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Published on 02/24/08 at 16:23
- In which country was it made? (United States, Japan, Mexico, France ...)
Manufactured in the United States

- How many frets, what kind of micro as well as their configuration?
22 frets, 2 humbuckers Seymour Duncan '59 in neck, Bill Lawrence L500-L in the United States Chevallet.

- What type of bridge (Floyd, Wilkinson ...)?
Washburn (made my Schaller) & Pink Floyd on my original Relic

- What are the settings (volume, tone, micro switch ...)?
1 volume knob and a 3 position ..

- What type of race?
... guitar ;-)

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it fun? Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?

The handle is just great ... Access to acute is simply exceptional thanks to Stephen's Extended Cutaway ... I find it even (oddly) better than most sleeves drivers I could find.
The frets are high (good for legato, tapping, etc.) without generating slides in the ...

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Yes .. Apart from my old original Padouk (who weighs his weight), they are light and well balanced. No worries with respect to the form

- Gets it easy to sound good? ...

So yes and no (see below)

SOUNDS

- They are suitable to your style of music?
- What kind of sound you get and with what settings ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
- What are the sounds you prefer, you hate?

Yes and no ...
The N4 is supplied without a split and a micro acute for the least controversial.

This microphone can appeal to the metallic side incisive, but is really limited to this genre.
I personally opted for a home-XL L500 Bill Lawrence himself (Will Stitch) which is much more versatile.

I also installed a split pickups to extend the range of sounds, and a treble bleed that better suits my game to the volume knob.

Once this small operation (very simple) done you end up with an absolutely phenomenal guitar and very versatile ...

The SD59 is split into a pure wonder for clean sounds and bluesy ..
As for the intermediate position .. it takes accents stratoidiens the most beautiful effect.

To this point, I put 10/10, taking into account the small changes I do ... Without these changes, I would 8 / 10 in 'metal / hard rock'
So I put an average 9 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over 2 years .. I now have several, and by far the best guitar I've experienced in 19 years of practice!

If it is perfect for me, do not forget some details a little BORE:

- The United States Bill Lawrence Original ...
- No split ... So indispensable once you have tasted
- A disastrous factory setting (strings of 3 mm round ... etc.) requiring a re-adjustable, which is not very serious for a high-end scratch.
- The Washburn vibrato which is still worse than the original Floyd, even if it is still good agreement.

Now it can seem like a lot of 'details', and it is reasonable to ask whether it's worth it to buy a guitar of this price if it is to have to change it around to sound .. . Well for me, yes .. because once all this is, it is fantastic sounds better than any other!