Kind Words from Ron at Austin Speaker Works
We were recently asked by Ron at Austin Speaker Works if we would put a Cardinal in his new retail boutique. “Of course!”, we said. Here is a quick review of Ron’s impressions of the TX walnut topped guitar in question.
- I can’t get over this guitar , was late picking up my kid cause I was transfixed by this thing! First of all the guitar playes like a dream 25.5 inch scale is very Fendery (wrd? Don’t know) but feels Gibsony (sorry). The pups kick butt yet retain very fine detail, they do not obscure or overpower the resonance of the body, and what a bod, tastefully and very thinly finished ,the Tex Walnut top has nice figure and a very sexy look. Body is Tex mesquite and is very, very resonate. And get this my fellow players……..ready?………..A tone control that works and is usable, not just a random after thought , but part of the machine. Detail and passion are obvious. It sounded great through the Louis Electric (fine amps by the way, more on them later). This morning I played it through an AC-30TB , chimy and sweet, A Marshall Plexi 50 (2×12) w/ KTS-60s, with a Thundertweek delay and an 808, WOW! Then a 18 watt Marshall, nice. A 3 Monkeys Orangutan finished the fun , w/ a Boss Tremolo (hey, I like it) and the very cool monkeys reverb, slight bit of delay and I was in Bill Frisell heaven. Everything was so touch sensitive it really made me concentrate….. so much I was late for work and I was allready there! Phew, good instruments will lure you in, great ones will re-arrange time. A cool guy and a cool guitar and he makes……………………….beer. ARRRGGGhhhhhh. thanks back to work.
Many, many thanks, Ron. Coming from you,this is high praise indeed. Here’s a pic of the guitar, and more pics and details are available in the For Sale section of the website. This will ship in a new Gator case instead of a gig bag.
Check out www.austinspeakerworks.com for all the details on Rons’s incredible guitar speakers. He may be a bit busy at the moment thanks to a stellar Guitar Player magazine review, but he’ll make time for you.