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Recent guitar and amp trades had left me with a chunk of disposable cash, so I turned it into a new (to me) guitar. It seemed to attract a little extra attention while being photographed yesterday...
Some kind of moth... I don't know the species... but it sure liked the way the neck tasted.
Is there a lepidopterist or entymologist in the house?
Eventually the moth got tired of rock maple and rosewood and moved on... Leaving me to get back to photographing what I had intended to in the first place.
That's two Music Mans (it's just weird to pluralize "man" as "mans" even if it IS correct in this case) in three weeks. I submit that this is a Duncan forum record.
So much for my "munckin hands" crack. Turns out I like EBMM necks so much I can't get enough of them. Despite the narrow(er) nut width, the neck profile is surprisingly (and refreshingly) chunky, especially for a super Strat -style guitar.
I'm not sold on the pickguard... Never cared for pearl. It may grow on me, though. If it doesn't there are alternatives.
I'm also not 100% on the humbuckers... The single is fine, but the humbuckers are DiMarzio Virtual PAFs wired with 250k pots and that's a little anemic even for me... I may drop some A8s in there and see what happens, but I suspect I really need a 500k volume pot. The guitar itself is quite balanced, resonant, and loud acoustically so I really believe it's just a matter of finding the right electronics to make it shine.
It plays very well and holds tune pretty well too, but I won't know if it's a keeper until after it gets the used-with-the-band test. I can say it's light, balanced, and super comfy on a strap.
I think this is it for gear acquisitions for the near future. Two EBMMs and a Splawn is probably enough for one month.
I'd be embarrassed by the spending if any of this had actually cost me anything...
Some kind of moth... I don't know the species... but it sure liked the way the neck tasted.
Is there a lepidopterist or entymologist in the house?
Eventually the moth got tired of rock maple and rosewood and moved on... Leaving me to get back to photographing what I had intended to in the first place.
That's two Music Mans (it's just weird to pluralize "man" as "mans" even if it IS correct in this case) in three weeks. I submit that this is a Duncan forum record.
So much for my "munckin hands" crack. Turns out I like EBMM necks so much I can't get enough of them. Despite the narrow(er) nut width, the neck profile is surprisingly (and refreshingly) chunky, especially for a super Strat -style guitar.
I'm not sold on the pickguard... Never cared for pearl. It may grow on me, though. If it doesn't there are alternatives.
I'm also not 100% on the humbuckers... The single is fine, but the humbuckers are DiMarzio Virtual PAFs wired with 250k pots and that's a little anemic even for me... I may drop some A8s in there and see what happens, but I suspect I really need a 500k volume pot. The guitar itself is quite balanced, resonant, and loud acoustically so I really believe it's just a matter of finding the right electronics to make it shine.
It plays very well and holds tune pretty well too, but I won't know if it's a keeper until after it gets the used-with-the-band test. I can say it's light, balanced, and super comfy on a strap.
I think this is it for gear acquisitions for the near future. Two EBMMs and a Splawn is probably enough for one month.
I'd be embarrassed by the spending if any of this had actually cost me anything...
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