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«  Gniale! »

Published on 06/22/13 at 11:29
Bought out of curiosity April 2013, although took me.
This is the Jazzmaster or Jaguar I know.
Here the pitch is 648mm, width at nut 42mm approx, 22 frets perfectly poses (nothing Exceeds, very comfortable), the handle is screwed (rosewood fingerboard with block Gigi).
The pickups are wilkinson p90 visss in the box and with humbucking effect in the middle position. Master volume and master tone toggle switch could not be more wrong plac.

The vibrato is very original, no cavity back everything goes on the table.
Vintage mechanical holding good agreement even vibrato.
Nut DETAILEDREPORT perfectly.
Bigsby telecaster bridge the so floating but with six round cannels bridges allowing prcis positioning ropes relative to the posts microphones.
All perfectly RALIS very very loud Harley!

USE

Very good round, very round Satin be shovel handle.
Quite heavy but balanced despite my fears.
Chamfer very comfortable on the table, she lets play without fatigue.
Access Özgü total fortunately the heel is a clumsy help build good.

Vibrato is a rgal gentleness, nothing to do with the standard strat, softer than a Bigsby B6. So we finished all towed agreements with vibrato is addictive!
Note on the bridge: as the table is flat and not round renvers string tension on the easel is rather low, so if the strings move energetically plectrum ...

SONORITS

I would say good microphones, Compars to Gigi is softer less grating but balanced and above all without noise middle position.
I install a phantom coil (there is space) for the bridge pickup without unwanted noise in big distortion, and this guitar sounds great too in this case.

Then clean it's more TV than strat, not too hot and brilliance but rather round.
In the middle position chouic it right for fonk
In bridge without coil ghost it is unbearable as a buzzes but it is known at least since 1950 ..
For the crunch this guitar is very good, it offers both substance and finesse.

NOTICE GLOBAL

Very good surprise, this type of guitar has always intrigued but the price of F downright downright prohibitive dcourag.

It achtera for the look, the single tremolo smoothness and sweetness, the clean and crunch sounds stock.
A small investment for a phantom coil and the way great sounds open.
I chout the Tone expanded the 12mm hole and install a toggle switch that much more ergonomic location (wonder what Leo had thought that day the eh).
Price is again a riddle given the quality and srieux about.