My friends Caparison...

[Jerm__]

My friend ordered a Caparison on ebay not long ago, he should get it at the latest next wednesday. Im pretty stoked about it because he's my co-guitarist and he's been using shit BC riches...well thats going to change haha.

Its the Horus Thunder Cloud/BL. I'll give a review after i play it...which will hopefully be the day he gets it because he wants me to help him set it up and whatnot....

Until then....comments :hbang: :shred:

[MrSandMan]

found their page. http://www.kyowashokai.co.jp/caparison-eng/e-07product/e07horus.html

Looks like it might be a cool guitar. Love the color.

[flyguitars]

Interesting guitar... and new to me.

No volume or tone controls? or are they on the back ;D I know lots of people like everything on full, but I really like the contrast of a mellow tone 0 neck, switching to a piercing tone 10 bridge

The body shape doesn't blow me away - but there are some cool features... The slanted oval inlays are a nice touch, sort of reminds me of some early Epiphones (but slanted) - and having them under the high E string right up the body end must be useful. Has that been done before?

Headstock shape is pretty special too - good for bayonetting anyone that gets too close >:D

[Jerm__]

^Im surprised you guys havn't heard of these guitars. They're supposed to be amazing. The guys from Evergrey, The Haunted, one guys in The Absence, Chris from Arch Enemy and a few others that i can't think of right now.

The way the knob works is its a volume knob and if you tap it it changes pickup.

The slanted ovals are actually clocks, if you get a larger image you can see that the time is the fret number, which is a pretty sweet feature.

[MrSandMan]

That's neat. Just tap on the pickups to change position. Clever! Why didn't anyone else think of that? :hbang:

Do you have actual pictures Jerm?

[jackal]

Caparison guitars are amazing.. I played the new one just out,, "the Orbit" 27 fret guitar. lol it was cool, the are a great made guitar too, i would like to play more of them, they are becoming the new ESP.. very popular in metal

[MrSandMan]

Caparison guitars are amazing.. I played the new one just out,, "the Orbit" 27 fret guitar. lol it was cool, the are a great made guitar too, i would like to play more of them, they are becoming the new ESP.. very popular in metal


Is that a type-o?? 27 Frets??FRETS

[indytruckboy]

no 27. which is once again. Obnoxious! "Let's see who's got the bigger weenie." I barely need 24. In fact, now that I think about it. I don't ever go down there. The gap between the frets can't even be big enough to fret. I say ::) ::) ::)

[ww12]

So with 27 frets, is it easier to reach the 22nd fret? ::)

[jackal]

Yes I said 27 Frets, no type-o... and no its not the bigger winnie syndrome.. its for playablity.. it makes the 22 to 24 frets as easy to reach as the 15 to 17th fret of a normal guitar.... camparison guitars are designed by the original desinger from jackson/charvel

NECK
Neck Material: Hard Maple
Neck Grip: Caparison
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Neck Scale: 648mm (25 1/2 inch.)
Nut Width: 42mm
No. of Frets: 27 Frets
Frets: Jumbo
Nut: Schaller R2, 42mm

wish i had a bigger one but this is the "ORBIT"


http://www.angelfire.com/myband/oftheReknown/images/orbit_20prowhite.jpg

[Jerm__]

Alright sorry dudes im a little late but anyways...

I helped him set it up a few weeks ago and its amazing. Beautiful neck and body finish. The pickups sound great and the overall quality is really good.

The frets beyond 24 are a little hard to reach so you wouldn't use them to shred with.

[MrSandMan]

That's alot of frets, I think I'd get lost playing it. But it really does look sweet,

[Jerm__]

^ haha nah, you can't get lost playing the guitar, you don't really look at those high frets that much.

[senor_penguin]

Man, I love caparisions, if I ever get a big time band, I'm buying a caparision

[Jerm__]

^they're not that expensive though man. You could find some on ebay for like $1300.

Sure its not cheap but instead of buying shit gear, get a Cap and you'll turn heads haha

[jackal]

I'm not a fan of the spounge looking paintjobs, acctually i think there gross , they look like my grandmas reck room wall...
but i do like the solid color and everything else about them