Yet even straight into your amp it sounds a little 'dirty', adding some texture to a potentially bland clean tone or some thickness and body to a lead break. It's certainly an absorbing guitar that doesn't shy away from classic rock or roosty blues, especially with your pedalboard providing the grit and grain. Or are our eyes playing tricks with our ears? Above all, and it might sound strange, it not only looks worn in and used, but it sounds it, too. The Bigsby brings its beautiful shimmer but also something of a 'semi' to the sound. Plugged in, there's plenty of old-school Gibson in the voicing with a 'low wind' tonality - 7.74kohm (bridge) 7.09kohm (neck) - that, in combination with the coil-splits, could sit in a retro jazz/ blues or soul setting with ease. There's not the bright vibrant ring you'll hear on a new PRS McCarty, for example here, it's slightly softer and more hollow-sounding but nonetheless sustaining with a plays-like-butter setup - again, the perception is an old guitar that's been refretted. There's little doubt that this feels like a vintage piece with a beautifully fat neck (23mm in depth at the 1st fret, 25.5mm at the 12th). Each Vanquish is also fitted with a MusiTrac ID micro chip that's installed in the headstock under the logo. In addition, these humbuckers have minimal wax-potting to the baseplate and covers only, which, says Ade, " the coils un-waxed for true vintage PAF tone but without the microphonic feedback often found with non-wax potted pickups".Īnother unique feature is some additional wiring (designed and made by Cliff Brown at 633 Engineering) that allows you to adjust the treble bleed circuit and the cut-off point of the tone capacitors. Tuners are rear locking, which certainly helps restringing with the Bigsby, while the Monty's 'PAF-style' humbuckers look gorgeous in their aged nickel covers and are controlled with a conventional Gibson-like setup: the controls are Emerson 500k volume pots with US spec 500k push/push tone pots wired for individual coil splits (voicing the screw coils). The Gibson-cambered Indian rosewood 'board has classic block inlays, beautifully rolled 'worn-in' edges and extremely well-fitted and fettled jumbo frets. The sort-of Tele-inspired slab body is 'aero grade' Brazilian mahogany chambered to add a soupçon of resonance and keep the weight to 3.6kg (8lb) or below.Īs ever, the Brazilian mahogany neck has a headstock splice and that unique neck-to-body joint that's been a part of the Vanquish since day one. Under its worn exterior lurks a classic slice of guitar craft.
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So, no, it's not a full custom order piece, but you have a lot of options at your disposal.
Then there are other upgrades, such as a lightly figured flame maple cap with Faded Cherry 'Burst finish (£650), 5A 'master grade' flame maple cap with Faded Cherry 'Burst finish (£850), and an ebony fingerboard (£15). Aside from our upcharge options, you can opt for one of three neck profiles, eight vintage-y colours, full-size or mini humbuckers, and P-90s. Either way, you choose.Īnd choice is at the heart of this guitar. Not everyone gets this falsehood, of course, and the lighter VOS-style finish might just suit you better. It really does look and feel like an old, played - but not abused - electric.
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