Interesting Tyler in.

Am I seeing plastic still stuck on that bridge PU?

WTF is it with people leaving that shit on? It's your guitar! Don't you want to look at the actual parts and not ragged plastic edges, and miscellaneous ugly reflections? That shit just blows my mind. :barf

And at half price, I'd put my $3500 JP15 up against that guitar for playability, fit/finish, and better ergonomics any day of the week.
It came straight to me to swap the bridge pickup from new. Different? yes, better ?definitely not and this has a specific set of sounds that are hard to get on anything. Acoustic tone of the instrument ? This is hands down better than any MM I have ever come across. As I said above this has issues but not as a guitar. Tylers are as good as it is possible to make a Fender style instrument.
 
Tylers are as good as it is possible to make a Fender style instrument.
Just that back plate alone isn't nearly as good as a JP15 when it comes to upper fret access, and being comfortable while doing so.
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Just that back plate alone isn't nearly as good as a JP15 when it comes to upper fret access, and being comfortable while doing so.View attachment 50283View attachment 50284
Not true, don’t get me wrong that’s good but nothing exceptional .
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The angle takes it out of the way completely.
There are better options than both for this though.
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All three don’t get in the way in practice.
If you want no heel this ;
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I have three neck through guitars with no heel and I love them. The ones I have are dual HB or dual P90, but if I was going so spend north of $4k on a Strat style guitar, heel free neck through would definitely be on my list of requirements.
 
Not true,
You said, "Tyler builds the best Fender-type guitar." I showed how much better the upper fret access is- 2 frets better- than that Tyler, with a more contoured back plate. Then you show other guitars entirely, which wasn't the claim you made at all.

If you wanna go there, then a Majesty has exceptional upper fret access, (and easily beats that Tyler) as good as any others with great access. But I don't consider it a "Fender type" guitar.

You always do this: Make a claim about a certain guitar, then bring in something else to support your assertion.
 
You said, "Tyler builds the best Fender-type guitar." I showed how much better the upper fret access is- 2 frets better- than that Tyler, with a more contoured back plate. Then you show other guitars entirely, which wasn't the claim you made at all.

If you wanna go there, then a Majesty has exceptional upper fret access, (and easily beats that Tyler) as good as any others with great access. But I don't consider it a "Fender type" guitar.

You always do this: Make a claim about a certain guitar, then bring in something else to support your assertion.
The MM is way worse access. No contour whatsoever.
 
Don't like the visuals at all on that one (the top itself might be ok, though), but I'm sure it's a most excellent guitar.

Anyhow, two questions:

1) How well do the dummy coils work? Do they still leave some noise through or is it truly humbucking? And how much sound do they steal? Or rather: Are the singlecoils possibly even voiced to compensate for some sonic loss?

2) Not related to this guitar, but as you've mentioned a Wilkinson VS1300, that got me curious and I googled it. My alltime favourite vibrato system has got to be the VS100 (even had my Anderson's cavity modified to make it fit properly), this one seems to add some improvements. Wondering whether they're worth considering one of those.
The main issue I may have is that it'll likely take a while (or even never happen) for Graphtech to come up with some replacement saddles (I'm a total sucker for their saddles as they pretty much reduced string breakage to zero on 4 of my guitars).
The other issue might be those locking screws. Looks as if you have to entirely remove them for a string replacement, which isn't too great in case you need to do so during a short break between songs (I can change a string and tune it stable in a minute with a VS100 and Sperzels).
So, given these issues, would you recommend the system over a VS100? Is it really that much better sonically?
 
No it’s not usual to see anything. Sounds and playable is equal to better than TA.
Agree to disagree. I much prefer Andersons. Granted, Anderson don't do the same sort of electronics fuckery, but that's not really appealing to me anyway.

Ultimately irrelevant to me anyway, since I am not going to be spending $5000-$8000 on a guitar. And if I were, I'd rather get something more interesting, like an Aristides.
 
Is the preamp they use proprietary, or is it something I could buy myself?

The main things I would love to have would be the preamp and the lead/rhythm circuit

I see some listings on Reverb that suggest you can buy one of their mid-boost boards direct from JT. It doesn’t look like much, and there are other options out there if you can't get the Tyler version.
 
I see some listings on Reverb that suggest you can buy one of their mid-boost boards direct from JT. It doesn’t look like much, and there are other options out there if you can't get the Tyler version.
Theirs is great. The original was a Demeter. Just go with the Tyler one.
 
Don't like the visuals at all on that one (the top itself might be ok, though), but I'm sure it's a most excellent guitar.

Anyhow, two questions:

1) How well do the dummy coils work? Do they still leave some noise through or is it truly humbucking? And how much sound do they steal? Or rather: Are the singlecoils possibly even voiced to compensate for some sonic loss?

2) Not related to this guitar, but as you've mentioned a Wilkinson VS1300, that got me curious and I googled it. My alltime favourite vibrato system has got to be the VS100 (even had my Anderson's cavity modified to make it fit properly), this one seems to add some improvements. Wondering whether they're worth considering one of those.
The main issue I may have is that it'll likely take a while (or even never happen) for Graphtech to come up with some replacement saddles (I'm a total sucker for their saddles as they pretty much reduced string breakage to zero on 4 of my guitars).
The other issue might be those locking screws. Looks as if you have to entirely remove them for a string replacement, which isn't too great in case you need to do so during a short break between songs (I can change a string and tune it stable in a minute with a VS100 and Sperzels).
So, given these issues, would you recommend the system over a VS100? Is it really that much better sonically?
Dummy coils are just another way to do hum cancelling so that is not without compromise . It’s probably the most single coil sounding system but not perfect single coil. The vs1300 has all of Wilkinson’s tricks on one bridge. CRS block deep drilled and offset strings. Steel saddles that lock down and lock strings. The string locks only need to be unscrewed a couple of turns to swap strings and only need to be snug because they are not replacing the ball end only stopping the string moving in the saddle during use. It a great bridge.
 
Oh and I forgot to say sonically it is a shade brighter without loosing anything in the low end.
If I was looking to use a VS100 now I would fit the VS1300.
 
Still looks like a sideways dick with unhealthy long balls.
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Don't ask me why I got the association.

But the logo/font is classy.
 
I'm not going to go so far as to say that JT headstocks are the ugliest I've ever seen, buuuuuuuut.... they're definitely top 5, maybe even top 3.

I can't say I like the configuration or any features that I can see on this particular guitar, but that is of course only my opinion. If you love the guitar, then awesome! Rock on! But it's a no for me.
 
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