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Personally I love the idea, the ability to add colour to the sound, and the ability to turn it off as you please.
for me, an acoustic is it the pinnacle of its own tone, any (and all) effect just detracts from the natural sound it produces, and that includes pickups
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
If I ever add effects its when I'm editing a recording. Usually just a little bit of reverb. I don't need that all the time. Electronics are not exactly the work of the devil are they but they do make instruments heavier.
This is a jolly avenue for Yamaha to try and get an edge. Good luck to them. But will 'transacoustic' ever become a mainstream feature of acoustics across manufacturers like X-bracing, scalloped bracing or even, whisper it quietly, a pre-amp? I doubt it.
Anyway. The OP question was, what's it like? Don't know. Never tried it. :-)
I was killing a little time this morning and ended up in GuitarGuitar (well, you have to don't you).
I told the sales guy I was just looking as the place was like an art gallery but more interesting.
Anyway, chatted a little & he handed me a Yamaha LS-TA transacoustic, about £1k.
Vintage tint ARE top, rosewood b&s, 44.5mm nut. Superbly built & finished and played really well.
I have to say I really liked the reverb/chorus options, the thing just played so well.
I know in the £1k new price bracket there is quite a lot of competition (let alone used instruments), so if I was looking to buy it would be worth at least checking some of them.
Still, I'm hankering after one now. Thought my GAS days were over. Ha! Think again!
Enjoy the GAS!!