I have a McPherson Sable and it has permanently ended my search for acoustic bliss. Rock-solid, stable, and impervious to weather changes. Not only that, it is the woodiest sounding of the carbon fiber guitars I have tried between RainSong, Emerald, and McPherson. I am a big fan of them.
Recently picked up a Sable - I agree with you 100% - I’ve played a bunch of Taylors, Martins, RainSongs, Emeralds, etc. The Sable has the best tone of any of them
I’ve had a Lava Me 2 guitar for about a year and I love it also. very resonant, never out of tune, great action. It has probably the best visual finish out of any carbon guitar (I’ve got the white one). I also have a Breedlove that I got in 1997 and I end up playing the lava me guitar because I don’t like having to worry about taking care of my higher dollar acoustic.
I own a Martin om42 and the sable and I totally love my sable a lot . The sound is so balance that You never getting tired of the sound playing it. Best thing now i don’t have to keep my guitar in the box anymore in a humid country like in Singapore throughout the years . I agreed with Dylan as one of the best sounding guitar I have ever played . None of the wood guitar will match this guitar .
This guitar looks gorgeous and I like the sound hole being in a different spot. I'm looking to get into playing and I'm tempted to save up and get this
I'm really excited for these next gen guitars, the thing that you don't have to wait 30 minutes for the guitar case to get to the room temperature when you bring it somewhere is just awesome, also not having to worry about finish checking, stability and mostly durability, that is just a way of making the guitar more perfect!
I hope someday I can afford to get one of these. So cool, no longer worrying about it being out of tune or dealing with temp issues. yaaay! Low maintanence guitar ftw!
The first CF guitar I mad back in the 80s was so stable that when I had it shipped to Maui it took 3 months and when I unpacked it, it was still in tune! The tone is like a bell. The Guitar Im making right now is coming out good. I routed a hole for a resonator yesterday and it started ring like a wine glass as I was routing it. I wont say its better than wood I still make wood guitars. Carbon Fiber can be done very wrong too, some go floppy in the heat because they don't use the right epoxy or they don't post cure it correctly.
I used to have the USSR made acoustic guitar when I was a kid. It did have this weird cantilever neck attachment. The connection was so loose that it was seriously affecting the string action. I used to put a wedge between the body and the neck to make it playable (sort of). :)
The effects are incredible at that price. Once it's set up the way you like it, that's it. Total stability. I wish it had a little more bottom, but my Tayor GC7 is like that and I think that's attributed to the size. I'm buying one.
My Honeycomb Sable was just delivered yesterday, and it's even better than I have heard it described. The terrific range of sound between the highs and lows is amazing. I am not a great player by any stretch of the imagination, but this thing makes me sound a whole lot better. If you haven't been able to hear the sound quality on these videos, please do yourself a favor and find one you can test out. It was worth every penny for me. Thanks for this series of videos on the Sable.
Sweet Guitar...Been Impressed with McPherson Guitars for a long time..And a Fan of Carbon Fibre..Buzz Feiten tuning sweetens your sound for Sure..That should be on more guitars..You could use that as a paddle,and it wouldn't hurt it.Enjoy the content of your videos.
I've seen other reviews of this guitar and everyone seems to love it. It comparison to comparable wooden guitars the Sable sounds cleaner an clearer. It's more accurate. It doesn't distort as much as a wooden guitar. Now, we know that sound is a matter of preference and need. A tube amp distorts more than a transistor amp, but that distortion is used to create a sound that the player likes. These days transistor amps can model the sound of a tube amp. You can argue preference all day long but when it comes to sound, especially in regards to playback you want accuracy. The difference in acoustic guitars that are distorting less is extremely noticeable and I think in a blind test would usually be preferred. There is more information that can be heard and enjoyed. Just the opinion of a novice who appreciates clean sound. Keep up the good work.
I think the guitar market is moving to the carbonfiber and carbonfiber composite market in a big way, they are both great products, great video, thank you 👍.
Looks very good, sounds great and your enthusiasm is really convincing, but..... the fact it doesn't have a truss rod is actually scaring me off a bit. In my experience there are no guitars alike, every guitar is unique. It's hard to believe all fiber guitars are exactly the same, so how can I set this guitar to my personal preferences? The only things I can think of are the height of the bridge and the nut, but I cannot change the curve of the neck. But, nevertheless, nice of you not being afraid to show new things, good to hear and see about new developments.
I compared 5 different Rainsongs and your McPherson in a store in Clermont Fl. I didn’t like the McPherson at all. I only liked one model. The only Rainsong I liked was the Rainsong CO-WS. It actually blew my mind. In comparison to every other guitar I had in front of me it was the only one that sounded great. To be fair I did not plug anything in. Fortunately it does sound great plugged in. It has good electronics in it. I’m a solo artist and I use it at most gigs now .
I had the opposite experience in the same store in Clermont... the one I bought my Sable from. Since purchasing it, I discovered that the 80/20 bronze strings that it comes standard on it leave the sound a little less warm than I'm used to. I tested a ton of different strings on it and now only use D'Addario XP or XS phosphor bronze strings on it in 13-56 gauge. I rarely pick up my Martin HD28 anymore. No comparison for me. And everyone I have done A/B tests with prefer the Sable over the Martin. It's better balanced and is significantly more articulation than the Martin. Having said that, if I'd had 14k with me when I was there I would have bought the Macassar Ebony McPherson they had. Stunning visually and like no other guitar I've ever heard. But... 14k.
Really enjoyed your enthusiastic review! I‘m definitely interested, but I wonder if they make a model slightly smaller than this one, for your sound samples (and those of others out there) seem to be telling me this model might be a bit too dreadnaughty 😉 for my taste (as in a bit too boomy in the bass and particularly a bit too shiny on the B and high E strings). I have a Martin D-35 for that kind of sound, and am more interested in something with a bit more balanced upper mid range, also when I tune down all the way to standard D or even standard C# (my two main tunings). I fear the Sable will end up being a bit too bass-heavy in those tunings, and without enough strong mids to balance it out. Or am I wrong? P.S. Just did my own homework and found they have a smaller „Touring“ model. Sounds very, very interesting in the one video they posted! Will now strive to find some videos comparing it against the Sable so I can better judge the relative differences. One new question that popped up while shopping on their site is this: Might there be any tonal differences between the Honeycomb top and the Standard top? What do you think?
I still think wood is a little better sound wise having listened to some side by side but not by as much as fanatics like to think. I would love to own an indestructible guitar I could throw in my trunk and not care about. I think it definitely has some advantages.
I was skeptical... was shocked when I saw one hanging in my local guitar shop... picked it up... surprised me at how SOLID it felt... played it and was blown away at the roar of the sound. made an immediate believer outta me. wow.
Hey bro what camera do you use….I’ve been watching for quite awhile and subscribed but I can’t figure out what camera you’re using that consistently makes your head look 3 times the actual size making you look like a walking breathing bobblehead
Only question I might have (and really just a thought experiment) is how will it age? Not in 5 or 10 years but what about 20 or 30. I've heard of carbon fiber becoming brittle with age but there are many different grades of carbon fiber so it may be a moot point.
@Grant Mecozzi I have just ordered a RainSong, so don’t know about aging of carbon fiber guitars. But, as a golf professional, and can tell you that I have used the same carbon fiber shaft in my #1 wood for 10 years, and it has not changed at all. My club head speed is about 108 MPH, and I have hit at least 6,000 shots with this shaft at this speed... much more stress than you could ever put on a guitar...aging,, no problem.
@@jed1166 my remarks were based on competition grade carbon arrows, but like I said I'm guessing a $10 arrow is probably lower quality than a $3 or 4K guitar but ya never know.
@Grant Mecozzi agreed! I am moving to Phoenix, where humidity was 6% today... No matter what, I am certain that the RainSong will age much better than my spruce and ovangkol Takamine would... I am not even going to bother bringing it with me...
Yes they come with LR Baggs Ellement pickups or you can have them change it to a Anthem SL by request and they will add it to the build but the feedback buster will no longer fit in the sound hole.
It makes sense about letting the lid vibrates freely with a cantilever kind of neck but it does not make sense with the bridge attached onto the lid which could muffle the maximun possible vibration. Maybe it should have been like a bigsby tailpiece. Like you said as it was a violin
@@DylanTalksTone I know but maybe that kind of prevents the top vibrates at its máximum. So if you are getting a a neck violin like why dont try a tailpiece violin like. So the top is realy free to vibrate. I'm violing players and we are always trying not to muffler the top
Let’s think this through….. if the bridge didn’t touch the top ….. how would the strings vibrate the top ??? That is how an acoustic guitar makes sound
@@DylanTalksTone c'mon man, Physics 101. wave sounds propagates better through solids than gases. So the body is attached to the top. Just let the top ring! you need to play violin
I want to try carbon fiber necks on electrics. I see that there used to be a couple of manufacturers but they're all defunct now; likely due to lack of sales driving them out. Occasionally I see one pup up on reverb, but that's it. I'd love to make one but I don't have the slightest clue how to get started with that, lol.
Ode to acoustic guitars: I love electric guitars, the gear, the whole rock iconography associated with them. I'm a "meh at best" electric player. I pick up an acoustic, and I can get every nuance and tone I'm looking for. I'm not a virtuoso, I work for everything I play, but I can make an acoustic sing with what I can play. I love the immediacy of response, the purity of tone, the no-holds-barred, you-better-not-mess-up honesty of an acoustic guitar. There's no gain or reverb to hide behind. It's bare knuckle boxing, and it is beautiful. You can convey all of the intense emotions of hard-core electric gain if you are in sync with what's in your hands, and no-one will mistake what you're trying to communicate. You can play with such subtlety and grace that people cry. There is so much that is lost when you rely on magnets, coils, tubes, and endless pedals but that is instantly achievable if you know how to manipulate the acoustic in your hands if you just look for it, if you just try to find it with your hands. Greatness can be had in even ply tops and bodies if your hands know what they're doing and your ears are connected to your heart. Maybe the reason I am not as good on electric is because electrics rely on so much gear to achieve what a single acoustic guitar can do on its own. $3000 dollars into electric guitars and gear since I started playing electric again two years ago, and my mind still goes into apoplexy everytime I pickup up an acoustic. Why am I spending so much on everything else when I could be playing bits of wood and glue and a little bit of metal and get these sounds? Because, as Brian Wampler would say, I'm a certified tone chaser. My desert island guitar? For all my love of Teles and Explorers, a Martin D28. Aw, eff it. Gimme a Seagull dreadnought and I'll make your mother weep.
How long have these been around? I wonder how long that neck will stay straight.. with 13’s I’d guess 220 pounds of constant pressure on that neck. But who knows, it may stay straight forever. I’d like to know I would be able to make a slight adjustment in the future. Very cool technology though, guitar looks and sounds great!
Mine is 4 years old. I travel and it goes with me everywhere. -40 to 120. It’s always perfect. Always in tune and honestly is absolutely perfect. Get you one. You won’t be disappointed. It’s not wood so you’ll have to leave that discussion behind you. I’ll never part with my early model sable and fortunately, new, old, it makes no difference. These guitars do not change and are always in tune and ready to play. Fact.
Martin or Taylor or both make fully synthetic acoustics that sound great but the fake wood looks like a kitchen floor and i imagine the glue will eventually give plus i don't want to know what happens to the fretboard when it wears away. It won't be like wood does. Carbon fiber sounds interesting
Most laminate guitars sound like playing a chain link fence. Finally, someone has used science to design one that really sings. It sounds like the most resonant chain link fence on earth. I'm happy for you.
As far as I know they always had a truss rod. I own one myself. They are not completely immune to different climatic circumstances, but they are wayyyy less susceptible to them. And you always need a truss rod if you want to change gauges or tunings, wood guitar or arium.
@@BenjAmin-vy8oi It might just be some of the orginal prototypes that lacked it. I actually strummed an old 010 Arisitides about a month ago but I can't remember if it had a truss rod. Probably did. I thought about getting an Aristides, but then thought I could get at least three other decent guitars for the same price.
@@shanewalton8888 these are VERY nice guitars, absolutely flawless and consistent quality. If you are a perfectionist (like me) I highly recommend one. But if you just want a nice guitar it's not really worth it. The Arium vibrates nice, but the sound is not that much better than a wood guitar.
wow digging this type of guitar . . . wow if they have a archtop and / or f hole version . . . :D but this is still cool and SOUNDS like an acoustic. Carbon fiber material strength (it can be as strong as metal ) . . . so doesn't need a truss rod . . . wood has variables and nuances that need truss rod . . .
How can Carbon Fiber replace Quarter Sawn Spruce? I just don't see it... Maybe a foam board with the carbon fiber on both sides? A honeycomb carbon fiber top? We will see... IMHO
No truss rod is a deal-breaker. Even if I never have to adjust it again, I probably want to adjust it at least once, depending on the stings I'm using. My Rainsong is about 10 years old, and I haven't adjusted the truss rod since I got it, but I did adjust it to get the relief correct. I have an older 12-string rainsong (no truss rod) and I keep it tuned down a half step to flatten the relief. The Sables sound really good though.
It literally can't move. And technically, it has a 'truss rod' since the back of the neck is designed to hold the structure of the 'truss rod' which is a braced carbon fiber beast. It's actually a 4-piece construction, glued together and will never move. Check out McPherson's website and watch the video of the neck construction. It's impressive. It's not adjustable like a wooden neck but then, even if it had a traditional rod running through the neck, it still wouldn't adjust. It's just too stiff. I have a Sable and regardless of the strings used, it doesn't move. And it stays in tune. I've seen videos of artists bending the sound through manipulation of the neck but the body of the guitar is moving, not the neck.
I wish you would have strummed it more with a pick. I have two sables and I compared one of them to a USA made all solid tone wood Breedlove and the sable sounded better.
@@Celticsaint777 Can you explain the difference in tone? I am going to buy a sable and different tone will make the difference in my choosing a basket weave or honeycomb. I would prefer a littler brighter tone. Thanks
@@BlackTreasureMap Both sound awesome. I think the basketweave sounds a little more "open". It is slight but I do think there is a little more openness to the sound.
Let us know when you re-favour the 'wood' guitars again... everyone has a biased ear(monetary value is very sweet on the ear haha)!! I would have liked to hear a 'once beloved'(RIP) wooden guitar in the video. I am all for the idea of advanced technology : I own a beautiful Garrison GD41(All wood except top-bracing, made in NF). I have a question(for anyone who knows), are the hexagons 'style' or 'engineering'? Personally, I would try one. Thanks!
@@DylanTalksTone thanks for the reply :D Ah no, I am sure you still appreciate the breedlove. A friend of mine bought a CF guitar and I was blown away by the sound of it, I am trying to find out if its a McP. I would defo try one (without prejudice) if I could. I love my Garrison, wonder what happened to them?? I really appreciate the detail you go into about pickups and all that, I don't think anyone did it before you, so, thank you!
Looked up the MSRP on this model and it is $3,199 US. It does sound wonderful. All and all though, I get a very rich sound that has wonderfully balanced tones between highs and lows on on a 2005 Ibanez Professional that I purchased for $100 US. The instrument became magic when I replaced the plastic nut with bone bridge parts with bone nut, which I did myself. I would have expected carbon fiber guitars - which are really carbon fiber embedded in plastic, the EVO Gold frets( which I put into a Squire Stratocaster ), the Stagg pickups, which are an upscale mod that is hardly distinguishable from other lesser priced acoustic pickups, and decent tuner hardware to be about one tenth the cost with modern manufacturing. Instead of $3,199 - looking at a cost + profit at $320. I worked as a salesman - and when people called up and described what they wanted - I would immediately tell them that I have exactly what they are looking for - "right in front of me." If they had a way of getting ahold of the money - they felt an urgency to buy before the item sold - not realizing that there was an almost endless supply. Dylan said it himself. "It's a guitar." The McPherson Sable Carbon Fiber Guitar is great if it can inspire you to play guitar more, but I am more impressed by people who can take a shitty guitar and blow everybody's mind by how well they can play it. I think Dylan's love of how it was engineered was what inspired him to make such a costly purchase. If you are a touring professional guitarist - this might also be something of interest. On a day to day basis though, for the guitarist that plays local watering holes and weddings, this could get stolen or damaged easily. It had better come with a lifetime warranty for the price.
Actually if I had to live on an island forever my instrument of choice would be a Luis & Clark Carbon Fiber Cello. That MacPherson would be my second choice. I would need both. Some days I play Cello of hours on end and some days it's guitar. I played a few MacPhersons (wood) back when they very first became available. The Tone literally "Touched My Soul" but I.had an infant son and was just divorced so that kind of loot for a guitar was out of the question. I am a "JazzGrass" flat picker so this Carbon Fiber guitar is in my future. Save the Trees. The best Carbon Fiber is made from duck feathers. Peace.
I’ve knoticed the wood mcpherson sounds brighter and I wonder if 80/20 strings would bridge the gap between the sable and wood mcphersons. I think in a studio recording no one would listen to that guitar and think it was carbon giver. They’d just think that guitar sounds awesome.
Tonewood is all marketing, like damn near all things guitar. Yeah, it has an impact in tone, but mic placement and the mixing process does more to tone than whatever fretboard material is used.
So if you grab the headstock and bend it to make kind of a tremolo effect. It won’t budge. Big bummer! 😉The price is definitely out of my range because it would be my next and only guitar. Wait! What’s the price of a kidney on the market today?
I LOVE carbon fiber and the idea of not worrying about humidity with my acoustics but it sounds like a $200 guitar. Cool as hell but music is about the tone. Maybe it sounds better in person but I watched this through a $40,000 sound system. Maybe it’s the recording. Tone had no character and was “thin”.
sound like it has a lat of warmth in the sound , sounds like a jumbo .... just checked its price ........ think i buy sumting else , still nice sound though
I love carbon fiber! Just can't justify the price. It sounds good too but you're getting alot of fret buzz from that low E string. That drives me nuts! Hate fret buzz of any kind! Beautiful guitar man. Congrats!
Dude. Exactly all the same features as my 1983 ovation elite. ( the wooden adamas ) allways in tune no matter what. Holes on side. Floating neck. Big sound. Etc
Uh.... do you have experience with that? I have been using Carbon fiber bicycle frames, wheels, motorcycle parts, shoes, car parts, Race truck parts, and many other carbon fiber parts and have never had this experience. Correctly engineered carbon fiber is incredibly strong. Especially in the last 10 years or so
I really like the guitar, and I know it's petty of me, but I can't stand the look of that head stock logo medallion. I even emailed them and asked if they can custom make it with a plain head stock and they said they can't. Some percentage of guitar enjoyment comes from liking how it looks, so no McPherson for me. I am sure Mr. McPherson is a cool dude and all, and he has a right to sell his guitars branded how he wants, but that is just to corny of a name and ugly of a logo to be cool.
For Travel/beach/extreme temp swings nothing beats carbon fiber. I bought one to remove an excuse I had for not practicing. Sound wise a small travel, OM (mid size), Dread, Jumbo do not sound the same for a reason. You like big time bass boom you have to get a dread or jumbo a small travel guitar can't do it. What do you like? I'd have Zero credibility telling you my smaller Lava Me 2 composite guitar blows away this McPherson composite (OM size?) or the legendary Martin D45, ever. Thats nonsense. Pick one up and see what you think. If you feel like you can't set it down, thats your guitar. One thing you can count on is my expensive Martin isn't going in the trunk or to the beach because its not the right tool for the right job. Any of them will blow the audience away if you have the skill. So stop reading this and get back to practicing..........
I have a McPherson Sable and it has permanently ended my search for acoustic bliss. Rock-solid, stable, and impervious to weather changes. Not only that, it is the woodiest sounding of the carbon fiber guitars I have tried between RainSong, Emerald, and McPherson.
I am a big fan of them.
Me too.
Sable owner here too. Best investment in a musical instrument I have ever made. Just an amazing guitar.
I just bought one without research. Love it.
Recently picked up a Sable - I agree with you 100% - I’ve played a bunch of Taylors, Martins, RainSongs, Emeralds, etc. The Sable has the best tone of any of them
Outstanding! Best review I’ve seen yet on one of these. I like the fact that your outside with a simple setup to record. 😎👍
Sounds great & great review of it !!
I’ve had a Lava Me 2 guitar for about a year and I love it also. very resonant, never out of tune, great action. It has probably the best visual finish out of any carbon guitar (I’ve got the white one). I also have a Breedlove that I got in 1997 and I end up playing the lava me guitar because I don’t like having to worry about taking care of my higher dollar acoustic.
I have been playing my McPherson Carbon Fiber Touring Guitar since 2015. They are great. I have played a Sable. They are excellent too.
Ordered one today from Guitar Sanctuary in TX. Your video among a few others gave me the push to Carbon Fiber.
I own a Martin om42 and the sable and I totally love my sable a lot . The sound is so balance that You never getting tired of the sound playing it. Best thing now i don’t have to keep my guitar in the box anymore in a humid country like in Singapore throughout the years . I agreed with Dylan as one of the best sounding guitar I have ever played . None of the wood guitar will match this guitar .
This guitar looks gorgeous and I like the sound hole being in a different spot. I'm looking to get into playing and I'm tempted to save up and get this
I'm really excited for these next gen guitars, the thing that you don't have to wait 30 minutes for the guitar case to get to the room temperature when you bring it somewhere is just awesome, also not having to worry about finish checking, stability and mostly durability, that is just a way of making the guitar more perfect!
Loving your channel
I hope someday I can afford to get one of these. So cool, no longer worrying about it being out of tune or dealing with temp issues. yaaay! Low maintanence guitar ftw!
The first CF guitar I mad back in the 80s was so stable that when I had it shipped to Maui it took 3 months and when I unpacked it, it was still in tune! The tone is like a bell. The Guitar Im making right now is coming out good. I routed a hole for a resonator yesterday and it started ring like a wine glass as I was routing it. I wont say its better than wood I still make wood guitars. Carbon Fiber can be done very wrong too, some go floppy in the heat because they don't use the right epoxy or they don't post cure it correctly.
My musical bruthu. I love your videos. So much good information
I used to have the USSR made acoustic guitar when I was a kid. It did have this weird cantilever neck attachment. The connection was so loose that it was seriously affecting the string action. I used to put a wedge between the body and the neck to make it playable (sort of). :)
dude, does russia make ANYTHING worth a damn?? those perpetually drunk zombies couldn't make toast without it being ugly and non-functional.
I love the technology behind this guitar
The effects are incredible at that price. Once it's set up the way you like it, that's it. Total stability. I wish it had a little more bottom, but my Tayor GC7 is like that and I think that's attributed to the size. I'm buying one.
I love this thing. STILL
This is very cool. If I can ever afford one, that is the guitar I would buy. It is a beautiful guitar
My Honeycomb Sable was just delivered yesterday, and it's even better than I have heard it described. The terrific range of sound between the highs and lows is amazing. I am not a great player by any stretch of the imagination, but this thing makes me sound a whole lot better. If you haven't been able to hear the sound quality on these videos, please do yourself a favor and find one you can test out. It was worth every penny for me. Thanks for this series of videos on the Sable.
Sweet Guitar...Been Impressed with McPherson Guitars for a long time..And a Fan of Carbon Fibre..Buzz Feiten tuning sweetens your sound for Sure..That should be on more guitars..You could use that as a paddle,and it wouldn't hurt it.Enjoy the content of your videos.
Nice review, but I was surprised you didn't include a rating for tone. How well does it project? Could it stand up to a D28 for Bluegrass?
I've seen other reviews of this guitar and everyone seems to love it.
It comparison to comparable wooden guitars the Sable sounds cleaner an clearer.
It's more accurate. It doesn't distort as much as a wooden guitar. Now, we know that sound is a matter of preference and need. A tube amp distorts more than a transistor amp, but that distortion is used to create a sound that the player likes. These days transistor amps can model the sound of a tube amp. You can argue preference all day long but when it comes to sound, especially in regards to playback you want accuracy. The difference in acoustic guitars that are distorting less is extremely noticeable and I think in a blind test would usually be preferred. There is more information that can be heard and enjoyed.
Just the opinion of a novice who appreciates clean sound.
Keep up the good work.
have you tried a wood Mcpherson? Would like you to do that comparison
I think the guitar market is moving to the carbonfiber and carbonfiber composite market in a big way, they are both great products, great video, thank you 👍.
Looks very good, sounds great and your enthusiasm is really convincing, but..... the fact it doesn't have a truss rod is actually scaring me off a bit. In my experience there are no guitars alike, every guitar is unique. It's hard to believe all fiber guitars are exactly the same, so how can I set this guitar to my personal preferences? The only things I can think of are the height of the bridge and the nut, but I cannot change the curve of the neck. But, nevertheless, nice of you not being afraid to show new things, good to hear and see about new developments.
I compared 5 different Rainsongs and your McPherson in a store in Clermont Fl. I didn’t like the McPherson at all. I only liked one model. The only Rainsong I liked was the Rainsong CO-WS. It actually blew my mind. In comparison to every other guitar I had in front of me it was the only one that sounded great. To be fair I did not plug anything in. Fortunately it does sound great plugged in. It has good electronics in it. I’m a solo artist and I use it at most gigs now .
I had the opposite experience in the same store in Clermont... the one I bought my Sable from. Since purchasing it, I discovered that the 80/20 bronze strings that it comes standard on it leave the sound a little less warm than I'm used to. I tested a ton of different strings on it and now only use D'Addario XP or XS phosphor bronze strings on it in 13-56 gauge. I rarely pick up my Martin HD28 anymore. No comparison for me. And everyone I have done A/B tests with prefer the Sable over the Martin. It's better balanced and is significantly more articulation than the Martin. Having said that, if I'd had 14k with me when I was there I would have bought the Macassar Ebony McPherson they had. Stunning visually and like no other guitar I've ever heard. But... 14k.
Without a truss rod, there doesn't appear to have a neck set up, allowing to set the action to your preference?
Hi is it possible U can make a video about the pickup for a electrical oud instrument and to C if u can make The pickup for electrical oud thanks
Really enjoyed your enthusiastic review! I‘m definitely interested, but I wonder if they make a model slightly smaller than this one, for your sound samples (and those of others out there) seem to be telling me this model might be a bit too dreadnaughty 😉 for my taste (as in a bit too boomy in the bass and particularly a bit too shiny on the B and high E strings). I have a Martin D-35 for that kind of sound, and am more interested in something with a bit more balanced upper mid range, also when I tune down all the way to standard D or even standard C# (my two main tunings). I fear the Sable will end up being a bit too bass-heavy in those tunings, and without enough strong mids to balance it out. Or am I wrong? P.S. Just did my own homework and found they have a smaller „Touring“ model. Sounds very, very interesting in the one video they posted! Will now strive to find some videos comparing it against the Sable so I can better judge the relative differences. One new question that popped up while shopping on their site is this: Might there be any tonal differences between the Honeycomb top and the Standard top? What do you think?
This is the future of acoustic and electric guitars
I still think wood is a little better sound wise having listened to some side by side but not by as much as fanatics like to think. I would love to own an indestructible guitar I could throw in my trunk and not care about. I think it definitely has some advantages.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Excellent!! I have extreme gas for this!
I was skeptical... was shocked when I saw one hanging in my local guitar shop... picked it up... surprised me at how SOLID it felt... played it and was blown away at the roar of the sound.
made an immediate believer outta me.
wow.
Do they make a nylon string carbon fiber guitar ?
Hey bro what camera do you use….I’ve been watching for quite awhile and subscribed but I can’t figure out what camera you’re using that consistently makes your head look 3 times the actual size making you look like a walking breathing bobblehead
Odd question. It sounds bass heavy in the video. Is it more balanced in actuality ?
How could you put a pickguard on a carbon fibre?
Does it have buttons for a strap?
Got to admit man, it sounds good. Looks great too.
Only question I might have (and really just a thought experiment) is how will it age? Not in 5 or 10 years but what about 20 or 30. I've heard of carbon fiber becoming brittle with age but there are many different grades of carbon fiber so it may be a moot point.
@Grant Mecozzi I have just ordered a RainSong, so don’t know about aging of carbon fiber guitars. But, as a golf professional, and can tell you that I have used the same carbon fiber shaft in my #1 wood for 10 years, and it has not changed at all. My club head speed is about 108 MPH, and I have hit at least 6,000 shots with this shaft at this speed... much more stress than you could ever put on a guitar...aging,, no problem.
@@jed1166 my remarks were based on competition grade carbon arrows, but like I said I'm guessing a $10 arrow is probably lower quality than a $3 or 4K guitar but ya never know.
@Grant Mecozzi agreed! I am moving to Phoenix, where humidity was 6% today... No matter what, I am certain that the RainSong will age much better than my spruce and ovangkol Takamine would... I am not even going to bother bringing it with me...
BTW why no pick guard?
Does it have a pickup inside? Can you plug it into a sound system or amp?
Yes they come with LR Baggs Ellement pickups or you can have them change it to a Anthem SL by request and they will add it to the build but the feedback buster will no longer fit in the sound hole.
It makes sense about letting the lid vibrates freely with a cantilever kind of neck but it does not make sense with the bridge attached onto the lid which could muffle the maximun possible vibration. Maybe it should have been like a bigsby tailpiece. Like you said as it was a violin
But the bridge IS what transfers the string energy to the top
@@DylanTalksTone I know but maybe that kind of prevents the top vibrates at its máximum. So if you are getting a a neck violin like why dont try a tailpiece violin like. So the top is realy free to vibrate. I'm violing players and we are always trying not to muffler the top
Let’s think this through….. if the bridge didn’t touch the top ….. how would the strings vibrate the top ??? That is how an acoustic guitar makes sound
@@DylanTalksTone c'mon man, Physics 101. wave sounds propagates better through solids than gases. So the body is attached to the top. Just let the top ring! you need to play violin
No…. You need to go back to school
I want to try carbon fiber necks on electrics. I see that there used to be a couple of manufacturers but they're all defunct now; likely due to lack of sales driving them out. Occasionally I see one pup up on reverb, but that's it. I'd love to make one but I don't have the slightest clue how to get started with that, lol.
no link?
What are the frets made from? Regular stainless steel? What happens in 20 years when it needs a refret?
You just refret it
@@DylanTalksTone right! Interesting! Love to see how they make them!
Ode to acoustic guitars: I love electric guitars, the gear, the whole rock iconography associated with them. I'm a "meh at best" electric player. I pick up an acoustic, and I can get every nuance and tone I'm looking for. I'm not a virtuoso, I work for everything I play, but I can make an acoustic sing with what I can play. I love the immediacy of response, the purity of tone, the no-holds-barred, you-better-not-mess-up honesty of an acoustic guitar. There's no gain or reverb to hide behind. It's bare knuckle boxing, and it is beautiful. You can convey all of the intense emotions of hard-core electric gain if you are in sync with what's in your hands, and no-one will mistake what you're trying to communicate. You can play with such subtlety and grace that people cry. There is so much that is lost when you rely on magnets, coils, tubes, and endless pedals but that is instantly achievable if you know how to manipulate the acoustic in your hands if you just look for it, if you just try to find it with your hands. Greatness can be had in even ply tops and bodies if your hands know what they're doing and your ears are connected to your heart. Maybe the reason I am not as good on electric is because electrics rely on so much gear to achieve what a single acoustic guitar can do on its own. $3000 dollars into electric guitars and gear since I started playing electric again two years ago, and my mind still goes into apoplexy everytime I pickup up an acoustic. Why am I spending so much on everything else when I could be playing bits of wood and glue and a little bit of metal and get these sounds? Because, as Brian Wampler would say, I'm a certified tone chaser. My desert island guitar? For all my love of Teles and Explorers, a Martin D28. Aw, eff it. Gimme a Seagull dreadnought and I'll make your mother weep.
Leslie didn't blink an eye when you asked for this guitar? I married the wrong woman.
The illusion of tonal equivalence to wood is a fleeting temptation that one must reject. Tone and plastic are mutually exclusive. 😮
How long have these been around? I wonder how long that neck will stay straight.. with 13’s I’d guess 220 pounds of constant pressure on that neck. But who knows, it may stay straight forever. I’d like to know I would be able to make a slight adjustment in the future. Very cool technology though, guitar looks and sounds great!
Mine is 4 years old. I travel and it goes with me everywhere. -40 to 120. It’s always perfect. Always in tune and honestly is absolutely perfect. Get you one. You won’t be disappointed. It’s not wood so you’ll have to leave that discussion behind you. I’ll never part with my early model sable and fortunately, new, old, it makes no difference. These guitars do not change and are always in tune and ready to play. Fact.
@@chucktaylor7384 thanks for that! Gonna give it a shot
Martin or Taylor or both make fully synthetic acoustics that sound great but the fake wood looks like a kitchen floor and i imagine the glue will eventually give plus i don't want to know what happens to the fretboard when it wears away. It won't be like wood does. Carbon fiber sounds interesting
I think we can safely say that the McPherson Sable is 100% on-brand for DTT. It represents what you’re all about.
And isn’t that really what everyone should be looking for in a guitar?
Wood sounds more warm and full . Carbon sounds thin, bright and sharp . I prefer the warm wood sound .
Most laminate guitars sound like playing a chain link fence. Finally, someone has used science to design one that really sings. It sounds like the most resonant chain link fence on earth. I'm happy for you.
agree they sound artificial
I believe the early Aristides guitars had no truss rod but now they come with them . Anyone know why?
As far as I know they always had a truss rod. I own one myself. They are not completely immune to different climatic circumstances, but they are wayyyy less susceptible to them. And you always need a truss rod if you want to change gauges or tunings, wood guitar or arium.
@@BenjAmin-vy8oi It might just be some of the orginal prototypes that lacked it. I actually strummed an old 010 Arisitides about a month ago but I can't remember if it had a truss rod. Probably did. I thought about getting an Aristides, but then thought I could get at least three other decent guitars for the same price.
@@shanewalton8888 these are VERY nice guitars, absolutely flawless and consistent quality. If you are a perfectionist (like me) I highly recommend one. But if you just want a nice guitar it's not really worth it. The Arium vibrates nice, but the sound is not that much better than a wood guitar.
wow digging this type of guitar . . . wow if they have a archtop and / or f hole version . . . :D but this is still cool and SOUNDS like an acoustic. Carbon fiber material strength (it can be as strong as metal ) . . . so doesn't need a truss rod . . . wood has variables and nuances that need truss rod . . .
How can Carbon Fiber replace Quarter Sawn Spruce? I just don't see it... Maybe a foam board with the carbon fiber on both sides? A honeycomb carbon fiber top? We will see... IMHO
No truss rod is a deal-breaker. Even if I never have to adjust it again, I probably want to adjust it at least once, depending on the stings I'm using. My Rainsong is about 10 years old, and I haven't adjusted the truss rod since I got it, but I did adjust it to get the relief correct.
I have an older 12-string rainsong (no truss rod) and I keep it tuned down a half step to flatten the relief. The Sables sound really good though.
It literally can't move. And technically, it has a 'truss rod' since the back of the neck is designed to hold the structure of the 'truss rod' which is a braced carbon fiber beast. It's actually a 4-piece construction, glued together and will never move. Check out McPherson's website and watch the video of the neck construction. It's impressive. It's not adjustable like a wooden neck but then, even if it had a traditional rod running through the neck, it still wouldn't adjust. It's just too stiff. I have a Sable and regardless of the strings used, it doesn't move. And it stays in tune.
I've seen videos of artists bending the sound through manipulation of the neck but the body of the guitar is moving, not the neck.
, how much
I wish you would have strummed it more with a pick. I have two sables and I compared one of them to a USA made all solid tone wood Breedlove and the sable sounded better.
Why have two Sables?
@@shawnadams1693 one basket weave and one honeycomb. They have slightly different tone.
@@Celticsaint777 Makes sense! Thanks for replying.
@@Celticsaint777 Can you explain the difference in tone? I am going to buy a sable and different tone will make the difference in my choosing a basket weave or honeycomb. I would prefer a littler brighter tone. Thanks
@@BlackTreasureMap Both sound awesome. I think the basketweave sounds a little more "open". It is slight but I do think there is a little more openness to the sound.
Ever consider doing a review of a product from EMERALD GUITARS?
If they sent me one I’d love to
Let us know when you re-favour the 'wood' guitars again... everyone has a biased ear(monetary value is very sweet on the ear haha)!! I would have liked to hear a 'once beloved'(RIP) wooden guitar in the video. I am all for the idea of advanced technology : I own a beautiful Garrison GD41(All wood except top-bracing, made in NF). I have a question(for anyone who knows), are the hexagons 'style' or 'engineering'? Personally, I would try one. Thanks!
Well.... it’s not illegal to like more than one thing at once. I wish I still had my Breedlove also, but I only have room for one at the moment.
@@DylanTalksTone thanks for the reply :D Ah no, I am sure you still appreciate the breedlove. A friend of mine bought a CF guitar and I was blown away by the sound of it, I am trying to find out if its a McP. I would defo try one (without prejudice) if I could. I love my Garrison, wonder what happened to them?? I really appreciate the detail you go into about pickups and all that, I don't think anyone did it before you, so, thank you!
Looked up the MSRP on this model and it is $3,199 US. It does sound wonderful. All and all though, I get a very rich sound that has wonderfully balanced tones between highs and lows on on a 2005 Ibanez Professional that I purchased for $100 US. The instrument became magic when I replaced the plastic nut with bone bridge parts with bone nut, which I did myself.
I would have expected carbon fiber guitars - which are really carbon fiber embedded in plastic, the EVO Gold frets( which I put into a Squire Stratocaster ), the Stagg pickups, which are an upscale mod that is hardly distinguishable from other lesser priced acoustic pickups, and decent tuner hardware to be about one tenth the cost with modern manufacturing.
Instead of $3,199 - looking at a cost + profit at $320.
I worked as a salesman - and when people called up and described what they wanted - I would immediately tell them that I have exactly what they are looking for - "right in front of me." If they had a way of getting ahold of the money - they felt an urgency to buy before the item sold - not realizing that there was an almost endless supply.
Dylan said it himself. "It's a guitar." The McPherson Sable Carbon Fiber Guitar is great if it can inspire you to play guitar more, but I am more impressed by people who can take a shitty guitar and blow everybody's mind by how well they can play it.
I think Dylan's love of how it was engineered was what inspired him to make such a costly purchase. If you are a touring professional guitarist - this might also be something of interest. On a day to day basis though, for the guitarist that plays local watering holes and weddings, this could get stolen or damaged easily. It had better come with a lifetime warranty for the price.
Everything adds tone from the tuners to the bridge but tone comes from the fingers
I tried to ignore the fact it's not completely in tune. But it's like agghh! Perfect pitch is a gift and a curse
CA " composite acoustics " made the best carbon fiber guitars. Carbon fiber sounds great for awhile, but you'll start missing wood.
Actually if I had to live on an island forever my instrument of choice would be a Luis & Clark Carbon Fiber Cello. That MacPherson would be my second choice. I would need both. Some days I play Cello of hours on end and some days it's guitar. I played a few MacPhersons (wood) back when they very first became available. The Tone literally "Touched My Soul" but I.had an infant son and was just divorced so that kind of loot for a guitar was out of the question. I am a "JazzGrass" flat picker so this Carbon Fiber guitar is in my future. Save the Trees. The best Carbon Fiber is made from duck feathers. Peace.
Have you compared it to an Emerald guitar?
Not in a video, but I have played them side by side and I prefer the McPherson
@@DylanTalksTone why do you prefer that one?
It sounds better, feels better, it’s constructed better, looks better
Is that a ufo @1:00
I’ve knoticed the wood mcpherson sounds brighter and I wonder if 80/20 strings would bridge the gap between the sable and wood mcphersons. I think in a studio recording no one would listen to that guitar and think it was carbon giver. They’d just think that guitar sounds awesome.
Dude you should have bought the Enya X4 Pro. More features at 1/3 of the price!
Um…. No.
Why are you selling your McPherson?
Tonewood is all marketing, like damn near all things guitar. Yeah, it has an impact in tone, but mic placement and the mixing process does more to tone than whatever fretboard material is used.
Carbon fiber is similar to wood in some ways. A lot stronger though.
So if you grab the headstock and bend it to make kind of a tremolo effect. It won’t budge. Big bummer! 😉The price is definitely out of my range because it would be my next and only guitar. Wait! What’s the price of a kidney on the market today?
I LOVE carbon fiber and the idea of not worrying about humidity with my acoustics but it sounds like a $200 guitar. Cool as hell but music is about the tone. Maybe it sounds better in person but I watched this through a $40,000 sound system. Maybe it’s the recording. Tone had no character and was “thin”.
go play one, you'll change your tune.
i did.
seriously, it's a mcpherson.
The top isn't rigid enough to allow a proper soundhole, hence the offset hole. Ha ha "I guess my E string is out".. 😜
Sounds out of tune but I like the idea of it
I like how he says it comes out of the case always in tune, yet he's out of tune in the video
sound like it has a lat of warmth in the sound , sounds like a jumbo .... just checked its price ........ think i buy sumting else , still nice sound though
Proofs in the puddin'. Let's hear ya rip that thing, dawg.
The 🌲 are listening 👂 y envious
I love carbon fiber! Just can't justify the price. It sounds good too but you're getting alot of fret buzz from that low E string. That drives me nuts! Hate fret buzz of any kind!
Beautiful guitar man. Congrats!
Maybe add vanilla.
Dude. Exactly all the same features as my 1983 ovation elite. ( the wooden adamas ) allways in tune no matter what. Holes on side. Floating neck. Big sound. Etc
The tone wood snobs are outraged.
For anyone that can't afford something like this, check out the Enya carbon fiber. $900 for a beautiful guitar.
They are sick but, even the wood guitars don't have a truss rod.
Everything about this guitar sounds great, except the way it sounds but I don't like most acoustic guitars' sound.
Spruce and rosewood all day long folks.
that's my favorite wood combo
Carbon Fibre is great until it takes an impact the wrong way and breaks in half.
Uh.... do you have experience with that? I have been using Carbon fiber bicycle frames, wheels, motorcycle parts, shoes, car parts, Race truck parts, and many other carbon fiber parts and have never had this experience. Correctly engineered carbon fiber is incredibly strong. Especially in the last 10 years or so
you mean, like wood???
Bummer it doesn’t come with a hard case
$2,400? Wow! That's a lot of money!
Yikes! Over $3K?
I have two Sables and I’m wanting the blackout sable now.
they are at $3600
I really like the guitar, and I know it's petty of me, but I can't stand the look of that head stock logo medallion. I even emailed them and asked if they can custom make it with a plain head stock and they said they can't. Some percentage of guitar enjoyment comes from liking how it looks, so no McPherson for me. I am sure Mr. McPherson is a cool dude and all, and he has a right to sell his guitars branded how he wants, but that is just to corny of a name and ugly of a logo to be cool.
They have the blackout logo now. That may be more to taste
For Travel/beach/extreme temp swings nothing beats carbon fiber. I bought one to remove an excuse I had for not practicing. Sound wise a small travel, OM (mid size), Dread, Jumbo do not sound the same for a reason. You like big time bass boom you have to get a dread or jumbo a small travel guitar can't do it. What do you like? I'd have Zero credibility telling you my smaller Lava Me 2 composite guitar blows away this McPherson composite (OM size?) or the legendary Martin D45, ever. Thats nonsense. Pick one up and see what you think. If you feel like you can't set it down, thats your guitar. One thing you can count on is my expensive Martin isn't going in the trunk or to the beach because its not the right tool for the right job. Any of them will blow the audience away if you have the skill. So stop reading this and get back to practicing..........
Sounds thin tin resonator from here
Can't afford this guitar.
No truss rod is excellent, so the creator simply built a guitar that won't need one.
Wood is carbon based so... LOL
I'm carbon based.
แพงเกิ้นราคาเปน100,000baht. High price I can 't bring it to life.