AlexWadeWC
Well-Known Member
Kind of a belated NGD as I got this last week when we were in LA on tour but it's better late than never!
I ordered this custom AW-7 a year and a half ago and was pleasantly surprised when I found out it was finally finished and would be delivered to me at our LA show.
Pictures (excuse shitty iPhone 4S pictures):
Specs:
-Solid swamp ash body
-Maple Set-Thru neck
-26.25" scale
-Ebony fretboard
-Sperzel locking tuners
-Hipshot bridge
-Dimarzio D-Activator bridge and neck pickups
-Matte black sides and back, matte black binding
-Padauk Brown stain on body and headstock top
I nick named this one "Old No.7" since the brown stain reminds me of whiskey and well... it's a 7 string haha.
Could not be happier with this guitar. Aesthetically it came out immaculate. I have a thing for natural wood grain being exposed on guitars and they really nailed the stain on this one bringing out the grain. It's not too light or too dark, really just perfect.
Playability wise it's a dream. The neck is not too thick or too thin, just the right amount of meat on it for me personally. I had it modeled after the Horizon NT-7 neck. And the back of the neck is ridiculously smooth from the matte finish.
Although the heel doesn't look like anything special in the pictures, in person you can tell it's quite different. It almost feels really KxK like in nature. It is definitely a smaller heel than a standard neck through ESP. I went with a Set-Thru neck on this one because I've always liked the look/feel of regular Neck Through but wanted the body wood to remain 1 piece for tonal principles.
Tonally I can't comment too much as I haven't got the chance to play it plugged up. There's really no time I can just "jam" on my setup on tour and I don't want to play it live as I just got it and fear it getting dinged up from using it on stage. But acoustically the guitar is quite loud with a lot of snap to it (due to the ebony board and swamp ash body) so I can imagine plugged up it's going to be ridiculous.
I ordered this custom AW-7 a year and a half ago and was pleasantly surprised when I found out it was finally finished and would be delivered to me at our LA show.
Pictures (excuse shitty iPhone 4S pictures):
Specs:
-Solid swamp ash body
-Maple Set-Thru neck
-26.25" scale
-Ebony fretboard
-Sperzel locking tuners
-Hipshot bridge
-Dimarzio D-Activator bridge and neck pickups
-Matte black sides and back, matte black binding
-Padauk Brown stain on body and headstock top
I nick named this one "Old No.7" since the brown stain reminds me of whiskey and well... it's a 7 string haha.
Could not be happier with this guitar. Aesthetically it came out immaculate. I have a thing for natural wood grain being exposed on guitars and they really nailed the stain on this one bringing out the grain. It's not too light or too dark, really just perfect.
Playability wise it's a dream. The neck is not too thick or too thin, just the right amount of meat on it for me personally. I had it modeled after the Horizon NT-7 neck. And the back of the neck is ridiculously smooth from the matte finish.
Although the heel doesn't look like anything special in the pictures, in person you can tell it's quite different. It almost feels really KxK like in nature. It is definitely a smaller heel than a standard neck through ESP. I went with a Set-Thru neck on this one because I've always liked the look/feel of regular Neck Through but wanted the body wood to remain 1 piece for tonal principles.
Tonally I can't comment too much as I haven't got the chance to play it plugged up. There's really no time I can just "jam" on my setup on tour and I don't want to play it live as I just got it and fear it getting dinged up from using it on stage. But acoustically the guitar is quite loud with a lot of snap to it (due to the ebony board and swamp ash body) so I can imagine plugged up it's going to be ridiculous.
