jephjacques
BUTTS LOL
I wasn't looking for another guitar but then the Music Zoo specced out literally the exact Tom Anderson I had been planning to order next year so merry fuckin Christmas to me
Tasty maple
Caramel maple and butterscotch basswood
It has a headstock
It has a wedgie
It has the most incredible feeling neck ever. Lookit dem rolled fretboard edges
SPECS:
Angel 7
satin tinted natural flame maple top
basswood body
caramel maple neck and fretboard
jumbo SS frets
vintage style trem
HN1 and HN2+ pickups, some kinda Anderson single coil in the middle
5 way switch with coil split mini toggle and push-pull on the tone knob to get the bridge pickup in the middle position
Anderson branded (maybe Hipshot or Sperzel?) locking tuners
REVIEW TIME:
I owned a couple Anderson 6 strings way back in the day but sold them when I started playing 7s and 8s exclusively. I had forgotten how fucking good Andersons are. If you've followed my guitar collecting over the years you know I've played or owned something from pretty much every high end builder there is. When you get into the tiny little details it's all diminishing returns, of course, but honestly the only guitars I've owned in the same league are my ESP Standard Series Horizon and my M8M. And this is nicer than them. The fit and finish, the fretwork, the pickups, the feel, it's all impeccable. I love my EBMMs and custom shop Jacksons but this beats the pants off them, it's not even close.
The pickups are cool- the HN series are more mid-forward than their standard H series, which makes them sound a little more "modern" under high gain in my opinion. The cleans are lovely, and the coil split sounds are the best I've ever encountered. I would NOT be able to tell these were split humbuckers if I didn't see them. It does the stratty stuff in positions 2-4 and you get an extra "all pickups on" sound when you pull up the tone pot with the pickup selector in the middle position.
The trem works well- it's not as divebomb-proof as a Floyd Rose, of course, but it's great for more subtle stuff, flutters, etc.
That NECK. Oh, that neck. Jumbo SS frets plus the super rolled-over fretboard edges make it effortless to play, even though the neck shape (Anderson's "Even-Taper") is thicker than any of my other 7s. It's not chunky by any means, but it feels a lot more like an older Fender neck than, say a Jackson or ESP or whatever. The neck joint is my favorite bolt-on solution ever. It can't shift in the pocket at all, ever, and it's really unobtrusive when playing. Plus it looks weird and cool.
Obviously I'm over the moon with this thing, and I really do think it's objectively the best built 7 I've ever played. That being said, in this price bracket you can get pretty much anything you want (aside from a Tyler or a Private Stock PRS), so the subjective side of things is up to you.
I want another one. Maybe with a Floyd. Or a hardtail. With a crazy quilt top and an obnoxious finish. Or maybe flat black. Or one of those "one color over another" relic jobs. And a rosewood fretboard. Or maybe richlite? Do they do richlite?
Tasty maple
Caramel maple and butterscotch basswood
It has a headstock
It has a wedgie
It has the most incredible feeling neck ever. Lookit dem rolled fretboard edges
SPECS:
Angel 7
satin tinted natural flame maple top
basswood body
caramel maple neck and fretboard
jumbo SS frets
vintage style trem
HN1 and HN2+ pickups, some kinda Anderson single coil in the middle
5 way switch with coil split mini toggle and push-pull on the tone knob to get the bridge pickup in the middle position
Anderson branded (maybe Hipshot or Sperzel?) locking tuners
REVIEW TIME:
I owned a couple Anderson 6 strings way back in the day but sold them when I started playing 7s and 8s exclusively. I had forgotten how fucking good Andersons are. If you've followed my guitar collecting over the years you know I've played or owned something from pretty much every high end builder there is. When you get into the tiny little details it's all diminishing returns, of course, but honestly the only guitars I've owned in the same league are my ESP Standard Series Horizon and my M8M. And this is nicer than them. The fit and finish, the fretwork, the pickups, the feel, it's all impeccable. I love my EBMMs and custom shop Jacksons but this beats the pants off them, it's not even close.
The pickups are cool- the HN series are more mid-forward than their standard H series, which makes them sound a little more "modern" under high gain in my opinion. The cleans are lovely, and the coil split sounds are the best I've ever encountered. I would NOT be able to tell these were split humbuckers if I didn't see them. It does the stratty stuff in positions 2-4 and you get an extra "all pickups on" sound when you pull up the tone pot with the pickup selector in the middle position.
The trem works well- it's not as divebomb-proof as a Floyd Rose, of course, but it's great for more subtle stuff, flutters, etc.
That NECK. Oh, that neck. Jumbo SS frets plus the super rolled-over fretboard edges make it effortless to play, even though the neck shape (Anderson's "Even-Taper") is thicker than any of my other 7s. It's not chunky by any means, but it feels a lot more like an older Fender neck than, say a Jackson or ESP or whatever. The neck joint is my favorite bolt-on solution ever. It can't shift in the pocket at all, ever, and it's really unobtrusive when playing. Plus it looks weird and cool.
Obviously I'm over the moon with this thing, and I really do think it's objectively the best built 7 I've ever played. That being said, in this price bracket you can get pretty much anything you want (aside from a Tyler or a Private Stock PRS), so the subjective side of things is up to you.
I want another one. Maybe with a Floyd. Or a hardtail. With a crazy quilt top and an obnoxious finish. Or maybe flat black. Or one of those "one color over another" relic jobs. And a rosewood fretboard. Or maybe richlite? Do they do richlite?
Merry Christmas and congratulations!
