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Strangely enough, my KE3 and my Les Paul Custom are my two most identical-sounding guitars I've ever owned, which was rather odd considering they're VERY different guitars.
An all Korina Kelly would probably have the same sound as a les paul but at a much lower bodyweight. But as some have already said here the weight of mahogany varies greatly. You can probably specify "lightweight mahogany" on the spec sheet and I bet they can do that. But its important to note that alot of the les paul sound IMO comes from the archtop. Caps change the sound greatly. And to my knowledge I've never heard of a archtop Kelly being built. Tone is a funny thing (natural tone that is) you can build two guitars out of the same wood and the same basic shape and they might sound totally different.
have you seen the Kelly Korina Spalt Maple for NAMM?
Damn, this would be uuhhh.
I already wondered why nobody did mention this one.
I guess everbody wants to have it that and not make anybody hot on it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
The first Kelly I bought was a mutt. A Fusion Professional neck on a PS6T body. I was able to get it to intonate. It looked really cool, ebony, MOP sharkies, black body, blacked out hardware. The only problem was the shipper did the worst packing job I have ever seen in my life. Not even in a box, just wrapped in sheets of cardboard. The body got damaged (not too bad), but I took the neck off and used it on a Charvel Fusion Deluxe body.
I'm in the process of making another Kelly, but this time with a DK-1 neck and a KE3 body. All in due time.
Oh, and none of my Kellys sound anything like my Less Pauls.
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