NGD x2!

[Gone_Shootin]

Paid off the layaway for my Silverburst Les Paul yesterday and something else ended up following me home too. Guitar Center had this Variax Standard marked down to $400. So I thought for that price, I'd have a look. Well, I liked it. It sounded good (the magnetic single coils sound suprisingly good), and feels/plays nice too. The neck feels pretty good. I will say that it has that "cheap chopstick" feel to the neck's finish, but I think that's only because it's raw and wasn't sanded with too fine of a grit. Which is fine, because it let's your hand slide smoothly and freely up and down the neck. I think it'll be great for me when I'm out in the truck. So between the Variax and having Helix Native on my laptop, I should be able to cover everything I dabble in, especially after I program in one of my favorite tunings, CGCFAD. If you haven't tried a Variax yet, you should, you may be pleasantly surprised.

And about the Les Paul. It's a 2008 Standard Silverburst. It was a limited run that year and is basically a Class 5 Les Paul with a different finish. So the body was hollowed out at the factory. A previous owner put and EMG 81/85 set in it, which does mask the tone a bit, so I couldn't tell you what exactly a hollowed out Les Paul sounds like in person. Eventually, I'll probably move my Duncan Custom and Jazz over to it when I get around to getting some Suhr Thornbuckers for my '16 Standard. But that said, it plays and sounds great. It has a '60s neck, so the profile feels really good. It's in that "just right" sweet spot.

 

[PS412]

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I have an 07 silverburst. Little more black to it. It is a very nice playing guitar. Good choice.

 

[Gone_Shootin]

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I have an 07 silverburst. Little more black to it. It is a very nice playing guitar. Good choice.

Nice! Did they hollow them out in '07 too?

 

[PS412]

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I believe they did but I 'd have to go Google it to be 100% sure. It still has some weight to it. Heavier than the rest of mine. It is my go to guitar.
I had no plan to buy it but it was front and center at the store when I first walked in. Walked right towards it, played it and walked out with it probably 15minutes later.Glad I did, eleven years of awesomeness.
Hope you like yours as much.

 

[Wattage]

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coolness!

I just setup one of the JTV-69 variax's for my buddy, super cool guitar

 

[Niloy63]

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Beautiful Lester you got there! When it comes to Silverbursts, I prefer the rimbursts over the tear drops (the Customs). I have an '07 Silverubrst Std, and I love it!

 

[Gone_Shootin]

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I believe they did but I 'd have to go Google it to be 100% sure. It still has some weight to it. Heavier than the rest of mine. It is my go to guitar.
I had no plan to buy it but it was front and center at the store when I first walked in. Walked right towards it, played it and walked out with it probably 15minutes later.Glad I did, eleven years of awesomeness.
Hope you like yours as much.

Cool.

I saw mine when the tech brought it out after giving it the once over. I played it and knew I wanted it right away. It's pretty light. I haven't weighed it, but it's around the same weight as my Jackson Dinkys.

And thanks, everybody.

Also, a quick update about the Variax. When I was trying out the Variax in the store and the first time I messed with it at home, I didn't try the 12 string models. One word, yuck. They sound like a really crappy octave pedal.

Also, for some reason, I didn't notice it before, but the piezos in the bridge don't do so well with palm muting. They make a very weird and disjointed sound when you mute too heavily, which doesn't take much. But it also depends on the tuning. The lower it is, the greater the effect. It's not really noticable with dropped D, straight D, straight Eb, and straight E.