richmca
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Just got my long-awaited ES-Custom, unpacked it, plugged it in (it was still in tune, after traveling thousands of miles in an aircraft hold) and got stuck in. Hah! Pretty exciting guitar to play - open up the output stage on the amp and this thing starts bucking and writhing under my hands. After a couple of minutes I hit a note that starts the air pumping out of the f-holes like there's a fan inside it, and as I put my hand over it to feel the draft, the note's volume changes...so I'm sustaining a note and waving my hand over the hole to create a tremelo. Two minutes in and I'm playing the thing like it's a theremin!! I am going to enjoy owning this one 8)
Fretboard needs a bit of warming up, like any new guitar, and I'm not sure about the neck pickup - seems a bit underwhelming, but the bridge is wonderfully uncouth. I'm sure I'll get around to finding some jazzy tones given time, but right now I feel like a hooligan!!
Fretboard needs a bit of warming up, like any new guitar, and I'm not sure about the neck pickup - seems a bit underwhelming, but the bridge is wonderfully uncouth. I'm sure I'll get around to finding some jazzy tones given time, but right now I feel like a hooligan!!