ZarK wrote:
BMU wrote:
How does it play? Every ESP I've played felt 'wrong' to me somehow. Not sure how to describe it; like the string spacing is narrower (which I don't think is the case.)
Being another Ibanez RG/JEM player I'd be interested to hear if you found a big change going from one to the other.
Everything is different to my Ibanez guitars. Scale length, frets, radius, neck thickness and width, body shape, balance, Tone etc. etc. String spacing seems narrower but the smaller radius of the neck balances that out a tad it seems. At this stage the action is also a little higher, but I'll drop that over time. For heavier tones and chunky riffs this guitar kicks any of my Ibanez guitars' butts. It’s a monster in this respect. Still has a surprisingly sweet lead tone on the EMG 60... Slightly less versatile than my Ibanii but it does what it was made for exceptionally well imo.
I love the fact that the guitar is so very different from my other guitars. It forces me to focus more on my technique to accommodate this 'foreign' instrument. I can already see an improvement in my playing and when I switch back to an Ibanez everything seems to happen so much smoother and with less effort than in the past.
Yeah. I'm sure if I spent time with an ESP and set it up properly I'd like it just fine after an hour or two.
Testing in a guitar shop is no better than buying blind off the 'net, that's my growing conviction after testing many guitars in shops AND buying blind off the 'net twice now. I never played a Schecter I liked either, then insanely bought the Loomis blind, set it up properly and hey presto - like it just fine.
I'm likewise enjoying the feel of changing between the different brands I have. Each one forces a slightly different approach with some crossover bonuses.
PS - dude, guitars aren't women. Not mine anyway. That's far too mild. My guitars are breathtakingly gorgeous, sentient, malevolent machines sent from the future to lay sonic destruction upon mankind HAHAHA.
