BP... I'm probably totally wrong here.... but the reason I never considered an AL is because of the country music imagery that the AL had in my mind... (I'm not a country music fan)... but partly because of becoming a member here I can now appreciate what the guitar is about.... it's very obviously not just a great country guitar but a great all rounder..... I really want to get one.... with MM90's....
Honestly, I just love it for the looks!
It'll happen...
I took off early from work today (well I am 50+ hours up!!) and visited my guitar building buddy's workshop. This guy makes great guitars and he presented me with a Tele type guitar he had built and asked me to play the Albert chop I had been working on (T bird to Vegas).
His Tele was a disappointment to me - the guitar felt nice & looked great. The neck wasn't to my liking but it had been custom made to the customers specifications after all!
I got back home and plugged my BCB AL into my Mesa and played the same chops.
My AL SSS pickups just chimed and you could hear all the notes ringing out in the opening phrases (you gotta listen to AL playing T Bird to know what I mean). It struck home to me how good the SSS pickups are on the AL - how nice they are voiced.
I then played a couple of Ainsley Lister /Robert Cray bluesy style licks with the tone rolled back slightly and turning the wick (gain) up a tad on the Mesa. Boy what a great blues tone!!
So guys - thinking of getting an AL guitar?
Will it suit you ? - maybe not a shredders guitar (but I bet it could do it too!)
Bleeb me, "The AL Guitar is DA BOMB!!"
Well I don't know if we can accept a Butercream AL owner into the ALOC!!!
I think the buckers would sound great in an AL - but you would lose the chime/cluck/quack and in my BCB some of the dark undertones I get from the 3 pick ups.you know what sparked my interest in AL's... this photograph....
Buttercream, mmm... what a great color for an Al
BP... I'm probably totally wrong here.... but the reason I never considered an AL is because of the country music imagery that the AL had in my mind... (I'm not a country music fan)... but partly because of becoming a member here I can now appreciate what the guitar is about.... it's very obviously not just a great country guitar but a great all rounder..... I really want to get one.... with MM90's....
Well I don't know if we can accept a Butercream AL owner into the ALOC!!!
Yeah right!!! - can't wait to see pics of that bad boy (honestly seriously!!)- but I'm away again for 3 weeks and the Hotel I-net is sloooow!!!
Anyway the decoder ring (see MgGreens avatar) wont be sent out until photographic evidence of the B'cream AL hits the forum - get camera, batteries and photobucket account set up now - thats an order !!
Spud the AL's you have are jawdropping....
which is your favourite sounding one....??
