Show Me Your Caparison Thread

[pahulkster]

I still have to put the stock pickup back in and do a setup on the Horus I got a while back. It's like two or three down on my list atm but I'll get pictures up eventually.

 

[IbanezDaemon]

Stock pickups?

In that pic yeah. I hated the bridge humbucker so contacted Tim Mills at BKP and went for a Riff Raff on his recommendation. The neck pup is really good.

 

[jaxadam]

In that pic yeah. I hated the bridge humbucker so contacted Tim Mills at BKP and went for a Riff Raff on his recommendation. The neck pup is really good.

The BH-R is such a meh pickup which makes no sense because the PH-R’s are fantastic. I put a JB/Custom 5 hybrid and a Hot Rails in the neck and that thing rocks now.

 

[73647k]

@HeadBender has a really cool Horus project for sale right now that I’d probably go in on if I had the funds available and a better proficiency at wood work

FS - [EU] Caparison Horus (Unfinished Project)

Brief & Accurate Description of guitar: Caparison Horus (unfinished project) With great sadness and personal disappointment that I am putting this up for sale - hoping to find someone who would finish it. I no longer have access to a workshop and it also seems that my enthusiasm for guitars is...

sevenstring.org

 

[Samark]

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Always thought this was one of their best finishes. Would love a Dellinger in this

 

[IbanezDaemon]

 

[Samark]

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That's a beautiful fireplace Paul

 

[IbanezDaemon]

That's a beautiful fireplace Paul

Cheers! Mrs.Daemon will be delighted to hear that! Her fireplace vs my Caparison...lol!

 

[73647k]

I absolutely love the shape of the Horus, that extra room on the lower horn really makes a difference in comfort imo

 

[jaxadam]

That's a beautiful fireplace Paul

That’s not a fireplace, that’s a portal to the guitar gods. He didn’t even own that guitar, he just said a few fancy words and it appeared out of nowhere.

 

[Flappydoodle]

Yup! I got it on Wednesday and haven't been able to put it down - thing absolutely rips! It's so easy to play and it sounds more resonant than any other guitar I own. This one is definitely a life-long keeper.



Are you close to ordering one soon?

I still didn't order mine!

Now the honeymoon period is over, how are you finding the guitar?

 

[73647k]

I still didn't order mine!

Now the honeymoon period is over, how are you finding the guitar?

Still love it, I am starting to burn through whatever material is coating the bridge haha. I am not a huge fan of the stock pickup but it’s certainly not terrible; seems a bit too mid-focused. I have my amp dialed in on a preset specifically for this guitar to compensate.

I’m thinking about putting a 498T I have laying around in to see what that sounds like.

 

[Flappydoodle]

Still love it, I am starting to burn through whatever material is coating the bridge haha. I am not a huge fan of the stock pickup but it’s certainly not terrible; seems a bit too mid-focused. I have my amp dialed in on a preset specifically for this guitar to compensate.

I’m thinking about putting a 498T I have laying around in to see what that sounds like.

Thanks! Yeah, I've worn off the coating on the bridge of my Brocken (exact same bridge).

The stock pickup is the new one. From the Nick Hipa demo on Youtube, I agree that it sounded super mid-forward and "djenty". Not my favourite. When I do eventually get the new Horus, I'll probably put Lundgrens in it.

 

[Fred the Shred]

Current Capas minus a Dellinger that’s getting some bridge maintenance so here’s Chucky instead!

 

[xzacx]

Current Capas minus a Dellinger that’s getting some bridge maintenance so here’s Chucky instead! View attachment 119599

There's an Angelus 7 M3B I'm looking at right now. I don't even like it that much, but short-scale, double-cut 7s are so few and far between that I'm really considering it. I played one a while back and loved everything about it other than the looks.

 

[Fred the Shred]

There's an Angelus 7 M3B I'm looking at right now. I don't even like it that much, but short-scale, double-cut 7s are so few and far between that I'm really considering it. I played one a while back and loved everything about it other than the looks.

I love that thing. It’s such a phenomenal guitar!

 

[73647k]

Thanks! Yeah, I've worn off the coating on the bridge of my Brocken (exact same bridge).

The stock pickup is the new one. From the Nick Hipa demo on Youtube, I agree that it sounded super mid-forward and "djenty". Not my favourite. When I do eventually get the new Horus, I'll probably put Lundgrens in it.

For what it’s worth I adjusted the pole pieces and now it screams haha, definitely sounds a lot better in my opinion and I can steer away from the pickup-swap rabbit hole for the time being

 

[Marked Man]

Yup! I got it on Wednesday and haven't been able to put it down - thing absolutely rips! It's so easy to play and it sounds more resonant than any other guitar I own. This one is definitely a life-long keeper.



Are you close to ordering one soon?

Although with the ESP Lynch guitars, these taught me to appreciate H/S.

 

[Surveyor 777]

Hopefully this isn't considered to be a necrobump. I used the search function and this thread kept popping up, so I'm going to post here.

In my online guitar looking today, somehow an image of a Caparison Horus popped up. I've always thought these were nice-looking guitars. The biggest thing I like is the clock inlays, but I am also intrigued by the 27 frets (didn't realize they had that) and I love a HS (really, a HH set) pickup set.

So now for some reason I'm thinking maybe this is something I'd like to get. I'm not getting younger and I like to have variety in my guitars.

So the point of this post is to ask three questions:

1. On the Caparison site, they state the 1st fret thickness is 21 mm and 22 mm at the 12th. To me that seems pretty chunky (I'm used to Ibanez as my main guitars). Does it feel chunky or is the neck shaped so you don't notice it?
2. The neck/body join - that appears to be somewhat contoured, so not to be too thick. I'm primarily used to Ibanez AANJ, the Ibanez AZ neck joint and the Charvel Shredder's Heel. Is this anything like this (meaning, not too thick) or is it a big blocky thing?
3. For the 27 frets - is the access all the way up to the 27th pretty good or does the heel get in the way?

A couple of years ago I bought one of the Ibanez RG550 Genesis guitars, since I never had one with the tilt heel (or whatever it's called). I really don't like that - too blocky for my hand.

Thank you in advance for any info you can provide.

 

[jaxadam]

Hopefully this isn't considered to be a necrobump. I used the search function and this thread kept popping up, so I'm going to post here.

In my online guitar looking today, somehow an image of a Caparison Horus popped up. I've always thought these were nice-looking guitars. The biggest thing I like is the clock inlays, but I am also intrigued by the 27 frets (didn't realize they had that) and I love a HS (really, a HH set) pickup set.

So now for some reason I'm thinking maybe this is something I'd like to get. I'm not getting younger and I like to have variety in my guitars.

So the point of this post is to ask three questions:

1. On the Caparison site, they state the 1st fret thickness is 21 mm and 22 mm at the 12th. To me that seems pretty chunky (I'm used to Ibanez as my main guitars). Does it feel chunky or is the neck shaped so you don't notice it?
2. The neck/body join - that appears to be somewhat contoured, so not to be too thick. I'm primarily used to Ibanez AANJ, the Ibanez AZ neck joint and the Charvel Shredder's Heel. Is this anything like this (meaning, not too thick) or is it a big blocky thing?
3. For the 27 frets - is the access all the way up to the 27th pretty good or does the heel get in the way?

A couple of years ago I bought one of the Ibanez RG550 Genesis guitars, since I never had one with the tilt heel (or whatever it's called). I really don't like that - too blocky for my hand.

Thank you in advance for any info you can provide.

Neck feels great, not too thick or thin. Heel is no problem. 27th fret access is pretty tricky.