You ever come across an instrument that just speaks to you? It whispers to your soul, “Hold me, play me, make me sing.” I’ve only had that happen to me three times before, and I own all three guitars. The Les Paul Double Cutaway (“DC”) is yet another one of those guitars that does that. After playing several of these over the past few months, I’m determined to get one by year end.
The DC is a simply a great-sounding guitar, with a much smoother sound than an LP standard, which can probably be attributed to its chambered body as opposed to the LP’s solid body. The chambered body also makes it much, much lighter than an LP. Also, it only has two knobs: Volume and Tone to control both pickups and a 3-position switch.
Tonally, I place this guitar smack dab between the ES-335 and the Les Paul. It’s not as smooth as the ES, but it’s also not as “big” in tone as an LP. For me, it’s the perfect balance.
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Wow, that is a nice-looking guitar. Interesting that it has a chambered body. I bet the guitar does have a nice, full warm tone. Light is good, too, especially compared to how heavy the LP is.
I’m a big fan of double cutaways. That is a is an awesome lookin’ guitar. Interesting that is has only one set of volume / tone controls. I want to take a closer look at this guitar.. looks hot.
Thanks!
J
Sexy. It’s the Gibson precursor to the PRS, but much tastier to behold. Why tonally do you favor the hollowbody/chambered sound?
Hmmm… good question. It’s hard to explain, but there’s a certain eeriness and melancholy tone that I hear with hollowbody/chambered guitars that really speaks to me. I’ve played all sorts of LP’s and there have been some absolute beauties, but I always seem to fall back on the DC or ES-335 (which I have). That said, I love the thin sound of my Strat. There’s a certain ringing that I can only get out of it that my ES doesn’t have.
I probably haven’t been very clear – it’s sort of a nebulous reasoning. I feel it more than I can actually articulate it.
No, that’s pretty clear. ” certain eeriness and melancholy tone.” I like that. The language of tone is like the language of taste – you just have to resort to analogous language. Unless you’re totally uncreative: “It tastes like chicken.” = “Sounds like an electric guitar.”
ciao a tutti
Im telling you . . . . TRY A SAINT GUITAR BEFORE YOU GO GIBSON ON ME !!!!!!! lol . . . . Seriously, go to the boogie store in hollywood . . or call Adam . . Do yourself a favor, you WONT regret it. : )
I’ve been in regular contact with Adam. He asked me to spec a guitar for him, and I’ll be posting an article pretty soon that has a build history of the guitar. Thanks for turning me on to Saint Guitars! I’m definitely going to be looking at getting one!