NGD - SSO Meme Guitar Commence

ThePhilosopher

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I went to trade my under utilized LPs for a Gretsch Chet Akins Tennessee Rose, but got distracted by this cool 7 (which was cheaper than the Gretsch by a couple hundred bucks). After some back and forth, we worked out a deal and I got this wonderful SSO meme classic.

Wait, that's way too thin to house a Gretsch
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That's not even close to the same thing.
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Stealing this peak-a-boo idea from another thread
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Wait, don't tell me...


...it's a used prestige
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I typically don't like Ibanez necks which is why I tend to avoid them when looking for new guitars; however, this one doesn't feel as thin as the RGs I remember disliking so much. Overall, the thing is damn near mint (though I haven't looked in too much detail) and has a lot of tonal options available with the switching scheme. I also prefer 2-pt style trems with locking tuners over floyd-style (I'm not wholly opposed, but just a preference).

I also noodled on a Fender Kingfish for a bit, I will own or build a clone of that guitar some day; it's pretty cool in its own right.
 

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Awesome NGD!!

I have the 6 string version of that, with the white pickups instead of black. I also have a Premium 7 string AZ which is quickly becoming my favourite guitar in my collection.

How do you like the Hyperion pickups?
 

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I'm liking the Hyperions so far, but I've only played them for maybe 30 minutes tops. I'll get a chance to open up the G20 a bit tomorrow and we'll see how I like them then.

If I decide to swap them I'll get another pickguard made - maybe tortoise.
 

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Damn....That is classy. I really like how they did the logo on the headstock, too. Nice touch. Congrats!
 

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Congrats on the new guitar, I really dig the AZ's. I've only played one of the AZES 6's but liked it a lot.

Does the switch only effect the in between pickup selections, or all 5 positions?
 

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It's just a black guitar, but I actually really like this model 😆
When I was trying to find demos of 7 strings in non-metal contexts, this was the model I kept searching on YouTube lol.
That's a far cry from a Tennessee Rose, though!
 
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