Anyone own or plat a Yamaha CSF TA parlor?

[ahorsewithnonam]

Your thoughts please.

[YamahaGuy]

I own a CSF1 (non TA) and have played several TA models (FS, FS, LS, but not LL or not CSF). The neck on the CSF models, if it's like the non TA, is very slim. The tuners are so-so, very small buttons. The acoustic tone is remarkable given the size of the instrument. I've upgraded my saddle to bone, nut to Tusq, bridge pins to ebony, and tuners to some Wilkinson and it's an impressive little guitar. Through the HI-Z input on my Stagepas 1K or the AG Stomp preamp, the plugged in tone awesome.

[vintage40s]

Originally Posted by ahorsewithnonam

Your thoughts please.

I owned a CSF for about 6 months. There is a forum section here:
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...t=yamaha+csf3m

It was not a TA. I played a CSF TA later at a GC store and it sounded like a different guitar. Indescribable, has to be experienced. Trans-acoutsics is a nice feature and worth the extra cost.

[personatech]

I've only played a couple of CSFs (none were CSF-TAs) but they always impressed me, given their size. I've always enjoyed noodling with the TA feature on other guitars, but I do notice that the feature noticeably increases the guitar's weight.