Rubber

I have great respect for Musicnomad for making quality tools & maintenance accessories. This neck rest here is largely rubber, it promotes friction & helps keep things in place. However, the neck rest part is also rubber & not good for organic finishes; it sticks to the neck & might cause a burnmark / chemical blemish. I will only be using this for satin finished necks (Ibanez, Jackson, etc.). I sincerely hope this had been thought through at the factory.

Unravelled

Broken string. This seldom happen to me. Looks like the coil unravelled & weakened the overall structure of the string. It didn't help that this end of the string was located at the bridge, in contact with hardware that might further strain the situation. Oh, well.

KX600

Neil Zaza's back with Cort. This KX600 is his doing. It's a simple design with delivery in mind. Pickups are Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers & we hope there would be passive options along the way. If only that headstock finish matches the body. Also, those inlays are too big for some of us. Anyway, looks aside, this guitar was conceived to not get in your way of achieving great tones & maximum playability.

Pic: Cort

PO Origin prices

Jackson's Pro-Origin 1985 models are in stock at Swee Lee, prices are documented above. Some of us would refrain from buying non-American products in this price bracket. Strangely, guitar players are a strange breed, price justifications are strictly personal. This is why Squier got away with the Hello Kitty guitars. But it's your money anyway, you call the shots.

Pics: Jackson

Pickguard

Solar guitars are featuring pickguards on some models, the one you see here is the A1.6DBOP. Not a fan.

Pic: SOLAR

Badder

This debuted last year. Waiting for it to appear in the stores here. There are more features in this one compared to the previous iteration. Let's see if this is riding on its predecessor's hype.

Pic: Digitech