Dan Armstrong User Review - Franjo
I play 23 years now. I own a ton of other beat up gear. If it was stolen, I'd try and get that w$§"/ and make him gimme back that monster guitar. The sound is a killer, under any circumstances. If you don't like it, you're probably:
A) in a lame Top 40 band,
B) in the Backstreet Boys or
C) into polka!
This one's from the 70's I guess. I payed ~1100$ w/case. It's been hanging quite a while in the store when I bought it, because the lower cutaway has been broken or cut off - for better playability of the last frets. Beside this, it was totally original, but with only one pickup (fat single-coil!). I heard another one with a humbucker as well, but that one couldn't run any competition on this axe. Don't forget: this guitar is a see-through model!
Regarding sound quality it's a rock&roll monster: it's unbelieveably fat and midrangy, yet never boomy. Nevertheless, if you're used to soup up the bass on your marshall - those days are over, honey! The 3 way toggle switch has this special mid position: if you turn down the volume, bass and low mids draw back. So there's a sound similar to shabby semi-acoustics from the 60's. I use this option for sounds like the solo guitar on the stones' "time is on my side" or some "not so motown clean" stax funk stuff. The 3rd position of the switch tries to duplicate the sound of a neck pickup, simply by cutting the treble off. it is a matter of taste and You have to play soulful to achieve that effect. nevertheless, this tone can get very useful if You try to create a sound like with a wahwah totally drawn back.
This guitar is very special, because the body is made of plexiglas and is so heavy that it doesn't vibrate very much with the strings. I think that the tone is created by the neck. it's a very midrangey tone, hard and loud.
Purchased From: Beyer's Musik, West Germany
Franjo Obradovic
November 2001
A) in a lame Top 40 band,
B) in the Backstreet Boys or
C) into polka!
This one's from the 70's I guess. I payed ~1100$ w/case. It's been hanging quite a while in the store when I bought it, because the lower cutaway has been broken or cut off - for better playability of the last frets. Beside this, it was totally original, but with only one pickup (fat single-coil!). I heard another one with a humbucker as well, but that one couldn't run any competition on this axe. Don't forget: this guitar is a see-through model!
Regarding sound quality it's a rock&roll monster: it's unbelieveably fat and midrangy, yet never boomy. Nevertheless, if you're used to soup up the bass on your marshall - those days are over, honey! The 3 way toggle switch has this special mid position: if you turn down the volume, bass and low mids draw back. So there's a sound similar to shabby semi-acoustics from the 60's. I use this option for sounds like the solo guitar on the stones' "time is on my side" or some "not so motown clean" stax funk stuff. The 3rd position of the switch tries to duplicate the sound of a neck pickup, simply by cutting the treble off. it is a matter of taste and You have to play soulful to achieve that effect. nevertheless, this tone can get very useful if You try to create a sound like with a wahwah totally drawn back.
This guitar is very special, because the body is made of plexiglas and is so heavy that it doesn't vibrate very much with the strings. I think that the tone is created by the neck. it's a very midrangey tone, hard and loud.
Purchased From: Beyer's Musik, West Germany
Franjo Obradovic
November 2001