Allright!
So I've had a chance to play my new sweetie a bit, I really like it
As George mentioned early on the kinship to my Greco is more than just passing as the pics will show. Soundwise it's parentage is there too, but more refined than the Greco ( which is a Holy Terror!) with a little less bite and growl coming thru overall. I spent a little time cleaning it up with a dry toothbrush as it was quite dirty, with lots of unidentifiable detritis all over! It does have an Evertilt type of bridge with plastic saddles and is a bolt on neck construction bass as well. As I played it some I found the pickups were too close to the strings which lead to a lot of distortion and uneven sound reproduction -a few turns of the height adjustment screws fixed that in short order.
Playing it thru the Traynor it is nice, warm, growly and evenly balanced with both pick ups up full especially with pick. Rolling the bridge pup down a bit gives you the classic almost P kind of tone using your fingers, and taking the neck pup back some gives you a little more definition almost like John Taylor's tone. Pretty simple to get nice workable pleasing sound out - I like that
Here's some pics of it and a few extra's alongside it's Japanese cousin.....
Note the TRC without the Ibanez logo, George (Old Man C, you'll alway be '69vette to me! ) was very kind and sent me a scan of one with an the logo so I can make an new one. Thanks George!!!!
Ms. Greco
Kissin' cousins
