So, I let the GAS get the best of me. About a month ago like a complete dumb@$$ I traded in my beloved white Reflex to get a Purple Sunset Morse with a Floyd on it. WTH was I thinking? BIG mistake. While the Morse is a great guitar in its own right I just didn't bond with it for a number of reasons. So, this past Friday I returned the Morse. GC's 30 day return policy is really nice. So, I'm without a guitar to play while I decide what to do next. Turns out trading in the Reflex was the smartest thing I could have done. I ended up with a better guitar. Read on... 
So, I do some research for a replacement and realize there is a 2nd swiss army knife of tone in the EBMM family - the AL HH. With its Mahogany body, dual Axis humbuckers, Rosewood neck and fretboard along with the coil tap (which mine has) you've got a veritable buffet of tones at your disposal. Having learned this I decide to try out a different AL at a local GC store to check out the neck. It was a 2014 PDN SSS. Out of my price range and I really wanted the AL HH. But the neck was to die for! I thought nothing could beat the feel of the Reflex neck profile for me but the AL IS IT for me. Unbelievable. Even though it's a 10" radius vs the 12" of the Reflex it's the neck profile that makes the difference. The more pronounced C shape of the AL neck is perfect for me. A dream to play.
Fast forward to Sunday. I find this beauty for sale on the GC used site. It's about a 8.5 to 9 out of 10 on the condition scale. The wait begins. Today finally arrives. I almost tackled the UPS guy when he showed up. I couldn't wait. I absolutely Love the rosewood neck and fretboard. Sounds are out of this world! From chimey cleans to hard rock, etc and everything in between! Cleaned the heck out of it, put a fresh set of EB M-Steel 10's on it and it looks and plays like a million bucks. I can definitely see another AL in my future. I could never say that about the Reflex. Time to start stashing away 20's for the 2nd AL fund. Sorry for long post but the journey to finding the AL was pretty cool as it turns out. I'm really glad I ended up with this guitar. NOW I understand why some here have a bunch of the same model guitar . Time for a few pics. NOTE - the trans walnut color is quite a bit darker than in the pictures.
EDIT - almost forgot - hey Spud, when do I get my ALOC membership secret decoder ring???
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So, I do some research for a replacement and realize there is a 2nd swiss army knife of tone in the EBMM family - the AL HH. With its Mahogany body, dual Axis humbuckers, Rosewood neck and fretboard along with the coil tap (which mine has) you've got a veritable buffet of tones at your disposal. Having learned this I decide to try out a different AL at a local GC store to check out the neck. It was a 2014 PDN SSS. Out of my price range and I really wanted the AL HH. But the neck was to die for! I thought nothing could beat the feel of the Reflex neck profile for me but the AL IS IT for me. Unbelievable. Even though it's a 10" radius vs the 12" of the Reflex it's the neck profile that makes the difference. The more pronounced C shape of the AL neck is perfect for me. A dream to play.
Fast forward to Sunday. I find this beauty for sale on the GC used site. It's about a 8.5 to 9 out of 10 on the condition scale. The wait begins. Today finally arrives. I almost tackled the UPS guy when he showed up. I couldn't wait. I absolutely Love the rosewood neck and fretboard. Sounds are out of this world! From chimey cleans to hard rock, etc and everything in between! Cleaned the heck out of it, put a fresh set of EB M-Steel 10's on it and it looks and plays like a million bucks. I can definitely see another AL in my future. I could never say that about the Reflex. Time to start stashing away 20's for the 2nd AL fund
. Sorry for long post but the journey to finding the AL was pretty cool as it turns out. I'm really glad I ended up with this guitar. NOW I understand why some here have a bunch of the same model guitar . Time for a few pics. NOTE - the trans walnut color is quite a bit darker than in the pictures.EDIT - almost forgot - hey Spud, when do I get my ALOC membership secret decoder ring???
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