Sarah93003 wrote:Very cool! I love white guitars. How would you compare that guitar to others you've played? I've never seen one in person.
It plays very "soft" and seems like a cross between a Les Paul (low action, low string tension) and one of the lower level Squiers (the neck is quite narrow at the nut, but the string spacing is standard). It will take some getting used to as I'm mostly an acoustic player and generally reach for a Fender or Gretsch when I'm playing electric. In other words, I'm used to a much stiffer action and this one definitely calls for a light touch.
The neck is also very thin in profile. I think you'd call this one a shallow D profile. I prefer something closer to a baseball bat for a neck, but I'm adapting surprisingly quickly.
The vibrato works well and the guitar stays in tune.
I think my tech deserves more credit for the way this plays than the Univox factory does--he said that it didn't appear that the frets had ever been leveled before he did it; he also re-cut the nut for proper action height and tuning when using the whammy bar.
As far as sound goes, on the bridge pickup it's darn near as bright and twangy as a Tele and isn't as middy as you'd expect from a P90 equipped Les Paul Junior or Special, even though it has P90s. The neck pickup is really nice, too--very rich and full, still thinner than Gibson P90s or humbuckers, but quite full. It will never be as wonderful as a Strat neck pickup is, but it's pretty darned good.
It's a VERY good playing guitar and a nice trip down memory lane. Not to mention the fact that it's never likely to depreciate too much:)
Cassady
