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Ya ya ya I am Lorde
No fluff. On to the shitty cell phone pictures!
Will take more pictures with my 'real' camera asap, and update my 7 string family thread with a new group shot as well.
Now about the guitar:
I found it on Ebay, the exact same day that I sold my Epiphone Sheraton II. It's a Matt Raines guitar, but I think it was one of his early builds. The seller didn't know much about it ("My brother bought this right before he died..") so I got it at a ridiculous price. (less than $400, the comparable model on the Matt Raines site goes for $1200-ish..) It still has the plastic on the pick guard and on the back of the tuners.
It needs some set up work. I changed the strings as soon as I got it, and I'm currently in the process of finding the happy medium between truss rod and bridge adjustments. It currently has some nasty fret buzzes on the lower strings in the lower frets.
Apart from that (which is totally expected and standard), it's wonderful. The neck is surprisingly slim, very similar to the Ibanez profile I'm so used to at this point. It's very light weight and comfortable to play. The flame top and back are really nice, and it feels good to have a 7 string with an ebony fretboard. It projects really well when unplugged. Maybe not as much as the Sheraton did, but very close. I can detect harmonics much easier with this one, though. Those little vibrations our ears barely detect when strings are out of tune SCREAM out of this thing, which is a good thing. (to me it's a good thing, anyway..)
The only thing I'm not happy about is the tuners. I already HATE them. I've never seen tuners like these.. They have some kind of a locking system that basically requires a screwdriver when changing strings. You have to loosen the tuning pole, which actually comes all the way out of the peg, push the string through, and then tighten it back into place. Not *too* tight mind you, or it will just snap the string and then you're fucked. What a colossal pain in the ass!! What genius invented this shit? At my first opportunity, I'm replacing these tuners. Anyone wanna buy them?
Anyway, I'm really exited about it.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what the most versatile pickup possible I might be able to chuck into this thing could be, please let me know.
Will take more pictures with my 'real' camera asap, and update my 7 string family thread with a new group shot as well.
Now about the guitar:
I found it on Ebay, the exact same day that I sold my Epiphone Sheraton II. It's a Matt Raines guitar, but I think it was one of his early builds. The seller didn't know much about it ("My brother bought this right before he died..") so I got it at a ridiculous price. (less than $400, the comparable model on the Matt Raines site goes for $1200-ish..) It still has the plastic on the pick guard and on the back of the tuners.
It needs some set up work. I changed the strings as soon as I got it, and I'm currently in the process of finding the happy medium between truss rod and bridge adjustments. It currently has some nasty fret buzzes on the lower strings in the lower frets.
Apart from that (which is totally expected and standard), it's wonderful. The neck is surprisingly slim, very similar to the Ibanez profile I'm so used to at this point. It's very light weight and comfortable to play. The flame top and back are really nice, and it feels good to have a 7 string with an ebony fretboard. It projects really well when unplugged. Maybe not as much as the Sheraton did, but very close. I can detect harmonics much easier with this one, though. Those little vibrations our ears barely detect when strings are out of tune SCREAM out of this thing, which is a good thing. (to me it's a good thing, anyway..)
The only thing I'm not happy about is the tuners. I already HATE them. I've never seen tuners like these.. They have some kind of a locking system that basically requires a screwdriver when changing strings. You have to loosen the tuning pole, which actually comes all the way out of the peg, push the string through, and then tighten it back into place. Not *too* tight mind you, or it will just snap the string and then you're fucked. What a colossal pain in the ass!! What genius invented this shit? At my first opportunity, I'm replacing these tuners. Anyone wanna buy them?
Anyway, I'm really exited about it.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what the most versatile pickup possible I might be able to chuck into this thing could be, please let me know.
