Post by pacubob on Nov 24, 2007 8:05:42 GMT -7
For those of you who may be in the market for a new acoustic here's a new posibility. A couple of months ago I bought a Composite Acoustics Legacy Performer from Danny Brevard at Acousticpromusician.com. I wanted to give this thing a thorough tryout before I went on record about it. Like the name implies, it's a solid carbon fiber dreadnaught model. The company is located in Lafayette, La. It hasn't been in business as long as Rainsong but as Danny had been a rep for Rainsong previously I made the purchase based on his recommendation of better quality and good customer service. Danny also handles about a dozen brands of high end custom made acoustic guitars and I highly recomend him as a person with which to do business.
CA makes five models in the Performer series with a few cosmetic variations ie different rosette/headstock inlays. You can also get some custom colors and electronics. Check out the website for the details. Mine is a standard dreadnaught configuration with an LR Baggs electronics.
Call me a heretic but I think the guitar is beautiful. It is solid black with what they call a "Carbon burst" top that faintly shows the webbed fiber pattern. The CA logo, neck dots and rosette are MOP. The tuners are enclosed Gotohs. The edges on the back side are slilghtly rounded so it is comfortable to hold. There is no neck binding but the fretwork is impeccable. The action is fairly low and it is extremely comfortable to play. It is lightweight and not affected by humidity like a wood guitar. It stays in tune almost indefinitely. Now, what does it sound like.
It doesn't sound like a wooden guitar. It has much more clarity and sustain. There is minimal note decay. The notes are crisp and seem ring forever all the way up the neck which, by the way has no neck heel at all. It's also loud. The neck meets the body at the 15th fret. There are some sound clips available on the CA website but they don't really do justice to this instrument. Because of the electronics, the sound can be tailored in multiple ways. It really sounds great through my Maz 18NR. Throw in just a touch of Xotic RC and maybe just a pinch of EBS Dynaverb and this is amazingly full and mellow. Like a lot of folks here, I'm still looking for my "Dream electric", but I like this CA so much, my Taylor 810 is going up for sale. Sorry but I don't have the technology to post a picture or sound but you can see and hear it on the CA website if you're interested. BY the way, Danny was 200.00 cheaper than anyone else selling these guitars and he knocked a big chunk off of a reall nice Calton case for me. Disclaimer: No guitars were injured in the writing of this review.
Bob.
CA makes five models in the Performer series with a few cosmetic variations ie different rosette/headstock inlays. You can also get some custom colors and electronics. Check out the website for the details. Mine is a standard dreadnaught configuration with an LR Baggs electronics.
Call me a heretic but I think the guitar is beautiful. It is solid black with what they call a "Carbon burst" top that faintly shows the webbed fiber pattern. The CA logo, neck dots and rosette are MOP. The tuners are enclosed Gotohs. The edges on the back side are slilghtly rounded so it is comfortable to hold. There is no neck binding but the fretwork is impeccable. The action is fairly low and it is extremely comfortable to play. It is lightweight and not affected by humidity like a wood guitar. It stays in tune almost indefinitely. Now, what does it sound like.
It doesn't sound like a wooden guitar. It has much more clarity and sustain. There is minimal note decay. The notes are crisp and seem ring forever all the way up the neck which, by the way has no neck heel at all. It's also loud. The neck meets the body at the 15th fret. There are some sound clips available on the CA website but they don't really do justice to this instrument. Because of the electronics, the sound can be tailored in multiple ways. It really sounds great through my Maz 18NR. Throw in just a touch of Xotic RC and maybe just a pinch of EBS Dynaverb and this is amazingly full and mellow. Like a lot of folks here, I'm still looking for my "Dream electric", but I like this CA so much, my Taylor 810 is going up for sale. Sorry but I don't have the technology to post a picture or sound but you can see and hear it on the CA website if you're interested. BY the way, Danny was 200.00 cheaper than anyone else selling these guitars and he knocked a big chunk off of a reall nice Calton case for me. Disclaimer: No guitars were injured in the writing of this review.
Bob.