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Yes! Yes! This would be a great idea. I've always had a passion for very thin/light bodied solid guitars like Fender Mustangs and Gibson Firebirds and SGs. Sonically they sound very dynamic and "snappy" with a little trade-off in the harmonic density. They can sound "plain" to some people but not to me. Compared to say a Les Paul with a dense mahogany body and maple top the LP will have a smoother transient and richer harmonic content but will lose some of the "snap and snarl" factor. Heavy guitars sound more restrained and polite to my ears. I have found that a denser body tends to compress the difference in level between the strings making it more even string to string both level wise and timbrally. I have never noticed a big difference in sustain between heavy and light guitars. Interestingly I recently played a friend's beautiful sounding, original '57 Les Paul and compared to modern day LPs it was as light as a feather. I did some research and found out that Gibson used much less dense wood in the 50's than they do now, which I believe is a big part of the early LPs great sound. What body wood were you thinking of having? I'm waiting for my Klein to be built, I ordered solid Alder for the reasons I listed above, I wanted snappy attack and sustain for days, Lorenzo made the suggestion. Martin Shellard > From: "Luca" <lucafeed@tin.it> > Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 00:09:39 +0100 > To: "Loop" <Loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com> > Subject: back to Kleins / body woods > Resent-From: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:23:51 -0500 > > Going back to Kleins (also if the concept can be viewed on all solid >bodies), > does anyone know how the light weight of the body affects : >dynamic,harmonic > response and content, and general balance of the sound ? > I am considering the idea to have a very light bodied (no chambers) >Klein. > > Thanks > Luca. >