I was at Standard Value yesterday, away from the rain. It's a spares hunt but I ended up trying some guitars, one of which is Swing's MG-505 you see here. I think we are all too distracted by the Strat-alike Swing models, the MG series are largely ignored. The 505 is essentially a rock guitar, the Hearbreaker humbuckers in there are distortion inclined. The neck profile is a little strange, if the intention here is to induce speed-playing then the neck would make sure you remember to put lots of bends & feel into your fretting; it's a sumptuous C-profile (rounder than the average Fender make) with much Gibson meat to it invoking a (Fender) Jeff Beck feel. The other feature I noted was the amount of wood behind the bridge; there's much more material there which induces more sustain & low end punch.Coupled with a deserving amp, the 505 is a great guitar to own.
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what type of bridge is that? vintage?
it's a Wilkinson :-)
Notice a stop bar despite having no locking whammy unit. Head angle could be improved?
the headstock isn't angled back at all bro, like a Fender. hence the string retainer necessity.
what's the list price??
$600+...
rounder than fender? so its not really a shred guitar is it?
i basically shredded it while trying it out, it's definitely capable :-) just that the profile isn't a flat, ibanez-type...
i wish santa is real..
He's real but that's not his name...
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