Zelja
Senior Member
Like others, disappointed/surprised with the neck width. Better than the vintage models but still too narrow IMO. I have a Deuesenberg Double Cat 12 & it's neck width is 1 7/8" which is great.
Looking at specs it seems they are still persisting with the 5k bridge pickup & 7k neck which is the same combo on other guitars with these pickups. SMH, what to say...
Re the demo, I assume the tone is a result of amp settings, I would expect the guitar to be way brighter & have the potential for jangle in spades.
I certainly son't think that the order of the octave strings is the issue. Some say the Ricky method with octave strings on top causes more jangle - yeah, maybe a little, if you only play downstrokes. My DC 12 has teh same string order as the SFXII and has plenty of jangle. Didn't McGuinn play his Ricky 12 with fingerpicks so would have played a few upstrokes & thus hit the non-octave string first, at least on the 3rd & maybe 4th strings?
Looking at specs it seems they are still persisting with the 5k bridge pickup & 7k neck which is the same combo on other guitars with these pickups. SMH, what to say...
Re the demo, I assume the tone is a result of amp settings, I would expect the guitar to be way brighter & have the potential for jangle in spades.
I certainly son't think that the order of the octave strings is the issue. Some say the Ricky method with octave strings on top causes more jangle - yeah, maybe a little, if you only play downstrokes. My DC 12 has teh same string order as the SFXII and has plenty of jangle. Didn't McGuinn play his Ricky 12 with fingerpicks so would have played a few upstrokes & thus hit the non-octave string first, at least on the 3rd & maybe 4th strings?