Read More › Product Review, Guitar One Magazine
(Covered in Wood&Steel) Spring 2005 - “Our Taylor K4 Equalizer made a believer out of Guitar One associate editor Douglas Baldwin, who gave it his ‘Gear Box’ stamp of approval in the mag’s April 2005 issue. After testing it out with both a 510ce and a piezo-equipped Hohner O series outfitted with a Shadow P4 preamp, Baldwin declared the K4 ‘a veritable Swiss Army knife, designed to complement any acoustic source’.”

Read More › K4 as a Home Recording Device, Wood&Steel Fall 2004 - “Even before the Taylor K4 was introduced, rumors of Mr. Rupert Neve’s hand in its design had visions of sugarplums dancing in the minds of seasoned recording musicians. After all, Mr. Neve had created the legendary studio recording desks used by countless artists and producers throughout the ’70s and ’80s, at least those who were seeking a sonorous “British console” vibe in their recordings.”

Read More › Andy Ellis, GuitarPlayer Magazine August 2004 - “In today’s hype-filled world, companies rarely undersell a product, but that’s what Taylor Guitars is doing with their new K4 Equalizer. Yes, it’s a sweet-sounding EQ, but there’s more to it. Designed by pro-audio guru Rupert Neve, and boasting a studio-grade analog preamp and a fistful of handy features, the portable K4 offers many of the attributes of a recording console’s input strip.”

Read More › Russ Long, Pro Audio Review July 2004 - “The new Taylor Guitars K4 Equalizer is the ultimate second stage of an acoustic guitar’s direct output. “Taylor-made” to perfectly match the Taylor Expression System, the box raises the bar for the use of a direct output in live performance and recording. The K4 is a single-channel, three-band EQ with a parametric mid. It is specifically voiced for the acoustic guitar and a Rupert Neve-designed circuit that features transformer-coupled input and output and pure analog tone shaping.”