NGD: Gibson Scale Partscaster

[Sleezy E]

So I picked this up locally a couple weeks back and I'm finally getting around to sharing it.. I think it may be the best used guitar score I've ever had.

It's a guitar mill solid ash body, 24.75" warmoth boat neck. Nitro finish on both.

pickups are Eric Johnson sig as well as the bridge. It's wired w/ 1 volume and 1 tone. The lower tone knob blends in the neck pickup when your in position 4 & 5. Or the bridge pickup in 1 & 2. So you can get a tele neck and bridge sound out of it.

Also came with a like new case

Here's my buddy Gabe jamming on it

Gabe also pointed out, which I had totally missed, it has no side dots on it, weird.

My impressions...
I logged a lot of my early years playing a Gibson so the 24.75 scale is weird yet totally familiar and comfortable. It came with 11's on it, which I never use, but they feel so right on the short scale that I've left them on.

The boat neck is crazy. At first I wasn't sure if I loved it or hated it but now whenever I pick up another strat it's just not as comfortable.

The EJ pickups sound and feel amazing. After I took that pic of Gabe, we swapped over to my stock 2014 mim strat, no comparison. The EJ pickups blow it out of the water.

Oh yeah... $500 including case. The seller gave me the invoice for the warmoth neck.. over 4 hundo alone. I think I did good.

 

[metropolis_4]

Nice! I love the EJ pickups, they’re some of my favorite Strat pickups.

I’ve always been curious what 24.75” would sound like on a Strat

 

[Sleezy E]

sounds... like a strat...

I don't know if this is a good representation.. but here's what we recorded that night (all finger picking)

 

[FuzzyAce]

So I picked this up locally a couple weeks back and I'm finally getting around to sharing it.. I think it may be the best used guitar score I've ever had.

It's a guitar mill solid ash body, 24.75" warmoth boat neck. Nitro finish on both.

pickups are Eric Johnson sig as well as the bridge. It's wired w/ 1 volume and 1 tone. The lower tone knob blends in the neck pickup when your in position 4 & 5. Or the bridge pickup in 1 & 2. So you can get a tele neck and bridge sound out of it.

Also came with a like new case

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Here's my buddy Gabe jamming on it
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Gabe also pointed out, which I had totally missed, it has no side dots on it, weird.
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My impressions...
I logged a lot of my early years playing a Gibson so the 24.75 scale is weird yet totally familiar and comfortable. It came with 11's on it, which I never use, but they feel so right on the short scale that I've left them on.

The boat neck is crazy. At first I wasn't sure if I loved it or hated it but now whenever I pick up another strat it's just not as comfortable.

The EJ pickups sound and feel amazing. After I took that pic of Gabe, we swapped over to my stock 2014 mim strat, no comparison. The EJ pickups blow it out of the water.

Oh yeah... $500 including case. The seller gave me the invoice for the warmoth neck.. over 4 hundo alone. I think I did good.

Man, that's a great deal I'd say. Glad you dig the Boatneck, it's my favorite profile too. It's hard to go back once you've had time with it.
Clip sounds great!

 

[State of Epicicity]

Man, congratulations. That looks awesome! I've been lusting after a thick ass neck like that for so long. I played an 80s Strat at a store years ago with a neck so thick I couldn't believe it. Within five minutes I realized it was the most comfortable thing in the world. I have big hands, so maybe it's that simple, that it just fits me better.

Sounds great in that clip. Great chord progression, by the way!

 

[Sleezy E]

One of the first guitars I learned open chords on was my grandmother's 1940's acoustic that had a sharp V shaped neck

The boat neck has a (no so sharp) V shape from frets 1 to 5 and then starts to flatten out, pretty much a modern board by fret 12. 10.5deg radius fret board.

When you're ripping up top then drop back down to an open chord, that meaty chunk is the beez kneez. I have stubby fingers but a wide hand..

 

[spawnofthesith]

Thats a fine looking piece of ash, congrats!

 

[Baba]

Congrats OP! Nice score!

I've been thinking about getting a Warmoth Conversion neck for my (2 humbuckers) "strat", since I'm digging the LP scale these days.

I have smaller hands, and I like the shred, so boat necks do NOT work for me.

 

[paisleywookiee]

That’s a steal! Beautiful guitar. Needs a tort guard though (disclaimer: I think 80% of pick guard equipped guitars need a tort guard).

Speaking of boats, is it a boat anchor, being that slab o’ swamp ash?

 

[Sleezy E]

Ewww... tort guard

My scale says I'm 7 lbs heavier when holding it, so it's light for swamp ash

And also, Ewwwwwwwww..... tort guard

 

[paisleywookiee]

Ewww... tort guard

My scale says I'm 7 lbs heavier when holding it, so it's light for swamp ash

And also, Ewwwwwwwww..... tort guard

That's ridiculously light, especially for swamp ash. I don't say this to other men often (not that there's anything wrong with that), but....nice wood!

 

[State of Epicicity]

That's ridiculously light, especially for swamp ash. I don't say this to other men often (not that there's anything wrong with that), but....nice wood!

Girthy and impressive!

 

[PLX]

Does it have a volute ?

 

[Sleezy E]

Negative

 

[Sleezy E]

I've officially hit dad rock status by giving a fuck about neck profiles.

I've always embraced whatever neck the guitar I'm currently crushing on has. I never thought much about it until internet.

I recently realized that the majority of my guitars have radically different necks. I have multiple fenders, gibby styles, and a couple parkers..

I don't know if I can pick a fav tho. I enjoy driving cars and when I drive different cars I have different experiences. I think the same applies.. anyway.. I don't know where I'm going with this... here's a vid for @PLX that shows a pretty good example of a boatneck, from the turtle's themselves.