Chris's Guitar Shop in Pomona:

OMG...I'm just stunned at what this guy can do. This guitar never played so well. Tuning stability is absolutely perfect under any conditions.

The nut was cut deep to keep the strings in place without string trees on string-flapping tremolo dives.

The nut features a deep 'V' profile to the upper edges of the slot, a rounded bottom profile with a fall away, and a pronounced hourglass shape. He also added some slight compensation to the nut. The bone blanks was also highly polished.

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The tone is just remarkable. It never sounded like this. As I looked, I was shocked to see how low he had lowered the pickups!!!!

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He told me that super high output pickups, like my DiMarzio Neanderthal 16.5k AlNico9 44AWG humbucker, can be dropped for clarity and won't get thin and weak like old PAF's. He also balanced them perfectly with the 7k Artec Hum Canceling, Bar Magnet - adjustable pole Single Coils.

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The ability to drop the strings to floppy nothingness eleven times in a row and have it come back to perfect pitch each and every time, is simply fantastic....
 
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OMG...I'm just stunned at what this guy can do. This guitar never played so well. Tuning stability is absolutely perfect under any conditions.

The nut was cut deep to keep the strings in place without string trees on string-flapping tremolo dives.

The nut features a deep 'V' profile to the upper edges of the slot, a rounded bottom profile with a fall away, and a pronounced hourglass shape. He also added some slight compensation to the nut. The bone blanks was also highly polished.

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The tone is just remarkable. It never sounded like this. As I looked, I was shocked to see how low he had lowered the pickups!!!!

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He told me that super high output pickups, like my DiMarzio Neanderthal 16.5k AlNico9 44AWG humbucker, can be dropped for clarity and won't get thin and weak like old PAF's. He also balanced them perfectly with the 7k Artec Hum Canceling, Bar Magnet - adjustable pole Single Coils.

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The ability to drop the strings to floppy nothingness eleven times in a row and have it come back to perfect pitch each and every time, is simply fantastic....


THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
True story:
Keith Urban pulled a fan out of his audience - Robert Joyce - to play onstage with him. The guy smoked the opportunity so drastically that Urban hired him on the spot.

Fricking amazing! What a magical moment. Rob Joyce looks and sounds like a damn-fine guitar slinger. Awesome stage personality too.

Research: Rob Joyce moved to Nashville after the surprise audition...
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No string seems to stand up to the punishment I'm dishing out, so I'm just gravitating towards changing then out after every rehearsal and performance...
 
So, I wanted to try Paradigms, but everyone was out of stock. Some places don't even carry .009 x .046 in stock.

Luckily, my local Guitar Sinner was stocking, so I got a box of (100 packs)
my usual Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky's 9 x 46.
 
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