Tom Anderson: Atom vs Bulldog

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Yesterday I received Drop Top HSS.
Obviously the most comfortable and toneful axe I played. It plays so easily. I've never felt such an ease with my other axes, even PRS. Overall I'm very impressed.

So, I aimed T/A mahogany 24,75 models - Atom and Bulldog. What are the differences? Can it sound like nice LP (reissue or norlin)?
 
Yea. Go with the bulldog. Its a wonderful guitar.
 
I love my Bulldog! I am not a huge fan of the Atom's shape but there are a couple of guys at the Anderson forum that swear by them. The Cobra is made to fit that type of guitar as well. Danyeo and a few others have owned them here. I have heard them and they sound great. The Bulldog is Tom's take and I wouldn't say it mimics a Les Paul exactly. I played Les Pauls for years and I love my Bulldog. I would never say it is better but I absolutely love mine and is my main guitar in my band. Super versatile and very comfortable! Here are a couple of clips:









 
Nice collections of TAs. )
Also you have a great kemper videos. ;) You made me buy Kemper to try it out.
 
You know I think the Atom is ugly but when I played one......DAMM it felt great, played great, and sounded pretty damm good. But it is pretty fugly.

Don't leave out the Cobra's.
 
gibson5413":zk8edrjy said:
I love my Bulldog! I am not a huge fan of the Atom's shape but there are a couple of guys at the Anderson forum that swear by them. The Cobra is made to fit that type of guitar as well. Danyeo and a few others have owned them here. I have heard them and they sound great. The Bulldog is Tom's take and I wouldn't say it mimics a Les Paul exactly. I played Les Pauls for years and I love my Bulldog. I would never say it is better but I absolutely love mine and is my main guitar in my band. Super versatile and very comfortable! Here are a couple of clips:









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BaRTY":322lttvq said:
Can it sound like nice LP (reissue or norlin)?
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That's a loaded question as there is really no such thing as a standardized Les Paul tone...they can sound very different, even the same model from the same year. And there's also no specific tonal signature that differentiates a Norlin from a new reissue or any other era.
Beyond that, both of those Anderson models will be more ergonomically comfortable/playable than a Les Paul and will deliver fat humbucker tones which is essentially what players are looking for when that start talking about "Les Paul tone".
 
rupe":15xanr1h said:
BaRTY":15xanr1h said:
Can it sound like nice LP (reissue or norlin)?
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That's a loaded question as there is really no such thing as a standardized Les Paul tone...they can sound very different, even the same model from the same year. And there's also no specific tonal signature that differentiates a Norlin from a new reissue or any other era.
Beyond that, both of those Anderson models will be more ergonomically comfortable/playable than a Les Paul and will deliver fat humbucker tones which is essentially what players are looking for when that start talking about "Les Paul tone".
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