Received this beauty yesterday.
The finish is absolutely stunning.
I love the new EBMM Pickups.
The finish hard to capture on photos, maybe I can do a few outdoor shoots later in the sunshine.
In comparison with the Transition Pickups the new EBMM have slightly lower output.
But the EBMM Pickups are way more transparent, open sounding and more dynamic than the Transition Pickups.
When you compare them side by side the Transition Pickups are mory bassy and I would say muddy sounding (muddy sounding not in a bad way)
It's like you remove a blanket from the speaker.
The new EBMM Pickups are more like hotter Stingray Pickups and I really like them.
I did love the Transition Pickups but actually I prefer the EBMM Pickups because they are more natural open and dynamic sounding.
Side note if you are interested... sparkle guitars are hard to get shots of sometimes, a method I found works decently is to put the guitar under light so it's lit well, then use the flash on your phone to make some of the sparkle pop, that's what I did on the new silver silo I picked up last month, and it looked pretty cool!