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Published on 07/20/11 at 08:11Made in the United States
Mahogany body "swiss cheese" + maple veneer
Mahogany neck
Rosewood
Tune-o-matic
Grover AD
22 frets
Channel 60's profile (thus rather late)
Shrunk thanks to Plek
Microphones and split Burstbucker 3 (bridge) and 57 'Classic (neck)
Two volume splitter is also used to microphones, two tone, three-position selector micro
Mine is ebony (with cream plate and nets), it also comes in vintage sunburst sunburst and heritage.
UTILIZATION
I find the handle very nice, it was well in hand. The curvature is more pronounced than on an Ibanez but a little less than my Start. It's a guitar man! It took me several hours to adjust, but now I find it more enjoyable for my Ibanez shredder. The guitar is relatively heavy at the same time, it is a Les Paul. With the set neck, access to acute is pretty good. In short, nothing extraordinary ergonomics side, it's a Les Paul after all ...
I appreciate the overall comfort of the guitar, even if it is heavy, it is very well balanced and played standing vibrates a lot, really nice. The handle varnish hung at the exit of flight case, but spent a few hours of play, the feeling of "glue" has completely disappeared.
SOUNDS
Well, we enter the heart of the matter:
- A blank, the guitar sounds good, with already a lot of sustain
- Trendy, she sounds very The Paulian: many serious and mids, sustain did not know what to do. The clean sound is very round and warm on the neck pickup, more slamming on the bridge pickup, the crunches are beautiful and the Marshallian distos pass like a letter in the mail in all positions of microphone. She really sound Gibson rock / hard rock. The originality of the model comes from the microphones and split. Pulling on the volume buttons, we go into the microphones simple. The sounds are quite nice, very slap on the micro bridge (it is close enough to a TV), more velvety and stratabound on the neck pickup. It's still a little gadget since you lose even when sortue level between the normal position and the position splittée, but physically it was inevitable (going from a double to a single).
What is obvious is regardless of the amp where it is plugged in, the guitar has its own character. I could try it in a JCM 2000, a fender blues deluxe reissue, a config preamps (AMT SS20, B1, Blackstar Ht Dual) + Poweramp, it keeps every time his character, with lots of bass and mids.
I get to use it in almost any style, with a big soft spot for the neck pickup clean, the crunch of the intermediate position and large distos on the bridge pickup. Electric jazz to thrash through the rock, it rolls without worries!
OVERALL OPINION
I for one year, and I confess I do not regret my purchase. It is ultra versatile, and when I do not want to lug around multiple guitars, it's this one I choose. It is not my first guitar, I also include a MIJ Start at home and a RG Prestige, and I really feel the difference with those two. It's really a guitar with character, fun to play with a rock sound to die for. I'm waiting to see how it ages, but this first year is very encouraging!
Mahogany body "swiss cheese" + maple veneer
Mahogany neck
Rosewood
Tune-o-matic
Grover AD
22 frets
Channel 60's profile (thus rather late)
Shrunk thanks to Plek
Microphones and split Burstbucker 3 (bridge) and 57 'Classic (neck)
Two volume splitter is also used to microphones, two tone, three-position selector micro
Mine is ebony (with cream plate and nets), it also comes in vintage sunburst sunburst and heritage.
UTILIZATION
I find the handle very nice, it was well in hand. The curvature is more pronounced than on an Ibanez but a little less than my Start. It's a guitar man! It took me several hours to adjust, but now I find it more enjoyable for my Ibanez shredder. The guitar is relatively heavy at the same time, it is a Les Paul. With the set neck, access to acute is pretty good. In short, nothing extraordinary ergonomics side, it's a Les Paul after all ...
I appreciate the overall comfort of the guitar, even if it is heavy, it is very well balanced and played standing vibrates a lot, really nice. The handle varnish hung at the exit of flight case, but spent a few hours of play, the feeling of "glue" has completely disappeared.
SOUNDS
Well, we enter the heart of the matter:
- A blank, the guitar sounds good, with already a lot of sustain
- Trendy, she sounds very The Paulian: many serious and mids, sustain did not know what to do. The clean sound is very round and warm on the neck pickup, more slamming on the bridge pickup, the crunches are beautiful and the Marshallian distos pass like a letter in the mail in all positions of microphone. She really sound Gibson rock / hard rock. The originality of the model comes from the microphones and split. Pulling on the volume buttons, we go into the microphones simple. The sounds are quite nice, very slap on the micro bridge (it is close enough to a TV), more velvety and stratabound on the neck pickup. It's still a little gadget since you lose even when sortue level between the normal position and the position splittée, but physically it was inevitable (going from a double to a single).
What is obvious is regardless of the amp where it is plugged in, the guitar has its own character. I could try it in a JCM 2000, a fender blues deluxe reissue, a config preamps (AMT SS20, B1, Blackstar Ht Dual) + Poweramp, it keeps every time his character, with lots of bass and mids.
I get to use it in almost any style, with a big soft spot for the neck pickup clean, the crunch of the intermediate position and large distos on the bridge pickup. Electric jazz to thrash through the rock, it rolls without worries!
OVERALL OPINION
I for one year, and I confess I do not regret my purchase. It is ultra versatile, and when I do not want to lug around multiple guitars, it's this one I choose. It is not my first guitar, I also include a MIJ Start at home and a RG Prestige, and I really feel the difference with those two. It's really a guitar with character, fun to play with a rock sound to die for. I'm waiting to see how it ages, but this first year is very encouraging!