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braintheory
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This aged nitro Mayones Aquila came earlier this past week and I actually really like it and love the color too lol. The stock pickups though are some of the worst I’ve heard, maybe giving these guitars a worse rap than they deserve, but could still tell right away unplugged that it’s a very good guitar and once I put in good pickups it became what I expected from it plugged in
I definitely hear the more nuanced, open nitro sound with it (would be better with shellac finish, just saying). It can be described maybe like that way vs the typical Mayones Regius’s or Duvell’s that have that more choked furniture with strings attached sound or also like a more modern, precise sounding aged nitro Charvel CS and for less than what those go for. I won’t overhype it or say it’s the level of Marchione’s, Deimel or the best vintage stuff I’ve tried, but has enough of its own thing I like that at least for now will play it often
Great playability as Mayone’s typically have. Doesn’t have that unfair talent boosting effect in sleek playability like Marchione’s, but about as good for me as the good aged nitro Charvel’s, which until I tried Marchione’s thought were as good as it got for super strats (I was wrong). I haven’t liked much the many other Mayones’s I’ve had or tried probably from the combo of poly or oil finish and those wood specs sterilizing the tone (like those 11-13 piece necks especially), but this one keeps it simple with specs much better for tone: just a red alder body (big alder fan), maple neck/board, nitro. There still is just a bit of that clinical Mayones quality to the sound and overall vibe, but overall really like it still. For something modern(ish) I think it’s quite good
I definitely hear the more nuanced, open nitro sound with it (would be better with shellac finish, just saying). It can be described maybe like that way vs the typical Mayones Regius’s or Duvell’s that have that more choked furniture with strings attached sound or also like a more modern, precise sounding aged nitro Charvel CS and for less than what those go for. I won’t overhype it or say it’s the level of Marchione’s, Deimel or the best vintage stuff I’ve tried, but has enough of its own thing I like that at least for now will play it often
Great playability as Mayone’s typically have. Doesn’t have that unfair talent boosting effect in sleek playability like Marchione’s, but about as good for me as the good aged nitro Charvel’s, which until I tried Marchione’s thought were as good as it got for super strats (I was wrong). I haven’t liked much the many other Mayones’s I’ve had or tried probably from the combo of poly or oil finish and those wood specs sterilizing the tone (like those 11-13 piece necks especially), but this one keeps it simple with specs much better for tone: just a red alder body (big alder fan), maple neck/board, nitro. There still is just a bit of that clinical Mayones quality to the sound and overall vibe, but overall really like it still. For something modern(ish) I think it’s quite good
