New X20 Review

[David Eastwood]

New review here of a recent X20:

[Groberts]

Originally Posted by David Eastwood

New review here of a recent X20:

Nice review. I have an X20 and X30. Both have the Graphtec Ghost Piezo bridge with individual saddles. the Intonation is freakishly incredible and the Piezo bridge is my favorite pickup. Mine also have the K&K Pure Mini and I find a LITTLE bit of the K&K goes a long way. I dial in maybe 10% of that pickup to add body and warmth. If I dial in more K&K I find that it gets woofy quite fast. I would not want an Element or K&K alone. (Just my preference)

[Marshall]

Nice review. To me, the Emerald sounds tubby. Nice, but tubby. Could have to do with it being tuned down a half step. CF guitars without internal braces have more sustain and natural compression than most wood guitars. This can be a good thing or a bad thig depending on your preferences. I prefer the punctuation of a regular wood acoustic guitar over the compressed (sometimes tubby) sound from a non-braced carbon fibre guitar. YMMV.

Still a very nice review.

[David Eastwood]

Originally Posted by Marshall

CF guitars without internal braces have more sustain and natural compression than most wood guitars.

I never knew that.

I prefer the punctuation of a regular wood acoustic guitar over the compressed (sometimes tubby) sound from a non-braced carbon fibre guitar.

I think I know what you mean by ‘punctuation’, which is a term I’ve never seen used in the verbal gymnastics used to try and describe guitar sound. I assume you mean something like ‘attack’?

Also, if guitars can sound ‘tubby’ (again, a new word to me, but one I see you’re fond of) can they also sound ‘skinny’?

[guitargeorge]

Originally Posted by Marshall

Nice review. To me, the Emerald sounds tubby. Nice, but tubby. Could have to do with it being tuned down a half step. CF guitars without internal braces have more sustain and natural compression than most wood guitars. This can be a good thing or a bad thig depending on your preferences. I prefer the punctuation of a regular wood acoustic guitar over the compressed (sometimes tubby) sound from a non-braced carbon fibre guitar. YMMV.

Still a very nice review.

Not sure what tubby means, but more sustain and natural compression is exactly how I describe my X-30 12.

[mountainmaster]

Originally Posted by guitargeorge

Not sure what tubby means, but more sustain and natural compression is exactly how I describe my X-30 12.

Sounding like a bathtub? I do know that the tone of my Emerald guitars is far from neutral. They have a colored resonance, meaning that certain frequencies are emphasized.

[Mark L]

Few strums near the neck
Guitar tuned down a half step
‘Net guy says tubby

Gesundheit.