Angel "Player"

[michaelomiya]

Hi Tom, I was up in Hollywood today and picked up an El Capistan v2 from the guys at M/Boogie. Very cool...

I spent about 2 hours on the new Angel at the shop...S/N 03-12-14A
Also VERY VERY cool..

Questions:
1. what the the "player" refer to? (Angel Classic?)
2. the neck carve states "even taper", but the back shape is "soft V"...nice, but i was pretty surprised - are you changing the neck carves on the Angels or on TAG's in general?
3. also with a 5-way switching, VV, positions 2 and 4 were a lot 'softer/lower' in volume...which I'm not used to with the switcheroo electronics. it this a result of the 2 p/u set up and basically splitting the 2 p/u's?

thanks!
mike.

[tom]

Player is just no fancy top.

Same even taper as the other 1 11/16 necks, just made longer for the longer neck. It's funny how cchanging one thing can affect how other things feel.

2 and 4 positions are parallel connections of the coils. You lose some level like splitting, but for me playing live the bridge pickup cuts better so it appears about the same volume.

[michaelomiya]

thanks Tom! :)
it's funny cuz the Boogie guys (Mark) told me "no changes to even taper", and I'm going, I "just" played an even taper TAG 30 minutes before getting here.:confused: :confused: :confused:

good to know about the shaping and p/ups.
m.

[tom]

With the neck set further out of the body, it does feel different than a regular one. But there is always a bit of hand shaping that goes on at the fingerboard lamination area.