Gibson Chet

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Gibson Chet

Unread post by matts420music » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:30 am

Can anyone explain to me, why when I look the Gibson Chet SST up on any other site it tells me it is a electric (NOT acoustic-electric)? Yet this site states it as an acoustic and that is what I still beleive it to be.
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Unread post by sfmartins » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:56 am

EDIT: Forget, I am dumb, and I don't know much about guitars... :?
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:12 am

It's been hashed before around here, but I think the consensus was that the Chet is effectively an electric-acoustic and not an acoustic-electric. The main reason was that it has no totally acoustic projection ability and, frankly, sounds like a wet fart not plugged in. Thus, it is chiefly an electric instrument but is not an electric guitar by the traditional defnition.
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Unread post by checkii » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:32 am

SimsUK wrote:It's been hashed before around here, but I think the consensus was that the Chet is effectively an electric-acoustic and not an acoustic-electric. The main reason was that it has no totally acoustic projection ability and, frankly, sounds like a wet fart not plugged in. Thus, it is chiefly an electric instrument but is not an electric guitar by the traditional defnition.
i believe this post to be true.
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Unread post by sfmartins » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:40 am

checkii wrote:
SimsUK wrote:It's been hashed before around here, but I think the consensus was that the Chet is effectively an electric-acoustic and not an acoustic-electric. The main reason was that it has no totally acoustic projection ability and, frankly, sounds like a wet fart not plugged in. Thus, it is chiefly an electric instrument but is not an electric guitar by the traditional defnition.
i believe this post to be true.
yeah, after that my first post is just ridiculous... :lol:
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Unread post by matts420music » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:06 pm

SimsUK wrote:It's been hashed before around here, but I think the consensus was that the Chet is effectively an electric-acoustic and not an acoustic-electric. The main reason was that it has no totally acoustic projection ability and, frankly, sounds like a wet fart not plugged in. Thus, it is chiefly an electric instrument but is not an electric guitar by the traditional defnition.
Thank You!
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:21 pm

My pleasure.
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Unread post by GuitarGuy305 » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:15 pm

I kind of like playing it unplugged occasionally for just noodling around at home late at night. But that's the extent of its usefulness when not plugged in.

When someone asks me about it I usually explain that it is an electric/acoustic that is not hollow which reduces feedback. Most people get that short explanation.
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