This Guitar Puts My Gibsons to Shame
Today we’re making guitar noises with my breathtaking Charles Cilia Bellaurora semi-hollow guitar.
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00:00 – Intro Jam
00:20 – Overview & Specs
02:42 – Tones
03:45 – Jam 1 | “BB Blues”
05:20 – Filthy Tones
06:12 – Jam 2 | “Rewind Your Mind”
06:59 – Playability
08:39 – 335 Comparison
09:06 – PRS Comparison
10:26 – Jam 3 | “Letting Go”
11:26 – Conclusion
12:11 – Jam 4 | “Jazz?”
#Guitar #Puts #Gibsons #Shame
Originally posted by UCrlsD6OalGm8pIqKVo81k6A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58r0CDG8OEY
"Absolutely greasy dirty chungus-land" is a real place, and I want to go there.
Absolutely AWESOME LEON!!!
The Only Problem with Listening to You
"Demo/Review" a Guitar,…
And,Somebody please stop me if I'm Lyin'…
You could make a Bottom of The Barrel Epiphone Bolt On Neck Les Paul With, Worst-Bucker Pickups, Sound Like A $$$$$ k
'58 GIBSON Closet Queen LP.
???? Lol!
Only Joking…
(But, It really is True Though,… Even if it had a Slight Twist in the neck,totally Non-Intonateable, Action a 1/2" of the Fretboard…????)
… I would take You At Your Word Good Sir,
As far as To Buy,Or,Not To Buy. LOVE That Geetar, You are One of the Only Guitarists besides Ted Nugent,That could Pull Off Sounding,Looking Cool playing Hair Metal Style Riffs on a
Semi- Hollow Body Axe.
Ok,I'm Done… She Really is a Beauty!
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THINK I JUST FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL❤
I’ve got a Carvin FG-1 Frank Gambale semi hollow in green with flamed maple top. What a freakin great guitar! Very similar to yours.
That guitar is a testament to the craftsman who built it. A true work of art. That said, I think I still prefer the sound of the PRS SC245 for the Ragdoll heavy tones.
Charles makes guitars that feel alive.
Astounding quality.
You know, for a high gain guy, you play some sweet bluesy tones and lines…I’m enjoying this side of you Leon.
For some reason, the guitar reminds me more of something like a PRS Santana than an ES-335/339. It looks amazing.
Oh, man!! This is the best guitar i've ever heard in your hands! Oh, fuck! I want! Someone brings me one to Brazil, please!
What's the pickups specs (resistance and magnet), Leon?
Always a Les Paul for me!
Never heard of Cilia guitars but that's a great sounding and beautiful instrument. Nice playing too.
As I posted to the short, I consider this "the Leon guitar" as in your model. As strong as a "James Hetfield with black/white ESP EX Explorers circa 1988-1991" association.
This is also the guitar of yours that made me rethink semis for my own guitar collection.
Real pleasure meeting you, hanging out via weekend chats, learning from you, and supporting your channel, Leon. I plan to support your channel more when I'm able. I realize your time is limited and I appreciate when you can address my questions and comments.
It was also great seeing James Murphy on the chats. We have several mutual musician friends online via my attending GIT in 99-00.
You jokingly mentioned fetching him tea during a hangout. I had a similar experience of humility toward his greatness.
Years ago, James generously offered to friend me once via social media. I neither accepted nor declined and said, "Mr. Murphy, I appreciate the offer, but I'm not worthy of even being online friends with my influences and I wouldn't want to clutter your feed with my daily bs. But I thank you for noticing me and I'll always support your work and follow your social media."
Always great to see James, especially since Chuck Schuldiner is one of my biggest influences.
All you guys are great people.
Hope you don't mind if I slow the vid down and steal some licks, also. Me: "If I were as good as Leon, I'd play like…Leon?!" 🙂
Cheers,
Aaron
I own a custom Charles Cilia 8 string (playing it in my pic) and its the absolute pinnacle of custom quality. 5A Oregon maple cap on an alder body, 1pc rock maple neck, Lundgren M8 pickups and 30 inch scale, beast!
Every vid is a mini rock shred show!! Oh yeah
No. No, it does not!
Leon are you still using the A7X monitors?
Leon I have come to really enjoy your videos. So reasonable and personable and never condescending or clickbaity. I’m blessed by how you shred like a madman but still just encourage the simple joy of playing guitar for everyone. Also, you’re unbiased to any type of guitar. Thanks!
Damn, that looks at least 10x nicer than my PRS SE Hollowbody II, which is also a bit of a pain to play. I had not heard of this guitar maker before, so thank for adding this to my wish list!
Full semi-hollow ????
Jesus done left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans! ????????
When are you going to put a mic in front of that thing and mix it in with the pickup feed to the amp?????
TBF modern tools building custom guitars isn't a fair comparison to a company pushing out guitars en-mass to the public.????
Looks like if PRS made a 335. Gorgeous guitar and sounds great too.
Blues mode activated:
The Thrill is Todd
THANX, great playing and a killer guitar!!!!
Now that is a tasty looking and sounding guitar!
yea. i want that
Dude Leon please write the next f zero ost. That intro would be perfect for a VR headset version of a remaster of f zero x.
I can not any pricing on any of these beauties. ¡¥¡
Ok now you can sell your Gibson. C'mon.
Doesn't Charles build stunning and beautiful to play guitars – Michael Dolce would agree!!!!
I.want.this.one.now.????
My bcp scoffs at gibsons.