ScoobySteve
Well-known member
It was actually yesterday, but had to noodle with it as much as possible!
Here is my brand new Y2D PDN. This thing is simply stunning. Visually the pictures dont do it justice (well maybe Pete's pictures of my axe here: http://forums.ernieball.com/music-man-guitars/54728-tale-ups-pdn-y2d.html do) but honey burst is a fine color, and the pau ferro and roasted maple rounds it out perfectly.
Pete's Pictures do this axe way more justice than my terrible camera phone, but over all impressions.
I've spent a few hours with her now, and since i was a long time Les Paul player, when this mahog body/maple cap/tune o matic bridge Y2D came up, I was too intrigued to pass it up. I'm glad I pulled the trigger! Not gonna speak about the set up, construction, and quality, cause ya'll know its excellent.
My 25th is my #1 and go to guitar, and this axe compliments it very nicely. I've always been mainly a humbucker guy, and I REALLY like this guitar overall, an excellent Blues/Rock machine. The only teeny tiny nit pick I can make is that I don't particularly like the feel of the SS frets, but balances out due to their greater longevity. The stock EBMM nickle frets feel AMAZING, but with my heavy hands these will help this guitar be a work horse.
Playing with dirt/od. Tonally speaking, its punchier than the 25th. It's not as resonant and full bodied as the 25th, that's for sure (don't think many guitars are), but it fills in an excellent niche in my tone world. I definitely know what a lot of ya'll meant when you said its more of a "rock machine" cause its an excellent way to describe it. It's a really in-your-face puch with growly chords and very crisp and articulate leads. I've never played a normal Y2d, but I do love this one. Note separation without shrill highs, muddy lows, or overly honky mids. The pups don't respond too drastically to changes with the tone knob as the 25th (pro/con depending on who you are) but I use the tone knob often, so it takes some adjusting.
Regarding the dirty channel, it really helped going to the 25th tour in Hollywood with BP, Steve and Luke, as Steve explained how he had designed and intended the switching array on the Y2d to ascend and descent with where he was positioned on the neck. That explanation helped me a LOT on dealing with pup changes with dirty tones, as pos 2,3,4 are not in combination with a typical HH setup. Its very intuitive that way.
The cleans however, are not my particular cup of tea. Maybe I'm super spoiled with my 25th that offers a wondrous palette of cleans? Position 2 and 4 are quite nice, and 5(the neck) is very usable, but the middle is not easy to mix in given the massive volume drop with the addition of that single coil. On a dirty/OD channel the middle is actually really awesome for biting off a bit of gain. I do think I need to spend more time on how to deal with it on a clean setting. Tips very welcomed and appreciated.
This one is a real keeper, and keeps me very well content with my humbucker arsenal (contentment which I am sure will grow with time and adjusting) the only concern I have is that my Silo Spec may see less playing time as a result.
Thanks for coming by guys, cheers!
Here is my brand new Y2D PDN. This thing is simply stunning. Visually the pictures dont do it justice (well maybe Pete's pictures of my axe here: http://forums.ernieball.com/music-man-guitars/54728-tale-ups-pdn-y2d.html do) but honey burst is a fine color, and the pau ferro and roasted maple rounds it out perfectly.
Pete's Pictures do this axe way more justice than my terrible camera phone, but over all impressions.
I've spent a few hours with her now, and since i was a long time Les Paul player, when this mahog body/maple cap/tune o matic bridge Y2D came up, I was too intrigued to pass it up. I'm glad I pulled the trigger! Not gonna speak about the set up, construction, and quality, cause ya'll know its excellent.
My 25th is my #1 and go to guitar, and this axe compliments it very nicely. I've always been mainly a humbucker guy, and I REALLY like this guitar overall, an excellent Blues/Rock machine. The only teeny tiny nit pick I can make is that I don't particularly like the feel of the SS frets, but balances out due to their greater longevity. The stock EBMM nickle frets feel AMAZING, but with my heavy hands these will help this guitar be a work horse.
Playing with dirt/od. Tonally speaking, its punchier than the 25th. It's not as resonant and full bodied as the 25th, that's for sure (don't think many guitars are), but it fills in an excellent niche in my tone world. I definitely know what a lot of ya'll meant when you said its more of a "rock machine" cause its an excellent way to describe it. It's a really in-your-face puch with growly chords and very crisp and articulate leads. I've never played a normal Y2d, but I do love this one. Note separation without shrill highs, muddy lows, or overly honky mids. The pups don't respond too drastically to changes with the tone knob as the 25th (pro/con depending on who you are) but I use the tone knob often, so it takes some adjusting.
Regarding the dirty channel, it really helped going to the 25th tour in Hollywood with BP, Steve and Luke, as Steve explained how he had designed and intended the switching array on the Y2d to ascend and descent with where he was positioned on the neck. That explanation helped me a LOT on dealing with pup changes with dirty tones, as pos 2,3,4 are not in combination with a typical HH setup. Its very intuitive that way.
The cleans however, are not my particular cup of tea. Maybe I'm super spoiled with my 25th that offers a wondrous palette of cleans? Position 2 and 4 are quite nice, and 5(the neck) is very usable, but the middle is not easy to mix in given the massive volume drop with the addition of that single coil. On a dirty/OD channel the middle is actually really awesome for biting off a bit of gain. I do think I need to spend more time on how to deal with it on a clean setting. Tips very welcomed and appreciated.
This one is a real keeper, and keeps me very well content with my humbucker arsenal (contentment which I am sure will grow with time and adjusting) the only concern I have is that my Silo Spec may see less playing time as a result.
Thanks for coming by guys, cheers!
