Interesting Tyler in.

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.
It’s not mine but you need to play one to get it.
 
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.
FWIW as someone who has been playing Tyler’s for about 25 years, and I had a Petrucci 7 when they first came out.
It’s very much apples to bike saddles comparison.

The actual target audience when Jim still built them himself where guys that wanted hotrodded Fenders that felt like an old Fender that you played for decades from day 1.

I mean there’s a reason that my US Tyler I can sell in a minute for 6500€ and street price when I got it was like 3400$ when I got it 20 years ago.
Yet a fairly current one that could be its brother advertised on reverb as “master built” for 6500 has been sitting there for a year.

I’m sure Jim trained his guys well, and I even like the Japanese and Chinese Tyler’s but Jim knew how to dial those planks for the player.

And it’s not like I don’t dig other overpriced and cheap stuff.
Right now I’m in Hungary and because of travelling with girlfriend, 3 dogs there are space restrictions. For that nothing beats a Strandberg for example.

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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?
I shut the coils off when I want a single sound. But for gain stuff they work great.
 
I think writing your name onto a headstock several times is a bit exaggerated. To even put it carefully.
There are options for the regular logo. The thing with the headstock, logo etc Jim was rather red-necky and he’d tell you to go fuck yourself.
Kinda like Dumble or Fryette lol

And I’m guessing it’s also a memory lane type thing for guys my age that lived through the mid 80s and early 90s in LA.

Guys like Tyler, Fryette etc all worked out of Valley Arts Guitars back then and before that original store burned out if you wanted to get any of those then current tones that was the go to place.
 
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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.
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Tylers are awesome. My JTG I’ve had to formally tune maybe three times in two plus months. :ROFLMAO: It’s basically relegated all my other guitars to the bench. So versatile and unique. At some point I’m going to have to stump for an American model.

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I say this in every Tyler thread, but the after years of making fun of that headstock, within the first 5 seconds of playing one I said to my buddy "Ok, he can do whatever the fuck he wants with the headstock if they play this well"

Tyler's are a different level of good. There's some overlap with Suhr's and that level, but I think it's fair to say Tyler's can punch a little higher.

Funnily enough, I saw one last night in the wild!

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(Also, that dude was using the Kemper and had some KILLER tones)
 
The only thing better than “suffering” in Hungary…
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Is that my Tyler’s JTG M1 just shipped from LA to here. Should be here for next weeks gig.
 
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