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For those keeping score @ home, I grabbed this last week off E-bay- first time I've used ebay, went just fine.
Showed up at work. I work in a fairly staid environment, so when I rooted through this huge box, with friggin' foam peanuts flying everywhere, well, it was a bit of a scene.
So here she is!
Now that I have it appears to be a black metallic flake rather than flat black, which is kinda sweet.
EMG's....gold lettering. Anyone have any idea what set it might be? Sound nice, appreciate the lows it seems to be kicking vs. the JB in my Soloist:
Now....for the bad part. The real bad part, I think. Someone removed the Schaller 590 and replaced it...with this:
W.T.F. It's a "TRS 101", which from the little bit of research I did is some sort of lower-quality Ibanez trem, the one they put on mid level imports that don't rate an EDGE. But wait!!! It gets WORSE!
(que Homer Simpson screaming sound)
Lower left hand side- See that wad of tissue? I put that there because I blew it on string selection- They really felt like 9's to me but must have been 10s, so when I put the 9's on obviously I'm not floating. Figured, big deal we're ok. BUT WAIT!!! The trem plate is SLOPPING OVER in the cavity! There was a little cracking in the finish from where someone was pulling up on the trem arm and slapped wood.
WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING??? WHYYY DO YOU DO THIS TO MY PEOPLE?????
OK. Sorry.
So here's the question: WHAT Schaller trem best replaces what's on there now, and HOW much of a disaster will it be to retrofit this baby back to her original form? I haven't been able to find 590's...is there a new model that fits?
The good news: My word, does she feel and sound nice, even with the trem like that. Best $365 I've spent in a long long time. Very fine edge on the sound. Stronger lows than the USA Soloist. Kinda sounds pissed, probably from the way it was treated.
Only thing I can say is it will be treated better here than where it came from!
So that's it! What say you brothers?
Vass
For those keeping score @ home, I grabbed this last week off E-bay- first time I've used ebay, went just fine.
Showed up at work. I work in a fairly staid environment, so when I rooted through this huge box, with friggin' foam peanuts flying everywhere, well, it was a bit of a scene.
So here she is!
Now that I have it appears to be a black metallic flake rather than flat black, which is kinda sweet.
EMG's....gold lettering. Anyone have any idea what set it might be? Sound nice, appreciate the lows it seems to be kicking vs. the JB in my Soloist:
Now....for the bad part. The real bad part, I think. Someone removed the Schaller 590 and replaced it...with this:
W.T.F. It's a "TRS 101", which from the little bit of research I did is some sort of lower-quality Ibanez trem, the one they put on mid level imports that don't rate an EDGE. But wait!!! It gets WORSE!
(que Homer Simpson screaming sound)
Lower left hand side- See that wad of tissue? I put that there because I blew it on string selection- They really felt like 9's to me but must have been 10s, so when I put the 9's on obviously I'm not floating. Figured, big deal we're ok. BUT WAIT!!! The trem plate is SLOPPING OVER in the cavity! There was a little cracking in the finish from where someone was pulling up on the trem arm and slapped wood.
WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING??? WHYYY DO YOU DO THIS TO MY PEOPLE????? OK. Sorry.
So here's the question: WHAT Schaller trem best replaces what's on there now, and HOW much of a disaster will it be to retrofit this baby back to her original form? I haven't been able to find 590's...is there a new model that fits?
The good news: My word, does she feel and sound nice, even with the trem like that. Best $365 I've spent in a long long time. Very fine edge on the sound. Stronger lows than the USA Soloist. Kinda sounds pissed, probably from the way it was treated.
Only thing I can say is it will be treated better here than where it came from!
So that's it! What say you brothers?
Vass
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