Got me the guitar.
Met at parking lot with the seller…initially I had some doubts. Set up was no where near where I want it, neck was nowhere near straight enough, a pair of old 10s on it, so it sounded a bit dead (parking lot acoustics don’t help either), intonation a bit off cause of the old strings/neck curve. Very flat radius, I’m not used to that. But…the build was excellent, it breaths quality, perfect condition, beautiful fingerboard, and tbh..I loved the looks…so I took the risk.
So…did a 360 on the truss, 11s on it…it seemed to come alive. Plugged it in…and love it.
That neck pup is “my pup”…no clue what it is, so I’m gonna find out and maybe try one on another guitar…sounds fantastic! Super articulate, bright but not nasty, nice lowmids, easy on the lows.
Nice open sound, really sends an archtoppy sound through the cable. The guitar itself is not suuuper resonant…big centerblock in it.
But…that comes with the advantage that the bridge pup can do a decent drive sound. The neck pup surprisingly also handles an overdrive sound well.
It does introduce a problem…it’s in the same zone as my Eastman Romeo LA…well…time will tell.
Anyway..if you’re looking for something in between jazz vibe and drive…or a small jazzbox…put this one on your option list.
I don’t think they make these in production anymore, so you’d need luck on reverb, or custom order them. If im correct they also make m full hollow on order….im very curious about those now
