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Picked this up today at a local pawn shop in dead mint condition. Have had two other Eclipse Standards before... one in satin black and the other in red quilt. Black one had Duncan JB/59s in it was was special. Miss that one. Red one had EMGs and was flawless, but lacked personality. I'm going to get rid of the EMGs in this one. They define "sterile" and "lifeless" to my ears. I hate them. Will probably replace with Fishman Fluence pups, because my buddy at the LGS says they're awesome. He's also got a pair of signed Bonamassas that I could try, or I could use a set of distressed Fralin Pure PAFs that I have in an Agile 3100. Can't go wrong with any of those choices. All will be a dramatic improvement over the EMGs. I can't overstate how uninspired EMG pickups leave me. In addition to the one previous Eclipse, I had them in an Ltd EC1000, EC401, And a few other guitars that are long forgotten. All were excellent guitars, but in every case I had ESPs and Ltds of the exact same model series that were loaded with Duncans that had FAR more tone in them. They were true apples to apples comparisons in each case.
Anyways... the action on this "new" Eclipse is stupid low with nary a hint of fret buzz. It's as low as my holy grail Anderson Drop Top Classic was... which had the lowest action of any guitar I've ever had. So if I can bring the tone out of this beast, it'll stick around a while. Got it for $800. Which is about what I paid for my other two Eclipses.
Anyways... the action on this "new" Eclipse is stupid low with nary a hint of fret buzz. It's as low as my holy grail Anderson Drop Top Classic was... which had the lowest action of any guitar I've ever had. So if I can bring the tone out of this beast, it'll stick around a while. Got it for $800. Which is about what I paid for my other two Eclipses.
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