Cp Thornton Professional Acoustic II (Semi-Hollow)

"One day my friend Denny Breau and I were talking about an acoustic gig he had coming up and he made a comment that an electric guitar equipped with piezo pickups is great for the electric player who needs an acoustic sound. But, he said, you can’t play it like an acoustic because it has electric guitar strings and you can’t dig into them like you can acoustic guitar strings."

-Chuck Thornton

The Professional Acoustic II was designed for the acoustic guitarist who has to play live. It has a master grade spruce top with mahogany back sides and neck, and Chuck redesigned the interior carving of the top to allow it to vibrate more freely, producing a wonderful acoustic tone.

It is set up like an acoustic with acoustic guitar strings. It has an LR Baggs pickup system and preamp. It plays like an acoustic guitar. When plugged in, it sounds like an acoustic guitar, but it doesn’t feed back like an acoustic guitar. And, it doesn’t have that low end thump through the PA system like an acoustic guitar.