Project Mayhem
Experienced
Do I need another guitar?...No. Did I need some new Monitors?...Yes.
So while discussing with the manager options on a pair of a7x's...I happen to notice that the Kotzen Tele I have had my eye on for a while has finally gone clearance. I'm no Tele guy at all, but this one Is quite different than the norm, and I figured if one falls into my lap... why not? Adam's are price restricted, but I was able to work a ridiculous package price that I just couldn't pass up...So I finally have a Tele, and this thing is a beast! Huge neck, jumbo fret's and rings for days. Four distinct sounds with the series parallel switching and the Chopper T in the bridge just cuts... this is going to get a lot of work.
I had planned to go check out a Plini Strandberg the following day but I hadn't planned on the Tele purchase, and the two guitars and monitors would have blown my fun budget..but I went anyway because I haven't played a Strandberg before. I knew that had I gotten the Plini, I would have changed the switching anyway (5 way)... What I didn't know was that they had just had a guy trade a Boden 6 for a 7.... and this thing was in great shape... played both and the Boden already had the switching I wanted, played just as well, and upgrading the trem parts to current spec was going to be very cheap..and it was 1k cheaper...Done!
I suspected I was going to like the Strandberg, but I was surprised at how quickly it felt right...actually better than right. This neck concept seems long overdue and perfectly natural to me. Once you get past the "Ikea-ness" of it, you really can see the genius of it's solution's. I know it's not for everyone...guitar purist's view them with same objectivity that amp purist's view the Axe...but in both cases, you could argue aesthetic, sentiment, whatever ...but it's really hard to deny the function. I feel like I have a better understanding of what Parker guys have been saying all these years.
So while discussing with the manager options on a pair of a7x's...I happen to notice that the Kotzen Tele I have had my eye on for a while has finally gone clearance. I'm no Tele guy at all, but this one Is quite different than the norm, and I figured if one falls into my lap... why not? Adam's are price restricted, but I was able to work a ridiculous package price that I just couldn't pass up...So I finally have a Tele, and this thing is a beast! Huge neck, jumbo fret's and rings for days. Four distinct sounds with the series parallel switching and the Chopper T in the bridge just cuts... this is going to get a lot of work.
I had planned to go check out a Plini Strandberg the following day but I hadn't planned on the Tele purchase, and the two guitars and monitors would have blown my fun budget..but I went anyway because I haven't played a Strandberg before. I knew that had I gotten the Plini, I would have changed the switching anyway (5 way)... What I didn't know was that they had just had a guy trade a Boden 6 for a 7.... and this thing was in great shape... played both and the Boden already had the switching I wanted, played just as well, and upgrading the trem parts to current spec was going to be very cheap..and it was 1k cheaper...Done!
I suspected I was going to like the Strandberg, but I was surprised at how quickly it felt right...actually better than right. This neck concept seems long overdue and perfectly natural to me. Once you get past the "Ikea-ness" of it, you really can see the genius of it's solution's. I know it's not for everyone...guitar purist's view them with same objectivity that amp purist's view the Axe...but in both cases, you could argue aesthetic, sentiment, whatever ...but it's really hard to deny the function. I feel like I have a better understanding of what Parker guys have been saying all these years.
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