Gnarmageddon
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For me there are two other guitars that I will never, ever, under any circumstances part with.
I've got this ESP M-II Deluxe from 1995 that's been completely overhauled inside and out that is the shredder to end all shredders. Hockey stick reverse headstock and a Seymour Nazgul Custom humbucker for extra metal-ness. Not a huge Floyd Rose guy - in fact, it's shimmed into place, but that's the price of admission on a lot of these guitars.
Then there's my Schecter Tempest Deluxe that was quite literally an impulse buy. I was waiting for somebody to check out and picked it up off the wall. Twenty minutes later, I became the owner. And I never thought I'd own a Schecter anything, but the quality and tone are damn impressive. I haven't upgraded a single thing on it, never had to intonate or adjust it once, even going from factory setup to .12-.60 drop-B mayhem.
Don't get me wrong, I love this CE24 and it is usually the first thing I reach for. It does this, that and that other thing. The Schecter usually gets pulled in for super grunty DJUG DJUG chord rhythm tracks and the ESP just because I've been playing it for decades. I actually sold and donated five guitars this year - needed to pull back a bit. But those three aren't ever leaving.
I've got this ESP M-II Deluxe from 1995 that's been completely overhauled inside and out that is the shredder to end all shredders. Hockey stick reverse headstock and a Seymour Nazgul Custom humbucker for extra metal-ness. Not a huge Floyd Rose guy - in fact, it's shimmed into place, but that's the price of admission on a lot of these guitars.
Then there's my Schecter Tempest Deluxe that was quite literally an impulse buy. I was waiting for somebody to check out and picked it up off the wall. Twenty minutes later, I became the owner. And I never thought I'd own a Schecter anything, but the quality and tone are damn impressive. I haven't upgraded a single thing on it, never had to intonate or adjust it once, even going from factory setup to .12-.60 drop-B mayhem.
Don't get me wrong, I love this CE24 and it is usually the first thing I reach for. It does this, that and that other thing. The Schecter usually gets pulled in for super grunty DJUG DJUG chord rhythm tracks and the ESP just because I've been playing it for decades. I actually sold and donated five guitars this year - needed to pull back a bit. But those three aren't ever leaving.