PeachyDragon
I dont mean a jazz f-hole guitar. I mean a solid body with hollow sections in
the body that are sealed completely. Basically it supposedly makes your attack
slightly duller but makes the guitar sustain forever when using distortion. Any comments?
Anyone tried this?
AlanRatcliffe
I've had two of the Warmoth chambered Strat bodies: one alder; one swamp ash. Way lighter (swamp ash was just over 1kg). More resonant and a fatter, more complex tone, but too much so for drive - both tended to get mushy under drive. LESS sustain (more resonance almost always means less sustain). Also, because I favour fatter necks, the swamp ash ended up completely neck heavy.
I've also briefly played a chambered CS Les Paul - the concept seemed to work a bit better there, the weight relief is welcome and the guitar sounded pretty much like expected.
So I think it's a concept that works well for heavier, harder woods to warm 'em up and give 'em a bit of life (I'd love to try a chambered walnut body), but not on the lighter ones
Gearhead
The 'sustain forever' thing must come from feedback - I suppose the bodies with large chambers (as opposed to the Warmoth many small chambers concept) will be more prone to feed back and with enough drive (and player control), this gives infinite sustain.
peterpan
I have a Ibanez les paul custom from the 70's and it has a hollow chamber inside. Its got a realy nice tone and a big sound. The sustain is really good but it does tend to feedback now and then. The louder the volume the better it sounds, got a really cool crunchy sound, kinda between a gretch and a gibson
Delboy
My Epiphone LP Ultra has two chambers. The tone is great for bluesy or led zep-type rock numbers, and you'll manage to squeeze out some good, hard punk tones as well. Too much crunch will give you some feedback, though.
The weight saving is a nice feature, particularly after logging around a LP std, but it does effect the guitar's balance and it tends to be a touch neck-heavy.
Horse for courses and all that, i guess...
