look at this!

[ultraman]

http://vai.com/News/news.html

its probably gonna be as expensive as the jems though...

[syxxstring]

It looks like a shallow body in the pic. Which will make a good(?) maybe okay stage guitar but forget acoustic tone unplugged. Which is the point of an upscale acoustic to me.

[Drak]

Yeah, that guitar looks like sales gimmicky stuff to me.

Not built with tone in mind, but what will sell to a particular customer base.

You can pass that by with electrics, but not with acoustics, AFAIC.

I'll pass.

[rhoads56]

It looks like a shallow body in the pic.

Another pic. I like it.

[lovekraft]

Guys, it's all maple, including the top. It's obviously designed to be used electric/acoustic, as in a stage guitar, so comparing it to high-end acoustics is as inappropriate as comparing it to a JEM. Anybody who's tried to get a decent acoustic sound live without loads of equipment knows it's easier to get a credible acoustic sound out of a dedicated A/E than it is to mike up your granddad's '43 D-28, even if it is the best sounding dread you've ever played. Shallow body A/E's are a growing market for working musicians, no reason why this is any less valid than, say, an Acousticaster. Do I prefer the sound of a pre-war Martin miked with condensors and run through an Aphex and a RNC? Absolutely! Am I gonna drag all that stuff to a gig at the VFW? No way!

[StratDudeDan]

hey...i like the stratacoustic...

[rhoads56]

It looks like a shallow body in the pic.

Another pic. I like it.

oops, forgot the link

HERE!!