hy,
i just had a visit from DHL, delivering me my most recent acquisition, a Hagström Viking, Custom DLX in Green. (only Color available)
it looks very royal and it sounds good, my VOX AC 4 transposes a nice and well known "semi-acc" like tone.
my only concern:
the neck feels like i have to fight it, for getting some bendings right.
of course, i have to change the strings, i have to set it up to my specs and i have to get used to it, since it ain't no LP.
i never owned an ES 335 like guitar and therefore, i think, this is kind of "normal"
but bending a note up 2 semitones takes quite some effort, and it feels "strange".
getting used to it means to find out how to properly bend to hit the target-note. but this is something else. it feels like
the fretboard is lacking oil (if it were a rosewood board) to let me slide with my finger.
but since the model is featuring a RESONATOR fretboard - with is a homogeneous wood composite - i just don't know, wether it needs to be oiled or not.
does any of you guys know the answer?
btw: the choice for this kind of "wood" was to avoid the CITES -delay that would forced me to wait another 3-5 weeks (according to thomann.de) for a delivery with all the papers, along with a visit at the customs right after the arrival, along with some $$ (of course) - my first choice was a D'Angelico with Rosewood and therefore CITES-Trouble.
cheers
i just had a visit from DHL, delivering me my most recent acquisition, a Hagström Viking, Custom DLX in Green. (only Color available)
it looks very royal and it sounds good, my VOX AC 4 transposes a nice and well known "semi-acc" like tone.
my only concern:
the neck feels like i have to fight it, for getting some bendings right.
of course, i have to change the strings, i have to set it up to my specs and i have to get used to it, since it ain't no LP.
i never owned an ES 335 like guitar and therefore, i think, this is kind of "normal"
but bending a note up 2 semitones takes quite some effort, and it feels "strange".
getting used to it means to find out how to properly bend to hit the target-note. but this is something else. it feels like
the fretboard is lacking oil (if it were a rosewood board) to let me slide with my finger.
but since the model is featuring a RESONATOR fretboard - with is a homogeneous wood composite - i just don't know, wether it needs to be oiled or not.
does any of you guys know the answer?
btw: the choice for this kind of "wood" was to avoid the CITES -delay that would forced me to wait another 3-5 weeks (according to thomann.de) for a delivery with all the papers, along with a visit at the customs right after the arrival, along with some $$ (of course) - my first choice was a D'Angelico with Rosewood and therefore CITES-Trouble.
cheers
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