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It does genuinely have valve tone

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Great Demo!

That's what I'm talking bout!!

Excellent work. The sound is surprisingly similar. I was looking at a hollowbody to rely less on my acoustic. After hearing this, I'll stay with my acoustic. Thanks.

Thanks for the review. I have been looking at getting a nice Godin hollow body like this for the Kingpin 2 series. I like having a bridge pickup like the II has since it gives more tonal options. I love P90s.

Just got it. It's my first Godin and first Telecaster. It feels great and looks amazing. One thing I'm not sure of, as in if this is usual for Teles or just this Godin model in general, but the bridge pickup get quite noisy when introducing the slightest bit of distortion. The sustain is also not great, on the bridge pickup. No complaints on the neck humbucker, it sounds great.

i may not buy this after hearing that buzz..I meet and test a used one this am and may put it thru my LR baggs venue..I like where the p90s are placed

Your guitar tone is amazing

Is it a full hollow body or a semi hollow body? Thanks!

It has the right envelope for jazz, doesn't it?

They have a different bridge

Love to see this, I'm digging the new dynamic Jordan is playing with.

Actually I think the difference is huge. The hollow sounds full (how a good instrument should), and the solidbody sounds muffled.

you hear the difference when you have a good set of set of headphone

The after-ring seems brighter on the hollow body

You have always IMO been great instrumentally, but this sounds on another level to me composition wise, tear jerking even with no lyrics. 2:45 guitar section is absolute 🔥 1:12 really nice chord changes, almost goes where you expect, but bends it just enough to add color 4:36 sizzling guitar again Whole piece sounds like flame sneaking out behind a calm exterior, keeps jazz color without sounding hazy or losing pop theme strength and focus. I really wonder how many say Silversun Pickups, Polyphia, or otherwise more sophisticated types of prog alt rock would find themselves suddenly listening to a whole lot of jazz if you pointed them here.

Guitar is fab. Needs better audio for a guitar review

I normally notice the smallest differences in guitars, but hollowbody vs solidbody is a challenge for me, I definitely couldn't identify either one blind. However when focused I can tell there's a slight difference in transients, the hollowbody has a longer decay for the mids and lows, and a shorter one for the highs. I think that's where peoples idea of a "woody" tone is coming from

I totally dig your playing.

(Three years after) Thank you for sharing this! :-) Me, I'm in the process of discovering the different possibilities within "playing a guitar". As I am in the Netherlands, I'm within free shipping from Thomann in Germany. So I have been hoarding guitars and basses from their Harley Benton house brand. I'm also in the process of finding the strings I want for these, notably round-wound or flat-wound. For flat-wound guitar strings, I'm settling om Thomastik JS110, for round-wounds on D'Addario NYXL (although only one guitar has them actually mounted yet). Your choices may vary. :-) My "quest" has this week even resulted in ordering a second 335-type guitar (Harley Benton HB-35Plus). One now has these flat-wounds, the other will keep round-wounds (factory-fitted D'Addario EXL110, so the upgrade to NYXL has low priority). I'm very pleased to have both of them. With bass guitars, I'm more inclined to prefer flat-wound strings. There, I have two nearly identical ones: a Harley Benton MJ-4EB with round-wounds (factory-fitted, D'Addario NYXL?) and the 5-string MJ-5EB with flat-wounds (Thomastik JF345). I also have one guitar with active pick-ups (I preferred the cheaper Roswell over the more expensive EMG): a solid-body Harley Benton SC-Custom II Active. At first I had trouble controlling the tone with both pick-ups selected, until it came to me that the tone with the factory-fitted round-wound D'Addario set (EXL110?) ranged from "bright" to "ultra bright". I fitted Thomastik JS110, and now the tone of this guitar has shifted into a normal range [matter of opinion] with a focused tone. To those wanting a guitar with very little treble, I'd say: consider a Brian May Red (he has them built under license) and don't buy the matching treble booster. It comes with D'Addario EXL120 strings fitted.

I have pro junior lll , I gig with it comfortably

Great sounding Danelectro! Do you still own this guitar?

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Great interesting video, I wonder if anyone has compared this product to a UA Dream 65; please comment if you have, cheers

Nice video. When you go direct to the board do you need a DI box? Thanks!

@sheifiproductions what is the key and chords that you played in from 3:55-4:10?

What case did you get for it?

excellent review, excellent playing, very, very good sounding guitar, but then there is a great amp and effects in the signal chain, my is comming tomorrow

Are you using a ring light, soft box or any kind of artificial light behind the camera for the video? Maybe that's why the p90 is buzzing so much.

Realmente muy original

I enjoyed hearing you demo the guitar. I'm 99% a fingerstyle acoustic guitar player, and have hated every solid body electric guitar I've ever had. So I bought one of these and love it but for the way the P90 hums. No hum is why I preferred humbuckers, so I bought a Creamery "P90 sized hidden humbucker" with an Alnico 5 magnet. Health issues prevented me from installing it and then I forgot about it. I'll take this as a reminder to get 'er done now that the health stuff is squared away. Reason for watching videos on a guitar I already own? I'm approaching 70, thinning the herd and trying to decide whether to flog the Kingpin or a Loar LH-280. I would love to know what pickup you installed? Again, thanks for the tasty demo.

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Thanks for the video! I watched it through my phone and was unable to appreciate most of the differences other people say they noticed. In my scientific opinion, there are too many uncontrolled variables for this demonstration to be definitive. Different strings, different bridges. Are the pots and capacitors the same? Are the pickup heights the same? These are all factors which affect tone. You mentioned that the airiness doesn't come through in the recordings. You experience airiness while playing because you hear the acoustics of the guitar. The pickups don't tranceive air vibrations, only magnetic field fluctuations. The airiness perceived while playing is the result of your brain synthesizing the eletric output and the acoustic output and it would disappear if you played while wearing effective sound cancelling headphones. That said, there may still be very real resonance differences between the bodies and the strings. Just look at the resonant feedback achievable by playing in front of your amp. In my opinion, I suspect that the differences between solid and hollow body electric guitars only manifest within certain parameters.

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Boss makes a great noise supresser that i think you might really like!

Thanks for a great comparison. From the first comparison, it was easy to hear the difference. When comparing the bridge pickups however, they were indistinguishable to me. I really appreciate the way you simply pluck the strings and let them ring out. In many videos, it seems like the reviewer is auditioning for a gig or to show their talent. Your approach is so much more revealing to the listener. I also appreciate your use of a common, clean Bassman. Most people can relate the that Fender sound.

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great video, thanks.

Did you use the same sets of strings that were about the same age for both of these demos? Great video, by the way. I would have expected to hear more difference. The hollow body seems to have less gain and treble

Great review! And super playing from the opening to the end!

Liking the hollow better.

I actually dont like the resonance of the hollow body. Its almost an out of tune sustain on the background of the tone. Its weird.

Does it have enough headroom with humbuckers to use in a not heavy kind of jazzy/ funky band ?

getting into jazz i wanted a "jazz" guitar for this new direction..... then my friend says "you have a les paul and a tone king." just saying

When you're talking electric guitars with magnetic pickups, 99% of the tone comes from pickups, bridge, & electronics. Swap your fender strat body for a pine 2x4 from home depot & it'll still sound like a strat. I'm not saying a hollow body doesn't have it's place. They're much louder when unplugged. If you get a model with a piezo in the bridge you can add some really nice acoustic sounds to the mix. If you crank up the volume/overdrive with a hollow body you've got a feedback machine.

Best demo o this guitar, love your playing its great

I push mine with a good overdrive through a 1 12 cab. Sounds great!

sounded awesome pushed as well

I'm thinking about getting one, because I feel like a solid body is less 3D than any acoustic instrument. So i'm thinking about using It when play with acoustic instruments ( I don't meant acoustic guitars )