MA Pete
Pattern Thin Convert!
NGD here today, an awesome Brent Mason Private Stock, in Faded Indigo!
From Brian G at Brian's Guitars, thanks Brian! Always a pleasure.
Amazing Flame Top, wow!
I am super picky with my Birds on my Private Stocks - must be Old Birds, and have Outlines. This one checks the boxes for me, MOP Old Birds with Black MOP Outlines. Beautiful on a Maple Board!!
Killer Flamed Maple neck, finished in Faded Indigo, looks amazing! I didn't grab a pic of it from that angle, but looking down on the neck playing it, it looks like the guitar has Maple binding, with the finished blue neck and seeing the edge of the Natural Maple board. Considering most of my guitars have Maple Binding and I am used to that, I dig it!!
Sounds amazing clean through the Clean Channel of my new Archon 25 combo!
I got back into playing more this year, and felt I needed something Fendery in the collection. I had over the years tried the SASNF, DC3, NF3, etc., but I don't get along with Pattern Regular necks, too narrow of a nut width for me, the strings are too close together for me, being used to WF and Pattern necks for the past 6-7 years. I discovered that the Brent Mason had a Pattern Neck, that really appealed to me. After searching for regular production ones, I discovered the PS's had rear routing and no pickguard, with some pretty nice examples of sick tops and colors. Yankeebulldog discovered this one for me at Brian's (thanks Alan!!), used at a decent price, but Minty, quite frankly you can't even tell it has ever been played.
First impressions - definitely checks the boxes for the Fendery tones. Nice "quack" on positions 2 & 4. I will probably mostly leave the 408's split and play this thing as a single coil guitar, just at home messing around when I want those tones. I don't think the bridge has enough mojo for my tastes to gig with it.
But it has the wrong scale length for me to be my go-to gigging guitar anyway. I don't mind the scale length though, in the context of accepting that to get the true Stratty tones, that is part of the equation.
Glad to have this in the collection, Fendery tones now covered!
Bad timing though, just got the Black Cherry Glow 24 Fret SC, this, and the 594 is calling my name, OUCH!!
From Brian G at Brian's Guitars, thanks Brian! Always a pleasure.
Amazing Flame Top, wow!
I am super picky with my Birds on my Private Stocks - must be Old Birds, and have Outlines. This one checks the boxes for me, MOP Old Birds with Black MOP Outlines. Beautiful on a Maple Board!!
Killer Flamed Maple neck, finished in Faded Indigo, looks amazing! I didn't grab a pic of it from that angle, but looking down on the neck playing it, it looks like the guitar has Maple binding, with the finished blue neck and seeing the edge of the Natural Maple board. Considering most of my guitars have Maple Binding and I am used to that, I dig it!!
Sounds amazing clean through the Clean Channel of my new Archon 25 combo!
I got back into playing more this year, and felt I needed something Fendery in the collection. I had over the years tried the SASNF, DC3, NF3, etc., but I don't get along with Pattern Regular necks, too narrow of a nut width for me, the strings are too close together for me, being used to WF and Pattern necks for the past 6-7 years. I discovered that the Brent Mason had a Pattern Neck, that really appealed to me. After searching for regular production ones, I discovered the PS's had rear routing and no pickguard, with some pretty nice examples of sick tops and colors. Yankeebulldog discovered this one for me at Brian's (thanks Alan!!), used at a decent price, but Minty, quite frankly you can't even tell it has ever been played.
First impressions - definitely checks the boxes for the Fendery tones. Nice "quack" on positions 2 & 4. I will probably mostly leave the 408's split and play this thing as a single coil guitar, just at home messing around when I want those tones. I don't think the bridge has enough mojo for my tastes to gig with it.
But it has the wrong scale length for me to be my go-to gigging guitar anyway. I don't mind the scale length though, in the context of accepting that to get the true Stratty tones, that is part of the equation.Glad to have this in the collection, Fendery tones now covered!
Bad timing though, just got the Black Cherry Glow 24 Fret SC, this, and the 594 is calling my name, OUCH!!
