A surprise I know, but I just wasn't quite getting the sound I wanted from the Deluxe. I contemplated upgrading the pickups to Lollar Regals but in the end decided that the 12" radius on a Strat neck just wasn't quite as playable as I would like. My MIM 70's reissue Strat with a standard 7.5" radius neck, vintage frets and 11s plays fantastically in comparison. So I traded it for an MIJ Tokai LS98F Cherry Sunburst Love Rock! A what you ask? Yeh, I know, just an appalling name for a guitar but, a made in Japan Les Paul copy that many consider equal to if not better than Gibson's version. I have dubbed it the thinking man's Les Paul as it is beautifully built, sounds fantastic, plays wonderfully and was half the price of the equivalent Gibson!? I have loaded it with 11s also and it is providing a nice fat sound whilst still being very playable. I am really looking forward to bringing it out at the next gig as it will provide a great contrast tonewise to the thinking man's Strat!
Some nice sounds from a couple of Love Rocks on this demo.
We are playing a wide ranging repertoire of regular blues, shuffle blues, jump blues, swing blues, original blues, rock blues and nearly but not really blues by artists including:
The usual traditional Chicago blues guys
Stevie Ray Vaughan Rory Gallagher The Bondi Cigars Taj Mahal Robben Ford Joe Bonamassa Fleetwood Mac Little Charlie and the Nightcats The Doors Peter Green Cream Jimi Hendrix & of course Them!
