Hi Roger,

Picked it up after work today…

First impressions:

It sings; it screams; it squeals; it barks like a dog! Just what I was after. Thanks for making me a great guitar. It’s beautiful too! Lovely work.

I really like the neck. It makes my other electrics feel effeminate.

You’ve managed to voice it so that the P90’s are quite balanced and well behaved at low volume but nice and nasty turned up. (I have a PRS Custom 22 Soapbar with 3 P90’s too. It’s pretty cool in distortion land but kind of harsh and uneven at low volume, I find. My PRS Soapbar is now destined for eBay.)

The guitar has its own sound, I think. The effect of the hollowed body is very subtle; I can hear it if I first play un-amplified and then plug in. I can’t say that I can hear the difference that the Redwood top makes over Maple; it might be more or less countered by the Maple body. The sustain is good.

I’m also glad we went with the “out of phase” switch—believe it or not, with the tone turned way down, through my Allessandro Black n’ Tan amp with some sweet even-ordered power amp harmonics happening through KT66s, it gives a very nice and useful “growly” tone. (I know you probably wondered why I would want of out phase.)

By the way, what kind of P90’s did you use? I like them.

Visually I think the guitar is also a success. The burled Redwood and the blistered Maple contrast nicely and are very rich without seeming (at least to me) too busy. I’m glad we went with natural colour. The Maple knobs are attractive against the Redwood and are echoed to good effect with the truss rod cover. I like the look of the binding around the head and neck too. The Rosewood was a good choice for the back plate and heel cap. What’s the darker laminate in the neck, Mahogany?

By for now, and thanks again Roger,

Kirk