I seen this guitar in the GC website and ended up buying it for a good price thinking that the EMG 81 and 85 pickups would be slammin' on anything heavy rock. The guitar itself is beautiful, neck through,abalone inlays. mahogany wood, jumbo frets,locking tuners and a graphtech nut. The only thing I might would have missed is a Floyd Rose. This guitar really does have some serious tone.
 
 Now for the bad news......I made a side by side comparison with my other guitars and  I can't really tell much of a difference in the sound,even the sustain seems the same for my bolt on necks with an FR.  My HSS Fender type axe sounds about the same on the bridge pickup which is non active alinco 4s. There may be a slight difference in tone but that could be worked out in the mix. My variax is so close that I might be wasting my money here. I had thought that I would get superior sustain with the neck through and active EMGs, I can't seem to tell a difference.
 
 I played the guitars  through an amp and through my HD500. Am I missing something...maybe I'm deaf?  I might have to take this guitar back even though it is lighter than the others and much nicer to look at.
 

Are you playing a Fender Champ while comparing the tone?

Or is it a Focusrite and Guitar Rig making it all sound the same?



Stuff like that?





It looks purty.

Sounds like you have some deciding to do. Sure is pretty though.

mike_mccue


Are you playing a Fender Champ while comparing the tone?

Or is it a Focusrite and Guitar Rig making it all sound the same?



Stuff like that?





It looks purty.

Suggestion: turn off guitar-a-gog

Tim - the most important question is:

did you get permission to bring her home in the first place????

Beagle


Tim - the most important question is:

did you get permission to bring her home in the first place????

('Tis better to get forgiveness than permission Reece.)
 
All I can say is that my neck-through would sustain for well over a minute - much longer than my bolt-on neck guitars.

How about screwing 4 3/16" bolts in the back of the neck joint to see if that increases the sustain?

mike_mccue


How about screwing 4 3/16" bolts in the back of the neck joint to see if that increases the sustain?

Would those be standard bicycle bolts? If not, why waste the effort?

Sometimes it's worth going custom if you want a special color.

mike_mccue


Sometimes it's worth going custom Earl Scheib if you want a special color.

Old fashioned.