glpg80
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At the vintage guitar show this year in Charlotte, NC.
no pictures this year.
My first impression of the fender wolfgang was that the neck felt like a 20 year old neck that was well worn in - feels great in your hands, not that new guitar feel, but really does feel comfortable in a mojo manner, it takes years and years of playing on a peavey wolfgang to get a similar feeling, and it is not something that can be had by simply sanding it seems, all of my necks are natural. The stainless steel frets felt great, to be honest i couldnt really tell they were stainless without reminding myself of the mental specifications of the guitars. Still the usual pickup switch location that i hit when tapping, and the fret access up top is still tight like a wolfgang, but overall the guitar still sounded good. I didnt like that it had such small frets, they were tiny little guys, have to have extra light touch or your fingers will be sticking to the wood. I also do not think it is worth the $2800 new price imho, you could grab a peavey USA pat-pending neck/guitar on ebay for much much less and get equal playability and sound.
The Suhrs were HSS customs in the fender body style, i was actually surprised that they felt alot like fender necks, and ill be completely honest, neck for neck i liked the charvel USA/MIJ model necks better, as they felt very close to one another back to back. I kept walking across the showroom floor going back and forth between them. Quality was of course through the roof and excellent on each of the Suhr's, but playing it/the way it felt in my hands did not make up for the price difference to me, i could tell there was excellent quality in how the guitar was built and made, but what it was made to do seemed like a fender at 4 times the price. The TA's always stood apart from other guitars in feel and sound/playability without having to plug them in and just listening to the guitar itself. In person the headstocks arent as bad as i thought they would be for some reason? worth mentioning i guess
The additional 4 Anderson's i played were not customs but normal cobra's, i was somewhat let down in the feeling of them for some reason as the necks were all maple/rosewood, no solid rosewood or mahogany necks like the previous one i had played i didnt get to plug them in. All of them had amazing finishes and quilted maple drop tops.
not very often i get to play something before buying, glad i have had the chance to play andersons and suhr's both before a purchase and finally held a fender wolfgang. all great guitars, all bringing a consistency in their own respective areas to the playing field
no pictures this year.
My first impression of the fender wolfgang was that the neck felt like a 20 year old neck that was well worn in - feels great in your hands, not that new guitar feel, but really does feel comfortable in a mojo manner, it takes years and years of playing on a peavey wolfgang to get a similar feeling, and it is not something that can be had by simply sanding it seems, all of my necks are natural. The stainless steel frets felt great, to be honest i couldnt really tell they were stainless without reminding myself of the mental specifications of the guitars. Still the usual pickup switch location that i hit when tapping, and the fret access up top is still tight like a wolfgang, but overall the guitar still sounded good. I didnt like that it had such small frets, they were tiny little guys, have to have extra light touch or your fingers will be sticking to the wood. I also do not think it is worth the $2800 new price imho, you could grab a peavey USA pat-pending neck/guitar on ebay for much much less and get equal playability and sound.
The Suhrs were HSS customs in the fender body style, i was actually surprised that they felt alot like fender necks, and ill be completely honest, neck for neck i liked the charvel USA/MIJ model necks better, as they felt very close to one another back to back. I kept walking across the showroom floor going back and forth between them. Quality was of course through the roof and excellent on each of the Suhr's, but playing it/the way it felt in my hands did not make up for the price difference to me, i could tell there was excellent quality in how the guitar was built and made, but what it was made to do seemed like a fender at 4 times the price. The TA's always stood apart from other guitars in feel and sound/playability without having to plug them in and just listening to the guitar itself. In person the headstocks arent as bad as i thought they would be for some reason? worth mentioning i guess
The additional 4 Anderson's i played were not customs but normal cobra's, i was somewhat let down in the feeling of them for some reason as the necks were all maple/rosewood, no solid rosewood or mahogany necks like the previous one i had played
i didnt get to plug them in. All of them had amazing finishes and quilted maple drop tops.not very often i get to play something before buying, glad i have had the chance to play andersons and suhr's both before a purchase and finally held a fender wolfgang. all great guitars, all bringing a consistency in their own respective areas to the playing field
