#21 • First impressions & review
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#21 • First impressions & review
As some of you know I received this from Lawrence yesterday. It’s a beautiful piece of work and initial impressions are all positive - it sounds as good as it plays and it plays extremely well. It’s resonant, feels nice and responsive under the fingers and really comes alive when plugged in
I’ll post more once I’ve spent some quality time with it, until then here’s a few pics that don’t do it justice
I’ll post more once I’ve spent some quality time with it, until then here’s a few pics that don’t do it justice
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
Looking forward to checking this out in person!!
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
Lawrence, you certainly have an exceptional skill set at your disposal. Beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Good score Jim.
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
Feel free to come over and grab it if you’re over my way, sweet as for you to borrow it. Such a cool guitar, as Bg said it does feel quite small initially (steady on jb) but it soon starts to feel like the most comfortable instrument you’ve ever played
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
How have you found it?
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Love it, has been the only guitar I’ve picked up and played for the last couple of weeks. Super comfortable, light and has a unique ‘pop’ to it, kind of what a set of bright new strings sound like
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
#23 has been the same... its re-inspired me.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
Same. It’s great when you find a guitar or piece of gear that does that, my Headrush did the same thing
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
I was a big fan of the Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro when that first came out in the UK, I actually went to one of their clinics when they released that particular model. I suppose you could look at them as being from the same school of design as PRS, however I always found Patrick Eggle guitars to be a little more indivualistic and less 'sterile' than PRS
Initially one of the reasons I jumped on this one was because back in the mid 90's I could only dream of owning a Berlin Pro; I had hoped this one would curb that long time craving and I think to a large extent it has
Interesting fact that not a lot of people know is that Patrick Eggle started working with Rory Gallagher a few years before he passed, Rory had that guitar specially built for him in 1992. Can't recall too many photos of Rory where he's trying new gear but supposedly he really liked that one
Initially one of the reasons I jumped on this one was because back in the mid 90's I could only dream of owning a Berlin Pro; I had hoped this one would curb that long time craving and I think to a large extent it has
Interesting fact that not a lot of people know is that Patrick Eggle started working with Rory Gallagher a few years before he passed, Rory had that guitar specially built for him in 1992. Can't recall too many photos of Rory where he's trying new gear but supposedly he really liked that one
“𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
This has steadily turned into my #1, it’s such an inspiring thing to play not to mention the versatility. Has its own sound going on which doesn’t quite fall into the Strat/Tele/LP territory, and it does ‘clean’ like nothing else I’ve played before. And after playing LP’s forever the upper fret access is delightful
The wife said, “that size guitar fits you well.” A comment that was intended as a compliment but not received as one
So how’s everyone else going with their Arps’s?
The wife said, “that size guitar fits you well.” A comment that was intended as a compliment but not received as one
So how’s everyone else going with their Arps’s?
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Re: #21 • First impressions & review
Mine now has a P90 and I love it. The neck is way too small but I don’t notice often when playing it, and I play it often. Really happy and a much better choice than the Grungemaster I was going to modify.MiniForklift wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:02 am This has steadily turned into my #1, it’s such an inspiring thing to play not to mention the versatility. Has its own sound going on which doesn’t quite fall into the Strat/Tele/LP territory, and it does ‘clean’ like nothing else I’ve played before. And after playing LP’s forever the upper fret access is delightful
The wife said, “that size guitar fits you well.” A comment that was intended as a compliment but not received as one
So how’s everyone else going with their Arps’s?
As an added bonus, it looks ridiculously small on me but sounds huge. It really messes with the Bass player’s OCD.
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