It’s a bit hard to see in the picture but is that guitar an archtop? I know she usually plays a Guild Artist Award guitar. It looks like the same pickup setup and everything.
Micro-Frets made a model with a built-in wireless system, too.Micro-Frets tried hard to be different, but their quirks had a logic to them. The short scale was thought to be easier to play. The roller knobs apparently appealed to Fender offset players. The big metal ʍ... I don't know, maybe they wanted to appeal to seagulls. And the adjustable nut really did help with intonation.
Sort of - it was an FM transmitter so you could play your guitar over the radio. It was optional on most models in the early days of the company.
Dan Forte had a column in the old Guitar Player magazine.
Reverend really makes some nice guitars. Not that it matters so much, but out of curiosity was your guitar built in Korea or was that still back when they were producing them in the US?The most useful feature on any of my guitars would be the bass contour control on my old (2007) Reverend Roundhouse. I don't have any good pics of it, but mine looks just like this.
It doesn't actually 'clean up' the humbucker, just rolls off a little low end and gives better definition for chording. And I open it up for solos, which gives the guitar a little extra heft. Pretty nifty. The Roundhouse has pretty much become my #1 for club gigs lately.
- D
Yes. It is slightly arched. Flip Scipio built it for her. He was the head luthier making Archtop guitars for Guild. He hooked Mary up with an original DeArmond Rhythm Chief floating pickup for the Convertible. It is recessed into the top of the Convertible and not floating.
If this is yours, congratulations. That is one sweet looking guitar.Micro-Frets tried hard to be different, but their quirks had a logic to them. The short scale was thought to be easier to play. The roller knobs apparently appealed to Fender offset players. The big metal ʍ... I don't know, maybe they wanted to appeal to seagulls. And the adjustable nut really did help with intonation.
No. If I ever start playing electric again, I will. I doubt I do though. I am more satisfied with the two in my avatar than any rig I had before.
Guitar real-time autotune. That would make pop even more plastic sounding!
There is a reason that nobody copied it. It was not easy to work with, and manual tuning was a genuine PITA. And setting intonation could take hours, literally. That was 2015 and it only lasted through that years models if my memory serves me.
I think that is a DC400. The DC135 is H-S-S with one volume, one tone and the pickup switches are in a straight line.
That timeline sounds about right. They were the first Korean made guitars that I remember I thought were equal quality to what the American and Japanese guitar manufacturers were making at that time.
You know the Peavy T-60 is now starting to get the respect it deserves after nearly 45 years. They were very heavy from what I have heard. There are a few guitars that I know that you can get with the tone knob to split the pickups. i have a Washburn Idol guitar and that does the same thing albeit it is a bit lighter and more ergonomic than a T-60! Here is the Washburn I am referring to below:
