6stringerguy
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I recently managed to pick up this Aristides 060.
Here’s a breakdown:
You may not know but Aristides are completely made of man made materials, the body and neck are moulded as one piece with an outer shell of Carbon Fibre among other materials and an inner core of Arium which is a material engineered to be as resonant as possible by containing thousands of microscopic air chambers.
The fingerboard is made from richlite.
The finish is their Gloss Deep Blue Sky Sparkle and it’s so much better in person, it shifts depending on the colour or the brightness of the light it’s in.
The 24 stainless steel frets are polished masterfully and there is no sharp fret ends, the frets are actually not as crazy jumbo huge as I thought they would be.
The Original Floyd Rose is incredible however I believe it could do with some love in the terms of a 42mm Titanium Block, Titanium Saddle Blocks, Stainless Steel Saddle and Intonation Screws just to make it even more badass.
The Hipshot tuners are great but that goes without saying and this is a floydie so hopefully don’t need to use them often.
The Bareknuckle Aristides Custom Pickups are based on a Holydiver in the Bridge and the Emerald in the Neck however I may be incorrect, however they sound incredible the emerald has a fairly smooth warm high end without being muddy or inarticulate which makes it ideal for leads as well as clean tones, the Holydiver is based on high output pickups from the 80s as far I know, it’s tight and has a nice amount of cut in the high end for me personally however I can’t wait to see how these pickups react in D Standard with NYXL 10-52s.
The compound 12-16 radius is almost home for me due to my love of my USA WR1.
The neck shape is truly wonderful, I don’t know how to describe it, but alongside my Holcomb SE it’s my favourite neck up to this point.
The zero load tone circuit is a cool feature that I’ve only seen on Misha Mansoor of Periphery signature model.
In conclusion this is the modern electric guitar and one of the final forms of the superstrat if you ask me.
Here’s a breakdown:
You may not know but Aristides are completely made of man made materials, the body and neck are moulded as one piece with an outer shell of Carbon Fibre among other materials and an inner core of Arium which is a material engineered to be as resonant as possible by containing thousands of microscopic air chambers.
The fingerboard is made from richlite.
The finish is their Gloss Deep Blue Sky Sparkle and it’s so much better in person, it shifts depending on the colour or the brightness of the light it’s in.
The 24 stainless steel frets are polished masterfully and there is no sharp fret ends, the frets are actually not as crazy jumbo huge as I thought they would be.
The Original Floyd Rose is incredible however I believe it could do with some love in the terms of a 42mm Titanium Block, Titanium Saddle Blocks, Stainless Steel Saddle and Intonation Screws just to make it even more badass.
The Hipshot tuners are great but that goes without saying and this is a floydie so hopefully don’t need to use them often.
The Bareknuckle Aristides Custom Pickups are based on a Holydiver in the Bridge and the Emerald in the Neck however I may be incorrect, however they sound incredible the emerald has a fairly smooth warm high end without being muddy or inarticulate which makes it ideal for leads as well as clean tones, the Holydiver is based on high output pickups from the 80s as far I know, it’s tight and has a nice amount of cut in the high end for me personally however I can’t wait to see how these pickups react in D Standard with NYXL 10-52s.
The compound 12-16 radius is almost home for me due to my love of my USA WR1.
The neck shape is truly wonderful, I don’t know how to describe it, but alongside my Holcomb SE it’s my favourite neck up to this point.
The zero load tone circuit is a cool feature that I’ve only seen on Misha Mansoor of Periphery signature model.
In conclusion this is the modern electric guitar and one of the final forms of the superstrat if you ask me.
I love seeing Tiddies out in the world. 
