Atom Ct & Crowdster Plus Here!

[TonyG]

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My babies have arrived in the UK unscathed and pristine!
The Atom CT is 01-07-09P and came from Indoor Storm.I saved and parted with a PRS for this baby. The Crowdster Plus came from Mass Street Music. My good lady allowed me to raid the savings so that this baby could be my 60th birthday present for 11th April. My thanks to Eddie and John respectively and, of course to Tom, for advising and answering all my queries without showing any impatience whatsoever.
I have fired up the Atom CT through my Cornford Hellcat and it is wonderful - so much different to my other Atom. So different I will keep both.
As for the Crowdster Plus, I only picked it up a couple of hours ago so I can't comment yet. I can say, however, it looks absolutely beautiful.
In recent weeks I have acquired a Fishman Powerblend and a Damage Control Glass Nexus for the acoustic side. I have a couple of Mackie SRM 450's. Only problem is I haven't a clue about how to cable up. I assume I go from the inputs in the Mackies to the outputs in the Nexus and then from an input in the Nexus to the Piezo Out on the Powerblend and use the Powerblend stereo cable to the Crowdster. Oh and use the Mag Thru on the Powerblend to the last link in the chain on my electric pedalboard. Any comments/advice will be greatly received.

[Suriel Zayas]

11th April.

hoping my good lady is as generous as your good lady for my b-ay on the 12th of april.:rolleyes: i get plenty of love from my good ladies, that will be enough.......

those are absolutely gorgeous! congrats!

now for tom.......please look at the ct atom, can you just cut out some f-holes in that. corey, our in-house photoshop expert, can you edit those pics and create a proto-type for tom with f-holes, i can't. maybe slightly larger body and baby!!!!!

[tom]

you don't really need the powerblend, a simple Y cable would work. you could use the powerblend if you prefer using the floor volume pedal for the acoustic. make sure you set the guitar for stereo mode, button up.

[morty]

wow!! what a very nice finish!! lovely! it looks like the Atom has a layer of honney on top! very beutiful looks like it is eatable!! hehe
why care for Les Pauls when you can have a Atom with carwe top! and the best of all you dont nesesary have backproblems and the best of all you dont need to break strings and tune it between every songs!

[mdrs]

Tony...........those are beauties!! Congrats, and may you play them in health and happiness, for many many years to come!!

Does your wife have a sister?

...........just askin.................;) :D

[bud]

now for tom.......please look at the ct atom, can you just cut out some f-holes in that. corey, our in-house photoshop expert, can you edit those pics and create a proto-type for tom with f-holes, i can't. maybe slightly larger body and baby!!!!!

Ok, Tom I think Suriel officially brings the tally dangerously close to like 10 people dying for a hollow CT (AKA the Anderson "Jazzster") It's gonna sweep the country.:D

btw: what an incredibly handsome couple. Makes me want to go out and order both in exactly the same finishes. Congrats on two great Andersons.

[tom]

yes, suriel has stirred the pot one more time. i am busier than a one legged man in a butt kickin' contest right now, but let's take a few moments and look to the future.
1. are we looking for a lighter weight ct or a bigger bodied more 335esque guitar? we all know that the hollow ct will not sound anything like it's beefier solid counterpart.
2. what do you all consider important features?
that should raise some discussion, have at it.

[mdrs]

I just wanna feel the air rushing out of the F hole, blowing the hairs on my forearms................:D

Tom, I think it's totally cool that you are willing to listen to opinions about this. If you need another leg, in order to kick some more butts, let us know...we'll gladly lend a hand!!

For me, there is something that a semihollow guitar with F holes brings to the table.....and it's primarily the sonic aspects of a semihollow electric.

They interacts with amps differently than anything else. There is the sustain on the edge of feedback thing that happens. But, there is also that mellow tone, rich in harmonic overtones that seems readily available from a semihollow with F holes.

I don't know how large the body "needs" to be in order to achieve the rich overtones that attract players to them.

Most of us have played and admired the classic 335. I wonder if the body really needs to be that big in order to have the semihollow body magic?? I bet not.

I have played one of the new-ish PRS "Singlecut Semihollow Body I" guitars, and thought it sounded really really good. I like PRS guitars, but have not always been captivated by their tone. The Singlecut Semihollow did, however, sound really good. And, it's body is pretty much the size of their Singlecut or of a Les Paul.

That Gibby 339 is supposed to be about the size of a Les Paul, yet is supposed to be a gem. I've never played one, but saw Jon Herington play one live with Steely Dan, and his tone was jaw dropping.

I bet a Atom CT semihollow might sound pretty damn interesting.......:D

I know that many guitarists don't like the weight of, say, a Les Paul or any "heavy" guitar. And, of course if you're suffering from back or shoulder issues, a lighter guitar is a plus. Personally, I LIKE a heavy guitar...really what I mean to say is I don't mind a heavy guitar. So, I'd not want a semihollow just because it is lighter....that is asuming it will be lighter. Again, I'd think that the main attraction of a semihollow would be it's tone.

It sure would seem to be a offering that would increase the tonal pallet that Anderson Guitarworks has to offer.

[enr1co]

Congrats Tony- that is so great to get TWO Andys at one time!

Enjoy!

[TonyG]

Got the Crowdster rig up and working - a minor miracle for a non-techy!
Electric through the pedalboard to the Powerblend and the acoustic through the Mackies to the Glass Nexus and then to the Powerblend. Its wonderful. Just need to explore the presets in the Nexus a bit more then I'm off and running.




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[dannopelli]

I just wanna feel the air rushing out of the F hole, blowing the hairs on my forearms....
I don't know how large the body "needs" to be in order to achieve the rich overtones that attract players to them.

Most of us have played and admired the classic 335. I wonder if the body really needs to be that big in order to have the semihollow body magic?? I bet not.
......

It sure would seem to be a offering that would increase the tonal pallet that Anderson Guitarworks has to offer.

First I'd like to say those are two of the best looking guitars I have ever seen. CONGRATS!!!!!

Just my opinion...

I think that like everything else the overall construction of a guitar affects its tone.

I have a 335, and for a short time had an excellent ES 165, both with 57 Classic PUPS. I can say they sound VERY different. My 335 is warm and percussive, but snappier. I also have a PRS Hollow I. It is far warmer than than 335, but not nearly as percussive. But the ES 165 was both warm and percussive, while the PRS is not.

Note that since the 165 is a one PUP guitar I am comparing only the neck PUP tones.

So I think if you want really true good classic Jazz tones you need a good Jazz box. Nothing really sounds like a good Buscarino or Sadowsky, or something like that.

But you can also get EXCELLENT Jazz tones from a good Cobra, Atom or T Classic. In fact I find that I am using my T Classic for Jazzy things far more often than either my 335 or my PRS.

Just my opinion.

Again CONGRATS on your birthday presents.

I think I am getting Beef Wellington.

[bud]

1. are we looking for a lighter weight ct or a bigger bodied more 335esque guitar? we all know that the hollow ct will not sound anything like it's beefier solid counterpart.


Bigger body, but more zchingyness than a 335, less jangly than a Gretsch or Ric'y, warmish low end of an archtop without being muddy. All the guitars mentioned do a thing. A wise man once said, if you want that thing you should buy that guitar.

Jim Hall and Pat Metheny have used the acoustic sound of their jazz boxes (Hall by micing, Metheny by Piezo) to add some of that "z word" to their tone. The NAMM CT had some of this without being hollow. This is hard to articulate, but the sound in my head is slightly less forward and more airy than what I heard in my brief contact with the CT. A Hollow Atom with HC pickups may already have the sound I'm after.

I wouldn't want strictly a jazz box. The guitar would have to work for any style. I also wouldn't expect it to get out-of-phase strat tones or some other "that guitar" sound



2. what do you all consider important features?
that should raise some discussion, have at it.


1) The feel of sort of reaching across the guitar. Not that it sits under your armpit when seated, just more wood under the forearm.

2)zchingyness

3) ability to control the neck bridge blend. Possibly having a mini-pot inside the control cavity (like inside of some of the barber pedals) that effects one position of a 5 way or Separate volume controls for each pickup.

4) Bigsby option

Thanks for opening the discussion Tom. I'm sure all the solicited input will be right in line with mine :rolleyes:

[tom]

i think we can rule out big box jazz tones. that's not something i am an expert on or what to become an expert on.

[Pietro]

I think a hollow CT atom with perhaps only the one F-hole on the top would be intriguing. I also love f-holes! There's something just wacky wonderful about them, especially when mixing in acoustic tones from a piezo.

A friend JUST got a ES339 and I played it last night. I've heard it called a small ES335 with a Les Paul vibe. That's just what it was. VERY cool. I imagine a CT Atom hollow with f-holes (or even just one like the old Tele thinlines) would be similar...

No, I'm not buying one 'cause I can't afford it, but if I came into some money and had my choice, and a CT Atom with f-holes was an option... that's what I'd order!

[Pietro]

...oh... forgot... I'd want a second pickup mod for my Crowdster Plus first!

:p

[JohnnyBeck]

It seems like I say this all the time regarding folk's guitars on here but.... ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

What a great pair of guitars man!

[dannopelli]

i think we can rule out big box jazz tones. that's not something i am an expert on or what to become an expert on.

I am quite happy with what is coming from TAG.

Porsche don't make no minivan!

[SonicGator]

If you do the Hollow Atom CT model, I say let it be what it is. It may not sound like a big jazz box, but I'm sure it will have it's own thing going on and will sound great.