Thanks, everyone.
Well, I got home to a nicely acclimated box and quickly opened it up. It's in very nice shape. It's obviously been played, especially at the first few frets and has a few marks but all in all, nice shape. So I cleaned it up, restrung it and set to playing. My first, late night impressions:
- The string tension is a lot lower than I'm used to. (I used 10s) I'm used to 25.5" scale but do have a short scale Hamer Artist. Compared to my other guitars it feels a bit like I'm cheating with this one, as it's almost too easy to play. (I initially felt that way with the Hamer, but the Mira may be even easier).
- The pickups (or combination of pickups and guitar) are brighter than I expected. My only other humbucker guitar is the Hamer, which has Duncan Seth Lovers, and the Mira's pickups are considerably brighter. In fact, I think they may have brightness and clarity closer to my single coil guitars. (I did not have the coils split). Overall so far I think I may like this, as I've kind of wanted more single coil clarity without the hum.
- Dang it's light.
- I'll need to experiment a bit more, but I'm a little mixed on the clean sound. It's bright with good note definition, but my Hamer and G&L ASAT may have a little more oomph.
- I'm really liking the crunch to saturation sounds. I may have gotten a little carried away.
So far I'm digging it, but I'll need to spend more time with it to see how I feel about it compared to the others. I'm feeling a little guilty as it's my fifth electric, and I'm thinking I shouldn't have that many. (Affording them, thankfully, isn't an issue, but spending a few years as a cash-challenged music major/jazz saxophonist leaves an impression). I'll also have to wait for more neighborly hours to plug it into a tube amp.
Anyway, thanks again.
