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Post by mitchmacblues on Jun 20, 2018 20:49:16 GMT
Nice review, from what I see it works better for high gain/shred than bluesy tones.
I find the Roswell HAF Pickups to have too many shrill highs for blues, I have to turn down the tone knob and the volume knob quite a bit to get more pleasing sounds, but it's not that easy. Fortunately the electronics are pretty good and the guitar is responsive.
What I have found quite nice about the pickups is that their sustain is massive. In fact it's a feature of the Santana sound that they want to recreate. From what they say in the Roswell website, it is deliberate.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 22, 2018 8:14:15 GMT
I have been tempted by the semi hollow-body version of this, which has the LAF pick-ups instead of the HAF. I'm still not sure about those. YT reviews of them are older and demonstrate Wilkinson pick-ups.
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Post by salteedog on Jun 22, 2018 9:08:21 GMT
I have the HAF pickups in my Deko CST24T ...at least that's what they are supposed to be although the bridge pickup has a DCR that does not match the spec. The pickups are bright but have a lot of clarity and punch. Like mitchmacblues I generally dial off the tone and volume to get into blues territory. They are very versatile pickups though.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 22, 2018 9:21:43 GMT
I don't mind an instrument having further extremes than I usually want, as long as the reasonable area is sufficient. If I have to use the tone knob between 2 and 8, it's fine. If it's only between 4 and 6, that's more of a problem. Demos with everything full on miss the point and misrepresent the product. It's like criticising a model of shoes for having a range of sizes beyond one's own feet.
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Post by salteedog on Jun 22, 2018 9:37:44 GMT
I may be entirely wrong here but my perception is there are a lot of guitar players who never touch the volume or tone knobs of their guitars.
I wish proper pickup specs were more publicly available. These are electrical transducers that should be described electrically. I could then compare apples with apples instead of resorting to fuzzy subjective adjectives like 'clarity' and 'muddy' etc.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 22, 2018 12:01:56 GMT
I may be entirely wrong here but my perception is there are a lot of guitar players who never touch the volume or tone knobs of their guitars. Makes me wonder how these people were convinced to fret strings…
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Post by MartinB on Jun 22, 2018 13:37:10 GMT
I may be entirely wrong here but my perception is there are a lot of guitar players who never touch the volume or tone knobs of their guitars. I wish proper pickup specs were more publicly available. These are electrical transducers that should be described electrically. I could then compare apples with apples instead of resorting to fuzzy subjective adjectives like 'clarity' and 'muddy' etc. I can’t remember the guy’s name for sure, Andy from Pro guitar shop? Doesn’t use a pick, he would usually say exactly how the controls were set and use a variety of settings in a demo. I really liked his demos, he works for reverb now.
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 22, 2018 15:48:54 GMT
It seems everyone loves this guitar. Too bad I don't like any of the colours…
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Post by salteedog on Jun 22, 2018 16:16:42 GMT
I'm not naturally attracted to the shape or the flame top and I only got mine because I couldn't resist a deko deal but I have to say that ergonomically it is almost perfect and fit and finish are flawless.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 7:42:52 GMT
If they change it to bolt on neck then I'll buy it, otherwise no thanks! Dont trust guitars with set in necks
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 23, 2018 9:21:12 GMT
If they change it to bolt on neck then I'll buy it, otherwise no thanks! Dont trust guitars with set in necks My first guitar was a through-neck. There's no heel and it's all smooth. Love it
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Post by LeoThunder on Jun 23, 2018 10:55:07 GMT
I had something like that too at uni LeoThunder . No setting in at all. Seems a perfect solution. So. I wonder, what's the catch? The "catch" appears to be on the headstock. It says: "Original Custom Body by Matsumoku Ind, Ltd. P NO. 555719". I wonder what this applies to, though, because I understand the Gibson Thunderbird was a "neck-through" long before this. Maybe it's the multi-part neck? Anyway, I guess it just never caught on because the big names didn't do it. They didn't do it because they didn't have to (so much about being "better", when all they really are is better known), and might even have had to pay competition for it. Patents do shape the market, inventions are not free. The known drawback of a neck-through construction is the stability of the neck. If it moves, the whole guitar is in trouble. That's where the multi layered neck comes in. Ibanez do this even on their bolt-on necks. I have a cheap SA which has a 3-part neck and all SR basses come with 5-part necks (not the GIO). One more thing Fender and Gibson don't seem to be doing. I understand Harley Benton (or Ibanez GIO) not doing it, except when they make multi-part neck-through basses. This is likely too expensive for the entry market.
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Post by salteedog on Jun 23, 2018 11:07:03 GMT
The CST24 mahogany necks are 5 piece (headstock, heel plus 3 piece neck shaft).
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