NGD (coming soon)
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No, last update is that it arrived in NYC 2 days ago. Just sitting there now.
ErikH
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Good new though is it's Stateside.
Well it showed up today, 5 minutes before I had to leave for a gig. I haven't opened it yet, but it looks like the box got wet at some point (I took pics). That doesn't hurt carbon fiber, and it is in a hard case. The box isn't really crushed, but it looks like it got wet with something stacked on top of it. We'll see if it survived when I open it...
While it looked like the box got wet, the guitar is safe. It was in a hard case (a nice one, too) and it is carbon fiber after all. Playing-wise, it is every bit as good as the other Emeralds I've played. Great action (SS frets on carbon board), and a louder acoustic sound than I thought. Plugged in, the 2 pickup systems complement each other. The Krivo humbucker in the neck position gets the lower frequencies, and the Graph-Tech Ghost piezos cover the highs. I probably wouldn't like the plugged in sound with just one of the pickup systems- you really need 2 to balance it out. I use about 70% humbucker and 30% piezo for it to sound 'right' to me.
The sound is modern, obviously...not a wall of sound like a Martin, but more separated, with scoopy EQ like a Taylor. It will work great for my acoustic shows and my instrumental guitar recordings. The lows sound like a piano, and the highs like a dulcimer. I dig it.
A bonus is that the guitar came with a handmade ceramic coffee mug by a local maker in Ireland. Very cool, and unexpected. I will post some pics later.
The sound is modern, obviously...not a wall of sound like a Martin, but more separated, with scoopy EQ like a Taylor. It will work great for my acoustic shows and my instrumental guitar recordings. The lows sound like a piano, and the highs like a dulcimer. I dig it.
A bonus is that the guitar came with a handmade ceramic coffee mug by a local maker in Ireland. Very cool, and unexpected. I will post some pics later.
Aceman
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Pics and video of the guitar in the continental US, please....
Yeah, I dig it. Individual string heights.
I hope so. I won't be doing any shows with it till early Feb, so we will see. I will have a TV appearance in March, and I will use it for that, too.