Not the guy himself, but his guitar. Well, sort of. A guitar that looks like his anyway...
This is the first one that's in independant (private) possession, which is pretty cool - big thanks are due to 'someone' plus Musiczoo.
I've had it 24 hours or so now, and so I've had time to get an decent initial 'read' of the guitar:
- Build quality is excellent. Tightest neck joint I can recall seeing.
- Neck is not skinny. Not massive, but not skinny. I was told it was similar to the Warren D profile, and that seems about right.
- The bridge is floating. Just. Not a vast amount of upward movement, but there is some.
- The 'gap' between the pickguard and the bridge doesn't look as big in real life. But check out Adrian's original '86 guitar for a similar gap.
- The single coils sound great! I'm really surprised as I'm not generally a singlecoil fan, but these have a really nice tone, and don't suffer from the big volume change from the bridge humbucker.
- The tone overall is on the brighter side of normal, which I guess is in no small part down to the onepiece maple neck. New strings probably exentuate it as well. It's not 'bad' bright - more 'clear' bright.
Anyway, here's a few pics...
How long have we waited to see a big Jackson logo on a strathead?
Adrian Smith in the house
Threaded Mode
