Cole Clark guitars
 

Anybody play one of these?

I got to fool around with a Cole Clark Angel last evening. Unplugged it was pretty decent, nothing to get worked up about but I wouldn't mind owning one. Then I played it through a Roland AC-90 and Oh. My. God. It sounded so good that I thought, for a brief moment, that I actually knew how to play. :eek: Those Aussies really know something about acoustics! I couldn't get it to feedback, either. Damned impressive.

I'm not normally an AE guy (both my Martin and Taylor are unwired) but I'd make an exception for a CC Angel. I had no plans of ever buying another acoustic but I think I may be forced to re-think that.

Wow!

Wait, wait: Only sounded good through an amp? I should think that any acoustic that doesn't sound great unplugged would not be worth one's time. But what do i know?

No, it was "pretty decent", like I said. For the price (~$2k) I would say there's a minimum level of sound quality that you can expect. I've heard better, I've heard worse (or, at least, less to my taste).

But plugged in it blew away everything. It was like there was some genius sound engineer in the signal chain.

Throw a K&K Western Mini in your Taylor or Martin and you'll be happy. Around $85 on Ebay and easy install.

Yep,

Got a mate with a Fat Lady (the guitar not his missus). We have a regular get together - drinking session with a jamming problem.

Real nice piece. Want one myself.