Members blazingblake Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 My observation the more wood routed out its more resonant, acoustically louder, a little less sustain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Damn. That's more like an olympic swimming pool route -- with a diving well on the side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted November 23, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 23, 2011 From a production point of view it's an easier program on the CNC, on a PR level it empowers your customer to use a wide range of pickup configurations, for some it's removal of valuable wood mass, for others it's a sound chamber, although I don't see that as your pickups are interfacing thru the plastic pickguard, which are screwed into the same surrounding wood I don't like em, cause it smacks of "easy way out" and the extra wood that ended up on the floor of the shop and in the dumpster seems like an affront to wood;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 you could call it a specially constructed sound hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JTEES4 Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 I could care less...I have both...whatever sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 My observation the more wood routed out its more resonant, acoustically louder, a little less sustain. ... and yet, when Gibson does it to a Les Paul, it's considered blasphemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Quite frankly, for me, it's an indicator of the time and care that went into the construction of the guitar. I can appreciate the time, care, and attention to detail that goes into removing only the amount of wood necessary to install the electronics. I can agree with that. But that isn't anything I can really measure. My guitars are my tools. I try not to buy too much into esoterics. It's a tool, not a family pet or a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mel Cooley Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Vintage fetishism. Considering the weight of the wood being used these days I'd consider it a favor even to non-modders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 My Strat is an '89 or '90. It might be a swimming pool route, it might not (never looked under the hood). Whatever the case, it's one of the best sounding Strats I've ever heard. And that's really all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 ... and yet, when Gibson does it to a Les Paul, it's considered blasphemy! I'm not sure those are comparable. Gibson drill out a design that is meant to be solid whereas the swimmingpool in a strat is just a slight widening of a rout that is already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'm not sure those are comparable. Gibson drill out a design that is meant to be solid whereas the swimmingpool in a strat is just a slight widening of a rout that is already there. Slight? lol... If the normal SSS route is 5cui, then the swimming pool route is close to 20cui. That's a LOT more than slight. Here is my gripe about people that complain about these design change... People gripe when something is different, but I ask: Different than what? All those old Fenders and Gibsons were hand worked and every last one of them is unique. There is no PERFECT copy of a 50s guitar because even 50s guitars were not perfect copies of 50s guitars. The design was a moving target. So even if you find a perfect replica of a 1954 Strat or a 1959 Les Paul, it's still not the same as it was back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 ... and yet, when Gibson does it to a Les Paul, it's considered blasphemy! While in theory I agree with you, I think part of the beauty of a Les Paul is to get that strap at Jimmy Page level and to feel that awesome mass of guitar under you. There's something wrong when there are models of SGs that are heavier than Les Pauls these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onerailunder Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted November 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 I swear there's a guitar picture for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 I never knew it was supposed to be bad. Now, I hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Some of the better sounding newer Strats I have played have had it so it doesn't bother me. I believe this was used as a marketing thing back when the new American Strats (not American Standard) came out in 2000 or so. They had to change something I guess. When I build a Strat I always do the old school routing but they either sound good or they don't, in the grand scheme of things there are bigger things that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DTrane Posted November 23, 2011 Members Share Posted November 23, 2011 Its great, cuz you can hide your weed in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 Its great, cuz you can hide your weed in there. indeed! It also makes them easy to mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 Personally, I'm a fan of the swimming pool route. I wouldn't consider buying another Warmoth body without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted November 24, 2011 Members Share Posted November 24, 2011 ... and yet, when Gibson does it to a Les Paul, it's considered blasphemy! Same for Fender. Bottom line:v most electric guitarists are narrow-focussed and almost autistic when it comes to the "correct" details for a guitar, and most f them are stuck in the fifties. It's pathetic, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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