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I am smitten with the guitar
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PRS may be the only major manufacturer actually bothering to make ono-standard parts for their own designs, but most of those are still somehow generically familiar.
However, I do think these new Shergold models represent great value for money, especially on sale. They are a bit quirkier in design and material choices than most, just not hardware. You would struggle to find that combination of wood choices at this price anywhere else.
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If you add to this - more and more luthiers who are coming to me for pickups for their models these days are asking for a pickup design with a unique selling point or even pickup designed exclusively for their range.
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Let me guess. Japanese made, and make the guitar really wail, but you can never get it in tune.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
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Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
But there is still a lack of variety in hardware used on most of the stuff you see on guitar shop walls. Many will resort to standard fender/gibson hardware and the various versions of that. Even many "reissues" of quirky old guitars are more reliant on generic parts. Eastwood, danelectro, harmony, supro etc.
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Design is getting freed up by innovation ... gradually
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You still don't see many of them on factory guitars, and you certainly don't associate them with a specific guitar brands identity the way you would original Shergold parts.
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Do yourself a favour and stick it in open G...
It is a 100% audition blocker lol. I love it anyway
It arrived today. First impressions are very positive. Sounds great, the neck finish feels great and the general fit and finish is second to none. It’s a good weight (7lb 2oz), and it’s really sparkly.