whats so great about Chets?

DT · Unread post by DT » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:30 pm

the other day, i stopped in a guitar center again and tried out a whole bunch of guitars i hadnt seen before, and i happened to spot a chet... since everyone talks about them like therye the greatest thing ever i was happy to be trying one out..... i was pretty dissappointed, it just felt like any other electric, with a little bit of acoustic sound to it- is that just why everyone likes it, because they want a mix of the two worlds? honestly, i didnt like the way it felt, and for some reason the fretboard seemed way too slick(if that makes sense).

so whats the big deal?

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:31 pm

i dont think there is a big deal about them....at least not on these boards. ive never seen anyone get crazy about them

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:35 pm

Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:23 pm

mbgreen wrote:Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.

well to each his own...I never said it was the greatest thing ever...just really awesome in my opinion...awsome action, nice clean sound with acoustic strings...great attack and plays awesome withought any need for preamps...not go for soloists, but is great when playing with a band...doesn't really sound like an electric unless you want it to and have strings of the nature on it...I just think it was a good buy for me...

PureDaveAddict · Unread post by **PureDaveAddict** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 1:07 pm

I have an oppertunity to grab a Chet for about $430, u think thats a good price? lol

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 1:12 pm

PureDaveAddict wrote:I have an oppertunity to grab a Chet for about $430, u think thats a good price? lol

i guess it depends on wheter it is an epiphone or gibson :wink:

PureDaveAddict · Unread post by **PureDaveAddict** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 2:25 pm

its an epiphone

Whats the Difference?

billywestom · Unread post by **billywestom** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 4:21 pm

PureDaveAddict wrote:its an epiphone

Whats the Difference?

about $1500 .... epiphone is a cheap version of gibson...a bran new epiphone chet is about $500 bucks, so i dont know what kind of deal that would be....its like what a squier is to a fender...

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 4:47 pm

PureDaveAddict wrote:its an epiphone

Whats the Difference?

THEY ARE WAYYYYYYYYYY WORSE in my opinion...don't do it...save the money lol

DMB_fan_87 · Unread post by **DMB_fan_87** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 7:13 pm

mbgreen wrote:Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.

If i remember correctly, from a previous post a while back, someone said that on antsmarching there was a fishman representative or sumthin that said that the only mod dave had was to put a fishman natural matrix II in it instead of the natural matrix I

i believe this is correct...but i could be wrong

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:33 pm

DMB_fan_87 wrote:
mbgreen wrote:Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.
If i remember correctly, from a previous post a while back, someone said that on antsmarching there was a fishman representative or sumthin that said that the only mod dave had was to put a fishman natural matrix II in it instead of the natural matrix I

i believe this is correct...but i could be wrong

yeah, i remember reading that myself.

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:33 pm

DMB_fan_87 wrote:
mbgreen wrote:Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.
If i remember correctly, from a previous post a while back, someone said that on antsmarching there was a fishman representative or sumthin that said that the only mod dave had was to put a fishman natural matrix II in it instead of the natural matrix I

i believe this is correct...but i could be wrong

Ya, that's the only modification to the guitar that I know of, but Dave added shitloads of preamps and sansamps and other stuff to the signal.

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:36 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:
DMB_fan_87 wrote:
mbgreen wrote:Prepare for a comment by firedancer...

And if you guys didnt know, dave severely modified his chet to make it sound the way it did. They dont sound like that off the shelf.
If i remember correctly, from a previous post a while back, someone said that on antsmarching there was a fishman representative or sumthin that said that the only mod dave had was to put a fishman natural matrix II in it instead of the natural matrix I

i believe this is correct...but i could be wrong
Ya, that's the only modification to the guitar that I know of, but Dave added shitloads of preamps and sansamps and other stuff to the signal.

dave has about $10,000 worth of equipment in his rack...one of the reasons he has such a good sound. personally, i don't think the chet sounds that amazing, but its a BLAST to play.

dustin · Unread post by **dustin** » Sun Apr 27, 2003 11:41 pm

off the topic and really no one needs to know but i felt like telling it heh my great uncle in law use to fix chet's car and he became friends with him and chet gave him one of his guitars

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:40 am

madtadder wrote: dave has about $10,000 worth of equipment in his rack...one of the reasons he has such a good sound. personally, i don't think the chet sounds that amazing, but its a BLAST to play.

I don't think he had $10,000 in his rack the whole time he's played a Chet though. He's been playing them for a long time. Long before he was rich enough to put that much money into pre-amps and stuff.

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