TedEH
Cromulent
I finally did it - I bought a Used Prestige(tm).
I'm on a work trip and took a detour while I was out of town anyway to grab this RGD3127, one I was mentioning in the vs. thread. It was either this or a 2127z, and the rad orange colour won out.
You can google the specs, I'm too lazy to list em. When I got it, it had thicker strings than I use, and the bridge was all out of whack, so I restrung and re-leveled the trem. He had the top of the trem flat against the body, but I'm pretty sure these are flat on the bottom, and angled on the top, so I lined it up with what looks like the pressed-in knife edge thingies on the sides. Strung up with plain ol' EXL-110-7, in standard B. It's a little more tense than the shorter scale S7420 I'm used to, but nothing crazy.
I had been hoping for things to feel a bit like my S, but just "better" in whatever way that would mean, since they're both 7s, both "wizard" necks of some variety, both have at least some bevels / cuts compared to an RG, etc. First impression is they're more dissimilar than similar, but still familiar enough Ibby territory that I doubt I'd have trouble getting used to it. The neck is a little chunkier, which is a very mild disappointment. The neck on my S is suuuuper comfortable, and this is maybe 90% of the way there. This thing is pretty heavy, and the neck feels insanely solid. After being strung up and a tiny bit of stretching, the trem is probably the most stable trem I've tried so far. Between the bridge and how rigid the neck is, It feels like it could live through a tornado and come out the other side still in tune.
I haven't had time to try the pickups yet, so no idea what the Lundgrens sound like. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time with it next week when I'm back home, but for now it's keeping me entertained at the hotel between work things.
I'm not sure if I'm sold on the clip-on strap. It kinda matches aesthetically, but it gets in the way of the case closing cleanly if you're not careful, and I find it a bit akward to clip on from standing after you've already taken it from the case.
I'm on a work trip and took a detour while I was out of town anyway to grab this RGD3127, one I was mentioning in the vs. thread. It was either this or a 2127z, and the rad orange colour won out.
You can google the specs, I'm too lazy to list em. When I got it, it had thicker strings than I use, and the bridge was all out of whack, so I restrung and re-leveled the trem. He had the top of the trem flat against the body, but I'm pretty sure these are flat on the bottom, and angled on the top, so I lined it up with what looks like the pressed-in knife edge thingies on the sides. Strung up with plain ol' EXL-110-7, in standard B. It's a little more tense than the shorter scale S7420 I'm used to, but nothing crazy.
I had been hoping for things to feel a bit like my S, but just "better" in whatever way that would mean, since they're both 7s, both "wizard" necks of some variety, both have at least some bevels / cuts compared to an RG, etc. First impression is they're more dissimilar than similar, but still familiar enough Ibby territory that I doubt I'd have trouble getting used to it. The neck is a little chunkier, which is a very mild disappointment. The neck on my S is suuuuper comfortable, and this is maybe 90% of the way there. This thing is pretty heavy, and the neck feels insanely solid. After being strung up and a tiny bit of stretching, the trem is probably the most stable trem I've tried so far. Between the bridge and how rigid the neck is, It feels like it could live through a tornado and come out the other side still in tune.
I haven't had time to try the pickups yet, so no idea what the Lundgrens sound like. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time with it next week when I'm back home, but for now it's keeping me entertained at the hotel between work things.
I'm not sure if I'm sold on the clip-on strap. It kinda matches aesthetically, but it gets in the way of the case closing cleanly if you're not careful, and I find it a bit akward to clip on from standing after you've already taken it from the case.
