I thought I was going to get some advance notice of shipment, but the UPS truck just rolled up early this afternoon and the guy quietly put the package on my porch.
First impressions ... I almost panicked when I tried to tune it up; the G tuner didn't seem to want to move for my old arthritic fingers, but I finally got it to work. I'm having to get used to Pegheds, but they seem nice enough.
Oh, the packaging--! This thing was buried in layers of bubble-wrap. You'd almost think the folks at MFC were afraid of package-handlers (HAHA!).
It came strung with some kind of white D'Addarios, in reentrant. Me no do reentrant any more; I'm drifting into some chord arpeggio stuff and need linear, so ... I had some left-over string sets that I had to buy extras of to get a minimum order at, Elderly, I think (?). Okay, I decided to sacrifice a low G from one of those. They're GHS Sarah Maisel Signature sets. I had to take the low G string and my new acquisition to the basement and deploy the micrometer and tip cleaners; got a perfect fit, went back upstairs and installed the new string. Found out cats like to play with uke strings; he stole that one and I thought I'd halucinated.
And yes, I could have ordered it low-G from the factory, but I didn't.
Tune, tune, tune, tune ... Strings are still too new, stretching. Tune, play a couple chords and everything's going flat faster than I could keep up with it ... y'all been there. Finally (later) it stays tuned (almost) long enough for me to play with it for a few minutes--and I hear some weird little string-squeak. Had to make sure ... yep. When I brush my thumb across these strings, they actually squeak. New experience; didn't appeal to me. So then I just swapped out the rest of the strings from that broken set. BTW, that's a weird string set: low G is fluoro; the rest are Platinum nylon. Tune, tune, (doo-dah, doo dah), play--new strings are settling in faster, and no squeak.
Action: OMG, I'd swear the action on this is even lower than the one on my OU. I didn't think that was possible.
Sound: I LIKE it. Lots of sustain, nice full tone. The tone of the D'Addario strings was markedly nasal, especially the C string. There's a place for that; I may actually seek it out someday, just not now. The new strings don't do that.
Looks: I'm still getting used to the straight-line headstock; it just looks wrong after seeing them all lean away from the fingerboard all my life. I'll adjust. Fit and finish are good enough for basic stuff (I went low-priced). I'd have liked a little more wood-grain on the top, but, ya gets what ya pays for.
I was surprised at the position markers: little aluminum dots. I need a sticker or something for third fret; I'll probably put a little dot of paint on it.
Am I glad I got it? YES.
Should you get one? Sure, why not?
First impressions ... I almost panicked when I tried to tune it up; the G tuner didn't seem to want to move for my old arthritic fingers, but I finally got it to work. I'm having to get used to Pegheds, but they seem nice enough.
Oh, the packaging--! This thing was buried in layers of bubble-wrap. You'd almost think the folks at MFC were afraid of package-handlers (HAHA!).
It came strung with some kind of white D'Addarios, in reentrant. Me no do reentrant any more; I'm drifting into some chord arpeggio stuff and need linear, so ... I had some left-over string sets that I had to buy extras of to get a minimum order at, Elderly, I think (?). Okay, I decided to sacrifice a low G from one of those. They're GHS Sarah Maisel Signature sets. I had to take the low G string and my new acquisition to the basement and deploy the micrometer and tip cleaners; got a perfect fit, went back upstairs and installed the new string. Found out cats like to play with uke strings; he stole that one and I thought I'd halucinated.
And yes, I could have ordered it low-G from the factory, but I didn't.
Tune, tune, tune, tune ... Strings are still too new, stretching. Tune, play a couple chords and everything's going flat faster than I could keep up with it ... y'all been there. Finally (later) it stays tuned (almost) long enough for me to play with it for a few minutes--and I hear some weird little string-squeak. Had to make sure ... yep. When I brush my thumb across these strings, they actually squeak. New experience; didn't appeal to me. So then I just swapped out the rest of the strings from that broken set. BTW, that's a weird string set: low G is fluoro; the rest are Platinum nylon. Tune, tune, (doo-dah, doo dah), play--new strings are settling in faster, and no squeak.
Action: OMG, I'd swear the action on this is even lower than the one on my OU. I didn't think that was possible.
Sound: I LIKE it. Lots of sustain, nice full tone. The tone of the D'Addario strings was markedly nasal, especially the C string. There's a place for that; I may actually seek it out someday, just not now. The new strings don't do that.
Looks: I'm still getting used to the straight-line headstock; it just looks wrong after seeing them all lean away from the fingerboard all my life. I'll adjust. Fit and finish are good enough for basic stuff (I went low-priced). I'd have liked a little more wood-grain on the top, but, ya gets what ya pays for.
I was surprised at the position markers: little aluminum dots. I need a sticker or something for third fret; I'll probably put a little dot of paint on it.
Am I glad I got it? YES.
Should you get one? Sure, why not?
