NGD! - Albert Lee *Diego Blue Content*

[decreebass]

Okay, now I'm sure. In really good lighting the frets on the AL have an ever-so-slight yellowish tint, compared to the cold, hard gray of the SS frets. Wow. I'm not gonna lie, that's a little bit of a mind job - mainly because now EBMM has caused me to question the one thing I took as a given over the last couple years: the superiority of SS frets. Oh well. C'est la vie. Obviously they're gonna last a long time since it's an EBMM guitar, so I'm not too worried. Heck, maybe this will be my main player and the years of patina that build up will add to its character

 

[KEOKI]

Well the non stainless frets won't stop my search. Probably will have one ordered with P90's and piezo trem. But the first fret job will be stainless, sooner rather than later. I wonder if buying an AL neck from EBMM with stainless is a possibility? I my younger days I always had a spare neck on hand for my work guitars (brand should be easy enough to figure out) just in case I had to protect my self in a bar fight. Just screw on the new neck and good for set five. ;-)

 

[IslandBoy]

That Al is Stunning !!! Congrats

 

[Tollywood]

That's a beautiful Al. Congrats!

 

[decreebass]

a pink guitar cable? are you serious here . Actually I like it too

congrats

I bought it when I got my Kelly Osborne pink Carvin DC800

 

[decreebass]

So, it's the morning after....
Do you still like it or are you ready to kick it out of bed and send it packing....


hehehehehe......

I'm still in love. I've been extremely cognizant to NOT play any Dream Theater songs on it I think that's allowing me emotional/psychological freedom to explore my own style and the guitar's personality.

I find the guitar so unbelievably expressive. With channel 2 of my Mark V (or Mark IV) there's just enough breakup if I use the HBs and clean with just enough edge if I use the SC positions... I find I really play the WHOLE guitar (strings, pups, tone, volume, trem bar) as opposed to just riffing on a metal machine like I do with my Maj or JPs (or Carvins).

This guitar is really helping me discover/create a whole other side of my musicianhood that I wasn't aware of. I find that this guitar plays so nice that I'm perfectly happy going between two chords over and over. It's amazing. Thanks Big Poppa and Ernie Ball Music Man

 

[xjbebop]

Good to hear....glad it's making you happy and INSPIRING you....

""Good call! Variety is the spice, and all that...

Plus, I find that every different guitar makes me play different, style and Inspiration. Even a cheap/crappy guitar will inspire something...""

rock!

 

[ohdamnitsdevin]

Oh that finish! Oh that neck! Oh that finish and neck combo! Dear Lord, white pearloid pickguard!
I must take a seat…having chest pains…caused by GAS

+1

 

[decreebass]

+1

haha yea it really is a rush to look down at it while it's in my hands; the contrast of the blue and rosewood is so delicious!

 

[wired]

Beautiful guitar! I must say though, that seeing you Mark IV up on that stool is freaking me out . You sure it's safe up there?

 

[decreebass]

Beautiful guitar! I must say though, that seeing you Mark IV up on that stool is freaking me out . You sure it's safe up there?

This amp is so heavy, even gravity can't lift it (down?) lol. But don't worry, it's safe on the floor now It actually ended up costing me an extra $100 cause I had to buy a heavy-duty dolly to lug it around. Totally worth it though. The sound of my AL though the Mark IV's Rhythm 2 channel is simply clean/edgy/break-uppy divinity. Just messing with the ALs knobs and pups gives me almost any sound I could want. I don't even need any pedals with this setup (not even the amp's footswitch!) but I did recently get the Zoom MS-70CDR so that's going in the loop for some Strymon-like verb