mgibson
09-29-2009, 01:40 PM
My Classic arrived about two weeks ago.
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2236.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2235.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2233.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2232.jpg
I hope everybody will forgive me the crappy photography. My only camera is the one in my cell phone.
Here are the specs:
Model - Classic
Body Finish - Desert Sunset
Body Wood - Alder
Neck Wood - Hard Rock Maple, Rosewood Fretboard
Neck Finish - Satin Finish, Tinted Back
Nutwidth - 1 5/8 in
Frets - Medium
Back Shape - Even Taper Oversized .070 inch
Hardware - Chrome
Bridge - Vintage Tremolo
Pickguard - Black
Pickups - SC1 SC1 SC3
Switching - 5 Way, Pull Adds Bridge, VA Booster
Strings - .010-.046 Elixir strings
I'm not an exclamation point kind of guy, but this guitar makes me
want to bring out all the superlatives. Sometimes I just play random chords and listen to the (very slow) decay. The clean tones are beautiful and
have great highs for stacked PUs. (Roy steered me to the
SCs over the VAs, and I love them. If I want the traditional sound I can
always break out the strat. Although I am already thinking of selling the strat to fund a Cobra or Atom.) I love the neck--for some hard-to-define reason I can get around it comfortably and quickly. The BFTS also rules! I'm used to bending my minor thirds up a touch to get them in tune, but it
doesn't seem to be as necessary with the BFTS. (If I'm kidding myself and this is a placebo effect, somebody please clue me in.) The stainless frets make bending really easy. The tall and narrow fret profile helps me out on the upper frets, since I have fairly big fingertips. (With jumbos I always end up damping notes on top of the higher frets.) The finish is beautiful. I had played a Classic at my local dealer, but this guitar still surpassed my expectations. Thank you to everyone at Anderson for making such a great product. I will never sell this. They will have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.
By the way, in the background of that first photo you can see "The Daily Adventures of Mixerman." It's a searing, funny account of a high-budget recording session written by the engineer. I strongly recommend it.
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2236.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2235.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2233.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv342/mattdgibson/09-24-09_2232.jpg
I hope everybody will forgive me the crappy photography. My only camera is the one in my cell phone.
Here are the specs:
Model - Classic
Body Finish - Desert Sunset
Body Wood - Alder
Neck Wood - Hard Rock Maple, Rosewood Fretboard
Neck Finish - Satin Finish, Tinted Back
Nutwidth - 1 5/8 in
Frets - Medium
Back Shape - Even Taper Oversized .070 inch
Hardware - Chrome
Bridge - Vintage Tremolo
Pickguard - Black
Pickups - SC1 SC1 SC3
Switching - 5 Way, Pull Adds Bridge, VA Booster
Strings - .010-.046 Elixir strings
I'm not an exclamation point kind of guy, but this guitar makes me
want to bring out all the superlatives. Sometimes I just play random chords and listen to the (very slow) decay. The clean tones are beautiful and
have great highs for stacked PUs. (Roy steered me to the
SCs over the VAs, and I love them. If I want the traditional sound I can
always break out the strat. Although I am already thinking of selling the strat to fund a Cobra or Atom.) I love the neck--for some hard-to-define reason I can get around it comfortably and quickly. The BFTS also rules! I'm used to bending my minor thirds up a touch to get them in tune, but it
doesn't seem to be as necessary with the BFTS. (If I'm kidding myself and this is a placebo effect, somebody please clue me in.) The stainless frets make bending really easy. The tall and narrow fret profile helps me out on the upper frets, since I have fairly big fingertips. (With jumbos I always end up damping notes on top of the higher frets.) The finish is beautiful. I had played a Classic at my local dealer, but this guitar still surpassed my expectations. Thank you to everyone at Anderson for making such a great product. I will never sell this. They will have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.
By the way, in the background of that first photo you can see "The Daily Adventures of Mixerman." It's a searing, funny account of a high-budget recording session written by the engineer. I strongly recommend it.