Bought myself a Christmas present, as Bob Ross would say it was a "happy little accident".
While I was researching to upgrade my DGT to a PAF more to my liking. I was digging around reverb considering 57/08's. I tripped across a TED, 245 double cut 2009, I really couldn't believe how it checked every box for me, I put it on my watchlist. I cannot buy a guitar without jumbo frets, check. I wanted the single coil split, check, I wanted 7.5 pounds check. The nitro finish was a massive bonus, and I thought the 5708's would be great.
Then I started working on installing the bareknuckle mule PAF's in the DGT.
I can't say how much I like those pickups while the DGTs are very good, the mules completely knock a grand slam homerun for me, the alnico IV magnets produce a tightness and a crispness with PAF honkiness, and med low wind that just blows me away. DGT is now spectacular.
However the day before the bareknuckle mules arrived I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Ted.
Because I was remembering how much I loved my 2009 Mira core with the mann made upgraded wraparound stop tail, that one moved on because of the too thin neck. I just really liked the smooth rubbery playability, and huge sustain of the stop tail. Since it was 10 years old and $2000 I was a little bit worried about what kind of shape it was in.
But it is in spectacular shape I can't see that anyone has played it in 10 years, I had to loosen the truss rod,
and I knew that I wanted the mann made bridge I purchased that before the guitar even arrived.
After playing for about a week, I also bought another set of bareknuckle mules and installed, because the 57/08s, although were pretty good on the top 4 strings, the low E and low A were very mushy loose too loose, especailly compare to the now specatacular DGT.
In went the uncovered bareknuckle mules and the mannmade bridge, wow wow wow wow
I cannot rave enough about the man-made bridge, it is so superior to the aluminum one piece, immediate improvement note to note clarity, and 30% more sustain, the guitar strings will just not stop. The best sustaining guitar I've ever played 7.4 lbs vibrates like an engine. It's like a drug with my hands on the grease gun ahh, it's like a disease son, I'm in love with my guitar. (queen reference). It's impressive how the same pickups sound quite reasonably different in the 2 guitars. The tremolo on the DGT imparts a definite metallic reverb to the attack brighter slightly and 25 inch scale.
The short scale of the Ted and the stop tail and sustain create a very different while similar tone. What a happy little accident.
subtle flamey
The red mahogany back contrasts with the yellow amazing
no flash
flashs
While I was researching to upgrade my DGT to a PAF more to my liking. I was digging around reverb considering 57/08's. I tripped across a TED, 245 double cut 2009, I really couldn't believe how it checked every box for me, I put it on my watchlist. I cannot buy a guitar without jumbo frets, check. I wanted the single coil split, check, I wanted 7.5 pounds check. The nitro finish was a massive bonus, and I thought the 5708's would be great.
Then I started working on installing the bareknuckle mule PAF's in the DGT.
I can't say how much I like those pickups while the DGTs are very good, the mules completely knock a grand slam homerun for me, the alnico IV magnets produce a tightness and a crispness with PAF honkiness, and med low wind that just blows me away. DGT is now spectacular.
However the day before the bareknuckle mules arrived I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Ted.
Because I was remembering how much I loved my 2009 Mira core with the mann made upgraded wraparound stop tail, that one moved on because of the too thin neck. I just really liked the smooth rubbery playability, and huge sustain of the stop tail. Since it was 10 years old and $2000 I was a little bit worried about what kind of shape it was in.
But it is in spectacular shape I can't see that anyone has played it in 10 years, I had to loosen the truss rod,
and I knew that I wanted the mann made bridge I purchased that before the guitar even arrived.
After playing for about a week, I also bought another set of bareknuckle mules and installed, because the 57/08s, although were pretty good on the top 4 strings, the low E and low A were very mushy loose too loose, especailly compare to the now specatacular DGT.
In went the uncovered bareknuckle mules and the mannmade bridge, wow wow wow wow
I cannot rave enough about the man-made bridge, it is so superior to the aluminum one piece, immediate improvement note to note clarity, and 30% more sustain, the guitar strings will just not stop. The best sustaining guitar I've ever played 7.4 lbs vibrates like an engine. It's like a drug with my hands on the grease gun ahh, it's like a disease son, I'm in love with my guitar. (queen reference). It's impressive how the same pickups sound quite reasonably different in the 2 guitars. The tremolo on the DGT imparts a definite metallic reverb to the attack brighter slightly and 25 inch scale.
The short scale of the Ted and the stop tail and sustain create a very different while similar tone. What a happy little accident.
subtle flamey
The red mahogany back contrasts with the yellow amazing
no flash
flashs
