрын

Nah, I've seen a lot of pro musicians using acoustic-electric nylon strings and that's more or less how they sound plugged in.

@danny.chulo.

Жыл бұрын

My exact set up lol , this guitar and my cloudburst and it’s insanely good sounding

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@danny.chulo. LOL, no.

This one is a really good deal but I’ll get the cordoba stage for me soon 🙌🏻

@Physticuffs

7 ай бұрын

I played the Córdoba stage and I thought it was fantastic but i took a chance and bought the TOD10n figuring I could return it if I didn’t like it. I prefer the TOD. It sounds just as good if not better (to me) and it feels way better.

How does it go fingerstyle?

What is the other guitar referenced in the vid?

As with most A/E guitars they need to ditch the piezo pickup and put some transducers on the soundboard. This might work well with an impulse response pedal of a decent nylon string.

@notmyname3681

Жыл бұрын

Only been playing three years; one of my main hates is piezo pickups, it bothers me that they are the industry standard when transducers sound, in general, so much more natural.

@yoshi-808

10 ай бұрын

Had a talman acoustic in my arsenal for some chord stuff in my band. Hated the piezo Sound. IRs might have saved the guitar but that Kind of technology was years away at that point in time.

Cool! I like it.

Please do a video of tod10n vs cordoba stage

I'd love to try Late Autumn by Jackie Cheung on this

I think the body should be deeper imo. You'd get a much better sound and resonance. Nice looking guitar, and I have always liked fishman pickups.

@Vykk_Draygo

Жыл бұрын

Not really looking for resonance when going electro-acoustic. Look at similar Godin guitars, for example. Not my style of guitars, but they have their niche.

@NathanaelPittman

7 ай бұрын

Well, it was an Ibanez/Tim Henson design venture. If you're familiar with Polyphia (the band Tim is in) you know that their music is highly processed and produced. Tim is as much a sound engineer as he is a guitar player. He designed this with his unique playing styles and purposes in mind. He can use post processing to make it sound as thick as he wants it to. His music and sound are increasingly popular and Ibanez isn't going to pass up the opportunity to sell his fans a signature model even if it is a one trick pony without the aid of high end processing/recording equipment. It's a cool looking guitar in my opinion. Personally, I'd buy it based on appearances alone, but I like the wider nut and the nylon string sound also.

maybe with some crazy pedal effect,it will show what it could do

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

Yes, anything to cover the actual sound of the guitar itself.

How does it compare to the godin multiac though

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

The Godun actually sounds good.

Would be good to hear it in the hands of a classical player with decent right hand technique

Kema Baliardo plays a similar style of guitar by Cordoba. Check out his playing of Moorea on youtube.

A great sounding guitar. Very nicely played too.

@segazora

Жыл бұрын

It sounded horrible, what video were you watching?

@segazora

Жыл бұрын

@@channtastic Anything that produces a sound has potential if you're going to completely alter it in production.

Almost pulled the trigger on the non-signature one but is just sounds kinda dead and dull to me. I’ve heard one clip in a lo-fi context where it’s unique sound fits great but for anything else it just sounds choked imo. I’m sure it plays great, clearly looks great and the price is ok for the non signature one.

Be a nice gift for your favorite picker. 🥰🎸

So far I keep hearing everyone playing a sort of progressive flamenco style on this model .. and always with a thumb pick. I’d love to hear other genres, not even remotely classical on it. I love a thumb pick on an acoustic, but can we ditch the thumb pick on this one?

There have been many many guitars by many companies doing the same exact thing. Nylon strings on a guitar that feels like an electric with piezo pick up what I would like to see is a guitar that actually sounds like an acoustic nylon. I don’t get the hype.

Poor Ben was struggling at the end to find a selling point for this guitar.

@alexanderdeadmansche

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think he liked it

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@alexanderdeadmansche It’s crap.

Sounds just like a Godin Acousticaster nylon string. I heard much complaints about the bad intonation of the Ibanez nylon string though. That would be a deal breaker for me.

@Physticuffs

7 ай бұрын

Back in June I ordered two of these from two separate companies just to maximize my chances of getting points quickly as possible. I just got the second one in and I’m planning to sell it to a friend who wanted one the first one that came in had perfect intonation right out of the box. The second had a minor issue that took me about 11 seconds to rectify. Don’t let those intonation issues scare you off. They’re usually just a matter of set up (atleast the ones being delivered now) my bigger issues were the small cosmetic problems than mine came with. But these are all things I can live with.

@barendtromp

7 ай бұрын

@@Physticuffs How do you correct intonation on that fixed bridge? I don't think it's possible....

@Physticuffs

7 ай бұрын

@@barendtromp it’s absolutely possible. It just depends on what is causing the issue. In my case it was a very simple fix.

@barendtromp

7 ай бұрын

@@Physticuffs But how is it possible with a fixed bridge? Can you tell me what you did exactly? thanks

@Physticuffs

7 ай бұрын

@@barendtromp sure. There are a bunch of things that can cause the intonation to be off. It’s not necessarily the nut being in the wrong place. In my case, the internation was noticeably off, but it wasn’t catastrophic. So I checked out the nut and realized that the G and e strings looked a little high in the nut, so I loosen the strings and ran a file along the nut slot to cut it properly. Tuned it back up, and the intonation was perfect. Or at least very close to perfect to the point where I can’t even tell any more. Also, I’ve heard some people say that if nylon strings, I’ve been overtightened at any point it can over stretch the string which will cause intonation issues. I haven’t experienced that one myself but it’s something you could look at if you’re having internation issues. Always start with the easiest thing first.

This feels like an attempt to make it sound underwhelming so Andertons can start selling a few Cordobas 😂 People keep asking for this guitar despite being sold out. I'd probably get the Cordoba on reputation alone, but oddly enough, every other review made the TOD10N sound very good! I like Ben but with what they have in that room, he could have set up his sound much better. Now hate me

@zeusapollo8688

Жыл бұрын

Cordoba has an internal mike I think it helps a lot

@amandagosling7622

10 ай бұрын

To be honest, I don't think they're sold out. One it could be a marketing ploy to promote want. That's marketing 1.01 But I suspect, having spent 20yrs in retail, that they recalled them and are fixing whatever the problem with bridges was. I'd bet when they reappear, they will be less problematic. That's basic manufacturing.

Does this mean I will get mine that I ordered from Anderton's in January? Its been delayed twice and not due until 9th June!

What a player!

Does it feel as dead in the hands as it sounds through my speakers?

Functional wise, seems great! Sound wise, not too impressed.

Hmmm, that sweet sound of something that cost sixty quid from Argos

Pretty awesome guitar!

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

?

Can't believe they called it Todd

i would like to see a fret less version of this

Hey at least it didn't come to pieces while he was playing it - several people who've bought the black one have had the bridge simply come off when they restring it. I think there are a few more guitars Ibanez should reissue at least some form of - I have a 7 string Ibanez acoustic that is an amazing player and has a gigantic voice; I posted it on reddit and people were drooling just because such a thing has existed.

Polyphia are highly technical but after a while it sounds really monochrome, one shade of grey

Sounds bad to me, but I'm no nlyon string player. Ben is still great.

I think the controls for the pickup isn't in the best place on the guitar and to my ears it didn't sound great but I guess you really need to be in the room to decide that

Was going to say nice playing but seems like the wrong crowd lol 😂 Seems I’ve wondered into the tim Henson hate club.

@davidf2281

Жыл бұрын

Don't think anyone's hating on Tim Henson; it's just the guitar sounds horrible.

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

It’s just a dead and buzzy guitar.

Sounds like it's being amplified through an overloaded 1" transistor radio speaker

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

Encased in an empty coffee can.

That dawg, won't hunt...

I have that guitar and play it through my Rammstein pedal (Tech 21 Paul Landers Fly Rig) in the Wasser settings with delay on. It sounds great. It also feels great.

wonder how this stacks up to the similarly priced/style cordoba stage guitar

Ben's right hand has Dracula's finger nails 😂

That opening lick sounded a little liek Stanley Jordan.. what was it?

I'd rather get Godin Multiac or even Yamaha silent guitar

@zeusapollo8688

Жыл бұрын

Alvarez made one back in the day too

dumb question probably but what's the name of the very spanish-y sounding riff you played at around 4:33?

@daxtr5

6 ай бұрын

Look up the Ace combat Zero songs, it sounds almost identical to his riff on some of the tracks. Zero, Near the Border, Testimony all sound like it. Otherwise it's just pure jamming and it's a cosmic coincidence

@fretstain

6 ай бұрын

interesting, not at all the type of soundtrack I'd have expected for this game!@@daxtr5

Fittingly, „Tod“ also means „death“ in German.

I prefer the Cordoba Stage guitar

Is that Walnut (Canadian Rosewood) on the bridge?

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a tin can.

No thanks. That is not a sound I am chasing.

Where the sound hole?

No keep playing! That was groovy af!

5:35 He is already kinda playing god xD

Who's to even say that sounds bad. A sound is a sound. THAT specific sound might inspire someone to write the next hallelujah for all we know.

@notmyname3681

Жыл бұрын

People seem to forget that music, and sound perception are largely subjective. Distortion was an unintended and originally unwelcome side effect of driving valve amps too hard. Hell, look at the stick Dylan took for going electric. To the right people this guitar will be amazing.

Has that run poorly through a PA sound that I don’t like. Wish it wasn’t so.

Yep, pretty dreadful. Is strung with elastic bands?

This is a hollow body electric guitar that happens to have nylon strings. It doesn’t have to sound like anything unplugged (what does your Casino sound like unplugged?) and isn’t supposed to sound acoustic when it’s plugged in. It’s not an Acoustisonic, which everyone seems to think it’s trying to be.

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

My Casino sounds a hundred times better than this unplugged.

Sounds roughly as bad as the similar Gibsons I remember from the 80s that died off after Chet stopped using them..

There is a trade off with electric nylon guitars...too many nuances to get into here, but if you process the sound, these guitars will sound incredible. The best analogy would be to say that the difference between a real saxophone and a plastic saxophone is like a real classical guitar is to an electric classical nylon guitar. In both examples, both instruments are two completely different animals. So you decide how you want to handle the trade off.

Everytime I hear the uk proces I wince, Canadian you add about 300 to that price. "Affordable" gear here is about 1k average 😅

You sound beautiful !

Trouble is, this guy is a wizard. He could make a cardboard guitar sound sweet.

@affif330

8 ай бұрын

More like your playing is shit?

A lot of guitar players don't like new things. This is a new thing. The guitar needs to progress forward.

@treaceeames4697

Жыл бұрын

Its a tin can

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

There have been lots of dead sounding and buzzy guitars before. Apparently attaching a popular guitarist’s name to one makes it not just another crap sounding guitar. The power of marketing.

@TheCrumpers53

11 ай бұрын

Tim wrote a song with millions of views and streams on that crap sounding guitar. Maybe you guys just need to become better musicians?

@MyPPSad

11 ай бұрын

@@powbobsgo listen to polyphias new album where it’s used. It doesn’t sound like that

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

@@MyPPSad Do you know why?

It has that horrible acousic DI'd into a PA sound thing going on.... flat and muffled sounding, fret buzz all over the place. Yuuuk. Oh sorry, it's nylon string! My bad

I love it So many fing haters goddam

If I had the money to buy it... I’d buy something else😐

@powbobs

11 ай бұрын

People ask me what guitar they should get constantly. I would never tell anyone to buy this thing.

Always hated the sound of those cheap electro acoustics with those plastic bodies, this sounds just like one of those to me. I don’t mind the songs he has used that kind of tone on but I would never buy this guitar.

A good price but it's not something I would like to own. In my very humble opinion it came across as a bit of a jack of all trades, master of none.

Always love your acoustic guitar playing...but this Tree of Death guitar, makes me feel bad for the tree that had to die, to make it.

@snowjix

11 ай бұрын

Getting turned into a beautiful instrument which is going to live on for decades to come. Thats not too bad is it?

@basilandrigsby

11 ай бұрын

@@snowjix in the right hands maybe. This kind of guitar has already been around for decades already though hasn’t it?

@bedboy9787

11 ай бұрын

All guitars are dead trees

@snowjix

11 ай бұрын

@@basilandrigsby Probably

@basilandrigsby

11 ай бұрын

@@bedboy9787 indeed. Unless they’re oil cans or ice cream tubs. 😉

I like the idea. I just don't like the piezo sound.

I doesn't have a neck tattoo, no deal.

Ben is a great guitar player, and I enjoy his videos. With that said, this guitar may be the worst sounding guitar I’ve ever heard demoed. I mean, wow … this is a sound people WANT?

A useful test would have been without picks ... purely finger-picked. I rarely play a classical guitar with pickups; produces a nasally sound rather than the fuller sound I prefer.

I hate the timbre of nylon strings with piezos so much I will never get over it.

Not convincing, a cheap/mid range classic guitar + mic setup is cheaper and sounds better (probably not as playable/comfortable than this one, but still…)

It sounds like garbage, sorry. My 47 years old 100$ Yamaha nylon strings guitar I started to learn guitar on when I was a young teenager sounds like a dream compared to this. I still have it :)