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They change the character of chords more so than the overal tone, if that makes sense. As in you lose that slight chorusing from the string pitch envelope on each string as they go sharp on the attack and flatten out. So it’s a personal preference thing.
The sustain thing is a weird one! I’ve only found it noticeable on plain strings higher up the fretboard on my MH1000ET. My theory is it’s something to do with the resonances of the neck itself. My other evertune guitars are fine.
So if you’re a Les Paul player try to check out the 22 fret Eclipse, as the 24 fret one has different ergonomics (more similar to an SG/24 fret PRS with the neck extended more off to the side). Either will be cool though just the 22 fret is closer to an actual Les Paul.
In terms of trying one for the first time my advice is to set it up for bends, a lot of people seem to love the idea/feature of turning bends off but it’s totally unnecessary if you’re a decent player. To do this turn the tuning peg up until it starts to raise the pitch of the note out of zone 2 (the active zone). Then turn it back, so you end up right at the top of zone 2. If you’re trying it at NAMM then someone on the booth could show you if my explanation doesn’t make sense. This way it plays as close to a normal guitar as possible and bends and vibrato are still easily achievable.
guitars4you said: I agree but how many of todays guitars are blatant copies or a big nod to the big two brands!?
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I sorta wish I'd got a guitar and had the bridge fitted though, rather than buy my ESP. Mainly coz it has 24 frets and I prefer 22.
Was it the Stepp Guitar Synth that had all the frets the same width - I've never played one, but would expect such a guitar to feel totally alien to me, yet probably offer me nothing extra in return
Neck, fingerboard, body material can be changed, as can the shape but that is more about style as against anything modern/hi-tech
Yet we have seen many changes to the hardware - Most/many are improvements - Tuners, trem systems, active pre-amps/mid boost, acoustic/piezo transducer systems etc - Some more popular than others - Some did not take off and the Gizmo springs to mind - But many 'add on devices' are now part 'n' parcel of our hero's guitars and no longer exclusive to Custom Shop, pro-orientated, boutique built models -
It does mean that every NAMM we might expect something revolutionary, but in reality most of what we see with regards to the guitar itself, is more of what we have seen before - Good or bad, the guitar has survived and worked in just about every form of popular music from pre Elvis, to today, so it can't really be in need of any/many changes
True, some amazing music has been played on all of these, but they were pretty much all that was available at the time.
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It sounds great to this day, is humbucking so works with higher gain as well, and is pretty decent ergonomically. I can’t think of a genre that you couldn’t use one for
The converse of getting it so right would probably have seen both Fender and Gibson quickly going out of business.
Maybe my 'so right' isn't the ideal wording but I can't think of other more appropriate.
It's all speculative stuff any way;-)
Personally, I would like to see the resuscitation of Parker and Steinberger. Failing that, I'd like to be able to buy a strat with a roasted neck, SS frets, locking tuners and noiseless pickups for £1k-£1200.
Zexcoil are doing interesting things.
For studio I think the gap between digital and valve is now so close. When recorded, it’s even impossible to tell apart sometimes.
What a dreamer!
It’s not guitars that need any ‘innovation.’ Same as banjos and pianos and drums all work as they are.
The last decade has blown me away with the development of sound processing through fx units and pedals. So much possibility now and at a reasonable cost.
What will change is the materials used in guitar manufacturing- because some of the woods are going to become a limited resource.
I'm not even joking.