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Ok, I'm not going to comment on the San Dimas name or trademark or whatever the hell that mess is. I'm a guitar player. Will (Zamiale) from the JCF and I went over to Lloyd's and checked out several San Dimas guitars. Here's my impression. BTW, Lloyd did give me a T shirt, and he's been over to my house before. If his guitars sucked, to be perfectly honest I just wouldn't comment publicly about them. But, they are really nice. Here are a few things that stood out about them to me:
The necks are killer. They felt like a Wayne I played in the past... a little beefy, but feel good. These are NOT WARMOTH parts guitars. The necks are three piece construction running the length of the neck - it makes for a more stable neck. Hamer does this too. Plus it looks cool to me. The headstock design I wasn't real hip on from the pics in the thread earlier, but it looks much better in person.
The frets are nice and huge, and the fretwork is amazing. Each guitar has fretwork done on a plek machine. It basically measures the neck with strings on it, then when you take the strings off it remembers the neck curvature and does a fret level to .0005 of an inch. Bottom line? His necks felt as good as anything I've ever had hands on, and held a great buzz-free action. You can have a guitar plek'd, they have a machine in california, nashville and some other place. It's around $200 per guitar. It also checks for twists and problems with the neck, so the necks on these guitars are QC'd to an amazing tolerance.
The brass bridge models are exactly like an old san dimas bridge. the saddles are even brass. VERY cool parts. Tuners have the 90 degree screw hole on em. The floyds are not recessed. Pickups on the guitars I played were duncans and EMGs. The graphics were killer... Dan Lawrence isn't doing these, but you might think it from looking at the craftsmanship. Very very very cool stuff.
I took some pics, and I'll be glad to post em later once I can take em into photoshop and make them smaller/web friendly.
These are very nice guitars and in my opinion, EVERY bit as nice as a USA Jackson. I think that a lot of people who may have been skeptical about the guitars would change their minds if they played one.
Pete
The necks are killer. They felt like a Wayne I played in the past... a little beefy, but feel good. These are NOT WARMOTH parts guitars. The necks are three piece construction running the length of the neck - it makes for a more stable neck. Hamer does this too. Plus it looks cool to me. The headstock design I wasn't real hip on from the pics in the thread earlier, but it looks much better in person.
The frets are nice and huge, and the fretwork is amazing. Each guitar has fretwork done on a plek machine. It basically measures the neck with strings on it, then when you take the strings off it remembers the neck curvature and does a fret level to .0005 of an inch. Bottom line? His necks felt as good as anything I've ever had hands on, and held a great buzz-free action. You can have a guitar plek'd, they have a machine in california, nashville and some other place. It's around $200 per guitar. It also checks for twists and problems with the neck, so the necks on these guitars are QC'd to an amazing tolerance.
The brass bridge models are exactly like an old san dimas bridge. the saddles are even brass. VERY cool parts. Tuners have the 90 degree screw hole on em. The floyds are not recessed. Pickups on the guitars I played were duncans and EMGs. The graphics were killer... Dan Lawrence isn't doing these, but you might think it from looking at the craftsmanship. Very very very cool stuff.
I took some pics, and I'll be glad to post em later once I can take em into photoshop and make them smaller/web friendly.
These are very nice guitars and in my opinion, EVERY bit as nice as a USA Jackson. I think that a lot of people who may have been skeptical about the guitars would change their minds if they played one.
Pete
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