[Andy S]

Has anyone here played or heard in real life (not the video on the Ibanez website) the new Montage?

It has a humbucker pup in it, a regular piezo ( ok, not sure if it's a piezo, but it's an under the saddle pup), has built in chorus and distortion with ability to mix the sounds. Also has an EQ system.

The video audio sounded a bit thin, so it's not easy to tell what the humbucker pup sounded like.

Also, Taylor has the T-5 acoustic Electric Hybrid. Well, Hohner has a knock off that LOOKS just like it, but I can't find any details as to the pickups or electronics(other than the brief info on the site)

I ask since our Church's Worship leader is looking for a new guitar and was interested in getting T-5. He would be hard pressed to pay for it and was interested in any other options.

I have read a review in Front of House Magazine on the T-5. It was written by a sound tech. He was very impressed with the sounds from the viewpoint of a tech that plays focusing more importantly on the sounds coming out of it through a sound system.

But the Montage is very new and there is very little news out there that doesn't seem produced by Ibanez tooting their own horn. (ok, strumming their own strings!?)

So, anybody have any first hand or second hand info , real stuff, nit hype?

Thanks,