Anybody converted by a chambered guitar?

danishbacon

Coming from having enjoyed a thinline in the past and a couple semi hollows and a hollow body I've just picked up a 90s bluesbird which is chambered and under 8lbs. Acoustically I'm finding it much more enjoyable to play than any solid body I've used before, feels like the guitar has a built in muddy low output mini amp and quite lively. I'm also finding it much more balanced to play than a light R8 I had, which when sat down always felt like it wanted to topple over.

Anyone else had very positive experiences with chambered?

I've shyed away from gretsch types because I find the controls too complicated but any other builders making nice chambered guitars around?

 

bodhi

I've only owned one chambered guitar, which was this '07 Standard Faded (previously owned by other forum members, too).

It was a nice guitar but I couldn't get along with its neck profile in the long run, and very reluctantly sold it.  I agree there is something to the chambering similar to what you describe.  I'd have kept it if it was easy to replace the neck with something a bit more chunky.

Collings

I've got a couple of Patrick James Eggle's which are chambered and you can definitely hear they are when played unplugged which I do think translates to the plugged in tone.

west

Every single time for me .... well chambered / laminates ...