grausch
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While looking to see if I could get a good deal for a used McCarty 594, I found a great deal on a 2012 Swamp Ash Studio. However, there is a large dealer about 6 hrs away who still has 4 regular 2012 Studios in stock. So I am guessing these aren't selling too well and am curious why. Are there any owners of the Studios or Swamp Ash Studios willing to share their impressions?
Bear in mind that I play mostly rhythm, I don't currently gig (bedroom player and Rocksmith expert), have got already got guitars that cover the Singlecut PAF spectrum, have got guitars that cover the NWOBHM spectrum reasonably well and probably need to start selling some of my cheaper guitars to make room for the new ones.
I guess that the big appeal for me is the 57/08 bridge pickup. I have played a SC245 with 57/08s and that was a serious rock 'n roll machine. However, the longer scale length on the Studio, combined with the swamp ash body and maple neck would make it sound less like a PAF Singlecut. No clue how it will sound, but I reckon it would work reasonably well for early NWOBHM type music.
The two narrowfield 57/08 pickups promise some Strat-like tones, without any of the noise. I tend to keep an eye out for used Strats since I don't own one, but I always tend to gravitate towards the Dave Murray Strat which doesn't sound very much like a Strat in any case. One of the real draws of this guitar is that it would be built better than the Dave Murray Strat and I am guessing would work well for the music I like to play.
Currently I use a Standard 24 for the NWOBHM stuff and I like the HFS pickup quite a lot, but I have not yet found a proper use for the VB pickup. Part of the reason for this thread is to find out what others think of the two narrowfields and whether this guitar would complement the Standard 24 or whether it would sound very similar.
Bear in mind that I play mostly rhythm, I don't currently gig (bedroom player and Rocksmith expert), have got already got guitars that cover the Singlecut PAF spectrum, have got guitars that cover the NWOBHM spectrum reasonably well and probably need to start selling some of my cheaper guitars to make room for the new ones.
I guess that the big appeal for me is the 57/08 bridge pickup. I have played a SC245 with 57/08s and that was a serious rock 'n roll machine. However, the longer scale length on the Studio, combined with the swamp ash body and maple neck would make it sound less like a PAF Singlecut. No clue how it will sound, but I reckon it would work reasonably well for early NWOBHM type music.
The two narrowfield 57/08 pickups promise some Strat-like tones, without any of the noise. I tend to keep an eye out for used Strats since I don't own one, but I always tend to gravitate towards the Dave Murray Strat which doesn't sound very much like a Strat in any case. One of the real draws of this guitar is that it would be built better than the Dave Murray Strat and I am guessing would work well for the music I like to play.
Currently I use a Standard 24 for the NWOBHM stuff and I like the HFS pickup quite a lot, but I have not yet found a proper use for the VB pickup. Part of the reason for this thread is to find out what others think of the two narrowfields and whether this guitar would complement the Standard 24 or whether it would sound very similar.