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Phil Jacoby · October 10th, 2003, 02:45 AM

Chambered and thinline bodies in general tend to be more resonant IMO than solid bodies. The trade off is that solids are more efficient - tighter overall tone and more sustain. Chambered/hollow seems to have more "air". I like and have both. Unless you are into mondo gain tones, a chambered/hollow body can be pretty cool. When I play with a loud rock band, I prefer the solid bodies; when played lower than painful volume rootsy Americana I really enjoy the thinlines. YMMV

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Phil Jacoby Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 291	Chambered and thinline bodies in general tend to be more resonant IMO than solid bodies. The trade off is that solids are more efficient - tighter overall tone and more sustain. Chambered/hollow seems to have more "air". I like and have both. Unless you are into mondo gain tones, a chambered/hollow body can be pretty cool. When I play with a loud rock band, I prefer the solid bodies; when played lower than painful volume rootsy Americana I really enjoy the thinlines. YMMV __________________ How 'bout dem O's, hon?