NGD (or new guitars week?) and End of Year Roster Update

[Archer250]

Last Saturday, I snagged an Edwards LP custom from marketplace. I put Suhr pickups in it. The previous owner had EMGs in it. I forgot how easy LPs are to play. I like this one, a lot. The ebony board feels so nice. It's not heavy nor light either.

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This Friday, the Tom Anderson Drop Top Classic I had on order arrived. This is, hands down, the best guitar I've ever touched. I've had 2 other Andersons before. This one smokes them, smokes my friend's Suhr dealer select, smokes that Murphy R9 Les Paul I tried, smokes the almost identical Rangka that I main.

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It came out of the box perfect. As in to my preferences, and it's also the lightest solidbody guitar I've ever played too (swamp ash)

I also got a 2000s Tom Anderson for around 1.6k in September. It was missing a spec sheet, but an email to Anderson Guitarworks quickly rectified that

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Anyways, here's the current roster @ year's end

Left, Front: Rangka custom S
Left, Back: Anderson Drop Top (with old style 4 bolt neck)

Middle, Back: Fender Mexican Standard P

Right, Back: Edwards LP Custom
Right, Middle: Suhr Classic S
​​​Right, Front: Anderson Drop Top Classic

Center: Ibanez MM1 Martin Miller signature AZ

This lineup is will probs remain unchanged for a long, long time

 

[d1dsj]

Awesome

 

[Mincer]

Wow, that's one hell of a guitar! Congrats!

 

[JOLLY]

I'll take the Suhr and the Anderson.

 

[beaubrummels]

Rangka and Anderson look awesome

 

[GuitarDoc]

That's some gorgeous quilting. Love the color too. Don't particularly care for the light fretboard on this guitar. Doesn't go well with the darker blue color and it detracts/takes away from the white pearl guard. I would have preferred ebony.

 

[ehdwuld]

Beautiful
I love me some Ash :cool2:

 

[Napthol]

That fretboard does not look too light, at least by the photo.

 

[Aceman]

Holy deep blue quilt Batman!

That is one bad Moto-pickguard scooter!

 

[Archer250]

Soundclips soon

 

[Fender_Punk]

You're missing a Tele and a 335.

 

[GuitarDoc]

That fretboard does not look too light, at least by the photo.

What photo are you looking at? The blue burst quilted maple with the bright "white" plain maple fretboard?

 

[JOLLY]

Which Suhr pickups did you put in the Edwards?

 

[Archer250]

Which Suhr pickups did you put in the Edwards?

Thornbucker neck and SSV bridge

Actually it's the Aldrich neck in the bridge, but I was told it's identical to an SSV bridge

 

[Napthol]

I'm looking at the Les Paul.

 

[Archer250]

Update:

The Suhr pickups didn't last. After 2 weeks and honeymoon was over, they began to grate my ears a bit too much. Maybe they'd work an a different guitar, but a custom with a maple cap and ebony board ain't it.

Got Seth Lovers in that guitar now.

 

[Mincer]

Seths are always a good choice, especially if you rely a lot on the amp to shape your tone.

 

[Archer250]

Seths are always a good choice, especially if you rely a lot on the amp to shape your tone.

A slew of ampsim plugins so yeah. That fits. I'm liking the Seths a lot. Open, low output, has that "small" A2 character that sits just right.


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[GuitarDoc]

I'm looking at the Les Paul.

We were obviously looking at different pics then. However, I DID say in my post..."quilting", "dark blue", "white pearl guard". Doesn't sound like I was referring to the black LP with ebony fretboard and black guard, right?