Patrick

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OK, here's something you might consider if you've read some of these reviews about the pickups sounding too distorted and such - Those guys evidently don't know how to pick out a guitar. I played mine at guitar center BEFORE buying it; I actually sat down in front of a fender tube amp, plugged it up and played. . . .and played . . . and played. What a strange concept. Get the picture? On a distorted setting on the amp, lo and behold it sounded distorted! On a clean setting it sounded clean. Go friggin' figure! I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't like it, would you? I certainly wouldn't pay big bucks for a guitar, then bring it home and use Harmony Central for a soap box to stand on and basically say "Hey everybody, look at me. I'm an dumbass! I went and played this guitar, didn't like it, then paid $1700 for it. Here's why I didn't like it". How does it feel being STUPID?! OK,back to the guitar: Personally, I like the pickups and that was a contributing factor. Giving a poor rating on this axe because the pickups don't sound as shimmery as 57 pafs or Seth Lovers is like complaining about an electric razor because it won't slice tomatoes. The pickups do what they were designed for. I've played all my life, ar at least since I was old enough to wrap my hand around my Dad's guitar, and I was looking for a good rock guitar. This was and still is it. I've had it for 2 years now and still can't wait to get it out of the case in the evening. It plays as nice as my other LP which has the 57s, but it does drive the amp a lot harder, kinda like comparing a Porsch 911 with a Lexus. Both are great cars, just way different.

Music:

a lot

Movies:

fear and loathing in las vegas

Television:

the office, south park, band of brothers, planet earth,

Books:

^for the day it happens

Heroes:

Mom & Dad
Jonny Buckland
Kevin Cadogan
Stephan Jenkins
JÃ³nsi Birgisson
Win Butler
Matthew Bellamy
Jonny Greenwood
Ed O'brien
Billy Corgan
Noel Gallagher

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