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No but there is one on the US Bay....

What would I like to know..?

Ok.. I am thinking of buying.. But I need to order specially here in UK, so three's no chance of seeing/trying one first.. so I'd like some general impressions and specific feedback from anyone that has one..

I take it BM do have one, in Oz....

- general impressions
- sound compared to other alexi models
- sound compared to other ESP models
- foibles
- likes
- dislikes

etc..

Thanks for the feedback.. Most helpful.. How do you think the guitar compares to the Jacksons (may be a dirty word around these parts)..?

Sorry.. just looked at you pics.. the hardware looks chrome.. i thought that they came with black hardware..?

looking at the pics more closely.. maybe it is black.. just shiny black..? or gunmetal..?

Shane..

I picked mine up today (I am in the UK, so there are delivery delays) and it's just like yours.. a K serial.. Jan 2008 date.. Custom Shop.. with the EMG HZ 2.. The model name, on the COA, is Alexi Pink Saw Tooth.. It's exactly as your photo's show..

Love it so far.. I am V happy with it..

Anyhow.. Isn't it always the same, things move on since you place an order..

I notice that the export catalogue now shows two pink saw tooth models.. a CS and a STD.. (there was only the CS one until recently).. Apart from the CS now having the seymour duncan blackout, are you aware of any other differences between the two..

How do the CS's differ from the STD's.. ?

.. and how do you tell between the two (is it as simple as the "custom shop" logo..?)..

Sorry for all the questions..

Dave

Because it has the MM-04 booster pre-amp circuit in it.. so it boosts a standard p-u rather than an active one..

Older models, without the MM-04 pre-amp booster, used the H4..

The new custom shop models (March 08 on, roughly) come with Duncan blackouts.. it's unclear if the MM-04 works with these or not as they are active.. Maybe it does, but more as a trim circuit.. or not..

Ah.. Right.. I remember now.. Thanks Shane..

Anyway, for those of you out there contemplating buying one of these guitars, I can only echo what's posted on other threads, these things rock.. I cannot say there is any disappointment whatsoever for me with the H2 pick-up.. But maybe that's because I'm less keen on the active sound anyway.. But you can always change them.. The playability and overall quality is just fantastic.. Much better than custom built Jacksons I have seen..

If anybody has a pdf manual of the MM-04 booster instructions, I'd be grateful for a message, as I need to get hold of a copy....

Sorry.. I confused the H4 with the actives..

The new STD series sawtooth sigs etc now also have the H2 as well, I belive.. whilst the custom shops all now have Blackouts.. (ref the export catalogue)

No more H4's, I think..

The only reason I can think (and I seem to recall this reading oon here or on BM music's forum) is that Alexi Laiho tried the H2 in the original pink sawtooth model.? (hence mine and shane's having the h2).. and now is trying the blackouts (hence new ones having them).. if you follow..