opinions about Yamaha's silent guitar ?

[j_uc]

I'm contemplating getting one of those (steel string version) as a travel and late hours practice guitar. From reviews it seems like a really nice instrument, any opinions?

[doc]

Haven't played one myself, but on a DVD of Queen live a few years back, the vocalist they got to replace Freddie Mercury played one on a couple of cuts - in that setting I thought it had a very nice sound. Of course at that level you could EQ someone playing their nose to sound fabulous.

[branbolio]

works nice for practice, the body is weird to get used to though.

[Mrjoelv]

Here is a Youtube link of Rik Emmett from Triumph playing “Mid Summer Daydream” on one. I used to own one. It sounded good and played well. I used it live and for a backup guitar. Impressive for what it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQgpwYJRorA