90%???

[omphalopsychos]

If anyone really wants it that bad I can record a comparison. OP will be disappointed because JC is correct.

[omphalopsychos]

But it's not apples to apples. CES have thicker tops and bracing. I bet if you just butchered an L5 to add humbuckers, it would still be fairly responsive. Maybe 40% of perceived volume. But If you compare a purpose built CES to an acoustic they're worlds apart. Thought exercise: if I pulled the humbuckers out of my CES I still think the acoustic voice would be <20% perceived volume of the L5.

[Christian Miller]

But the Archtop isn't supposed to be loud for the player, it's supposed to project. What did the person in front of you think?

Theres the old ‘play in a corner’ trick

[Spook410]

My Gibson L5 CES is a great electric instrument. It's not designed to be an acoustic guitar and the unplugged volume is not usable beyond practice in a quiet space.

[sgosnell]

You can get some indication of acoustic volume at an audience distance by playing facing a relatively close hard bare wall, and hearing the reflected sound. Not exactly the same, but some sort of an approximation. I certainly hear my archtops better that way.

[Woody Sound]

If anyone really wants it that bad I can record a comparison. OP will be disappointed because JC is correct.

OP here. Just the opposite. I am hoping the non-cut no-pickup would be louder. (I just seriously doubt the 90%.)

[omphalopsychos]

OP here. Just the opposite. I am hoping the non-cut no-pickup would be louder. (I just seriously doubt the 90%.)

I can cut to the chase and confirm that the 90% value is subjectively accurate.

[Woody Sound]

I can cut to the chase and confirm that the 90% value is subjectively accurate.

Gibson, or Eastman?

[omphalopsychos]

Gibson, or Eastman?

I'm talking a Gibson L5 vs a Gibson L5 CES.

[Bobby Timmons]

I kind of like how uppity he is lol.

[Woody Sound]

I kind of like how uppity he is lol.

"When they need to add guitar, I'm usually the guy they call."

[djg]

Showboat;s considered by most PW fans to be his best album. Are you saying you agree with L. Kart on that, too?
If so, I have this form I'd like you to sign...

i dont think i agree with kart. my view on woods is less favourable

i mean, no. just no.

[Irishmuso]

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speaking of that Chirillo cd the title cut he calls Sultry Serenade is pretty much a rip off of the old Tyree Glenn tune "How Could You do That Thing to Me"

Just in case anyone might think Mr. Chirillo was being a little naughty, Tyree Glenn wrote the instrumental 'Sultry Serenade'. Lyrics were added subsequently and the vocal version is known as 'How Could You do That Thing to Me'. On the Chirillo cd it is attributed to Tyree Glenn.