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Had a trawl around, and the differences would seem to be in the baseplate, and how the nature of the physical connection effects the sound.

benecol wrote:Had a trawl around, and the differences would seem to be in the baseplate, and how the nature of the physical connection effects the sound.

Do you concede at this early stage then?
Srsly, we know about the physical connection, thats by-the-by, but i knew i'd read something else was a key factor. I'll still enter the dreaded loft for that mag and scan you that article in.

Sorry for the sub-conversation Paul. Youtube demo that guitar! We'd all love to hear it.

Gorgeous guitar! I kinda wish it had the 6-in-line headstock like the JetKing, though, but its not a big deal. Anyone know how much these are in North America?

Those bridge saddles are huge... do they have a special extra function, or is the difference just cosmetic?

Fran wrote:

benecol wrote:Had a trawl around, and the differences would seem to be in the baseplate, and how the nature of the physical connection effects the sound.

Do you concede at this early stage then?
Srsly, we know about the physical connection, thats by-the-by, but i knew i'd read something else was a key factor. I'll still enter the dreaded loft for that mag and scan you that article in.

Sorry for the sub-conversation Paul. Youtube demo that guitar! We'd all love to hear it.

Well there's a problem LOL, I don't have a video camera, i've never really been into the whole internet thing until lately, i've also not played electric guitar for long (although i've had a fair few) i learned on an acoustic so the whole lingo thing is still a learning curve where guitar electronics are concerned. my son posted the pics on the forum for me

Paul wrote:

Gavin wrote:What's the dealie-o with the Gibraltar III bridge? I can't see from looking at it what it does?

It just has the same adjustments as a regular Tune-O-Matic only it looks fancier. It won't drop off with the strings removed either.

Oops, I should have noticed this before posting my previous post...

astro wrote:Gorgeous guitar! I kinda wish it had the 6-in-line headstock like the JetKing, though, but its not a big deal. Anyone know how much these are in North America?

Those bridge saddles are huge... do they have a special extra function, or is the difference just cosmetic?

No special functions, just looks a little more flash than most.

Anyway... has anyone any thoughts on the Angus pickup being put in there, also what's coil tapping.

coil tapping essentially wires the two 'coils' in a dual coil (or humbucker) seperately, as well as together, so you can get 2 additional tones (one for each coil).

a hot rail is two coils, just using rails instead of pole-pieces (think a strat).

Wow! I'm impressed by these guitars. I liked your photos, too - I hadn't seen a picture of the back of an ORM1 before, and was pleasantly surprised by the neck join (which looks really comfortable). The ferrules are, as noted by others, also quite impressive. The whole thing looks well constructed and appealing.

By the way - this is my first post here!

I was searching for pics of the ORM1, and found this forum by accident. I've played the guitar since I was sixteen (I'm now thirty seven, and my first electric was a horrible Hondo Fender copy), but have only starting getting into shortcales very recently (as in, this year). In the past, I only ever played strats and teles. I pared down my whole collection a few years back, and now own just a 2006 Highway 1 strat, and an ESP/LTD MC200 (the green "viper" shaped one), which is a 2004 model. I got sick of owning guitars that were worth so much money I was afraid to even play them, so off they went!

This little Ibanez caught my attention, though, and I've been meaning to give one a play, but wanted to know more about them first. I've still yet to hear the music of The Mars Volta, but I'll definitely be getting some of their stuff the next time I'm in a CD buying mood.

So thank you for the photos, and thanks for helping me to discover this great forum! Cheers!

Welcome on board, Simon.

Many thanks, Mike!

I am weak...lefty one on its way to my house...will be here tomorrow!
I don't know why I didn't know they made them lefty, have wanted one for ages. Thanks to Paul for making me look into it!
I am excite!

Righty ho then, just been searching Ebays ended listings and came across this, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRS-Paul-Reed-Smi ... 4a9b5f4a99
notice the guy replaced the pickup,soooooo, i mailed him and he still has the stock pickup but he wants me to make an offer, any ideas how much i should offer as i don't have a clue what it's worth.

Thom wrote:I am weak...lefty one on its way to my house...will be here tomorrow!
I don't know why I didn't know they made them lefty, have wanted one for ages. Thanks to Paul for making me look into it!
I am excite!

How much and where from, if you don't mind me asking of course.

Thom wrote:I am weak...lefty one on its way to my house...will be here tomorrow!
I don't know why I didn't know they made them lefty, have wanted one for ages. Thanks to Paul for making me look into it!
I am excite!

Which colour combo did you go for?

£235 + £11.99 next day shipping from DV247.com. They were out of stock in a few places I tried - GAK said they could get me one in January lol.

Went for the white as well - looks classy.

Paul wrote:Righty ho then, just been searching Ebays ended listings and came across this, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRS-Paul-Reed-Smi ... 4a9b5f4a99
notice the guy replaced the pickup,soooooo, i mailed him and he still has the stock pickup but he wants me to make an offer, any ideas how much i should offer as i don't have a clue what it's worth.

Stock pup on a £250 guitar...£20?

I don't want to spoil your excitement but i would ring them to make sure they have it, i had a huge run in with them over a guitar that was shown as in stock but wasn't, the ballbreaker came when nearly two weeks later i still had no refund, in the end they actually went out and payed the refund into my debit card account, may have been a one off but may be worth checking, i hope it turns out ok for you.

Paul wrote:I don't want to spoil your excitement but i would ring them to make sure they have it, i had a huge run in with them over a guitar that was shown as in stock but wasn't, the ballbreaker came when nearly two weeks later i still had no refund, in the end they actually went out and payed the refund into my debit card account, may have been a one off but may be worth checking, i hope it turns out ok for you.

Cheers, thanks - I did ring them to check and it was the last one. So fingers crossed there's no balls up this time!

haha.. I love it when people buy stuff on impulse.