tjcurtin1
July 28th, 2012, 09:43 PM
OK - after getting the set-up kinks out of this guitar, I am very much enjoying it. With the coil taps, it produces a wide variety of sounds from warm humbuckers to bright single coils.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3307.jpg
The neck seemed stockier than an Epi LP Standard I played recently, I was a little taken aback and I didn't think that I was going to like it, but it actually feels quite good and comfortable. It is easy to play - the easiest playing of all my electrics I think - maybe I like fat necks and never knew it!
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3308.jpg
The finish is - OK. The front is beautiful actually. I love all the white on black and the zebra open pups - looks very classy in a traditional kind of way IMHO. The back is 'satin', but it actually looks like flat black body paint. As you will see, it looks nice at a distance, and I do like the feel of it on the neck - no stickiness.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3310.jpg
But up close, it seems they could have done a nicer job - if you are going to paint over any wood, you might as well fill the pores with something first -
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3313.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3314.jpg
This little patch of open grain on the headstock is the worst of it -
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3315.jpg
I'm not about the cosmetics, generally, but as a woodworker, my sensibilities are a bit offended :french. On the other hand, I think that we obsess about this stuff a bit much, expecting everything to be perfect and blemish free (if I want to be that particular, I could buy the Gibson version!) The bottom line is, it sounds great and plays well. Again, here is a good player taking the Gibson version through its paces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmArAp62ur8&feature=g-hist
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3307.jpg
The neck seemed stockier than an Epi LP Standard I played recently, I was a little taken aback and I didn't think that I was going to like it, but it actually feels quite good and comfortable. It is easy to play - the easiest playing of all my electrics I think - maybe I like fat necks and never knew it!
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3308.jpg
The finish is - OK. The front is beautiful actually. I love all the white on black and the zebra open pups - looks very classy in a traditional kind of way IMHO. The back is 'satin', but it actually looks like flat black body paint. As you will see, it looks nice at a distance, and I do like the feel of it on the neck - no stickiness.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3310.jpg
But up close, it seems they could have done a nicer job - if you are going to paint over any wood, you might as well fill the pores with something first -
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3313.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3314.jpg
This little patch of open grain on the headstock is the worst of it -
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm144/tjcurtin1/IMG_3315.jpg
I'm not about the cosmetics, generally, but as a woodworker, my sensibilities are a bit offended :french. On the other hand, I think that we obsess about this stuff a bit much, expecting everything to be perfect and blemish free (if I want to be that particular, I could buy the Gibson version!) The bottom line is, it sounds great and plays well. Again, here is a good player taking the Gibson version through its paces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmArAp62ur8&feature=g-hist