That’s lovely mate, I have a white and gold ec 256 loaded out with white Seymour Duncan blackouts . It stands it’s ground with my ec deluxe…Great vid man…

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

Cheers mate yeah I’m very impressed with this one

Black+gold is a classic look for sure, but I'm hoping for a wine red colourway some day

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I keep looking at the blood red esp Gary Holt

I just got the Sweetwater exclusive with a original Floyd, steel frets, it does have rosewood but it's darker, plays like pure butter and made in Korea. EMG 81 n 60... I tried a bunch like in your demo.... ESP is killing that bang for dollars or pounds .. mine was near $1000 US... Probably close to 900 lbs where you are. My only complaint has nothing to do with ESP it just near the nut the thin U has some getting used to... You and I are Jackson n charvel spoiled with the necks lol... Love the demo that thing sounds huge just like the goblin and schecter you just got. Price on that thing is killer!!! Have a blessed day brother 😎👊 thanks for the demo

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

I’ll have to checkout that sweet water exclusive,yeah the Schecter & Jackson necks are thinner for sure but I think with a nice low action the u is not going to really slow me or anything

@JamesFlorio-ti8gc

9 ай бұрын

@@NinecoreNeil definitely check them out mine looks like a USA custom shop... Not a flaw on mine at all. The necks are thin like we like it's simply just a tiny bit different only near the nut frets 1 and 2 . But since I just got a PRS with very similar neck more I play it more I like it . Cheers bro 👊

The EC-256 definitely punches above its weight. I have the distressed blue flamed top one. Stock pickups were OK but put in a SD Jazz/JB set.

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

Yeah these are a touch more rounded than the jb a bit less vicious

@lucwilson1

9 ай бұрын

You inspired me to dust it off this morning and give it set up (action was too high) and some fresh strings. 🤘

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

@@lucwilson1 excellent 👌 ha enjoy 😉

@bmac5085

4 ай бұрын

What does it sound like now. I am actually thinking about doing the same thing.

Looks and sounds amazing

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a really well built guitar for this price

How good are these? I have two the OG 2009 Distressed Satin black and a 2018 cherry sunburst. Both are rosewood instead of jatoba. To me they play fantastic, the build quality is flawless, so upgrading them with my preferred pickups and high end hardware is a much better option than getting something better to replace them. In fact, I know plenty of people with upgraded 256s that are not only gigging them but touring.

@NinecoreNeil

9 ай бұрын

Yep totally agree these have just dropped to £369 😱

What Tuning are you in?

@NinecoreNeil

8 ай бұрын

Drop d on this I think

No clean tones

@NinecoreNeil

5 ай бұрын

Zero