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New very green guitar day.
G&L Legacy
This was on my doorstep when I got home tonight. Ripped it out of its packaging, threw it in the car and headed off to Band Practice.
First impressions:
Good.
It's not sunburst!
The edge of the fretboard is more rounded than most of the G&L's I've played. I like that.
Big frets. A double edged sword if you're heavy handed but really good sometimes as well.
Strung quite heavy. It suits this guitar well.
It's been around a few years but still has all the protective film on the pickguard and other plastic!
Meh
Came in a shitty bag and it's about 20mm too long to fit in any of my Fender cases.
Tuning's not stable. Could be old strings, could be the wobble bits. Will see what new strings and a couple of hardwood wedges do.
It's voice is exactly what you expect from a Strat. Until it's compared with my '54 which is sweeter and has much more character.
Overall first impressions:
This is a winner. I like playing it a lot. Sort out the tuning stability and it's a brilliant backup guitar. Give it the voice it deserves and it could become #1.
Question; Do standard Fender single coils fit into these? I can sense a session at Jason Lollar's emporium of pickup awesomeness in my near future.
I put a wide, red strap on this and plugged it into my shocking gay pink coily cable. It looks hilarious.
G&L Legacy
This was on my doorstep when I got home tonight. Ripped it out of its packaging, threw it in the car and headed off to Band Practice.
First impressions:
Good.
It's not sunburst!
The edge of the fretboard is more rounded than most of the G&L's I've played. I like that.
Big frets. A double edged sword if you're heavy handed but really good sometimes as well.
Strung quite heavy. It suits this guitar well.
It's been around a few years but still has all the protective film on the pickguard and other plastic!
Meh
Came in a shitty bag and it's about 20mm too long to fit in any of my Fender cases.
Tuning's not stable. Could be old strings, could be the wobble bits. Will see what new strings and a couple of hardwood wedges do.
It's voice is exactly what you expect from a Strat. Until it's compared with my '54 which is sweeter and has much more character.
Overall first impressions:
This is a winner. I like playing it a lot. Sort out the tuning stability and it's a brilliant backup guitar. Give it the voice it deserves and it could become #1.
Question; Do standard Fender single coils fit into these? I can sense a session at Jason Lollar's emporium of pickup awesomeness in my near future.
I put a wide, red strap on this and plugged it into my shocking gay pink coily cable. It looks hilarious.
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Re: NGGD
guitar looks great - i love that colour - but for some reason can't imagine you playing one that colour!!!
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Re: NGGD
If it was the one that was in MP Wellington, I definitely rate that guitar. Strings and but should sort the tuning, those tremors are beautiful, we’ll made and normally very stable.
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Re: NGGD
Also, they fit in generic start cases no problem.
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Right! That's a challenge. Photos to come.Polar Bear wrote:Also, they fit in generic start cases no problem.
Do you happen to know how they're routed? If it's a swimming pool, I might go HSS
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Re: NGGD
Imagine it. I'm so over sunburst.AiRdAd wrote:guitar looks great - i love that colour - but for some reason can't imagine you playing one that colour!!!
And yes; it's definitely a Danny colour.
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Nope, never felt the need to pop the top on one, I rather liked them straight out of the box.Slowy wrote:Right! That's a challenge. Photos to come.Polar Bear wrote:Also, they fit in generic start cases no problem.
Do you happen to know how they're routed? If it's a swimming pool, I might go HSS
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Re: NGGD
I played a blue g&l legacy for years. Loved it!
The pickups are pretty good, and quite quiet. But they are a little bit trebly and don't have the same SRV type strat kachunk that Fenders do. Changed mine to an EMG SA/85 set because that was cool.
I changed the tuners on mine from memory - don't know if it was actually necessary but I was a noob back then. It stayed in tune well.
My g&l is possibly one of the only guitars I regret selling. But I've changed quite a bit now so who knows.
The pickups are pretty good, and quite quiet. But they are a little bit trebly and don't have the same SRV type strat kachunk that Fenders do. Changed mine to an EMG SA/85 set because that was cool.
I changed the tuners on mine from memory - don't know if it was actually necessary but I was a noob back then. It stayed in tune well.
My g&l is possibly one of the only guitars I regret selling. But I've changed quite a bit now so who knows.