BEEN PLAYING IT SINCE IT GOT HERE. its so nice! I couldnt be happier! steve is a great guy and i totally recommend him! this guitar is very loud not plugged in, i was surprised in the natural acoustics! and of course it sounds amazing on an amp! and that neck!! mmmm the feels!!!
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Crazy. So, is it a little neck heavy or does it balance well?
I was gonna guess rosewood, but it looked a little too light colored in the photo. I thought it might be something a bit more uncommon. Is it actually that light looking or is that a trick of the camera? How is it finished?
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
the whole guitar is a little darker than the photos. i hate iphone cameras sigh, sorry! the neck isnt any heavier than my other start necks, but i had Steve use the neck dimensions off my favorite guitar to make this neck so its about as heavy as im used to! took about 6 weeks after setting it up and going over specs to get a fabulos guitar! i recommend Benford guitars! couldnt be any happier!!!!
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Chankgeez wrote:Very nice. What kind of wood is the neck and fingerboard made of?
The neck is has no finish. The rosewood feels so freaking smooth!
Helter wrote:I think that the swoopy pick guard makes me like the swoopy headstock (because usually I hate reverse looking ones). Looks real nice. congrats!
. Thankyou! I love the pick guard too! Reminds me of how Jeff beck cut his pick guards in the 70s. It's the pick guard shape Steve uses on the S series.
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It's kinda tgpish but some of the strat legends I love do this to their own strats and stated the reason was for a more natural resonance, it's kinda like having a sound hole pointed towards you. I started doing it for easy trem access cause I float mine and i noticed it dose make it louder not plugged in, but the sound over an amp is minimal and hard to detect. Just something I like to do to get closer to the "toan" in my head! So I asked steve to skip the back plate and not even make screw holes, I don't ever keep them on anyways.
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