It's NIB...well it was until I took outa the box.
You don't like slick actions and fast necks? I do no matter what company make them. I like fenders and Gretsch too..Gibsons are too heavy for me to play for long periods of time but I like them too and have owned variuos models from each mob. Owned a couple of peaveys and a couple of matons as well.
I must admit I prefer my guitars older as well, as the wood gets aged the guitar will sound even better but new guitars don't need breaking in as such.
i like very fast actions and dont like those style bridges.
but rics are good guitars but as you said they are unique sound and they need to be suited to you.
i used to own fenders and im not a fan really. gibsons are nice but not my style. i mostly had esp's and Jacksons, but i used to go through guitars like it was going out of fasion. had an esp kirk H guitar, was good not a fan of the band but was a fast guitar, as my uncle owned a music store id be trading and swapping guitars and what not. ive picked up a few ric's of his as he is a collector as well very nice guitar great quality just didnt suit me. Gretsch are another guitar like rics you need to play to the guitars style. rics demand respect i think and i dont play a guitar with much respect.
but the fastest guitar i have come across was the one i have now had the longest time, and thats my peavey Vandenberg, never been a peavey fan and still arent but man do i love this guitar.
i do beleive guitars break in, frets feel better after user lots of use and the action changes
I haven't played too many Jacksons or ESP but the ones I have played were very very nice indeed but prob more suited to metal or hard rock for mine?
I play mainly alt rock with some punk thrown in for fun. I have not come by a Vanderberg, my Peav was a Wolfgang...nice guitar, I really liked the hardtail style on it.
Yeah i hear ya about frets and break in with action that's fair enough. I am not a big lead player so Frets don't come into play as much for me.
What amp are you playing the Peavey through? I am only playing through a small vox prctice amp...I sold my last gigging amp and guitar when I got into pins but I'm looking at getting a old uk ac-30 or a Orange Rockerveb soon.
yer if you play rics and gretsch guitars you might not like Jackson or my Peavey, they are more fast heavy playing.
they are both different animals
i never heard or come across the Vandenberg before my uncle rang me up and said i have a guitar here you might like. i swapped it for my esp. the vandenberg is hard to find here in Aus, its popular in euro country's from what i have seen. i dont know its worth as such. but it was made for the band white snake. again im not a lover or a hater of the band. but its very fast, hand made in limited numbers, all come hand signed by Adrian Vandenberg. now they have a serial on the back, which you can ring peavy and find out its origian. this partical guitar i have was the bands back up stage guitar. like the Kirk H Guitars from esp, they give the band a few guitars to play and when finished with peavy take back and sel lthem as used by the band. some could almost be trashed or some almost not touched. but they will on sell them as played so they sell for more. ive seen a kirk guitar that was sold brand new as my uncle is a esp seller, but it was beat up real bad lol but was $5000, not all of them were played. only a limited number. peavey did this with the vandenberg and white snake. unfortunately about ten years ago my guitar was stolen and the case that had the hand signed insert was never returned when the police found my guitar, the case is worth good money. real shame, but the guitar was returned back in the condition it was stolen and has serial on its head. i have had this guitar confirmed. but it has the very rare kahler z700 bridge. man its fast. never been a peavy fan before it, but i dig this guitar, probably not worth big money but ive only seen this one here in Aus. seen some for sale on the net in europe, i wish i still had the case. is a very fast guitar and i dig it. it was one of those guitars i knew nothing about, i played it once and had to buy it lol
i use Mashal amps. dont like peavy amps that much maybe its the value for money?. i have these days only a 50 watt tubed combo marshal, nothing real big but still packs a punch if i turn it up
ps this a good thread i love talking guitars
