Harryburke14 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) So, after having 50s P GAS for the longest time, I went to the local guitar shop to have a look at the new gear, and even got to play some of the 2017 Ibanez gear as the Ibanez reps were in. Coming down the stairs to leave I see this, looking all lonely in a sea of Fender American stuff and in need of a good home. So naturally, I asked to pick it up and have a play. The next day I went back and swapsied a Squier Strat (Im not a guitarist and likely never will be) for this beaut. What can I say? It looks and feels great, and with the right EQ settings on the Rumble 500 sounds great too. Will it sound as good as the higher end Fender 51 Basses? Probably not. Will it sound better with a Seymour Duncan in there? Possibly. But for the deal I got it for I have to say it is superb, with a nice baseball bat of a neck and super skinny frets, chunky high mass bridge and the rather fetching '51 styling. Very, very happy with it. Sounded great at rehearsals in the week too. The only thing i might change in the near future is trying flats (if anyone has any suggestions for nice non-rubbery feeling flats). 50s P GAS well and truly quenched. Edited January 29, 2017 by Harryburke14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Very handsome. I gigged one of these for a while, it had a Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickup and the sound was very pleasing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Beautiful. I would be interested to know if there are any cavities under the scratchplate, if you ever have a spare 5 mins to look underneath... 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I've been GASing for one of these for quite a while too! It'll have to wait though. I really love that you can see some wood grain through the finish. Edited January 30, 2017 by CameronJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Looks the biz! I think I'm right in saying Squier dropped this from their catalogue, why? As to flats, if you can get them La Bella Low Tension, they Re not rubbery and close enough to round wounds not to need to fiddle with truss rod and nut generally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryburke14 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 [quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1485775373' post='3226509'] Looks the biz! I think I'm right in saying Squier dropped this from their catalogue, why? As to flats, if you can get them La Bella Low Tension, they Re not rubbery and close enough to round wounds not to need to fiddle with truss rod and nut generally. [/quote] La Bella low tension flats ordered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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