Which solid body electric is loudest played unplugged?

gibsongretschfan

Seriously though, I always find Les Pauls to be quieter than teles for instance. Well I know mines is. Is that everyone else’s  experience ?

gibsongretschfan

richardhomer said:

Why do you want to know? 

Just wondered if there was a consensus or if it varies from instrument to instrument 

Bridgehouse

gibsongretschfan said:

Seriously though, I always find Les Pauls to be quieter than teles for instance. Well I know mines is. Is that everyone else’s  experience ?

This one is close - that one is further away

ICBM

Pignose PGG-200

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olafgarten

Purely anecdotal, in terms of guitars I've played, and these are only single examples of that Guitar in the same place.

From Loudest to Quietest:
Yamaha Revstar RS720B
Vintage V6P
Ibanez RGIR27BFE
Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Plus
Cheap Strat Copy (could never read the label)

SNAKEBITE

The loudest is the one your wife/girlfriend can still hear whilst trying to watch Eastenders.

pintspiller

The one you are strumming while listening via headphones, but still keeps the granddaughter awake when she having sleepover 

richardhomer

gibsongretschfan said:

richardhomer said:

Why do you want to know? 

Just wondered if there was a consensus or if it varies from instrument to instrument 

I’m sure there’s some variation between examples - but to generalise - guitars with less attack/longer natural sustain seem at the ‘quiet’ end of the spectrum, eg Les Pauls, Yamaha SGs, etc.

Conversely guitars with less sustain/more attack seem louder (eg Strats & Teles).

gibsongretschfan

richardhomer said:

gibsongretschfan said:

richardhomer said:

Why do you want to know? 

Just wondered if there was a consensus or if it varies from instrument to instrument 

I’m sure there’s some variation between examples - but to generalise - guitars with less attack/longer natural sustain seem at the ‘quiet’ end of the spectrum, eg Les Pauls, Yamaha SGs, etc.

Conversely guitars with less sustain/more attack seem louder (eg Strats & Teles).

Yeah that’s what I find and I just completely took it for granted so wondered if everyone had the same experience

rossi

SNAKEBITE said:

The loudest is the one your wife/girlfriend can still hear whilst trying to watch Eastenders.

You too......

rossi

I find a paulwonia body is pretty loud .iIs very resonant.

richardhomer

gibsongretschfan said:

richardhomer said:I’m sure there’s some variation between examples - but to generalise - guitars with less attack/longer natural sustain seem at the ‘quiet’ end of the spectrum, eg Les Pauls, Yamaha SGs, etc.

Conversely guitars with less sustain/more attack seem louder (eg Strats & Teles).

Yeah that’s what I find and I just completely took it for granted so wondered if everyone had the same experience

When Les Paul started designing a solid guitar (before his involvement with Gibson) - he wanted the ‘pure’ sound of the string vibrating - in other words he wanted the guitar to be as ‘inert’ as possible. Ultimately the Les Paul model seemed to give him that.

It seems to me that Fender-style guitars have a much more acoustic guitar-like response - where the energy from the string creates volume/initial attack, which dissipates it quickly.

EricTheWeary

I wish I could remember what this was but I have a memory of someone playing a guitar with a chambered body and making the realisation that the jack plug socket acted as a sound hole, for home use if you plugged in a cable you reduced the acoustic volume.