Micron wrote:
Meron Rigas wrote:
their collection of guitar stuff...
What is the aluminium pipe for?
And most importantly does it sound & play nice?
For what we see, the pipe is to support the neck - it's basically a strat neck on a dreadnought body. The neck doesn't have much of a heel to attached to the body, so I'm guessing they have a block inside the body and to counteract the pull of the neck with the strings on, the pipe acts like a brace between neck and bottom of body.
It plays lovely - pretty much like a strat with a slightly higher action than usual. Neck feels very vintage (small fret wire & all smooth edges from lots of playing) and it's quite slinky - not a clubby baseball neck. Feels like a well assembled unit too - Pre-CBS era, so perhaps that had something to do with it?
Sounds...well the jury is undecided...not a lot of volume or projection for a dread, but a clear, crisp tone. I like it for the lack of muddiness, easy playing and I reckon that headstock looks great!
