KVR Audio

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:41 am

thanks man!

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:12 pm

hibidy wrote:

I'm very VERY excited and very VERY nervous It's going to be my first 7. But I just couldn't resist that limba! Should be here Friday (unless MF screws up as they've been known to do )

I got mine last week. It sounds really good!

And, yes, they buggered up my order

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:10 pm

We'll see. It's been "shipped" which should mean being picked up tonight and delivered tomorrow. I'm suspicious though because it was only about 25 bucks for that service and that seems awfully cheap for overnight.

Turello · Post by **Turello** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:38 pm

hibidy reverb part II, the revenge???

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:53 am

I saw recently that Sweetwater was offering discounted Plek services (or even sometimes including them free) before. What do you guys think of that? Is that something you'd be interested in if I were able to manage it? I like the idea of it because it means that every guitar could leave here with uniformly excellent setups, particularly with budget Epiphones, PRS SE's, and Squire's, but I don't know if Plek is widely-known enough to build a whole promotion campaign around it.

Our in-house tech, John Toner, was the Plek operator at G&L and it really takes a good operator to get the most out of Plek machines.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:06 am

Turello wrote:hibidy reverb part II, the revenge???

Yeah, but I bought this one. Confirmed shipment date of tomorrow (I still can't believe it was only about 25 bucks to get one day shipping

)

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:09 am

Uncle E wrote:I saw recently that Sweetwater was offering discounted Plek services (or even sometimes including them free) before. What do you guys think of that? Is that something you'd be interested in if I were able to manage it? I like the idea of it because it means that every guitar could leave here with uniformly excellent setups, particularly with budget Epiphones, PRS SE's, and Squire's, but I don't know if Plek is widely-known enough to build a whole promotion campaign around it.

Our in-house tech, John Toner, was the Plek operator at G&L and it really takes a good operator to get the most out of Plek machines.

I think it could be a decent promo personally. I think most places charge mad coin for it. I've never played a plek'ed guitar. I've heard good and not so stories. I'd want my bass done (the SR) for super sick low action

Turello · Post by **Turello** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:22 am

@hibidy: when you buy this one send me a photo in PM, I wanna the proof!!! -_-

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:28 am

haha!

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:59 am

hibidy wrote:I think it could be a decent promo personally. I think most places charge mad coin for it. I've never played a plek'ed guitar. I've heard good and not so stories. I'd want my bass done (the SR) for super sick low action

I'm pretty convinced about it but, yeah, I've also heard some different opinions about it. Even our tech says he can do a better job by hand than with the Plek machine. The thing Plek provides is consistency, you never know what you're going to get with handwork and that to me is what makes buying guitars on-line such a challenge.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:07 am

Uncle E........thinkin' bout the plek'xer.......The E man........The E o rama.......Uncle E......

Sorry, just saw that state farm commercial

ew · Post by ew » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:14 am

Uncle E wrote:
hibidy wrote:I think it could be a decent promo personally. I think most places charge mad coin for it. I've never played a plek'ed guitar. I've heard good and not so stories. I'd want my bass done (the SR) for super sick low action
I'm pretty convinced about it but, yeah, I've also heard some different opinions about it. Even our tech says he can do a better job by hand than with the Plek machine. The thing Plek provides is consistency, you never know what you're going to get with handwork and that to me is what makes buying guitars on-line such a challenge.

The consistency is what makes it worthwhile- you have a uniform starting point. My Les Paul was Plek'd at the factory; it still needed some tweaking to be perfect IMO. On the other hand, all the new ones I tried before I bought mine were starting from the same point as far as setup went, so I could concentrate on the real differences tonewise instead of automatically scrapping or leaning towards one because of playability.

ew

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:04 pm

Playability...

That's always the killer for me. Don't get me wrong I love my Tele Modern Player I play it every day trying to adjust my play / familiarity so it feels like "the one" the neck is a standard C with jumbos. The fit and finish are great... It's me. I've been used to playing slim C's with medium frets for years and years and...years. I've thought about replacing the neck but I'd rather just burn my muscle memory into the neck shape I have now.

ew · Post by ew » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:04 pm

I'm the same way, except for that I like my necks thick and wide. One of the things that sold me on my Les Paul is that it had the '50s baseball bat neck profile; the others were the skinnier '60s style neck.

ew

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:57 pm

The chord possibilities with this is extraordinary. Surprised my fingers fit

Really comfy (other than the extra string

) sounds good. It's a bit dark which I've heard is an issue with many 7s. Looks stunning. Set up pretty nicely out of the case

Got the last one. Ok, back to playing

Your next guitar?