25th Anniversary Surprise

[bkrumme]

After seeing all Youtube vids I found, I'm starting to love 25th! I'd love to try one of these.. Altough the contour style - it's not my style (I don't feel comfortable having gibson les paul or axis on my laps). But the sound (even on those vids) is totally awesome! Hope I'll have a chance to play it one day :]

One thing to remember about the 25th. It has a contoured body. So your arm is resting on a flatter surface, rather than on a sharp edge. I find it very comfortable as opposed to a Les Paul or Axis. Comparing it to either of those guitars is a bit unfair, anyway. It's a completely different animal. Even though it looks like an Axis, it's definitely not. Definitely has its own feel and its own mojo.

[Shoewax]

One thing to remember about the 25th. It has a contoured body. So your arm is resting on a flatter surface, rather than on a sharp edge. I find it very comfortable as opposed to a Les Paul or Axis. Comparing it to either of those guitars is a bit unfair, anyway. It's a completely different animal. Even though it looks like an Axis, it's definitely not. Definitely has its own feel and its own mojo.

Wow, good to know...

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I would love to have one in my collection, but its sadly out of my price range....

[robberns]

Love the guitar (flamed top, rosewood fingerboard, vibrato), just experiencing some oddities with the volume control. I'd be curious to hear if anyone else out there is hearing this.
I am used to the normal treble drop-off that you get when you turn down the volume. But this guitar has a real severe drop case of this, and I noticed that when the volume is full up, the pickups sound very strident/ice-picky. Once you roll down to 8 or so (on a 0-10 scale), I notice a huge difference in tone.
It happens in all pickup combinations, parallel or series.
Anyone else notice this?
I've tried different cables, amps, straight to the amp, etc...

[bkrumme]

Love the guitar (flamed top, rosewood fingerboard, vibrato), just experiencing some oddities with the volume control. I'd be curious to hear if anyone else out there is hearing this.
I am used to the normal treble drop-off that you get when you turn down the volume. But this guitar has a real severe drop case of this, and I noticed that when the volume is full up, the pickups sound very strident/ice-picky. Once you roll down to 8 or so (on a 0-10 scale), I notice a huge difference in tone.
It happens in all pickup combinations, parallel or series.
Anyone else notice this?
I've tried different cables, amps, straight to the amp, etc...

I have not noticed this with mine. In fact I get the opposite. The volume control is very musical as is the tone control. You might make a call to Customer Service.

[mb99zz]

One thing to remember about the 25th. It has a contoured body. So your arm is resting on a flatter surface, rather than on a sharp edge. I find it very comfortable as opposed to a Les Paul or Axis. Comparing it to either of those guitars is a bit unfair, anyway. It's a completely different animal. Even though it looks like an Axis, it's definitely not. Definitely has its own feel and its own mojo.

Just tried one today and will 2nd that. I had an ASS before and sold it because for me personally it wasn't comfortable to play. The 25th was much more comfortable than the ASS.

[paranoid70]

Yeah, the 25th is a real comfortable guitar to play. I had a lot of fun at NAMM playing with it.... I still have yet to see one a Guitar Center though.

[agt]

The resonance of this guitar really took me by surprise. The conbination of series/parallel is more useful than I anticipated. From a really fat sound to a more open and bright sound at the flick of a switch. The bass is very balanced in the fat mode and doesn't get flabby. The brighter sound doesn't get ice pick in your ear either.

It rocks! You can get a controlled feedback at manageable volume ( I surmise that this is due to the chambering). It is light but has oomph! It has a bright attack w/o the bottom falling out. I could go on forever here.

Very well put!