Volume Knob
Controls the overall output of the guitar.
Voice Selector
Mod Knob
Selects one of five discrete “voice pairs”.
Selects and/or blends between ‘A’ & ‘B’ voices. The “A”
voice is when the knob is fully counter-clockwise; “B”
voice is fully clockwise.
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The Acoustasonic body features an inset top with an integrated forearm contour
and our patent-pending Stringed Instrument Resonance System (SIRS). These
key elements deliver great tone when unplugged and provide the foundation
for the Acoustic Engine.
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When the guitar arrived at the house I couldn’t stage without my glasses on has become a bit ‘Voice Selection’ positions. As you can hear in
wait to get it out of the box. With the included of an ordeal. So much so that I tend to just use my demo, the Tele pickup is available in both
gig- bag still at my feet I was strumming away. a ‘set it and forget it’ approach when playing positions #1 and #2, either as a clean model, or
The first thing I noticed was the amount of most acoustics. This is one of the reasons one with a little bit of hair. All in, this guitar is a
volume coming out of the sound hold, the I love the way the controls are set up on the powerhouse of great tone.
much-intended result of the SIRS (Stringed Acoustasonic Tele – it’s like playing a Tele with a Instrument Resonance System) technology at five-way switch. On this instrument, this switch The Feel //
the heart of the ‘acoustic chassis’. While I love is called the ‘Voice Selector’, and gives you Between the contoured body, beveled edges,
slender bodied acoustic-electric instruments five sets of voices to choose from. In turn, the and Mahogany Tele neck, this instrument is a
they tend to sound small acoustically, and in Mod Knob takes the place of a tone control, joy to play. As noted in my demo, the 22-fret
turn the electronics compensate and ‘fix it in and when all the way up or all the way down neck is just as suited for shredding as it is for
the mix’ if you will. Nothing wrong with that, but gives you to choices for each ‘Voice Selection’. chords. The clarity of each chord tone is also
again, considering the size of the instrument, And even cooler, it allows you to blend voices worth mentioning. In the first demo in my video,
the acoustic output was quite surprising. together in a really straight-forward way. In turn, I climb the neck triads mixed with additional
Speaking of the electronics, Larry Fishman the volume control enables to easily augment notes, and the separation between the notes
is a whiz. While I’m not ‘just a Fishman guy’, the instrument’s natural dynamics. If you’re a was extremely impressive.
I was excited to find out that he was integral Tele or a Strat player, chances are you’re going in bringing the sound of this instrument to life to feel right at home!
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once you plugged it in.
All in all, this is one the most exciting guitars
The Tones // I’ve played in a long time and I hoping that if (or
Controls // The aforementioned controls make it easy to should I say when?) you get a chance to play
As noted in my demo video, there are three take advantage of what is arguably the heart one, you’ll be as excited as I am!
main controls, all of which are mounted on the and soul of this instrument – the massive range face of the instrument, which for me is a big of great sounding acoustic tones, based on the deal. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, and classic instruments we’ve come to love, with trying to see ‘side-mounted’ controls on a dark the added ability to blend sounds that share The Making of The American Acoustasonic Telecaster //
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