Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
I've had my eye of the new Kramer's for a while... Ideally a 1984 or Nightswan (maybe later), but I thought I'd sort of test the water's first since I've never owned one before..
Picked this up on amazon for the equivalent of about $200 :bigthumb:
Random sloppy riffing followed by a loop pedal solo jam w/backing track @ 1:30 mins
Sorry, the rhythm playing at the start is sloppy as **** 'cause I just made up a bunch of crappy stuff as I went along
and yeah, the tuning was slightly off 'cause I barely tuned it before recording. This was recorded literally a couple of minutes after unboxing it so it was still a bit unfamiliar. Dont get me wrong, after spending a couple of hours with it ...it's an absolutely killer feeling/sounding/playing axe, but it always takes me a bit to get comfortable with new stuff..
Bottom line, I've never seen such a totally perfect fret job on a guitar this cheap (low LOW action, rounded fret ends and smooth polished frets, all totally even/no fretting out/dead spots/buzzing etc)....my AXL 1216 from a few years ago came close but this is just crazy... (I have way more upmarket MIJ Ibby's, Charvel's and Jackson's that all needed some attention first). The pickup height/truss rod/everything ..just perfect out of the box . It reached me 100% ready to shred \m/ ...did'nt have to touch a thing.
Gotta say, it has the epitome of shred tone just as it is ...stock with the stock pickup (very JB-like). I heard that I might have to swap out the pup/bridge etc. But frankly I see no reason to at all....it sounds awesome, plays like butter & keeps absolutely perfect tune (always use some Big Bends Nut Sauce on my guitars....maybe that helped...or maybe it did'nt.)
Picked this up on amazon for the equivalent of about $200 :bigthumb:
Random sloppy riffing followed by a loop pedal solo jam w/backing track @ 1:30 mins
Sorry, the rhythm playing at the start is sloppy as **** 'cause I just made up a bunch of crappy stuff as I went along
and yeah, the tuning was slightly off 'cause I barely tuned it before recording. This was recorded literally a couple of minutes after unboxing it so it was still a bit unfamiliar. Dont get me wrong, after spending a couple of hours with it ...it's an absolutely killer feeling/sounding/playing axe, but it always takes me a bit to get comfortable with new stuff..Bottom line, I've never seen such a totally perfect fret job on a guitar this cheap (low LOW action, rounded fret ends and smooth polished frets, all totally even/no fretting out/dead spots/buzzing etc)....my AXL 1216 from a few years ago came close but this is just crazy... (I have way more upmarket MIJ Ibby's, Charvel's and Jackson's that all needed some attention first). The pickup height/truss rod/everything ..just perfect out of the box . It reached me 100% ready to shred \m/ ...did'nt have to touch a thing.
Gotta say, it has the epitome of shred tone just as it is ...stock with the stock pickup (very JB-like). I heard that I might have to swap out the pup/bridge etc. But frankly I see no reason to at all....it sounds awesome, plays like butter & keeps absolutely perfect tune (always use some Big Bends Nut Sauce on my guitars....maybe that helped...or maybe it did'nt.)
, neck pocket/joint is flawless, the paint-job (and finish in general) is awesome, mahogany body/maple neck, inherent Shrapnel shred tone & it sustains for hours , pickup's absolutely great, the weight's just right ..not too light not too heavy, there's foil shielding on the electronic cavity cover and I still can't get over the beautiful fret job. I could go on & on. Only thing this baby needs is a Floyd.
