Silence2-38554
Mobius Guitars
I picked up this LTD a couple weeks ago but the stock pickups were atrocious & it desperately needed a good setup so I delayed the NGD 'till it was ready to be unveiled!
Freshly polished frets/oiled fretboard. I'm loving not having inlays!
The painted neck received a steel wool treatment:
My first set of Blackouts. Quite possibly my new favorite pickup!
This was interesting.... As far as I can tell, nothing short of a design flaw left the strings bending over the back side of the bridge before the saddles on most of the strings. To correct this, I took a small file to the bridge & routed out the proper notches for the strings pass through. The intonation also set up perfectly in drop A tuning with 11-60 strings:
A pic with the rig! Also, the DiMarzio strap came in just about an hour before snapping these:
My only gripe with this guitar is it's bolt on neck construction. But 'ya know what? When i'm playing it, I don't care. It plays absolutely awesome. Also, being primarily an Ibanez guy, this is my first ESP/LTD guitar. For it's price range, the quality of both materials and craftsmanship on this guitar FAR exceeds what I have had from Ibby. This guitar, like almost all of my Ibby's, has a basswood body. I don't know if they simply have a different wood supplier, but this is the ONLY used basswood guitar I have ever bought that doesn't have ONE stripped screw hole in it! Everything is just SOLID! The bridge needing to be filed down was a little strange but other than that, it's a pretty legit guitar. I would like to swap out the bright chrome knobs eventually & was planning on getting new locking tuners but really, the stock tuners aren't half bad! I think I'll be swapping out the nut for something harder eventually as well. Enjoy!
Freshly polished frets/oiled fretboard. I'm loving not having inlays!
![6458c7a3.jpg](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/silence2-38554/6458c7a3.jpg)
The painted neck received a steel wool treatment:
![690c59a3.jpg](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/silence2-38554/690c59a3.jpg)
My first set of Blackouts. Quite possibly my new favorite pickup!
![12371702.jpg](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/silence2-38554/12371702.jpg)
This was interesting.... As far as I can tell, nothing short of a design flaw left the strings bending over the back side of the bridge before the saddles on most of the strings. To correct this, I took a small file to the bridge & routed out the proper notches for the strings pass through. The intonation also set up perfectly in drop A tuning with 11-60 strings:
![22e68b1c.jpg](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/silence2-38554/22e68b1c.jpg)
A pic with the rig! Also, the DiMarzio strap came in just about an hour before snapping these:
![8e9a7c69.jpg](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/silence2-38554/8e9a7c69.jpg)
My only gripe with this guitar is it's bolt on neck construction. But 'ya know what? When i'm playing it, I don't care. It plays absolutely awesome. Also, being primarily an Ibanez guy, this is my first ESP/LTD guitar. For it's price range, the quality of both materials and craftsmanship on this guitar FAR exceeds what I have had from Ibby. This guitar, like almost all of my Ibby's, has a basswood body. I don't know if they simply have a different wood supplier, but this is the ONLY used basswood guitar I have ever bought that doesn't have ONE stripped screw hole in it! Everything is just SOLID! The bridge needing to be filed down was a little strange but other than that, it's a pretty legit guitar. I would like to swap out the bright chrome knobs eventually & was planning on getting new locking tuners but really, the stock tuners aren't half bad! I think I'll be swapping out the nut for something harder eventually as well. Enjoy!