Cole Clark FL2AC Review
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at
4:20 pm
Here is my review of the Cole Clark FL2AC guitar – this is NOT a guitar clinic, it’s simply to let you know about a great stage guitar.
Tagged with: Cole Clark • Developing Worship • FL2AC • guitar • Live guitar • Sam Middlebrook • worship guitar
Filed under: Acoustic Guitar Review
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I love the live sound. I just bought one. I use an L.R. Baggs DI Box to have better control over tone especially when I’m not at my home church. I can model my sound more efficiently. Cole Clark is amazing. They use a local pine wood found on Queens Island… that means the wood grows faster. The forest used are sustainable and very eco-friendly.
I posted a video response because my Cole Clark has a great sound. I tried five models at the dealers and each one was a different sound so be warned “Try before you buy”
hey mate great video, just out of curiosity do u have a rosewood or ebony bridge and fretboard, and is the top bunya or spruce??
thanks
Just wanted to clarify some wrong info given on the timber used on Cole Clark guitars as the timber comes from a great part of the world called…..QUEENSLAND not Queens Island!!
Cole Clark guitars are made from the same timber as Maton guitars. Cole Clarke used to be Maton’s number one man hence the use of the same timber.
His name is Brad Clark, not Cole Clark. Cole Clark is the name of the company.
Great sounding guitar, and nice finger picking at the end. Ben Harper also plays a Cole Clark acoustic (i think the FL1 model)
He is a very modest guy, because he can play very well. Seems like a really cool dude and guitar. This will probably be my next guitar.
The facebrace pickup is one large pickup that’s one of the braces in the soundboard construction. It picks up the natural resonance of the wood it’s attached to, whereas piezos more so deal with string vibration.
I bought a FL1AC earlier this year and have no regrets. It’s a beautiful guitar and if I had to pick just 1 of my 14 guitars to keep this one would be it.
I have a FL1AC Bunya top, queensland maple sides and back and I love it. The Fl1’s don’t have the esthetic bells and whistles of the FL2 and FL3 but they sound great.
Who’s Cole?
Very True! I have an FL1A, as you say – they don’t have quite the ‘bells and whistles’ of the ‘higher’ series, but to me, thats really all they are. The sound quality from it is just superb, the only reason (for me at least) to buy an fl2 or fl3 is to get a different sound from a different wood, not for the aesthetics.
Simply amazing sound!! I want it, no I need it!
I usually associate a gloss finish with cheaper guitars as they throw a bucket of lacker on to cover up all the joints and seems. Brad Clark was the one who designed all the Matons… so naturally he’s taken his enhanced knowledge to make an all round better guitar for his range – enhanced from the maton designs) They have a slightly thicker neck… but you can order it with a more slimline neck I believe..If you’re looking for a more stage-looking guitar go the FL3… I prefer this look though.
i realy like the back of it!
haha
I agree – the pickup is the best I’ve heard; I own an FL1AC and am very happy with it. I like the Matte finish, adds to the natural look and feel of the Australian tonewoods. Above all – best plugged in sound, and great value.
thats what Jack Johnson usually uses
i wrote that before he said it haha
Adam Cole, and Brad Clark – the 2 guys who developed this guitar, and amazing new pick up system… both Aussies!
thanks for the review ! We’re glad to hear love the guitar !
Woow! Sounds amazing! And great playing too!
The Guitars plugged in normally sound great. But from time to time you can get a dud that sounds like a plank of wood. Our church has 2 FL2’s and one sounds great and the other not so much. Check out their electric line… I have a Culprit 3 and love it… Looks like a 70’s thinline tele…
I think these guitars are made with sustainable wood.Maybe thats why Jack johnson uses them.He is very Eco- conscious.That might be the reason it doesn’t have high gloss.
Cole Clark developed this pickup so it is made by them. The reason is is called a face brace system is because the pickup they use doubles as a brace under the top of the guitar. So the blending isn’t between two pickups, it just determines if you get more sound from the bridge side of it or the neck side of it. I just bought an LR Baggs Dual Source pickup system for my Breedlove and the Face Brace makes the Baggs system look almost like a joke.