Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
That was what I kept asking myself on the drive home last night after picking up this guitar for $500. I still can't believe it.
I took it home last night and strung it up, then played until half past one in the morning. This guitar is absolutely incredible. It's funny to me because the day I found this on Craigslist, the only reason I was looking was because I was thinking of how I wanted a floyd equipped guitar and I was looking for anything remotely shred-oriented. I've wanted a Music Man for years, ever since I played a 25th anniversary model at my local Guitar Center and fell in love in a minute.
I can't find a single thing that I don't like about this guitar. In my eyes, it's flawless. Cosmetically, it's a 9.5/10 - there's a small crack in the finish on the side and a pin sized dimple in the clear near the bridge, but other than that it's immaculate. I can't believe how good it looks, I can't stop staring it when I'm not playing it, and it's hard enough not to just play it all day. This guitar practically plays itself. I won't say that it's better than my old USA Parker, but it's without a doubt at the same level, just different.
This is the first guitar I've ever played where I have no desire to change anything on it whatsoever. The pickups sound incredible, and all of the components throughout the guitar are top quality. The volume and tone both have an extremely user-friendly taper, and between all of the different pickup combinations I can get a near infinite variety of tones. I really like how Steve had them wire the switch too. Starting from the neck, you have: Neck, Neck+Bridge, Middle, Middle+Bridge, and Bridge. The middle pickup is purposely set pretty far away from the strings, which makes it much lower output. It works very nicely, I'm thinking of trying it on my other HSH guitar. I also like that the single coil is moved towards the bridge, out of the way of my pick.
Now I want a D-Tuna lol
EDIT: Here's what the guitar looks like now. Transition bridge and 36th neck. The incredible flame top is also much more accurately capture in this picture.
I took it home last night and strung it up, then played until half past one in the morning. This guitar is absolutely incredible. It's funny to me because the day I found this on Craigslist, the only reason I was looking was because I was thinking of how I wanted a floyd equipped guitar and I was looking for anything remotely shred-oriented. I've wanted a Music Man for years, ever since I played a 25th anniversary model at my local Guitar Center and fell in love in a minute.
I can't find a single thing that I don't like about this guitar. In my eyes, it's flawless. Cosmetically, it's a 9.5/10 - there's a small crack in the finish on the side and a pin sized dimple in the clear near the bridge, but other than that it's immaculate. I can't believe how good it looks, I can't stop staring it when I'm not playing it, and it's hard enough not to just play it all day. This guitar practically plays itself. I won't say that it's better than my old USA Parker, but it's without a doubt at the same level, just different.
This is the first guitar I've ever played where I have no desire to change anything on it whatsoever. The pickups sound incredible, and all of the components throughout the guitar are top quality. The volume and tone both have an extremely user-friendly taper, and between all of the different pickup combinations I can get a near infinite variety of tones. I really like how Steve had them wire the switch too. Starting from the neck, you have: Neck, Neck+Bridge, Middle, Middle+Bridge, and Bridge. The middle pickup is purposely set pretty far away from the strings, which makes it much lower output. It works very nicely, I'm thinking of trying it on my other HSH guitar. I also like that the single coil is moved towards the bridge, out of the way of my pick.
Now I want a D-Tuna lol
EDIT: Here's what the guitar looks like now. Transition bridge and 36th neck. The incredible flame top is also much more accurately capture in this picture.
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