I had a very different opinion of the Kestral. I bought one a few months ago and sent it back after a week. (They were very nice about it and I got an X20 to replace it.) I too was chasing a certain sound: the sound of a classic acoustic archtop like an L5. I have a Loar LH700 which is a Chinese copy of an L5 and compared to the Loar the Kestral sounded thin and quiet to me. I wanted it primarily as an acoustic guitar. I have three carbon guitars now, a Rainsong WS1000, a Composite Acoustics GX, and now the X20. I like all of them and I wanted a carbon archtop, but the Kestral just didn't do it for me.
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