Just what the headline says...would love to talk to anyone experienced applying real Python hide snakeskin, ala DeMartini. Do's, dont's, where to get it, etc.
Appreciate it!
Until you get Green backs, you're going to be tweaking with the eq quite a bit. All the Friedman BE series does the brown sound all day (it's literally named for it), but Green backs are the key.
I have two Musciom Lab units...you can not go wrong with them! Built like tanks, reliable as hell, sound great (awesome buffers), and just very well thought out overall.
I had one of the red-stained birch M 60s. The descriptions above are pretty much spot on...I never gelled with mine, though, and thought it was too compressed. I don't believe I'm alone in that assessment either -- people on this board were trying them and flipping left and right back in the...
Performance make great guitars for sure -- I have two. The De Martini Koa and a standard Corsair with the De Martini neck profile (slim D is what I'd call it).
I have one in my DeMartini Performance Koa and I love it. You are dead on about the squeals too...it's like I could probably pick out every time Warren played that guitar on Infestation based on the harmonics alone.
I remember reading an interview with Vinny in Guitar World a few years back and he was recalling the first time he met Ed, and after only about 10 minutes or so Ed said that he felt like he had known Vinny his whole life.
The parallels are amazing...
The MIMs are just fine and an excellent value. I have a USA Stealth and MIM Wolfgang (Surf Green) and both are very comparable. For the money the MIM Wolfies are a steal.