SORTED - WTB:Any Superstrats out there (Suhrs, Tom Andersons, Grosh Guitars etc)?

Kebabkid

Thanks for your comments and submissions so far but still searching

welshboyo

Hi Kos,

The L3's are totally not hot output - in fact they are quite vintagey in their way - the onboard boost is tweakable via a micro pot in the cavity as is the output of the in-between sounds on the 5 way.

The older EMG Luke 2 and L3 are totally different beasts.. 

Kebabkid

Thanks for the heads up @welshboyo

octatonic

yuri_1973 said:

Get my Vigier , you won't look back

Only because he'll be constantly scanning the horizon for some poor unfortunate to foist it upon.

DLM

octatonic said:

yuri_1973 said:

Get my Vigier , you won't look back

Only because he'll be constantly scanning the horizon for some poor unfortunate to foist it upon.

@octatonic Are you not a fan, James?

Dominic

@ kebabkid.....I know you were not taken with PRS but have you looked at the Brent Mason model
It will certainly still do your Humbucking power but they are very Stratty on the single splits and v quacky
there is no vol drop on the single coils - certainly worth watching a few reviews

Kebabkid

Thanks Dominic.

I dare say the build, playability and sound-wise would be good but I don't like the look of them.

In the main, I'm after classic styling with modern refinements

octatonic

DLM said:

octatonic said:

yuri_1973 said:

Get my Vigier , you won't look back

Only because he'll be constantly scanning the horizon for some poor unfortunate to foist it upon.

@octatonic Are you not a fan, James?

No, they are actually a great guitar.
I was just messing about.

DLM

I've never found one to try, sadly. Rubbish distribution over here. I'm still not quite sure about the look, but that's not the most important criterion.

DLM

Seen this, Cos?

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/109639/

At least it's under budget and in the country. Ask Mags' advice on how to spend the surplus, he seems to have a better idea than most...

Kebabkid

Thanks @DLM and I have. I wouldn't discount the Rasmus models and I played a few when they first came out and thought they were great but I don't want a Floyd and not hooked on the colour. I think it was the S100 that I particularly liked.

Cheers and any S-Style HSS Grosh's out there? Loving Mark Lettieri (great player) from Snarky Puppy's NOS Retro Classic. That's more me.

Kebabkid

And so's not derail the guy's thread, I've seen the Schecter that's just come on from Dr.Cornelius.

DrCornelius

Kebabkid said:

And so's not derail the guy's thread, I've seen the Schecter that's just come on from Dr.Cornelius.

Cheers KK , very decent of you :-)

Kebabkid

No worries and GLWTS

hairmetal

Rich at Stormshadow Guitarwork has some great pre owned guitars for sale currently.... amazing guitars, you will not be disappointed.

Kebabkid

Thanks. I'll try him to see what he has but not after a Stormshadow, per se.

AndyJP

Kebabkid said:

AndyJP said:

The Luke 3 hh is a great guitar mate. Neck is a soft v. Slim without being too skinny..
Can cover a lot of ground this one...

Thanks Andy. Are they not a little hot in the output? I also need them to have good cleans and for me, the best dual humbucking guitar I've found that produces good, funky and quacky cleans with a 5 way are the Suhrs. PRS guitars didn't do it for me although the CU22s were better than the CU24s for that.

Apologies if I'm fussy here, both on spec, colour and location but I want to get it right for me. I'll be hitting the "Surrey Ring" of shops within the week, possibly this weekend (Andertons, Guitar Guitar & Guitar Village) as well and need to see if a baseplate I had fitted to my Robert Cray Strat bridge pickup has worked and is pleasing to my ears.

Hey buddy, nah it's not super high output. The split sounds are quite fendery sounding. A fair bit of quack in pos 2 lol. And you can set the level of the split tones with the trim pot. 

Kebabkid

Thanks everyone for your input, interest and suggestions but I'm sorted now.

Upon going to Guitar Guitar today equipped with my pedalboard with the purpose of trying a PRS DGT, they'd just gotten in a very nice used Suhr S2 Pro Standard (maple board, 2 X MLs, 1 X SSH+, floating Gotoh 510, SSC - not sure?, locking tuners) in a Mercedes/Metallic Blue.

I compared the 2 guitars and whilst I loved the neck, feel and staggering quality of the DGT and the stellar overdriven sounds, the nice cleans just weren't "my sort of cleans". However, the Suhr delivered in every way and had just benefited from an excellent set up. Loads of spank and quack and those MLs are quite bold and work well with effects. They're really well matched with the bridge SSH+ HB and so are the volumes, but the guitar can also sing on overdriven sounds.

Not my pic but it's hard to capture it on camera and get the hue

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/Hawkeye1717/Guitar/Picture004.jpg?t=1248057384

If like me you're the sort of person who plays functions and wants a range of sounds or to be specific, wants to try and emulate clean sounds ala Nile Rodgers, Andy Summers and Eric Johnson and then switch to overdrive to get Huff, Lukather, Schon and classic rock sounds that have great note articulation and a clarity and sing, then something like the Suhr would be a good place to look.

I will say that if I was ever in the market for a Humbucker guitar, I wouldn't get a Gibson LP/335 but I would buy a DGT. It really is a lovely guitar.

Next quest, looking for a PRS DGT Treble bridge HB pickup. Anyone and may even start looking at Suhr Teles

Cheers

McToot

Lovely score Cos. Looking forward to hearing that through your /13 rig at a meet up soon!


...wait, what do I mean 'hearing' it!? I want to play/steal it at the next meet up...

Kebabkid

Thanks Jules. It marries up all the best bits of my other 2 Strats and more.

I'll just let myself bed with it for a while and when I know it's absolutely fine, I may feel confident enough to chop n' change bits from the other 2 and make one great back up.