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It was in the early 90's, a friend of mine came to the studio with a new guitar in his hands, without a bag nor a case, and told us "Hey! look at what I've just bought for 350 francs (less than 55€!!!!) from a kid in my neighbourhood…". The kid told him, that as it was an unknowned brand (he was surely only aware of Fender and Gibson) he gave the guitar for what my friend had in his pocket at that time.
Well, that's sad, but it was a stollen guitar : a Tom Anderson Classic S HSS. This guitar was incredibly well set up, the action was so low (compared to my '77 strat with a horrible fat 7,25" neck). The pickups were so pleasing to the ears… and the neck was so comfortable!
Did it come stock with EMGs?
Thanks!
That’s just the reflection of the “popcorn ceiling” of my house in the pickgaurd.
No, those were added. They’re the Zack Wylde signature set (EMG 81 & 85), along with some kind of custom potentiometers that I can’t recall the details of.
This guitar originally came with the Gibson custom-bucker gold pickups. It also had the cream colored toggle switch.
All of the above mods were done by my best friend before he passed away back in 2005, and left this guitar for me in his will. I’ve often thought about putting some Gibson gold Custom-Bucker pickups back in it, and restoring it back to the way it left the Custom shop, but the sentimental in me, keeps me leaving it the way he wanted it.
Was the question “the best playing guitar you’ve ever played?”
Or “the best guitar you’ve ever played?”
Kind of a trick question isn’t it, which I’ll stand by my first answer, as my LPC plays like a dream, it’s like the Cadillac of guitars, a true luxury item. But from a playing/performance perspective, there’s much less expensive guitars that “play” just as good, as @Jmd8928 points out, some even better, which are built to be played (function over form?) Thinner necks, more frets, etc (think sports car performance of guitars)
Shoot, I’ve got an Ibanez Destroyer MIK (~ $500) that plays quite excellent. Its got that sports car performance feel, and plays like buttah..
All that said the sports car guitars are great. I freaking love to play fast and shredy.
Nothing feels more rock and roll than picking up a fine playing beautifully crafted les Paul. It just feels more earthy and rooted if that makes sense than the Jackson’s and Ibanez’s. Maybe it’s the weight of them instrument or the vast musical legacy that the instrument has provided over the years. I feel more connected to the music in me with my les Paul’s than the Jackson shred guitar. Even though I can play stuff on the Jackson than is a little tougher to play on a les Paul. If dimeola can shred the les Paul so can I🤘
I have to ask why you choose emg pickups for that guitar instead of the go to pafs every one wants to put in les Paul’s. I’m not judging one of mine has dimarzios in it.
That is a beautiful guitar I am more than a little jealous. My poor Gibson been played hard for almost 30 years. She’s old and has many battle wounds but I love her dearly
You missed where I answered @michael_m about the EMGs.
Each guitar I have has something to offer that's different than the others. Thus none of them are my best.
I do play the Strandberg Salen Jazz NX the most out of all my guitars. I've had elbow tendonitis off and on, which can be aggravated when I get careless with my fretting technique. The Salen Jazz is the most forgiving of such carelessness. It's also the lightest guitar. Because of the small body and flat top, it doesn't sound like a 335-style archtop, but it responds well to playing dynamics. I really like the position 2 pickup setting, which has the inner coils of the 2 humbuckers activated, which sort of sounds like a Tele in middle position, without hum.
Yeah that’s a tough call. I probably leave the Emgs in too. I’m not a big fan of them, I also put an 81 in a 90 les Paul studio I had years ago, I never thought it an inspiring pickup at least not to my ear. What a friend that was to leave you such a beautiful guitar, true friendship right there
I’m not a fan of active pickups either, but some people love them. I just find that they’re not versatile for clean sounds like a humbucker or P90. I definitely see why people like them for high gain sounds though.
I hear you, back in my younger days I played in thrash band one guitar had Gibson 500t the other the emg81. The 500t had so much more feeling to it. The 81 seamed lifeless. I have recently been playing on l500xl both the cheap USA maybe made in china one and the bill and Becky one. Right now the USA one is in the neck and b and b one in bridge. I have never been more pleased with the neck sound on a guitar before at least for fast picking and all that shredy type stuff. Totally blown away. It’s was 54 dollars on reverb new.
I’ve learned how to work with them for the most part. They get kinda weird sounding when the battery gets low, and I always forget about the battery, while losing my mind trying to figure out what’s wrong with my tone.
However it’s a totally different story with active pickups on bass - makes you feel like you can get the full tone variation from dub bass to funky just with the tone control.
Never owned one, but played one. I can imagine the battery problem would be just as frustrating there too.