NGD Tom Anderson Drop Top Shorty 3 x P90

allen · November 2016

I have been looking for something like this for about 3 years and finally did it.

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thomasross20 · November 2016

Woah, nice!!

Megii · November 2016

That looks utterly beautiful with the cream pickups and maple against the dark grey tinted flame top. How does it sound?

Strangefan · November 2016

I love that , well done for having taste

ennspek · November 2016

Stunning. I genuinely believe there is no better made guitar than an Anderson.

axisus · November 2016

A beauty, I'd love that!

Voxman · November 2016

Tom Anderson are top quality guitars through and through, and that one is no exception. Many congrats and I hope it gives you years of playing pleasure.

allen · November 2016

Megii said:

That looks utterly beautiful with the cream pickups and maple against the dark grey tinted flame top. How does it sound?

Thanks. Always a bit tricky to describe sounds in words, and can't say I've really tried it in loads of different ways/pedals. The pickups on this are stacked humbuckers so not true P90s

So far...
Overall - most people say 'strat on steroids' and I'd tend to agree
Neck pickup - very beefy, easy to get SRV tones without a tubescreamer, but occasionally goes a bit too dark
Neck and middle - sweet sounding
Middle - bit more like an ordinary strat neck pickup
Neck and bridge - bit too chewy for sultans of swing, but more usable for me than a normal strat
Bridge - much better than a normal strat, less thin

How's that for an attempt?

richardhomer · November 2016

I'm not generally a fan of 'boutique' Strat-style guitars - but I think Andersons are brilliant.

They look, play and sound superb - pure class.

allen · November 2016

I did a video in case you're interested.

Bucket · November 2016

I approve hard.

Megii · November 2016

allen said:

Megii said:

That looks utterly beautiful with the cream pickups and maple against the dark grey tinted flame top. How does it sound?

Thanks. Always a bit tricky to describe sounds in words, and can't say I've really tried it in loads of different ways/pedals. The pickups on this are stacked humbuckers so not true P90s

So far...
Overall - most people say 'strat on steroids' and I'd tend to agree
Neck pickup - very beefy, easy to get SRV tones without a tubescreamer, but occasionally goes a bit too dark
Neck and middle - sweet sounding
Middle - bit more like an ordinary strat neck pickup
Neck and bridge - bit too chewy for sultans of swing, but more usable for me than a normal strat
Bridge - much better than a normal strat, less thin

How's that for an attempt?

Not bad! cheers for that, it sounds like a guitar I'd enjoy myself, and I do think there's something to be said for the humbucking aspect - I like single coils as much as anyone, but I have struggled with noise issues on occasion, so it's always nice to have a guitar that reliably avoids that. Having watched the Anderson factory tour videos some time ago, it did look to be a happy place and dedicated to the highest of standards, and that does look to be the sort of standard one would expect - i.e. immaculate. And a very pretty guitar as well - cheers again for posting the pics.

Megii · November 2016

Actually just watched your excellent video, and it seems surprisingly noisy despite the stacked pickups - I wonder if they've sent you the wrong pickups, or is there something else at play causing the noies maybe. It does sound gorgeous all the same!

Blueingreen · November 2016

I've been on the look out for a short TA with trem for ages, albeit somewhat different specs, so I know how hard it is to find the right one. This sounds great. Congratulations.

allen · November 2016

Megii said:

Actually just watched your excellent video, and it seems surprisingly noisy despite the stacked pickups - I wonder if they've sent you the wrong pickups, or is there something else at play causing the noies maybe. It does sound gorgeous all the same!

Thanks. Yes, I think it might be the noisiest guitar I've got. Mind you, there is no noise if you touch a metal part of the guitar and I seem to remember seeing a comment from Tom on a forum saying that you hold to hold the guitar to stop the noise. Not sure of the exact reason.

ennspek · November 2016

Because it sounds so frickin awesome!

Bridgehouse · November 2016

allen said:

Megii said:

Actually just watched your excellent video, and it seems surprisingly noisy despite the stacked pickups - I wonder if they've sent you the wrong pickups, or is there something else at play causing the noies maybe. It does sound gorgeous all the same!

Thanks. Yes, I think it might be the noisiest guitar I've got. Mind you, there is no noise if you touch a metal part of the guitar and I seem to remember seeing a comment from Tom on a forum saying that you hold to hold the guitar to stop the noise. Not sure of the exact reason.

When you touch the strings you're grounding.

Much as people might talk about cycle hum and grounding issues in the guitar itself, I reckon it most likely an issue with your amp grounding, or your home electrics grounding.

Our house has some grounding issues and I get it on every guitar to an extent. Some guitars highlight it more than others..

ToneControl · November 2016

allen said:

Megii said:

That looks utterly beautiful with the cream pickups and maple against the dark grey tinted flame top. How does it sound?

Thanks. Always a bit tricky to describe sounds in words, and can't say I've really tried it in loads of different ways/pedals. The pickups on this are stacked humbuckers so not true P90s

So far...
Overall - most people say 'strat on steroids' and I'd tend to agree
Neck pickup - very beefy, easy to get SRV tones without a tubescreamer, but occasionally goes a bit too dark
Neck and middle - sweet sounding
Middle - bit more like an ordinary strat neck pickup
Neck and bridge - bit too chewy for sultans of swing, but more usable for me than a normal strat
Bridge - much better than a normal strat, less thin

How's that for an attempt?

I did wonder if the neck pup might have fewer winds, like a normal hot single coil instead of a full p90 wind

allen · November 2016

ToneControl said:
I did wonder if the neck pup might have fewer winds, like a normal hot single coil instead of a full p90 wind

Not sure exactly, but it is the lowest output one that they do.

guitars4you · November 2016

A Strat on steroid is my way of describing it as it becomes a reference point that we are familiar with - If you say it is new, different and fresh then we don't know what you are talking about - Further more, the acoustic properties of a bolt-on maple neck tend to be Fender-esq anyway

Looks mighty fine - I have a 3 P90 Cobra with rosewood neck - so similar - so I appreciate what you have - looks very nice - Further more the shorter scale length on your Andi somehow makes it sound a touch more organic as sometimes Anderson's can sound to pure - Almost more Karen Carpenter and less Janis Joplin

ToneControl · November 2016

is it hollow?
my drop top was hollow, and it was the icing on the cake: just picked up that extra bit of acoustic feedback from the amp

I sold it because I wasn't happy with the pickups, and didn't want to change them out, since I'm going off trems, and SSH config

Now have my cobra with 2HBs very nice again, and a chambered Suhr in a strat shape, which has the best switchable setup for an HH I've ever played: it has a really usable, clear SC neck position

I think for me SSS or HH are the only ones that work of the standard configs, but
I think SC / P90 / HB would work, I think I've only seen that sort of idea in Fret Kings

But I am loving the idea of P90s in it
I have an LP-type guitar with 2 Mississippi Queens in it, and that is stunning

Maybe I should get a set of Kinman nine-ohs and put them in a strat, hmmm

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