CantankerousCarl
Occasionally Onery Member
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- Apr 29, 2012
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I'm on the express elevator to hell...I have no illusions about that. But had to do it.
I have been Zach Attacked! I directly attribute this forum, and my aforementioned and infamous lack of impulse control, to this purchase. Reading all of the raves, seeing the pics, following Corey's story...it all became too much.
A shout out to The Mann himself from Bedford, NH for making this happen. Since my camera, lighting, and background all kinda suck, I'll include the original beauty shots:
Not quite "following one's private stock" but here is an action shot of John in the process of installing a new core nut and setting her up for .10s:
For those of you who have not had the pleasure, John is a really cool guy and great to work with - and The Mann knows how to set up a guitar...
This is a phenomenal guitar, and has to rise to the head of the SE class in terms of sound and feel. I love the non-lacquered neck - it has me thinking about doing that to my other SEs...and the hollowness definitely comes through, especially clean. I was worried that this would be redundant with my Akesson (same pickups, scale length, materials (except fretboard)), and although the sonic differences are more subtle than I would have expected, these are definitely two different animals.
I have much more time to spend with this one, but so far extremely pleased. I have been spending alot of time with my HBII and my Hamer Artist Custom Semi lately, so I am psyched that I now have a humbucker-equipped semi that I can actually take out without the fear of lugging something that is multi-thousands of dollars and not easily replaceable...
I have been Zach Attacked! I directly attribute this forum, and my aforementioned and infamous lack of impulse control, to this purchase. Reading all of the raves, seeing the pics, following Corey's story...it all became too much.
A shout out to The Mann himself from Bedford, NH for making this happen. Since my camera, lighting, and background all kinda suck, I'll include the original beauty shots:
Not quite "following one's private stock" but here is an action shot of John in the process of installing a new core nut and setting her up for .10s:
For those of you who have not had the pleasure, John is a really cool guy and great to work with - and The Mann knows how to set up a guitar...
This is a phenomenal guitar, and has to rise to the head of the SE class in terms of sound and feel. I love the non-lacquered neck - it has me thinking about doing that to my other SEs...and the hollowness definitely comes through, especially clean. I was worried that this would be redundant with my Akesson (same pickups, scale length, materials (except fretboard)), and although the sonic differences are more subtle than I would have expected, these are definitely two different animals.
I have much more time to spend with this one, but so far extremely pleased. I have been spending alot of time with my HBII and my Hamer Artist Custom Semi lately, so I am psyched that I now have a humbucker-equipped semi that I can actually take out without the fear of lugging something that is multi-thousands of dollars and not easily replaceable...
