marcusnieman
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Just arrived yesterday! Noodled around with it a little last nite.
Ishibashi shipped it set up perfectly and with 10's on it (I'm an 11's guy but these feel so great on it, I may keep them).
The super thin skin nitro is amazing - you can see the swirly Ash grain patterns right through it. Some nice long checking is starting to appear. A few bumps and chips on the edges but that's going to happen anyway. Much to my liking, it's a brownie two color burst rather than black (the brown is very dark but there's no mistaking it for black).
Neck is great. C profile that's not too thin and not too chunky. Frets are in great shape too.
Has Vanzandt True Vintage pickups in it and they sound real nice. The neck pickup is clear, bell like and not muddy at all. Bridge is real spanky (almost Tele like) but not like an icepick. The middle pickup is pure Anson Funderburgh.
So far, I'm pretty happy. I'll put some additional pics up when I get a chance.
Ishibashi shipped it set up perfectly and with 10's on it (I'm an 11's guy but these feel so great on it, I may keep them).
The super thin skin nitro is amazing - you can see the swirly Ash grain patterns right through it. Some nice long checking is starting to appear. A few bumps and chips on the edges but that's going to happen anyway. Much to my liking, it's a brownie two color burst rather than black (the brown is very dark but there's no mistaking it for black).
Neck is great. C profile that's not too thin and not too chunky. Frets are in great shape too.
Has Vanzandt True Vintage pickups in it and they sound real nice. The neck pickup is clear, bell like and not muddy at all. Bridge is real spanky (almost Tele like) but not like an icepick. The middle pickup is pure Anson Funderburgh.
So far, I'm pretty happy. I'll put some additional pics up when I get a chance.