Ok, so I finally got my Xiphos 2 days ago. Here's a little review on it so far:
I think it's nearly flawless. The fretboard feels heavenly...its very easy to go up and down the neck. And it feels great to play when sitting down. Now the
only problem I've encounterd so far is the position of the guitar when I try to play it standing up. The strap buttons are placed on the upper two fins and so when I stand up with it, the neck completely dives down. I know this can easily be fixed by drilling another hole on the other fin. But I've noticed Muhammed actually plays it the way it is. But it's just irritating to try to support the neck with your left hand while playing. ANYWAYS....aside from the strap buttons, everything else is great. The whammy bar is amazing cuz all you have to do is stick it in there and it stays very smug, no need to screw it in or anything. Very easy to whammy. The binding is great and the reverse inlays and reverse headstock look awesome. The bridge is very cool too, I don't know why ppl complain about it not being a FR brdige...the Edge 3 is very nice also. The neck-thru feels great for all those higher frets, makes it much easier to play there. Oh and the pick-ups!!! They sound absolutely fantastic and they're pretty versatile. You could just use the neck pick up and with the right settings on your amp, you could play some jazz. And the bridge pick up gives a killer sound. These DiMarzio activators are great imo; they even make my crappy 10 watt ibanez amp sound good. And they're probably better than EMGs, but I haven't made up my mind on that completely.
Ok, maybe I should stop now cuz I feel like I'm ranting a bit. But I have to leave you guys with some pictures....words can't describe the beauty of this guitar. I got the red chameleon, as you can see:
here's one of my friend Maria holding my old ibanez while I'm with the new one
and this is my favorite one cuz you can see the green vs. the orange. this pic was taken the day I bought it when I tested it out on my friends marshal in his garage:
(And I ask you to please ignore the weird outfit I was wearing in some of those pics. Me and my friend maria were going to a party last night, and she chose my outfit
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