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Originally Posted by Mandobart
A mag pu suspended from the elevated fretboard does not compromise the acoustic tone.
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Yeah. I mentioned that in the next sentence in my post:
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Originally Posted by Hot Vibrato
...Therefore I wouldn't worry much about a carved top vs. laminated, unless you want it to sound good acoustically, in which case of course a carved top with a floating pickup is ideal.
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Originally Posted by Mandobart
I've found no tone I liked from the new Gretsch's I've played thus far
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I've never owned one, but they seem like pretty solid guitars to me.
I had forgotten that Eastman makes an excellent ES-175 copy, which would maybe be a better choice for a jazz player - that or Epiphone's ES-175, which is pretty darn nice too.