The prodigal CU24 returns

[loocnmad]

After almost 9mos at the PTC it's finally back!

and then I see this.....

What kind of monster would do this to me? I'll be back in a few hours with some reunion pics and first impressions

 

[aamefford]

Hahahahaha! I know it's not funny, but it kind of is. A cruel and inhuman joke on the impatient. Yup, wait a while. Back in the day, the band I worked with (I did lights back in the early 80's) was doing a winter gig. One of the guitar players let his axe sit in the truck overnight after the gig. Grabbed it and opened the flight case to practice, and you could all but watch the surface checking.

 

[loocnmad]

Snuck a quick peek and some jerk wrote all over the back of the headstock, outrageous!!!

 

[bodia]

Love it!

 

[Wakester]

Snuck a quick peek and some jerk wrote all over the back of the headstock, outrageous!!!

How Rude, you think he think he owns the company or something.

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

When having your signature on just one side of the headstock simply isn't enough....

 

[DISTORT6]

Use the refrigerator or microwave!

 

[loocnmad]

Finally ready to go. To recap, I sent it in because I was getting a lot of static through the pickups when just moving my hand up and down the neck. Didn't matter if I was grounded to the bridge and there was some pretty loud popping on the switch.

After they got it they noticed some bridge bite and sent it back to the finish dept which is what took so long.

They said the color might be a little different and it definitely is. A little darker than the original Purple Iris but I actually like it a bit better now. The static is gone for the bridge pu. I do still hear it a bit on any position with the neck pu engaged but it's nowhere near what it was and I think I can actually record with it now. May try some temporary shielding in the neck pu cavity but that's for another day.

What's the final verdict? Pretty bad@$$. Plays like butter and sounds great. Very full and has some thick low mids. My main players are EBMM Cutlass, Valentine, and Axis SS. They're all pretty bright and should be a killer compliment to what I'm getting from the PRS. Can't wait to try recording a few tracks.

And if anyone saw my sad post in the thread about dogs, here's an update on the little one. She won't be a giant like her predecessors but at 7 mos she's already 65lbs. She may be the weirdest dog I've ever lived with so she fits right in around my house.

 

[frankencat]

Wow that is amazing!

 

[Maxime Bousquet]

Finally ready to go. To recap, I sent it in because I was getting a lot of static through the pickups when just moving my hand up and down the neck. Didn't matter if I was grounded to the bridge and there was some pretty loud popping on the switch.

After they got it they noticed some bridge bite and sent it back to the finish dept which is what took so long.

They said the color might be a little different and it definitely is. A little darker than the original Purple Iris but I actually like it a bit better now. The static is gone for the bridge pu. I do still hear it a bit on any position with the neck pu engaged but it's nowhere near what it was and I think I can actually record with it now. May try some temporary shielding in the neck pu cavity but that's for another day.

What's the final verdict? Pretty bad@$$. Plays like butter and sounds great. Very full and has some thick low mids. My main players are EBMM Cutlass, Valentine, and Axis SS. They're all pretty bright and should be a killer compliment to what I'm getting from the PRS. Can't wait to try recording a few tracks.

And if anyone saw my sad post in the thread about dogs, here's an update on the little one. She won't be a giant like her predecessors but at 7 mos she's already 65lbs. She may be the weirdest dog I've ever lived with so she fits right in around my house.

Stunning! a beauty !
The big doggie seems disappointed at the return, “will I still have my caresses??”!

 

[loocnmad]

Stunning! a beauty !
The big doggie seems disappointed at the return, “will I still have my caresses??”!

Are you referring to the one who gets moisturizer rubbed into her paw pads every night before getting tucked into bed?

 

[dmatthews]

Nicely done!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Yo! That looks beautiful.

PRS purple has sucked since 1999 (IMO) no sign of eczema in yours now.

 

[aamefford]

Oh that is gorgeous!

 

[loocnmad]

Trying on some new clothes this morning. What does everyone prefer, spalted or flamed?

 

[bodia]

Great dog, and killer guitar

 

[Glide-bpm]

Trying on some new clothes this morning. What does everyone prefer, spalted or flamed?

So..... ya ready for me to stain you a match your top flame set of plates? hehehe

 

[loocnmad]

So..... ya ready for me to stain you a match you top flame set of plates? hehehe

That's very generous but I kind of like it the way it is. It sort of extends the contrast of the natural binding around to the back.