Coolest Production Model Axe

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Coolest Production Model Axe

If EBMM ever drops an SSS Albert Lee in a color I really dig, I suspect I would be willing to spend even BFR-levels of $$$ get one as a Strat-substitute.

Amazing axes. I just wish the necks weren't so tiny. Even so, the wax/gun oil neck finish feels fantastic in your hand.
I'm told the St Vincent has the really small neck too. Another pretty cool guitar.

 

[Mincer]

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If EBMM ever drops an SSS Albert Lee in a color I really dig, I suspect I would be willing to spend even BFR-levels of $$$ get one as a Strat-substitute.

Their 'Silent Circuit' dummy coil system is the real deal. It sounds magnificent on an SSS Albert Lee. I agree though, the AL makes probably the best Strat substitute I've ever played, and I love that small neck, too.

 

[St_Genesius]

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I've learned over the years that I'm not that picky about necks, but every time I pick up my St Vincent (which is pretty much every day, but ESPECIALLY if I've just put something else down...) I'm impressed.

Amazing axes. I just wish the necks weren't so tiny. Even so, the wax/gun oil neck finish feels fantastic in your hand.
I'm told the St Vincent has the really small neck too. Another pretty cool guitar.

 

[Demanic]

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How about this one? Ibby V-Blade. It was originally supposed to be a signature model for someone from Dragon Force. I think that they were only made for a year. Some people didn't like the neck heel. I have no problem with it.
Neck through, Gibraltar bridge. Came with a set of DiMarzio D-Activators. I swapped the bridge pickup out for an X2N.
It almost plays itself. Well at least sometimes it seems that way.

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[ehdwuld]

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I've learned over the years that I'm not that picky about necks, but every time I pick up my St Vincent (which is pretty much every day, but ESPECIALLY if I've just put something else down...) I'm impressed.

is the St Vincent thinner
thicker
offset

could you compare it to
a strat
60s gibson
wizard

what is it similar to

 

[St_Genesius]

Re: Coolest Production Model Axe

It's the EBMM neck. Do they have more than just the one profile? Radius is a hair flatter than a modern Strat, but I'd be hard pressed to spot the 0.5" difference. Fingerboard edges are rolled, as the kids say, AF.

I've never taken a caliper to it, but the overall sense is of something smaller and rounder than the 60s neck on my LP (60s Tribute).

No way is it as thin, front-to-back, as a Wizard, or as flat. Aren't those like a 16" radius? Not something I ever spent a lot of time with; not really my scene, though I *have* played them.

is the St Vincent thinner
thicker
offset

could you compare it to
a strat
60s gibson
wizard

what is it similar to

 

[ehdwuld]

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I find the slim 60s neck on my Epi Florentine to be very close to my Wizard II on my RG2
the back of the Ibby just has a flat spot

yea the radius on the fretboard is some metric between 16 and 17

the Epi has a 12 inch radius

I would very much like to try that neck

 

[Boogie Bill]

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G&L Comanche. Many options in colors, neck specs, etc., and EXTREMELY high quality.

Those Leo Fender-designed Z-Coil pickups always attract a lot of attention whenever I take a Comanche to a jam session.

That said, there's something really sexy about a good Gibson ES-335 dot neck.

Bill