Tweet
Couldn't help myself. I snagged this despite having bought the Yellow Bengal version and flipping it within months. It still can't run with my USA CS J/C's nor with the more recent Charvel Pro Mod DK24's. In particular, the JB in it sounds muted and muffled (no, I didn't accidentally roll the tone and/or volume knob back. 
) but that's likely an easy fix. New and better suited p'up. LOL The FRTO2000 is as you'd expect- not bad but not a real-deal OFR, either. The neck is comfy, not Charvel Pro Mod comfy but comfy, and it needs a slight fret dressing even with the maple expanding ever so slightly in the recently-arrived May humidity. I find the binding a tad unnecessary, aesthetically speaking, and it serves no purpose from a playability standpoint.
I suspect I keep buying these with the intent of modding the f*ck outta them and creating a Wonder Mutt. Certainly this has many of the qualities needed to do that. The finish is it's biggest selling point though, with one of the better swirls I've seen come from this series.
I'll try a new p'up and a OFR or LockMeister w/ a brass big block and see what happens. Stay tuned...
) but that's likely an easy fix. New and better suited p'up. LOL The FRTO2000 is as you'd expect- not bad but not a real-deal OFR, either. The neck is comfy, not Charvel Pro Mod comfy but comfy, and it needs a slight fret dressing even with the maple expanding ever so slightly in the recently-arrived May humidity. I find the binding a tad unnecessary, aesthetically speaking, and it serves no purpose from a playability standpoint.I suspect I keep buying these with the intent of modding the f*ck outta them and creating a Wonder Mutt. Certainly this has many of the qualities needed to do that. The finish is it's biggest selling point though, with one of the better swirls I've seen come from this series.
I'll try a new p'up and a OFR or LockMeister w/ a brass big block and see what happens. Stay tuned...
Comment