Thinking about Crowdster Plus

[FFOGG]

I am going to hitting the half century mark soon and those who think I am ok at times have been asking what I wanted a ?? I wass thinking another high end acoustic like a Colllings or another Martin but then I realized how much I regret getting rid of my Crowdster ....Can anyone describe for me the sounds I can expect out of the Electric side of a Crowdster and am I going to need to get back another Fishman Blender pedal

[Pietro]

I've had mine over 2 years, use it 1 to 3 weekends a month.

It's a MUCH more limited sound than a regular electric. I like to say if you want an electric with an acoustic sound as well, do NOT buy it. Get something with a PowerBridge.

If you want a great sounding acoustic (that plays and looks great, too) that has some electric you can dial in to layer on to thicken things up (in stereo only, imho), then go for it. That's what i wanted when I bought it, and it's just amazing for it.

I keep bugging Tom for a second (neck) pickup option on it, but I think he doesn't want us to think the guitar can do something it can't do well, so that's why he doesn't, and might never. (I hope he does, but I won't die on that hill...)

It's NOT an electric guitar. Does that help?

[tom]

it is indeed as limited as any one pickup electric guitar, like those les paul jr's, esquires and single humbucker guitars that nobody ever plays...i kid...sort of. we have a dealer who uses his on electric only gigs all the time. it's all about what you need. pietro is right about the guitar being made for the mostly acoustic guy. but then with .012's, it will never be a shreaders guitar

[LearnedHand]

I think the electric side is pretty darn good. I have run mine through a Marshall stack and it provides a good crunch. I am happy.

[Pietro]

I certainly didn't mean to imply that the electric side didn't sound great, but when I play electric, and mainly electric, I want to

1. Bend notes--limited on the Crowdster as it works best with acoustic strings, and I just can't bend that wound G

2. use multiple pickups. I've never been a LP Junior fan. I want the rhythm pickup. I want all the combinations. I just had a rehearsal with one of my church's worship teams, and I played my new (to me) Hollow Cobra. I was almost never on the treble pickup full, so the Crowdster wouldn't have worked. Next week, the team I'm playing with will have different needs!

Other than that, no worries. I've also heard and used mine on some high gain stuff and it was great. Add in the Acoustic side and it was HUGE! The big concern is that you shouldn't buy it if you are looking mainly at an electric guitar.

In fact, when I was first inquiring about it, I emailed the company and Tom and I ended up "talking" back and forth. He actually almost tried to talk me out of it. The more he told me, the more I was hooked.

He told me then that "the plus is really geared to the worship leader that mostly plays acoustic but wants to add some electric to it. that doesn't mean that either sound suffers, they don't. the guitar is made to work with acoustic strings and has string spacing like an acoustic." basically his words as I recall...

[FFOGG]

The guys I am playing with now do a lot of Acoustic stuff w/ hi gain stuff thrown in ...like Nickelback and HInder ...so switching back and forth is important ..My Hollow T has a powerbridge but I just could npt get to that for my Acoustic sounds ...same with my PRS Hollowbody II .I guess I really miss my Crowdster ....and am making excuses :o :o

[Pietro]

Dude,

acoustic stuff with high gain thrown in is AWESOME on the C+!