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I'm down with that. Though, of course, the customers probably aren't. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

See, and I think you should be most worried about how it sounds and plays. Honestly, the wood is WAY less important than the builder/design issues. The way you brace the top, and the top wood, are far more important than the back and sides/neck/fingerboard woods. There is no wood I can think...

I'm not completely sure. I know Taylor has been using it a lot, and I believe it is a type of Rosewood, or something similar. I guess not. I looked it up on the US Forest Service Forest Products Lab site, and it is at the least not an actual "rosewood," in that it is not in the Dalbergia...

I wish. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

One thing to bare in mind about the cutaway (people never believe me when I tell them it makes no difference) is WHERE you are removing wood. The most important part of the box is the top, and the area where the cutaway ends up is very heavily braced to avoid the guitars natural tendency to...

To the original question - I have never noticed a perceptible difference in sound between a guitar with or without electronics, and I have never noticed a difference that can't be attributed to other factors between a guitar with or without a cutaway. Add to this, every builder I know and...

Replace your CH-1 with a TC Electronic SCF (Stereo Chorus Flanger). It's a better chorus than you have (I used to have a CH-1), and it has a very good Flanger as well. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

The most expensive guitar I've ever BOUGHT would be the Heritage Golden Eagle for about $2,000 when I got a small trust fund from my grandma at 18 (just about exactly enough for that guitar, actually). I miss that guitar, but I just never used it, so I sold it. But I've got several guitars...

Well, I don't have much choice. Every time I try to kick myself out of the house, I keep coming back. Seriously folks, Lifeguard, soap dish humidifier, and keep it in the case. As long as you keep the sponges damp, your guitar will be fine. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

If it's dry, you need to be humidifying your guitars. The absolute best thing is to keep the guitars in their cases, with a humidifier in the case. The best way to humidify the case is with a Kyser Lifeguard and a soap dish humidifier (a simple travel soap dish, with some holes drilled in...

Step one - BUY A REAL AMP. Line 6 doesn't count. They may be nice if you are playing in a cover band and have some delusion that you need to recreate the sounds off the albums, but they sound like shit. A real amp, with real tubes, and very little else, will make your life a lot easier. Step...

No, I have no hate for Pete. He's an idiot, and consistently gives the kind of bad advice that makes the internet such a questionable place for good information, but he's not worth the effort of hating. Very few people are. Some are worth ignoring, some are worth arguing, some just need to be...

Bullshit. But more to the point, what the fuck are you using foam for? Sponges work better, are cheaper, and work just fine with tap water. I've got Lifeguards that are 25 years old, have never been used with anything but tap water, and which work every bit as well today as ever before...

There is absolutely no need to use distilled or filtered water. Tap water works just fine. Damp-its are too small to be effective in any area that has an actual winter. As I've said many times before, use a Kyser Lifeguard and a Soap Dish humidifier, and keep your guitar in its case when...

Ernie Ball. You really don't need to look any further. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

DUDE! I didn't even think of Carvin, for some reason. They have a legacy head for about $800. I would say that would be an excellent choice for you. Another one to look at, though like Carvin it has the problem of only being available mail order, is Ceria Tone - they make a JCM 800 clone you...

Personally, I would never use any delay pedal that didn't have tap tempo. I have a Boss DD-20, which I'm quite fond of, but there are any number of others on the market. The Seymour Duncan Deja Vu looks interesting to me, thanks to the tap tempo analog delay in it (you can blend analog and...

Real amp: good choice. Line6: bad choice. If you really want to sound great, don't try to make your amp do too much. The more bells and whistles, the worse it will sound. I say, go with a nice simple Fender, if they suit you. But, much though I'm not wild of them (I'm a lower gain...

Well, there is a direct box of some sort, but direct is by far the best way to amplify an acoustic guitar in a large concert situation with a sound guy and sound system you trust. Most "acoustic" amps are just trying to recreate what a PA does anyway, so why use both? Light "Cowards can...

A 50 watt tube amp will just about make your ears bleed. Well, not really, but it will be plenty loud. There are some care and feeding things when you get a real tube amp, but the real trick to them is that you NEED to play them loud to make them sound good. (True of the few SS amps which...