Please Help Me Control My 380L PZ

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:35 am

Cool! Once again, I am intrigued! ....Please don't make me want another one.... Ric addiction is an expensive habit, LOL!

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:16 am

Melissa:
I had the one at Mike Park's on hold, but cancelled. I was going to suggest to you to go for it, but it sold as soon as I cancelled!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:34 am

Thanks for thinking of me, Jerry, but at the moment I absolutely can't buy any more Rics unless they are truly a steal of a deal, or unless there is a Blueburst out there in need of a good home! The carpenters are working on the new addition to our home as I type, and I am getting that much closer to having my dedicated music room!

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:41 am

Had I been able to choose a particular wood coloration for a guitar, that "dark" 380 would be it, in a heartbeat. Simply gorgeous and appealing to me in a way that the lighter walnut is not.

How are the humbuckers in terms of string-to-string balance? My 330 has a louder b and a softre high E. . . wondering if the same is true of the HBs.

squid · Post by **squid** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:42 am

There's no imbalance to speak of, John, at least not that I've noticed. Certainly, the B and high E strings respond as well as the others. I briefly thought that the B string did not have the same volume when the piezo was on, but it was me. I needed to trim my fingernails and pick it a little harder. (I play fingerstyle for the most part.) The low E string can be boomy, but I think that's true of nearly all guitars (at least, all guitars hooked up to my amp, which is an important variable). It's certainly true of my 381 at times. A touch of compression or some quick adjustments to the amp solve that problem. Chords are rich and full with no pronounced over-contribution from any one string.

Thanks for the kind words on the appearance of the guitar. I'm getting more and more fond of it with each passing day.