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aceonbass wrote:I much prefer the previous version, but both are just to wide to be practical for average sized people. I would use the factory layout with stacked knobs if I wanted to have the same control functions and split the upper and lower necks with ROS instead of the way the factory did it.

Agreed, Dane...the factory 4080/12's 'either/or' controls were a little crazy to deal with live. I used to run it through a Morley stereo volume pedal, so volume control wasn't the big issue, but quick transitions between the necks meant a lot of compromising of tone and pickup balance. Regarding MR's axe: as you pointed out, the wider body might not be an issue for someone who's 6'-4" and has hands like a giant tree-frog, but for the rest of us...

I must say that having the factory model's 12 neck below made for a lot of wrist strain trying to hit that F-sharp barre chord all the way through the 7/8 portion of Cinema Show...

(There we go...is that on-topic enough for everyone?)

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