How are the "X" series archtops unplugged volume wise? Are they loud enough to play just noodling around without amp? I am talking especially of the thicker ones--X 500, 700, and 175. I'm looking to buy but no one around has Guilds.
Yes, of course, but unless you live in a factory or under an airstrip, so is a telecaster, isn't it? They're louder than an unplugged solidbody, but otherwise nothing to write home about unplugged.waterpolo.dude said:Are they loud enough to play just noodling around without amp?
Walter Broes said:I guess that principle would really work for solid top, acoustic archtops with a floating pickup - and beyond that, it's probably a matter of taste, and what kind of music you want to play on them.
I have a '59 X175 with a very thin top that is suprisingly loud acoustically, much more so than my beloved '62 X175, but it's just too light and sensitive for the volume levels I usually play at . the plugged in tone of both guitars is remarkably similar btw, main difference being that the slightly less resonant and stiffer '62 has more sustain and tighter lows, the '59 a little more woolly (but pretty) midrange.
'59 X175
'62 X175, same amp, same band, different but similar song
waterpolo.dude said:...I played a Kingpin II as well and was pleasantly surprised with the volume and tone unplugged. The shop had phosphor bronze strings on it, which definitely gave it leg up in that department.
bradk said:I practice with my X150 unplugged at times...lets just say I can hear it but it's not very inspiring. Acoustic tone is not really its thing though.