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Re: New Geetar Day
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New Geetar Day
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DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: New Geetar Day
Ok, review time:
So I let it sit for 3 full days, as is my method, so the neck could acclimate. Coming from CaliforniDUH to West Tenneshoe and passing through drought-ridden areas, things can go wonky if you go cranking on the truss rod too soon.
So far it doesn't look like the neck changed - still flat as an 8-year-old :lol:
The owner's manual says the Floyd is not set up for floating, per Ed's specs. Yeah, umm, it was 1" off the body, which means floating. However, the action was a touch high as a result, but that was an easy enough fix.
As well, it was sorely out of tune. No biggie.
Since the head doesn't tilt backwards, they put the retainer on to pull the strings down across the nut and give them a straighter shot to the tuners. As soon as I loosened the locks, the strings detuned even further just a bit. I fixed that as well, so now when you do the locks, nothing moves (well, maybe a micro tone, but not like it was).
The neck is comparable to the USA and Japanese Charvel ProMod neck. It's what I would consider a thin, rounded profile, and the edges of the board feel slightly rolled. Definitely a comfortable neck. Not as thick as a 2008 DK2M neck, closer to the H-S-S DK2 neck from around 2003. Of course if you've never tried one, you're going "huh?"
Once I lowered the bridge to about a hair over the body, retuned, and tweaked the spring claw screws and got it tuned (to Eb, of course
), it was ready to go.
It's got what I consider really low action. I haven't measured it (and probably won't) but it works for me.
By the way, the claw has 2 springs in a V pattern. No extra springs were included.
The manual also says it comes with 9-46 strings (9, 11, 16, 26, 36, 46).
The frets are very well polished - no creaking or scraping can be heard when bending the strings. And no sharp edges!
The bar is the collared type, and it seems to be having trouble staying tight. That's a cheap-n-easy fix with either pipe tape or a new bar kit from StewMac.
The volume pot is a low-friction type that tapers off nicely, no drastic changes.
The pickup, according to the manual, is a custom-wound, custom-voiced EVH model. I haven't taken it out to look at the baseplate, but I'm sure it would say "EVH" and not whoever really wound it.
Fumbling along to early Van Halen, it's definitely got the tonal characteristics of the solo to Runnin With The Devil - that kinda Stratty top end thing. The low end is punchy but not muddy. It reacts well to picking dynamics, even through my rack stuff.
It's definitely a great guitar. Not "good for the money" or "I wasn't expecting much since I didn't pay much" or "if I had paid more it'd suck", but it's a great guitar, period. It's well-made, acoustically resonant, can easily be set up for effortless action without having to shim this or that or modify anything, and it sounds great.
Ok, review time:
So I let it sit for 3 full days, as is my method, so the neck could acclimate. Coming from CaliforniDUH to West Tenneshoe and passing through drought-ridden areas, things can go wonky if you go cranking on the truss rod too soon.
So far it doesn't look like the neck changed - still flat as an 8-year-old :lol:
The owner's manual says the Floyd is not set up for floating, per Ed's specs. Yeah, umm, it was 1" off the body, which means floating. However, the action was a touch high as a result, but that was an easy enough fix.
As well, it was sorely out of tune. No biggie.
Since the head doesn't tilt backwards, they put the retainer on to pull the strings down across the nut and give them a straighter shot to the tuners. As soon as I loosened the locks, the strings detuned even further just a bit. I fixed that as well, so now when you do the locks, nothing moves (well, maybe a micro tone, but not like it was).
The neck is comparable to the USA and Japanese Charvel ProMod neck. It's what I would consider a thin, rounded profile, and the edges of the board feel slightly rolled. Definitely a comfortable neck. Not as thick as a 2008 DK2M neck, closer to the H-S-S DK2 neck from around 2003. Of course if you've never tried one, you're going "huh?"
Once I lowered the bridge to about a hair over the body, retuned, and tweaked the spring claw screws and got it tuned (to Eb, of course
), it was ready to go.It's got what I consider really low action. I haven't measured it (and probably won't) but it works for me.
By the way, the claw has 2 springs in a V pattern. No extra springs were included.
The manual also says it comes with 9-46 strings (9, 11, 16, 26, 36, 46).
The frets are very well polished - no creaking or scraping can be heard when bending the strings. And no sharp edges!
The bar is the collared type, and it seems to be having trouble staying tight. That's a cheap-n-easy fix with either pipe tape or a new bar kit from StewMac.
The volume pot is a low-friction type that tapers off nicely, no drastic changes.
The pickup, according to the manual, is a custom-wound, custom-voiced EVH model. I haven't taken it out to look at the baseplate, but I'm sure it would say "EVH" and not whoever really wound it.
Fumbling along to early Van Halen, it's definitely got the tonal characteristics of the solo to Runnin With The Devil - that kinda Stratty top end thing. The low end is punchy but not muddy. It reacts well to picking dynamics, even through my rack stuff.
It's definitely a great guitar. Not "good for the money" or "I wasn't expecting much since I didn't pay much" or "if I had paid more it'd suck", but it's a great guitar, period. It's well-made, acoustically resonant, can easily be set up for effortless action without having to shim this or that or modify anything, and it sounds great.
Christopher Caruana
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Re: New Geetar Day
All the striped series guitars have the Wolfgang bridge pickup
Basswood bodies
The neck isn't going to move because its quarter sawn maple and has the graphite reinforcement rods just like the rest the EVH line. The neck on my wolfgang never moves
All the striped series guitars have the Wolfgang bridge pickup
Basswood bodies
The neck isn't going to move because its quarter sawn maple and has the graphite reinforcement rods just like the rest the EVH line. The neck on my wolfgang never moves
Rand-O-Monium
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Re: New Geetar Day
Moar pics!?!
Glad it's playing nice!
Moar pics!?!
Glad it's playing nice!
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: New Geetar Day
More bad photography:
More bad photography:
Rand-O-Monium
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Re: New Geetar Day
Neat!
Thnx!
Neat!
Thnx!
Christopher Caruana
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Re: New Geetar Day
Im usually not a crazy guitar shape kind of guy.....but this....this is sexy. Wish it had a pointy headstock though
Im usually not a crazy guitar shape kind of guy.....but this....this is sexy. Wish it had a pointy headstock though
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: New Geetar Day
Charvel Model necks are all over Ebay for cheap....
But honestly, once you're playing it, you forget all about the head shape. Out of the corner of my eye I could swear it's a reverse pointy, but I look at the board more than the head when I'm playing anyway.
The comfort of the neck outweighs the cosmetics anyway. I'm tempted to say it's got a flatter radius than a normal Charvel or Jackson neck, which means it's shred-tastic.
Charvel Model necks are all over Ebay for cheap....
But honestly, once you're playing it, you forget all about the head shape. Out of the corner of my eye I could swear it's a reverse pointy, but I look at the board more than the head when I'm playing anyway.
The comfort of the neck outweighs the cosmetics anyway. I'm tempted to say it's got a flatter radius than a normal Charvel or Jackson neck, which means it's shred-tastic.
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Christopher Caruana
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Re: New Geetar Day
I played the circles guitar the other day at a music store and the neck was definitely wider and fatter than my wolfgang
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
Re: New Geetar Day
Yeah, I should redact my statement about it being thinner than the 2008-ish DK2M necks. They're about the same thickness, actually. But the EVH definitely feels flatter.
Yeah, I should redact my statement about it being thinner than the 2008-ish DK2M necks. They're about the same thickness, actually. But the EVH definitely feels flatter.
