PierM
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Yes. This is my first signature guitar ever. Honestly I don't like to have a sign of another artist, on my guitars.... but I didn't manage to resist to this tone monster...and now that I've this baby in my hands, I couldn't care less of that aspect. Also, finally, I have an ES-Les Paul!
Let's start from the specs;
This is a limited edition, produced in 200 units only. This is 070/200 (produced in 2017).
TYPE: Single-cutaway, semi-hollow electric
BODY: Maple/poplar/maple laminate w/ thermally engineered Adirondack spruce bracing and thermally engineered mahogany centre block
NECK: Mahogany, Rounded “C” profile, glued-in - Historic Truss Rod
JOINT ANGLE: 4 degrees
MATERIALS AND GLUE: Hide glue for braces and centerblock, Franklin Titebond 50 for rims. Thermally Engineered Adirondack Spruce braces
SCALE LENGTH: 628mm (24.75”)
NUT: Genuine Bone
FINGERBOARD: Single-bound Richlite, Mother Of Pearl block inlays, 305mm (12”) radius
FRETS: 22, standard
HARDWARE: Tune-o-matic bridge (with titanium saddles) and aluminium stud tailpiece. ‘Milk Bottle’ Grover Rotomatic tuners – gold-plated
ELECTRONICS: 2x Gibson MHS humbuckers (Alnico II bridge/Alnico III neck), 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, individual pickup volume and tone controls (550k Audio Taper with Sprague Black Beauty Bumblebee tone caps)
FINISHES: Smooth/ Hi Gloss 90 Sheen Lacquer - Finished in V.O.S.
...someone over here knows that I tried hard to get an ES-Les Paul this year, but for a reason or another, didn't worked... until now.
Since its release, last year, I was lurking this model and watching as many video as I could. Always loved the airy tone on the neck, that seems able to a very wide palette of colors, and rarely enough for my taste, I digged it's middle position (with proper vol/tone combinations). It does not really feel like a jazzbox, but man, can really sound like a classic jazzbox too, and the voice its bloody impressive for a such small semi hollow construction!
Also, didn't tried many ES-Les Paul in the past, but this is the first one that doesn't feel cheap and too light. At the opposite, feels really solid and balanced and does resonate like a bell, which believe it or not, does really translate through the pups with a very articulate clean tone.
The finish it's gloss, but like sort of VOS/vintage, so it's not really like a super glossy, and looks already creamy/ivory, out of the box. All hardware is gold, everything - contruction side - it's perfect.
Another VERY NICE design of this model, is that does have smaller F holes, and they does (imho) much better in the small body of a Les Paul. Bravo Alex, if this was a specific request.
The neck isnt' really a C, like stated in the Specs, but quite a vintage V shape, pretty fat I would say, probably in the 860/960" range. I've to memorize this profile yet, but does feel really good.
Guitar is perfect, flawless. Premier craftsmanship really. Couldn't be better than this, construction wise.
Setup was horrible, huge relief, ridiculous action, super high tailpiece, pickup too high etc...Not a biggie for me as I'm used to setup all my guitars, but guys really, you can do this better, especially for the money I paid for!!
After setup, this one can handle a low action with flat/no relief (as I like), with no Buzz. For this one I kept a tad more action than what I'm used to, because I want to save the Semi Hollow character as much as possible and since this is gonna play clean only.
For now I'll post couple of collage, since I've crappy light now. Next days I'll be doing my typical photoshoot under a good sunlight.
Hope you'll enjoy as I do!
Let's start from the specs;
This is a limited edition, produced in 200 units only. This is 070/200 (produced in 2017).
TYPE: Single-cutaway, semi-hollow electric
BODY: Maple/poplar/maple laminate w/ thermally engineered Adirondack spruce bracing and thermally engineered mahogany centre block
NECK: Mahogany, Rounded “C” profile, glued-in - Historic Truss Rod
JOINT ANGLE: 4 degrees
MATERIALS AND GLUE: Hide glue for braces and centerblock, Franklin Titebond 50 for rims. Thermally Engineered Adirondack Spruce braces
SCALE LENGTH: 628mm (24.75”)
NUT: Genuine Bone
FINGERBOARD: Single-bound Richlite, Mother Of Pearl block inlays, 305mm (12”) radius
FRETS: 22, standard
HARDWARE: Tune-o-matic bridge (with titanium saddles) and aluminium stud tailpiece. ‘Milk Bottle’ Grover Rotomatic tuners – gold-plated
ELECTRONICS: 2x Gibson MHS humbuckers (Alnico II bridge/Alnico III neck), 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, individual pickup volume and tone controls (550k Audio Taper with Sprague Black Beauty Bumblebee tone caps)
FINISHES: Smooth/ Hi Gloss 90 Sheen Lacquer - Finished in V.O.S.
...someone over here knows that I tried hard to get an ES-Les Paul this year, but for a reason or another, didn't worked... until now.
Since its release, last year, I was lurking this model and watching as many video as I could. Always loved the airy tone on the neck, that seems able to a very wide palette of colors, and rarely enough for my taste, I digged it's middle position (with proper vol/tone combinations). It does not really feel like a jazzbox, but man, can really sound like a classic jazzbox too, and the voice its bloody impressive for a such small semi hollow construction!
Also, didn't tried many ES-Les Paul in the past, but this is the first one that doesn't feel cheap and too light. At the opposite, feels really solid and balanced and does resonate like a bell, which believe it or not, does really translate through the pups with a very articulate clean tone.
The finish it's gloss, but like sort of VOS/vintage, so it's not really like a super glossy, and looks already creamy/ivory, out of the box. All hardware is gold, everything - contruction side - it's perfect.
Another VERY NICE design of this model, is that does have smaller F holes, and they does (imho) much better in the small body of a Les Paul. Bravo Alex, if this was a specific request.
The neck isnt' really a C, like stated in the Specs, but quite a vintage V shape, pretty fat I would say, probably in the 860/960" range. I've to memorize this profile yet, but does feel really good.
Guitar is perfect, flawless. Premier craftsmanship really. Couldn't be better than this, construction wise.
Setup was horrible, huge relief, ridiculous action, super high tailpiece, pickup too high etc...Not a biggie for me as I'm used to setup all my guitars, but guys really, you can do this better, especially for the money I paid for!!
After setup, this one can handle a low action with flat/no relief (as I like), with no Buzz. For this one I kept a tad more action than what I'm used to, because I want to save the Semi Hollow character as much as possible and since this is gonna play clean only.
For now I'll post couple of collage, since I've crappy light now. Next days I'll be doing my typical photoshoot under a good sunlight.
Hope you'll enjoy as I do!
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