sakeido
Contributor
Just got this in today... ordered it right after it was announced and it showed up today. Very nice looking guitar. Love the body carve, single sharkfin, white pickups, same headstock as my SLSMG. Everything looks killer.
It isn't set up unfortunately so I can't stay too much about how it plays right now. MIM. The fret ends are nice and smooth, neck feels great. It feels a bit thicker than my sb cow7 when I would actually prefer a bit thinner for an 8. It doesn't have the big blocky traditional heel anymore... they ditched the plate and have sculpted away at it a bit. I don't think this is much of an improvement. It doesn't bother me at all access-wise since I've always played guitars like this but the Suhr heel feels nicer.
Pickups sound good but probably aren't my style so I'll switch those out soon. Killswitch is neat. Hardware is all good quality, PW locking tuners and a not-quite-Hipshot bridge. I forgot to take a picture of the jack. It's one of those recessed jacks like you'd get on the front of a strat. Very convenient feature, love it.
I'll take some better pics soon. Just quickly snapped these pics and left the camera in low quality jpg mode by accident
album - http://imgur.com/a/P8fc0
It isn't set up unfortunately so I can't stay too much about how it plays right now. MIM. The fret ends are nice and smooth, neck feels great. It feels a bit thicker than my sb cow7 when I would actually prefer a bit thinner for an 8. It doesn't have the big blocky traditional heel anymore... they ditched the plate and have sculpted away at it a bit. I don't think this is much of an improvement. It doesn't bother me at all access-wise since I've always played guitars like this but the Suhr heel feels nicer.
Pickups sound good but probably aren't my style so I'll switch those out soon. Killswitch is neat. Hardware is all good quality, PW locking tuners and a not-quite-Hipshot bridge. I forgot to take a picture of the jack. It's one of those recessed jacks like you'd get on the front of a strat. Very convenient feature, love it.
I'll take some better pics soon. Just quickly snapped these pics and left the camera in low quality jpg mode by accident
album - http://imgur.com/a/P8fc0
. Can't say I agree with you on the neck bit, I love this thing to pieces, I've hated nearly every Ibby 8 i've played, minus the iron label. Either way, get this bitch setup and then CLIPS.
