NGD - Holcomb SE

[alantig]

Finally pulled the trigger on a Holcomb SE at Brian's event in CT last week. It turned out to be the one Mark played on stage that night, so I have proof that the guitar CAN sound good. And Mark signed it.

Pretty neat how the color and quilt shift as the angle changes.

And maybe it's just me, but I see a bit of a vampire clown face in the top.

I'm really looking to play around with dropped timings with this. Mark talked about a few things at the clinic that made me think about it a little bit differently. And he popped the sixth string down to A, and it stayed in tune beautifully, so there's even more flexibility than I was imagining.

 

[HighGain510]

Congrats dude, looks killer!

 

[justmund]

Boom.

 

[toothace]

Congrats Alan! What photo effect are you using in that last pic? It looks kinda like a buddha face

 

[alantig]

Congrats Alan! What photo effect are you using in that last pic? It looks kinda like a buddha face

Photoshop Elements 10 - I just used the lasso tool to select the 'face', inverted the selection, removed the color and took the brightness way down on the rest of the picture. I think maybe a little added saturation on the color.

How'd I miss you again? First Experience, now Brian's...

 

[bodia]

Sweet score! Love that satin neck!

 

[WEDGE]

That guitar sounded amazing.....now all you need is a Fractal unit and his skills

 

[Maertl513]

@alantig,
Amazing opportunity to own an instrument played recently by its godfather.
Question: Does your TRC is laying on the headstock completely?

 

[Chartle]

Awesome snag, congrats! You mentioned Mark dropped his bottom string to A reliably. Do you know if this string was the stock string normally supplied/shipped with these guys - 52 gauge?

 

[alantig]

That guitar sounded amazing.....now all you need is a Fractal unit and his skills

Funny - I said something similar to him after the clinic. I said, "Well, this thing is never going to sound THAT good again!"

 

[alantig]

@alantig,
Amazing opportunity to own an instrument played recently by its godfather.
Question: Does your TRC is laying on the headstock completely?

Does this help?

 

[alantig]

Awesome snag, congrats! You mentioned Mark dropped his bottom string to A reliably. Do you know if this string was the stock string normally supplied/shipped with these guys - 52 gauge?

As far as I know. To the best of my knowledge, it went from the box to the stage.

 

[Ovibos]

It ships with a standard set of D'Addario 10s on it IIRC.

 

[Rich5150]

I grabbed one of these as well at the event and i have a Core Holcomb as well, To me these feel like an 11-56 set as i have the 10-52's on the Core and the SE is noticeably tighter in drop c than the core is (i keep the Core in Eb w 10-52's). I know Mark uses 11-56 live and if he was going to be playing one at the event i wonder if he had them setup with them before hand, if he didn't know which one he would be playing.

 

[geese_com]

Congrats! I need to pick one of those up myself.

 

[g.wizz]

Finally pulled the trigger on a Holcomb SE at Brian's event in CT last week. It turned out to be the one Mark played on stage that night, so I have proof that the guitar CAN sound good. And Mark signed it.

Pretty neat how the color and quilt shift as the angle changes.

And maybe it's just me, but I see a bit of a vampire clown face in the top.

I'm really looking to play around with dropped timings with this. Mark talked about a few things at the clinic that made me think about it a little bit differently. And he popped the sixth string down to A, and it stayed in tune beautifully, so there's even more flexibility than I was imagining.

That is gorgeous Alan,
Congrats, enjoy it but take it easy on the neighbors' ears

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Rad!

 

[alexanderraimo]

Nice! I picked up the Holcomb not too long ago but haven't used it too too much yet. I needed something for Drop A but it's usage is still pretty limited.

 

[prsrocker1988]

Nice one.

 

[Ovibos]

It ships with a standard set of D'Addario 10s on it IIRC.

BTW - I'm wrong. It's a 10-52 set (light top, heavy bottom), not a normal 10-46.