Landry Guitars Mistral

Made in France. 2 pices mahogany body shape somewhere between a Gibson SG and a PRS. The table is carved and somewhat Paisse (33mm against 43mm usually), and even less that Paisse SG! The neck is mahogany, composed of two pices symtriques, et al to the body. It is fine and enjoyable. The key is in Pallisa, on net crme and inlaid mother of pearl trapzes. The frets are quite fine. The woods seem good quality (default veining rgulier without apparent). However, the paint applied to t trsmdiocre fawn (traces of dusts) and the handle is not impeccably polished (without the use GNER). My guitar has the serial number 00002, which may explain the default by the youth of the MODEL. More teacher, the 11th fret is much too high, I have the sanding of the guitar is playable. I bought this guitar used, so I'm not sure that the hoop is original but, as the date of manufacture is 2001, I suppose it is because it is not tr s old.
The mcaniques are Grover type. The tailpiece-bridge type is Badass. Ct Electronic is spartan: two humbuckers, one volume and one potentiomtre slecteur 3 positions. The belt is also attached the output jack, located on an unusual guitar electric and yet very practical in every position of play, just not suited to put the guitar on a stand on the ground.
The limits are CHARACTERISTICS trs middle and finish, so I put 6.

UTILIZATION

APRS rectification of the 11th fret, the jouabilit is enjoyable. Access in acute poses no problem thanks neck-body junction box the 19th and the 21st double notches box. The trs low weight of the device - less than 3 kg - not likely to tire over time. However, this light weight of the fineness of the first body makes the guitar dsquilibre on the handle, it is necessary to avoid lcher handle the risk of its nosedive, a peak for a guitar that should rveiller assistance.
The mcaniques are prcises and enjoyable handling. They are well trs tuning.
The only potentiomtre limits the sound possibilities. So I added a second potentiomtre for Tone.
I put -2 for dsquilibre. The rest is all good, because I Whereas the problem of the 11th fret in the section CHARACTERISTICS

SOUNDS

Branch, it dlivre a high output. The race of the volume is usable. The sound is plutt modern edge. It lacks roundness and got my characters. Apart from that, they are correct for non-branded microphones.
In any case, I admit that this is not they who have DCID buy this guitar, even if they gave her a suprieur than the Ibanez GAX type (I do not not remember the exact models) with which I made the comparison. In fact, it's his look that attracted me first and just the fact that a luthier is possible franais hands on it, all at a price drisoire - infrieur Ibanez that of the entry level. Okay, if I had refretter the Mistral, the note would t least enjoyable.
The cost of the Mistral in acoustics changed some of my ides reues:
- Mahogany systmatiquement does not sound a little tuft with a bump in the lower mdium
- The thickness of the wood is not the factor for many indipensable sustain
The Mistral is sound - more than the Godin LG, while also mahogany, I rcemment sold. The high-mdiums and treble are not clump at all. No record is highlighted. The balance is good trs, to my ear anyway. The sustain is really good trs.
All this bodes well for the Mistral sounds great with better pickups.
The IDE to replace the pickups so I quickly running through head.
Not wanting dpenser property (I have another guitar that is perfect for me), I opt for imports of U.S. micros: a Bill Lawrence USA L-500R ct round and Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge ct. Add this button Tone with push-pull for splittage microphones.
Your exact is excellent, suprieur my expectations.
The Bill Lawrence L-500 are rputs to send the sauce. I feared a little that the register would be limited to music "soft" dlivres only three bodies by a branch on a wall of cabinets.
They can do this, but they also give a round, warm and at the same time prcis. The output level is impressive, but the sound remains clean over much of the race of potentiomtre volume.
The alliance Mistral Landry and Bill Lawrence USA L-500 is superb.
I put 7 mics for home and I would put 10 with Bill Lawrence, so I put 9.

OVERALL OPINION

This is the guitar to do everything except play well to vibrato sr. From jazz to mtal is possible. Roundness and the punch of a P-90, the output level of a double-coil boost the bass deep mahogany, treble prcis and singing sustain important thanks to the vibrating body of alli in the Mistral output lev for a reasonable field magntique Bill Lawrence.
A thundering guitar and original. Only BMOL: finish of this model in 2001. Therefore vrifier finish and particulirement the hoop and think to change the pickups, unless you opt for model with micro Benedetti about by Philippe Landry - these pickups are also excellent and made in France and more.