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To be honest I don’t know. I would expect the volume controls to work for each pickup independently in the middle position, but I honestly can’t remember from when I did the review. If in doubt I would suggest contacting your retailer or Hagstrom directly for confirmation. If it is meant to be like that and you want them independent (like, say, a Les Paul) then it’s a very easy modification to make without parts - it’s just wiring it differently.

I write all of the tracks for every demo I do, so there isn’t a backing track per se. The whole track is only as long as the demo!

@@AndyBurlaceMusic make it please is so good

They really are something special. A bit of an unsung hero over here in the UK, which, in my opinion, is a crying shame!

As a guitarist and songwriter I don’t actually have any music available publicly yet, but as a drummer I played on the Walkway album WW3 on Spotify (and also some bass on that record too!) I’m planning to get some guitar music recorded and released at some point in the future, but as always it’s finding the time!

They’re a set of Suhr Aldrich’s and they’re absolutely superb in this guitar

Agreed. Some are a little more complex to work on than others, but unless it’s something massively structural then something can usually be done.

Hope you enjoy it!

I think ‘disaster’ is a bit of an overstatement - it’s now basically a year later, and it’s still one of the most played guitars in my collection. There were some issues, but nothing that affects the playability of the guitar in a permanent sense - and for the cost I still think it’s a huge amount of guitar. I stand by the review completely, but I would also buy another should the need arise!

The patch was using the Helix Friedman BE100 patch, with a precision drive in front of it. There was no EQ outside of the amp and pedal from memory. The guitar itself I’d describe as very ‘tight’. The pickups feel surprisingly low output for a guitar like this, so I round myself pushing gains a little further than I would have expected. That said, it’s a fantastically articulate guitar, and everything sounds super clear and pronounced!

This, and every other demo I do, all use the Line 6 Helix. I tend to have a relatively standard set of patches I’ve made, that I’ll slightly tweak for each guitar

Congratulations! It genuinely was one of the nicest guitars I got my hands on last year. I’m sure you’ll be very happy!

Fantastic! Glad you’ve found something you’re happy with! Thanks for the kind words too

Do you mean the guitar or my actual head? If you mean me, it’s a small room, so I have to sit a little awkwardly to get myself and the guitar in shot.

It’s a proper maple cap with a paper-thin veneer laid on that. There isn’t a setup manual for the Floyd provided, but it’s functionally the same as every other Floyd, and sets up/adjust as such. There’s a plethora of videos on Floyd setups on RUclips 🙂

Thanks very much!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

I don’t know what to tell you… that’s what English people sound like?

You sound amazing

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the kind words!

Not here in the UK - they’re currently around £2500 ($3200) used as a starting point and go up from there. $1200 (just under £950) is used Sterling Majesty X money over here!

There’s nothing different to adjusting a regular acoustic - there’s a bit of room for lowering at both the nut and the bridge, but as usual I would recommend a luthier for all adjustments on an acoustic unless you know what you’re doing, as lowering an acoustic action tends to be a one-way trip unless you’re replacing bits!

Thank you and thank you for a good review. @@AndyBurlaceMusic

Glad you enjoyed it!

Upon further use over the last few months I actually suspect it’s the rout that’s slightly misaligned rather than the bridge, and it is only by a very small amount. I will also say that Thomann have a very comprehensive returns policy, and have even seen people returning them successfully because they don’t like the look of the veneer pattern on the top, so if it’s not up to code they will take it back. If I had more time before the first need for this guitar I may have sent it back and had another go, but even with the few issues this had, it’s still become one of my 2 go-to guitars more often than not - and that’s a huge accolade for a guitar this price, when the majority of the rest of my collection all tip in at well over £2000+

@@AndyBurlaceMusic True, there is a lot of bang for the buck and it's important to take everything into consideration. I have been thinking about it for a while yesterday and decided it's still worth the price and bought it, worst case scenario like you said I will just return it, if it's doable it's def a keeper. Not bothered about anything other than basic function that will last.

Honestly I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with it, I’m 6 months+ into ownership and still find myself reaching for it more often than not!

​@@AndyBurlaceMusic I got it today, it took me about two hours to set up. Bridge was almost perfectly aligned, had to raise the bridge and play with the tension strings, intonation was excellent thank God. Has a couple of microscopic dinks and the letter B missing on head stock. I got the only Harley enton in the world, haha. Love it, feels great. Pickups are a little quiet, gonna put in my Seymour Designed that I had spare and see how they sound. No cracks or anything like that. Very happy bunny, paid 240 quid. Unreal really

Glad you’re happy. If it’s anything like mine you should be content for years to come!

🤣🤣! Lots of information to squeeze into 10 minutes or the algorithms get all messed up!

For the money, they’re so impressive!

Thanks! I love high-gain tones as much as the next person, but I feel it’s important to hear the dynamic range of a guitar to make an informed choice - we all play different stuff, so covering as many tones as possible hopefully helps lots of players

The neck is bigger than I would expect of a guitar like this, but it’s certainly not unwieldy. It’s very similar to a Fender 60’s profile ‘c’ neck I would say, which I appreciate is not for everyone. That said, I have quite small hands comparatively, and within my ability I don’t find it too big to play quickly on. It’s a straight 12” radius too, so it’s not the flattest board out there, although I believe they’re releasing models next year (notably the ST-182, which I’ll be all over!) with compound 12-16” radius necks, and I would expect that to come across to the next gen of fusions too.

I largely agree. I have no real use for a floating trem on a 7 string, and would rather the option to retune at will. Look at a device called a ‘Tremol-no’ to fix your issue. It lives in the trem spring cavity and gives you to option to lock the trem off completely, effectively turning the guitar into a hardtail. It means you can get the guitar you want without having the issues you describe. Hope it helps!

For what it’s worth the overall fit and finish was very good, and the neck-end of the review guitar defo felt like an anomaly rather than ‘the norm’ based on others I’ve seen since. I would recommend physically playing one if possible, and seeing for yourself, as it’s so hard to convey through a video. Even if you order one and aren’t happy, most places have a 28 day return policy or similar, to exchange it if you’re unhappy, but they’re definitely nice enough to warrant the order. Hope this helps!

Thanks, I might try before I commit to ordering, I was also wondering if you have done a review on the Vox Bobcat V90, thanks again.

I haven’t reviewed that one, as I don’t have a contact at Vox’s UK distributor currently. It may well come along in the future though! I haven’t even seen one in real life before, as they don’t seem to be all that common in the wild, so I couldn’t comment on it I’m afraid.

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you kindly!

I agree - it’s certainly one of the nicest acoustics I’ve ever played, and considering the price it’s a bit of a bargain! Most onboard systems are piezo systems, which just work on vibrations through a transducer in the bridge. As a result you don’t really get the characteristic of the guitar in that tone, and they’re quite generic. As a result it’s hard to show the natural sound in a recording, but the condenser mic does a reasonably good job of replicating it.

This wasn’t a B-stock one! This was a full retail price model. From what I understand, the B-stock ones are returns from people who don’t want (or can’t) to do the work to make them playable, but this was sold to me as an A-grade guitar

please tell me how set it up?

Thank you kindly! Was certainly a fun one to write 🙂

do you do guitar lessons? @@AndyBurlaceMusic

I do indeed! However I currently only offer them face-to-face in Suffolk, UK. I hope to be setup for online lessons soon

Stranger things have happened, but I believe D’angelico are made in a a different country and factory based on what I can see online. Yamaha always produce a great instrument for sure, but a JSM is obviously missing the bigsby, and has a very different feel too. If I were in the market myself I would certainly play both and make a decision by then. I wouldn’t, however, say the Yamaha is a better guitar, especially without having them side by side to compare directly

Thanks very much!

I can definitely see the similarity!

Entirely possible - I have been reasonably active on a few HB pages about this guitar! Thanks very much for the kind words too!

That was the exact idea of this guitar. Including the pickup swap it still comes on at around £200 less than a Charvel DK24 and has more spec too, so on paper it was worth a look. Anything that compares me to Max Ostro I’ll happily take! He’s an immense talent for sure!

Thanks very much!

Aiming to film it and release it next week. Should be interesting to see how they compare!

Haha! Thanks, chap! I should probably get around to doing some drum-related stuff for you guys at some point 🙂

Thanks very much! Appreciate it mate 🙂

To be honest, a trem of any kind is basically superfluous on a 7 as far as I’m concerned - the times I could use it are far outweighed by the times I want rock solid tuning. I’m amazed they never offered this model with a hard tail to be honest!

There’s already a huge amount of jazz and blues demos for this guitar on RUclips, so I went for a more Foo-Fighters style piece to show its versatility. There’s more traditional sound demos at the end of the video. I would push back a little saying it’s ‘misused’ too. Semi-acoustic guitars have been used for harder music by loads of people, from Dave Grohl, to Tim Armstrong, to Tom Delonge and beyond. If it sounds good and it feels good, then it doesn’t need to be pigeonholed to a genre! 🙂

Exactly this. It has a triplet feel as it runs up 🙂

No problem 👍

Good spot! I was aiming exactly that vibe, with that 6/8 ‘shuffle’ feel. Not enough metal shuffles!

You’re very kind! Thanks for the comment!

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Thanks very much!