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Cool, or the Guitar From Hell?

Cool!  Alternative, man!!!
11 (35.5%)
Get that sh!te away from me!!!
20 (64.5%)

Total Members Voted: 30

Author Topic: Robert Smith  (Read 7855 times)

mecca777

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Re: Robert Smith
« Reply #45 on: September 27, 2008, 08:21:37 PM »
I KINDA like that, but I HATE Bigsby trems, and I'm not sure about the pups...  Are the HBs?
I have an Ultra III and it's a killer guitar. They're weird pickups actually, Duncan Designed FG-101s which seem to be somewhere between a mini-humbucker and a Gretsch vibe. I would dearly love to get the scratch together to put some decent mini-hums in there instead, because the stock pickups don't combine with each other well at all, and are all but inaudible in "split" mode. The Bigsby works a lot better than I was expecting, and the tuning stability is solid due to the roller saddles in the bridge. I paid £250 for mine, new, in a Sound Control sale and I think it's the best guitar bargain I've ever scored.

I like the Robert Smith signature as well, but I tried one and it was way too big and unwieldy for me. The big body definitely contributes to a rich, spoony, hollowbody-esque sound, but it also looks like you're playing an Ikea table. Oh, and it should be neon green instead of black.

sgmypod

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Re: Robert Smith
« Reply #46 on: September 27, 2008, 08:33:25 PM »
yeah as one I tried was about £600
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