Wednesday, July 7, 2010

LTD: ST-203 (Part 2)

Despite being a relic finish, it's ironic how the LTD ST-203's hardware are perfectly flawless & shiny. Even the scratchplate screws are fresh.


It's also noted that the distressed bits are confined to the edges of the body. One more thing- these patches look the works but upon handling, you'd be disappointed they are not bare wood. Yes, there's actually a finish overcoat there. 



The worn bits under the LTD decal are actually of equal measurements- I measured them.


The 'seasoned' neck rear is strictly by virtue of its stained look; it feels brand new.

OK, enough physical scrutiny already. I'm not exposing the manufacturer's commercial pseudo-relic bits here as necessary deception by any means; the purpose of this sharing is the awareness (& acceptance) that, in this price bracket, they are actually controlled tamperings.

6 comments:

ashley said...

hi bro sub...

i got to ask... are all guitars with 24 fret would have to drop tune? can they use standard EADGBE tuning as well as 22 fret?

Anonymous said...

you're confusing scale length with the number of frets. 24 fret guitars work fine with standard tuning.

subversion.sg said...

that's right. guitars were made to sport standard tuning to begin with, regardless of the number of frets :-)

ashley said...

what about the scale length, does that affect the tuning?

subversion.sg said...

we can tune guitars of different scale length to standard tuning but the string gauge must be accounted for to counter the tension. for instance, the Les Paul sports a 24.75" scale length, if we use a .009 set, there would be a slackened tension, hence the need to employ a thicker string gauge...

ashley said...

ok, i got it now.. thanks sub