When I opened the SKB case, I sat for a good 5 minutes just checking how beautiful the instrument was. The craftsmanship is excellent & it's quite a striking instrument. It was hard to believe I had waited that long (over a year) & was awestruck by the beauty.
Anyway, post pulling it out of the case, tuning it up, etc, I had the second epiphany (OK I'm over dramatizing, LOL). I plugged it into my POD & into a little practice Peavey. I didn't have any esoteric effects on the POD; it was set clean without anything but a little reverb.
The sound was exquisite! I could get a rainbow of sound without resorting to delay, chorus, tremolo, etc. The tone knob & the volume pot on the lap were all I needed. I was literally blown away by the quality of this guitar.
Anyway, I called Don over at Sierra to tell him how pleased I was & to verify the sturdiness of the case as I may have to travel via the airlines with it. He said it should be good even in the hands of said condiitions. And I promised him that I would come over here & tell you all what my experience was.
I don't have any other lap experience so it's not really appropriate of me to comment on any other instrument. I just want to say that this experience rates right up there with the day I bought my whale blue PRS Archtop II & took it home.
Thanks, peace,
)The Bluez
