Author Topic: New guitar, Caparison Dellinger (Read 31647 times)

Andy RV · « **on:** April 30, 2006, 09:39:20 AM »

Hey guys, i haven't posted for a while but anyways, this arived the other week from Japan.

Its a caparison Dellinger in Rose red.

Mahogany body,
Maple neck,
Bolt on,
Caparison pickups with coil split,
Schaller Floyd,
Ebony board with clock inlays coresponding to the fret number.

It really is amazing, the neck is the best i've ever had my hands on, super smooth and fast, flat in the right places, rounded in the right places.

The body is a bit thicker than most super strats i've tried out, this is good because it really makes it sound big, the contours (spelling?) are in the right places making it a joy to play.

The caparison pickups are great, they sound really good so they will be staying in for now.

The schaller floyd is just as good as the original floyd on my RV.

Here's some pictures:

maliciousteve · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:24:34 AM »

that looks gorgeous. The inlays are sooo classy. Did it cost quite a bit for shipping?

38thBeatle · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:35:46 AM »

Thats a nice bit of wood you got there.

dave_mc · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2006, 12:25:35 PM »

Quote from: 38thBeatle

Thats a nice bit of wood you got there.

haha, +1!

super strats rule.

:twisted:

willo · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2006, 12:41:43 PM »

all i can think of when i see Caparison, is Mattias Eklundh! Good stuff! :D

_tom_ · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2006, 01:10:59 PM »

Looks really nice although I'm not much of a fan of the headstock.

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2006, 01:58:34 PM »

Very nice! How much was it?

Bird · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:35:04 PM »

I'd like to know what one of these goes for too. I picked up Freak Guitar a few weeks ago, scary stuff.

gingataff · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2006, 04:23:51 PM »

Caparison Dellinger (I've wondered for a while if this is a Japanese mistranslation of the Derringer gun, or perhaps even Rick Derringer?)
JPY210000, about GBP1050, not bad. Shipping and tax is going to add a fair bit I'd say but still a good price for a handmade guitar from a small company. I think they handmake the pickups too.
But Guitars are generally quite a bit cheaper over here, I saw a Music Man Petrucci 7 string for about GBP1300 recently, piezos and the funky mystic dream finish. maybe not the prettiest 7 string around but soooo comfortable to play.
Don't get me started on how cheap Ibanezs are, just see ibanez.co.jp and knock 10% off for the retail price. But then again a piece of cheese costs about 5 quid, you win some you lose some.

Andy

Andy RV · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2006, 05:27:44 PM »

Mine is actually second hand believe it or not, the original guy bought it then returned it to the shop 3 months after, it cost about £550 for the guitar, then £100 shipping and £150 import tax so £800 in total which isn't too bad considering it is in mint condition.

gingataff · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:00:55 PM »

I'd say you got yourself a deal!!

How's the sound? Caparison say they design their guitars to have quite a dark, mid heavy tone. Would you agree? I think the mahogany and Schaller FR would give that, the 24 3/4" Horus model (similar to the matthias eklund) perhaps even more so.

They make a 7 string Dellinger now too, I'd love to try one.

Andy

crispsandwich · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:54:37 PM »

Adam D from Killswitch Engage uses those guitars I think. His tone is awesome. Nice guitar. Great price for it too :D.

indysmith · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2006, 08:26:20 PM »

Quote from: crispsandwich

Adam D from Killswitch Engage uses those guitars I think. His tone is awesome. Nice guitar. Great price for it too :D.

I was thinking the same, hawt shite man - i want clips!

dave_mc · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2006, 08:53:28 PM »

Quote from: crispsandwich

Adam D from Killswitch Engage uses those guitars I think. His tone is awesome. Nice guitar. Great price for it too :D.

most of that's from the amp though. on the end of heartache album they were using framuses.

I can pretty much nail it with an engl, and i don't have a caparison....

I also think the headstock is awesome, by the way.

Andy RV · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2006, 12:54:52 PM »

It sounds fantastic, its got a very balenced tone, plenty of mids and bass, treble is good as well, the pickup configuration makes it extremely versitile, especially with the coilsplit which you can split the bridge hum and the neck single which is stacked, so its like a humbucker.

Adam and Joel from killswitch both use caparison, Joel mostly uses the Dellinger and Adam use's one that can be seen in this picture:

He also uses a Dellinger from time to time, both guitarist use EMG's, i'm not sure of what model emgs they are using.

With my Engl I can get a tone close to that of killswitch, although my marshall cab is letting it down so i'll be buying a Framus or orange cab soon.

Author Topic: New guitar, Caparison Dellinger (Read 31647 times)

maliciousteve