mslugano
05-21-2008, 01:17 PM
OK, first, I am a devoted TAG player and I love my Andersons in every way. I have four of them along with four Suhrs, two Tylers and a ton of Fenders. The extra shaping that Anderson, Suhr and Tyler do on the back side of the lower horn is a beautiful thing...really! But...
I just wonder if you guys really find that it helps getting access to the dusty end of the fretboard. I find that, when I am up there, I don't actually wrap my palm in under the body but, instead, sorta twist my fingers toward the higher frets and wrap my palm around the heel. It's really kinda physically impossible to wrap my palm under the guitar and use the extra shaping that is there if I want to play the higher frets.
Instead, I find the extra shaving at the heel more helpful. And, I hate to say it(!), but I think the curved shaping of the Stratocaster Deluxe heel or the extra shaping of the TOP side of the lower horn like PRS (which is a guitar I cannot meld with at all) has a much greater influence over my ability to access higher frets.
So, I completely love my Andersons and this issue doesn't effect my buying decision at all...it's the quality playability and tone that matters to me and always will. I wonder, though, whether the extra (beautiful) shaping on the under side of the lower horn is more cosmetic than functional (goes for TAG, Suhr or Tyler) or am I totally missing something. Maybe it's just a more elegant way to blend the carved heel to the guitar body? Roy or Tom, do you or anyone else have a view on this?
I just wonder if you guys really find that it helps getting access to the dusty end of the fretboard. I find that, when I am up there, I don't actually wrap my palm in under the body but, instead, sorta twist my fingers toward the higher frets and wrap my palm around the heel. It's really kinda physically impossible to wrap my palm under the guitar and use the extra shaping that is there if I want to play the higher frets.
Instead, I find the extra shaving at the heel more helpful. And, I hate to say it(!), but I think the curved shaping of the Stratocaster Deluxe heel or the extra shaping of the TOP side of the lower horn like PRS (which is a guitar I cannot meld with at all) has a much greater influence over my ability to access higher frets.
So, I completely love my Andersons and this issue doesn't effect my buying decision at all...it's the quality playability and tone that matters to me and always will. I wonder, though, whether the extra (beautiful) shaping on the under side of the lower horn is more cosmetic than functional (goes for TAG, Suhr or Tyler) or am I totally missing something. Maybe it's just a more elegant way to blend the carved heel to the guitar body? Roy or Tom, do you or anyone else have a view on this?