Baggs, with strap-peg input Scale Length: 25-1/2 Body Thickness: 4 Upper Bout: 11-1/8 Waist: 10-1/8 Lower Bout: 16 Overall Length: 41-1/2 Serial Previously known as the 'standard' neck profile, the now-called 'even taper' neck is beautifully shaped, a good full C-section that doesn't taper a great deal from its 1st fret depth of 21mm to its 22.6mm depth at the 12th. Neck: Mahogany, set neck Sound-hole: Off-set, with koa trim Fretboard: Ebony with 14 radius Nut: Bone, 1-3/4 width Bridge: Rosewood with bone saddle and rosewood bridge pins with mother-of-pearl dots Tuners: Schaller M6G, sealed, gold Electronics: L.R. It sounded great, but the 7 14'' neck radius bothered my left hand.
Tom Anderson Standard:TAGs most popular neck profileis a slim, sleek silhouette with not a lot of depth change from the nut to the 12th fret. TOM ANDERSON GUITARS NECK CARVES. Fingerboard radius: 10' on all guitars and basses except 11 1/2' on the.
They look like single coils, but are actually stacked humbuckers. Tuning issues? Don't be silly.Anderson guitars always use Anderson pickups and here we have two SC1s at the neck and middle, with flush pole pieces. On the super smooth vintage-style vibrato, the E and A string tuners have higher posts than the other four and an over-tall string tree on the top two strings means that all six exit the nicely cut nut at pretty much the same angle. Even under a magnifying loupe it's hard to see any abrasion marks - each fret end is perfectly domed, almost like a signature, and the fingerboard edges are just slightly rolled to give a played-in feel.This same attention to detail pervades the rest of the instrument. Modern Pro including the sleek elliptical neck profile, balanced asymmetrical body, innovative neck.Set up is low and slinky (around 1.3mm on the treble at the 12th fret, through 1.6mm on the bass-side, with the barest hint of relief ), but where so many guitars would struggle - and we'd struggle to play them - every note rings out perfectly with enough height to the fret to dig in without it feeling over-tall or too big.It's astonishing, not least the fret work, which is much tougher to do on these harder stainless steel frets. It is offeredin two nut widths, 1 5/8' and 1 11/16'.Sure, if you can't play anything else but a vintage Fender-like 184mm (7.25-inch) radius you're going to find this too flat, but most of us won't be thinking about the radius because our fingers will be skipping over the finely fettled medium gauge stainless steel frets at such a speed that the only thing you'll be considering is how can you afford to buy one.Tom Anderson guitars are coveted by their owners.
The 'single coils' have a produced 'cleaned-up' sound, plenty of Fender-like spank and sparkle that sounds just a little rounded in the high end and fuller in the mids.Certainly, when swapping from a similar Strat-alike with vintage-spec single coils you'll easily perceive a difference. It's yet another detail that adds to the superb intonation and musicality of this guitar."Aside from being studio quiet, the Classic's range of sounds should more than satisfy most working players with stylistically broad repertoires"Aside from being studio quiet, the Classic's range of sounds should more than satisfy most working players with stylistically broad repertoires. SoundsAnderson has been one of the most vocal supporters of Buzz Feiten and his 'sweetened' tuning system, which is featured on all Anderson guitars, including this one. Although technically possible, this three-way switch doesn't split the middle or neck pickups, but in that down position it does apply the mid-boost to both of these pickups. In up position it splits the bridge humbucker to single-coil operation, middle position it's standard humbucking, and in down position it introduces a passive VA mid-boost. The five-way lever selects the pickups in normal fashion with the added option, via a pull/push switch on the tone control, of introducing the bridge pickup to either the neck pickup or to the neck and middle mix.Between the master volume and tone is a smaller three-position toggle that has a dual function.
There's midrange thickness, but it doesn't dominate.Split, voicing the neck-facing coil, it is really usable, too - not just in conjunction with the other pickups but on its own. The in-between tones are super sweet and this guitar loves effects, too.Having sound-tested the guitar before we investigated the pickup specs, Anderson's description of the humbucker is spot on: yes, it does have quite a pokey output that straight into your amp delivers a nice kick, but it's surprisingly open, too. Anderson guitars are designed for the players who operate in worlds where those 60-year-old sounds don't always work.
Many of us like our vintage vibe, but on a paid gig in front of a big audience, it can be a different story. Especially if you use your volume and tone controls, you won't be short of sounds here.For some people, 'perfect' craft can be characterless, unappealing, whereas funky old guitars seem full of mojo. Like engaging a wah pedal and knocking it back a little, there's a bark, for sure, and for gained sounds or solo boosts it's like a very thick humbucker.
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