Cc @InUnfunky Your homework.

@Bix @northernbassist

@CanisPundit @northernbassist

Somewhere, I have a few cool old copies of Guitar Player magazine (from your earlier post), like this one. @InUnfunky

@Bix @northernbassist @InUnfunky 😁

@CanisPundit @northernbassist @InUnfunky

I hope that you got your flexi-disc.

@Bix actually I sold my collection. The best of them was Eric Johnson‘Cliffs of Dover” live from Austin City Limits; so much better than the studio version. I just don’t have the collecting bug that I used to. In recent years I’ve been more in the “if I don’t use it or unlikely to use it it’s clutter” state of mind.

I got to see Holdsworth do a SynthAxe demo in person at a trade show; 15’ away!

@northernbassist @InUnfunky

@CanisPundit @Bix

i have questions about #1…why scallop the back like that? why the ultra severe neck angle?

@northernbassist I did not ask so here’s my conjecture. I think the builder was going for a lute inspired guitar. Aside from the the aesthetic’s of the scalloping it is ribbed for her pleasure. Again, only conjecture.
😁

@Bix

@northernbassist @CanisPundit @Bix

I don't get it either, and that neck angle will put more string tension on the nut, and thus more friction, and that is antithetical to tuning stability, not to mention wear on the nut.

@Lulz4l1f3 @northernbassist @Bix it should, though, increase sustain and possibly fullness to the acoustic tone because of the extra contact (Les Paul vs Stratocaster). However, that is an accident waiting to happen, like so many Les Paul’s that have suffered a headstock break.

@CanisPundit @northernbassist @Bix

Meh,

My guitar with the most sustain is a Parker Fly Deluxe, and the secret is whe graphite reinforced neck and the bridge.

#2 would be my late 80s ESP M-II with a Floyd Rose System.

My Les Paul cannot compare. It's no better than my MIM strat which at least doesn't have one of those knife-edge tune-o-matic bridges.

@CanisPundit @northernbassist @Bix

Note: The best thing I can say about my Les Paul is it sounds like a Les Paul, more or less. It's OK. Takes a bit of getting used to after playing my other guitars because of the closer string spacing, but that's to be expected. I've thought about pickup and bridge upgrades, so so far, stock. Action is low.