Saw this at my local shop where I take lessons. They got it in that day, and I noticed the pickup switch was dodgy (wouldn't select the neck pickup by itself, so the middle position and neck position were the same). So I managed to talk my way into a $50 discount and got it for $350 out the door with a so-so hardshell case.
I got the new pickup switch installed, and it's working great. No real plans for any other upgrades...other than perhaps a set of Hipshot locking tuners, but so far the stock tuners are just fine. Core-Tek makes a solid guitar, assuming the buyer specs it out well. G&L obviously did in this case.
Oh, and holy shit these are the brightest/loudest pickups ever. It's like a single coil on 11...or maybe 37. It doesn't look the part, but this thing DOOMs. ;D
That is a handsome axe!
I suppose many louds is preferable to too few. ;D
Quote from: jessenator on March 06, 2023, 06:03:21 AM
That is a handsome axe!
I suppose many louds is preferable to too few. ;D
Thanks! Yes, I guess I'd rather turn down the volume rather than have to boost it, but I've never before had a guitar where I felt a need to roll back the Tone control a fair bit as a "standard" setup.
I had one of those a while ago, mine weighed about 45 lbs so I eventually moved on from it. Interesting pickups. too.
G&L makes killer stuff, I have a couple of them. I never got that one for some reason. More louder is more better.
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I like that. I have a Music Man that requires a lot of fiddling with the tone control, which is pretty cool when you need the top end.
The first time I had a guitar where there was too much treble (also a G&L), I wasn't quite sure I liked it at first. Once I got used to the idea that the tone pot didn't always have to be on 10, I found it pretty damn useful.
Quote from: pickdropper on March 08, 2023, 12:41:46 PM
The first time I had a guitar where there was too much treble (also a G&L), I wasn't quite sure I liked it at first. Once I got used to the idea that the tone pot didn't always have to be on 10, I found it pretty damn useful.
Yeah, I can see some upsides. Still breaking it in. Luckily, there are almost no aftermarket pickup options, so I'm pretty much just going to have to get used to it. :)
Quote from: culturejam on March 08, 2023, 02:19:27 PM
Quote from: pickdropper on March 08, 2023, 12:41:46 PM
The first time I had a guitar where there was too much treble (also a G&L), I wasn't quite sure I liked it at first. Once I got used to the idea that the tone pot didn't always have to be on 10, I found it pretty damn useful.
Yeah, I can see some upsides. Still breaking it in. Luckily, there are almost no aftermarket pickup options, so I'm pretty much just going to have to get used to it. :)
You could always 3D print a giant pickup cover to fit a standard single coil if you get desperate. ;-)
Very nice, I like it!!!
Given my recent Ty Tabor Yamaha score I'm real partial to green too, and normally I wouldn't be.
What a stunner of a guitar! G&L are really beautiful to me and this right here is not helping the GAS.
Congrats! Love the green! I have the same one in Orange, it was my main gigging guitar for years. Still love it