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Price Paid
1400€
Condition
Used
Country of origin
USA
Body wood(s)
Alder
Neck wood
Maple
Fretboard
Maple (scalloped)
Fretboard Scale
25.5
Number of frets
21
Pros

 

Features:

  • Body: Alder
  • Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
  • Fingerboard: Scalloped Rosewood or Scalloped Maple; 9.5" radius (241 mm)
  • Frets: 21 Dunlop 6000 Super-Jumbo Frets
  • Pickups: 2 DiMarzio YJM Pickups (Neck & Middle), 1 DiMarzio HS-3 Stack Humbucker (Bridge)
  • Controls: Master volume, Tone. 1 No-load tone control (neck pickup), Tone. 2 No-load tone control (middle & bridge pickups)
  • Pickup Switching: 3-Way Pickup Blade Switch
  • Bridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
  • Tuning Pegs: Fender Schaller Vintage "F" Style Tuning Machines
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Pickguard: 3-ply White/Black/White
  • Unique Features: Special Refined '60s Shape Neck with Large Late '60s Styled Headstock, Machine Screw Neck Mounting Inserts, Bullet Truss Rod Nut, Brass Nut, Scalloped Fingerboard, Dunlop 6000 Jumbo Fretwire, Aged Plastic Parts, Aged Pickup Covers

Coupled with a Dod YJM or Dod 250 overdrive into a Marshall style amp, this guitar will make you sound instantly almost like Yngwie, now if you can only play like him!

Scalloped fingerboard is weird at first, it is like playing on a guitar with strings really high above the neck. Once you get used to it, it will make you work on your touch, which must be very light: too much pressure and the notes will go sharp ! It is often said that scalloped neck will make you play faster but this is not true, IMHO.

Although the pickups output is really weak (about 73mV), this guitar has balls and a cool vintage vibe and look. I swap the 3-way selector with a 5 ways and you can get traditional out of phase strat tones

Cons

* Scalloped neck is not for everyone

* a bit heavy

 

Summary

* A mean guitar, but not only for Malmsteen shredding, think Blackmore, Hendrix, Uli.