Review of the Taylor Jacob Collier GS Mini-e Guitar]

What is it?

It’s fitting that one of the most idiosyncratic artists of this decade, Jacob Collier, is a fan of the seldom seen (outside of Keef) five-string guitar.

His route into it, however, is not – as you might think – that of a six-string guitarist seeking a simpler, more direct expression of the instrument. In fact, Jacob says he grew up playing the four-string tenor guitar and “used to dream of augmenting the tenor guitar with an extra string.” Well, now he need dream no more, because Taylor has done the honours.