In Canada it's gonna be $169 plus tax, so in Ontario about $190For me, the appealing feature is the pick-guard. Not the look of the pick-guard, but rather the fact that it can cover up so many different mods, and the holes required for them. After all, at $100, roughly, it makes a great platform for experimentation. I'm curious about how much existing empty space there is under that pickguard. Just imagine what you could do by installing a low-profile gold-foil-type PU in between the two existing ones, and adding some switching circuitry. Alternatively, one can buy inexpensive dual-rails-type PUs from Guitar Fetish or other places, and install them to replace the stock PUs. Or, if you like the tone of the stock PUs, but they tend to attract hum, there would be plenty of space under that pickguard for a dummy coil.
Or ... you could leave it as isFor me, the appealing feature is the pick-guard. Not the look of the pick-guard, but rather the fact that it can cover up so many different mods, and the holes required for them. After all, at $100, roughly, it makes a great platform for experimentation. I'm curious about how much existing empty space there is under that pickguard. Just imagine what you could do by installing a low-profile gold-foil-type PU in between the two existing ones, and adding some switching circuitry. Alternatively, one can buy inexpensive dual-rails-type PUs from Guitar Fetish or other places, and install them to replace the stock PUs. Or, if you like the tone of the stock PUs, but they tend to attract hum, there would be plenty of space under that pickguard for a dummy coil.
But where's the fun in that?Or ... you could leave it as is![]()
Playing it ?But where's the fun in that?![]()
But you can do that after the modsPlaying it ?
That too, but you could have played it all that time it was getting modded.But you can do that after the mods![]()
Before long, they'll be $50 on the used market. I'll wait for that.Looks really neat. I feel like buying one just because.
If I was in the market & was unable to have one in my hands before buying I would be more inclined to order from L&M.They're available for preorder through L&M, I inquired about them last week. I don't know when they'll be available, but total cost is $169 and you can preorder for $50 down.
Swapping the bar magnets for AlNiCo would be an interesting first mod. Beyond a beginner, I see this as a good guitar to learn luthierism on.In some respects, it is similar to the old double-cutaway Melody Maker, which also had single-coils. HOWEVER, the PUs on the old Melody Makers had alnico bar magnets in them, rather than ceramic magnets..