Down and Dirty Duncan Scooped Strat set Washburn Silverado into my first gen PRS Archon

[Ascension]

There is not much out there on the Scooped Strat Set so threw this together. The more I play this set in this guitar the more I like it. For what I do this set in this guitar is a home run!
Clean I'm running my Ergo Compressor up front with only my Newnaber Wet V 5 verb in the loop as this amp does not have verb. The crunch clip is all amp gain with only the verb.

 

[jeremy]

sounds good!

 

[Mincer]

Well, I might have to consider those for something....

 

[Solarflares]

Sounds alright to me.
Some good stuff there.
Good transients with that compressor.

This is what I use to get different ‘shapes’ from my core-tone, but it’s generally post-amp from a Palmer, or on the loop.

 

[Ascension]

Well, I might have to consider those for something....

Where they really shine is in smooth jazz and also when I need to try and cover a part clean would normally be played on an acoustic. They are also fantastic for gritty blues tones. I may throw up a quick clip over a track or something showing this. They are pretty different from the Surfer set in my other Silverado and are very cool. The neck and middle should pair very well with a humbucker in a super strat also. I will likely swap the SSL 1's in my 95 MG 120 Washburn for a pair of these soon. I bet they would be super nice with a Custom 5 in the bridge in particular.

 

[Mincer]

Interesting stagger pattern on those poles, too.

 

[jeremy]

i think they call it a modern stagger?

 

[Mincer]

i think they call it a modern stagger?

Yeah, with the middle ones raised. I generally always go for flat ones, but I'd be interested to compare a model with the 'modern stagger' and 'flat'.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I liked the clean tone!

Is that a Strat with a Tele neck on? Or not a Fender?

 

[Solarflares]

I liked the clean tone!

Is that a Strat with a Tele neck on? Or not a Fender?

Washburn Silverado

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Washburn Silverado

Oh, duh. Yeah, it was right there in the vid. Sorry.

 

[Solarflares]

Oh, duh. Yeah, it was right there in the vid. Sorry.

Don’t worry. I googled Silverados first from the text. Then realised the same thing myself.
That Fender Silverado is a weird beast!

 

[jeremy]

the chicago washburn guitars are usually really nice. good woods, good parts, good craftsmanship

 

[Ascension]

the chicago washburn guitars are usually really nice. good woods, good parts, good craftsmanship

Yep on par with a Custom Shop Fender Strat in every way. Grover Jackson was running that Chicago shop at the time these were done and each one was hand built most were custom ordered. Own 2 of these the Blue 95 and a Sunburst 94. These were only built for less than 2 years, they are very rare guitars. This one was a Pawn Shop rescue, and they had no idea what it really was.
The Sunburst guitar is shockingly close to a Fender Custom Shop 57 reissue in the neck feel other than the Washburn has a 16 radius in the fretboard.
This one has a much slimmer neck profile and also a lighter Swamp Ash body than the Sunburst guitar has. Think neck profile of a US Custom Shop Charvel on the Blue guitar. These are no joke and on par with a Suhr or Anderson in materials and workmanship. There weren't many built so few have ever seen or played one to know just how nice these guitars are. It's the equal or slightly better to my 23 Kiesel Delos that was a $2000 plus build.

 

[Ascension]

This one is also one of the Chicago Custom Washburns.

 

[Solarflares]

Yep on par with a Custom Shop Fender Strat in every way. Grover Jackson was running that Chicago shop at the time these were done and each one was hand built most were custom ordered. Own 2 of these the Blue 95 and a Sunburst 94. These were only built for less than 2 years, they are very rare guitars. This one was a Pawn Shop rescue, and they had no idea what it really was.
The Sunburst guitar is shockingly close to a Fender Custom Shop 57 reissue in the neck feel other than the Washburn has a 16 radius in the fretboard.
This one has a much slimmer neck profile and also a lighter Swamp Ash body than the Sunburst guitar has. Think neck profile of a US Custom Shop Charvel on the Blue guitar. These are no joke and on par with a Suhr or Anderson in materials and workmanship. There weren't many built so few have ever seen or played one to know just how nice these guitars are. It's the equal or slightly better to my 23 Kiesel Delos that was a $2000 plus build.

You should really fit the correctly spaced bridge for both guitars.
What you have there is too narrow.
You can clearly see from the neck and polepieces of the pickups.

The blue one needs a new bridge/trem.
The sunburst, you could shift the neck a little to even it up, and see if you can live with it.

I certainly thought highly of the Nuno N4 Washburn when it came out.
Even the N2 was reasonably workable as an all-rounder.

 

[Ascension]

You should really fit the correctly spaced bridge for both guitars.
What you have there is too narrow.
You can clearly see from the neck and polepieces of the pickups.

The blue one needs a new bridge/trem.
The sunburst, you could shift the neck a little to even it up, and see if you can live with it.

I certainly thought highly of the Nuno N4 Washburn when it came out.
Even the N2 was reasonably workable as an all-rounder.

Won't touch them. They are every bit as articulate and stable as the Ghoto 510 on my 23 build Kiesel Delos or any guitar that I have ever owned with a real Floyd, Kahler etc. Own a number of the Grover Jackson era Wasburns with the Wilkerson 100's. It's simply one of the most stable, articulate and best sounding systems ever built. In particularly on these guitars with the way they were designed and the unique locking tuners these have., Why would I ever even consider swapping that system? Too narrow? Any wider and you would have the strings way to close to the edge of the fretboard. Have had to either run a string tree or cut a couple nuts differently on these guitars to keep the low and high E String from popping out of the slots when playing hard and getting caught under the edge of the neck pickup bobbin when really getting crazy with the trem. Wider string spacing on the bridge would leave these guitars unplayable. Saying that the Blue guitar photo for what ever reason does look like the spacing is too narrow, but I can assure you it is not. In fact, it’s almost identical to the spacing on the orange guitar with the Schaller Floyd if not slightly wider. It's something to do with the angle I photographed it or lighting I suspect.

 

[Ascension]

First clips with the Silverado and Scooped set live. From Church this morning. This was end of service with me doing some solo fingerstyle stuff on the neck and middle pickups through my PRS Custom 50 head clean side running a Keeley 4 knob compressor up front and my Alabas Ceetus verb in the loop with a Captor X.
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