sergiodeblanc
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Yeah... so I've wanted this guitar since they came out in, what, 1998?
The time had finally come, and with some left over inheritance money that I didn't get railroaded into (read: hid. My mother always taught me that a housewife has to have a stash) dumping in our home, I finally did it.
2004 McCarty Spruce Top Hollowbody I
I couldn't deal with the black rings, tip, buttons, and knobs, so a drunk-ish trip to the John Mann's Guitar Vault website one evening rectified the looks issues I was having but tonally, this thing is the sh!t.
I didn't want or need the piezo, so there was no sense in having all that extra crap installed in the guitar, and I needed to find a spruce one. They're just the hollow body sound IMO, the HBII's look nicer and sound rad but.. when you wait almost 20 years for a guitar, you better get the one you want.
I was tempted by a gold one (duh) but a combination of price (way less than a new or used reclaimed S2 Vela or CE) and maturity made me grab this one. It's just a classic look and a timeless tone.
Archtop pickups rule, BTW. I love the lower output and tonal "depth" they have.
The time had finally come, and with some left over inheritance money that I didn't get railroaded into (read: hid. My mother always taught me that a housewife has to have a stash) dumping in our home, I finally did it.
2004 McCarty Spruce Top Hollowbody I
I couldn't deal with the black rings, tip, buttons, and knobs, so a drunk-ish trip to the John Mann's Guitar Vault website one evening rectified the looks issues I was having but tonally, this thing is the sh!t.
I didn't want or need the piezo, so there was no sense in having all that extra crap installed in the guitar, and I needed to find a spruce one. They're just the hollow body sound IMO, the HBII's look nicer and sound rad but.. when you wait almost 20 years for a guitar, you better get the one you want.
I was tempted by a gold one (duh) but a combination of price (way less than a new or used reclaimed S2 Vela or CE) and maturity made me grab this one. It's just a classic look and a timeless tone.
Archtop pickups rule, BTW. I love the lower output and tonal "depth" they have.
. This is so not you 
