KVR Audio

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sun May 22, 2016 7:27 pm

Those are really cool!

werp · Post by **werp** » Sun May 22, 2016 11:28 pm

This fluffy thing just followed me home

werp · Post by **werp** » Mon May 23, 2016 2:11 am

here's todays eBay win. a new Tribe tele, made in Switzerland. Everything I do on it will be illegal.

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Mon May 23, 2016 11:31 am

werp, you certainly like those interesting guitars

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri May 27, 2016 6:09 am

Lovely

http://www.kieselguitars.com/guitars-in-stock/132693

Not going to buy it, but it's lovely nonetheless.

emcee · Post by **emcee** » Fri May 27, 2016 6:14 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Air-guitar-/201500979974

This one looks good, no strings attached.

werp · Post by **werp** » Fri May 27, 2016 6:26 am

SJ_Digriz wrote:werp, you certainly like those interesting guitars

guilty as charged. not much point collecting run of the mill gear

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri May 27, 2016 10:19 pm

emcee wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Air-guitar-/201500979974

This one looks good, no strings attached.

werp · Post by **werp** » Sat May 28, 2016 1:14 am

incubus wrote:
emcee wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Air-guitar-/201500979974

This one looks good, no strings attached.

I wouldn't sneer at a bargain like that. They're just the best for that ambient, atmospheric stuff. Serious gas that.

werp · Post by **werp** » Sat May 28, 2016 1:15 am

we have those in australia but they seem to attract flies

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sat May 28, 2016 7:36 pm

The new PRS McCarty 594 looks interesting. They claim it has perfect intonation thanks to their new 24.594 scale length. They also claim the pickups sound like proper single coils when split. PRS actually has a pretty good track record in both of those regards so I'm interested to see how they pull it off:

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Sat May 28, 2016 7:39 pm

I will be playing a couple in mid June. I'm intrigued as well

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sat May 28, 2016 8:24 pm

Regarding new vs. used, it depends a lot on the company and the grade of instrument. For example, Gibson and G&L use Plek machines for their top-of-the-line instruments, and Suhr uses Pleks for all of their instruments, so you can count on those being consistently good quality with great setups. American PRS's and Prestige Ibanez's I've played have been consistently great in all regards. The ESP 400-series and above I've played have been consistently good but not always great. For acoustics, the Taylors I've played, including low-end models, have been consistently great, and the Seagulls I've played have been consistently good to great.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sat May 28, 2016 10:57 pm

So 24.594 is the new "fanned fret" ??

Actually, (I might have already said this) I'm thinking about selling my fantastic Carvin because I really don't like anything under 25.5......for me I have more tuning issues with it.

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Sat May 28, 2016 11:49 pm

incubus wrote:So 24.594 is the new "fanned fret" ??

Actually, (I might have already said this) I'm thinking about selling my fantastic Carvin because I really don't like anything under 25.5......for me I have more tuning issues with it.

It's kinda funny, I've never had intonation problems with good guitars once they are set up properly. Although my ES-175 is a bitch to get set up because of the stupid loose bridge. There are some kinds of chord structure that accentuate intonation issues though. It's much more of a problem on the road with humidity and temperature changes constantly whacking your guitars. But, that has nothing to do with scale length.

I know scale length matters to some degree, but there are far more immediate culprits than that.

Your next guitar?