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Ultrastick

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About Ultrastick

  • Birthday 11/19/1940

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    Wake Forest, NC

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    golf, fishing, guitar

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    Retired teacher of the blind

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  1. Two pickup Gibson Melody Maker in 1961. I had kept that guitar mint, except for installing a vibrato bar on it so's I could play that Ventures stuff. Pawned it and a Silvertone twin twelve to raise money for a bass boat.Bad move. The other guitarist in our band finally had to sell his Gibson SG with side pull vibrato because so many guys were pestering him to sell it to them. Both of us miss that guitar a lot.
  2. Brewski, no thanks my friend, guess I'll stick with the chrome. I agree, the green Agile should still be at your house. I love the PRS styling. I understand Agile modified the design because of a complaint by PRS, but Carvin continues to sell that style as their California Carved top. Hmmm. BTW, I have a pair of sandals like yours in the photo. Very comfy. Cheers!
  3. Brewski, now those are some pics. Thanks for the advice. I noticed mine came with chrome hardware. I like both as my Allender has gold. Thanks again.
  4. Kinda floundering around with this picture thing. Here goes...
  5. Received this axe on Wednesday after anxiously awaiting the UPS man. It came very well protected inside three cardboard boxes with no damage to the outer box. Nice. The guitar itself was in one of those styrofoam-like bags for further protection. Tags, warranty card and a bag with a cord and Allen wrenches were all there, taped to the side. Upon taking the guitar out of the bag, it was cold as heck, as we've had some lower temps and snow here around Raleigh, NC. I couldn't wait and plugged her up to a little practice amp. One string was out, probably from my unpacking. I proceeded to do some picking and grinning. Very very good sounds. An examination of the guitar revealed excellent workmanship: no problem with the finish, hardware, nothing. Frets are finished as well as I could ask, and the action is low. I haven't checked intonation yet but I expect it will be close from what I've read of other reviews of this axe. The finish is perfect and the top is perfectly bookmatched. Hooray! Weight: I was expecting this guitar to be a little heavy but that was not the case. I have no scales but I would put the weight at a little more than the average Strat. It is neck-through, btw, and is a substantial feeling instrument. Let's look at the hardware: Tuners, locking tuners, which I didn't expect. Thanks! Nut, Graph-Tech Tusq. That's great. Strings, prestrung with D'addrio 10's, I believe. Pickups, JB and Jazz or '59--I've read different things, and finally the bridge, a Tonebros. From what I know and have read, this is an assembly of real fine hardware, and it shows in the sound. Sounds: Well, all that nice hardware combined with the mahagany/maple contruction combine to produce some really good or even great sounds. Sometimes it sounds so good that, as one reviewer said "it'll make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck". The five way switch and knobs all work as advertised. Whatever sound I want, I know it's in there. Very very good sustain. The guitar resonates so well that I'm going to have to watch the ringing of open or unplayed strings. Don't recall any of my other guitars having that problem. A nice problem to have though. Final thoughts: Simply stated, this is a superb instrument. The vine of life inlay, which is again, guess what, perfect, adds to the eyecatching beauty of this instrument. For the cost, $499 currently at online retailers it is a screaming bargain. I would love to have a tremolo version of this guitar and have so indicated on the warranty card. I know I'm in the honeymoon phase and may be gushing a little bit, but heck, I'm in love. Hooray for the artisans in South Korea and the fine folks at Schecter!
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