NGD: Electrical Guitar Company Ken Andrews Prototype Series 5 Jazzmaster
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:30 am
Picked this one up about two weeks ago, always wanted this model since I first found out about EGC and it's been the culmination of about 6+ years of horse trading.
This was actually owned by Ken Andrews himself and used on the Fantastic Planet reunion tour, you can see it here at 28:27.
It's a prototype and there's some differences between this one and the later production models.
The neck is polished instead of fully anodised, the fretboard is still anodised though.
The switch for the piezo system is in the middle of the 4 knob layout rather than the upper horn.
Aside from that the specs are the same as the final production model.
''Ken Andrews. His name is synonymous with thick textured walls of sound. Being able to design and build an instrument with him was an incredible experience. The instrument itself is based on the all aluminum Series Five, but Ken has placed his divergent signature over our classic.
The 25.1” scale guitar is features full black anodizing of neck and body with aluminum binding on the neck. Our thicker “Spencer” neck was tweaked, making it thinner while retaining the width of the original. The standard highest quality components are included along with the addition of a Ghost piezo system, which allows the mix of acoustic guitar sound with the flick of a switch. All of these features add up to a very special instrument that is deserving of bearing Ken’s name''
So far it rips something serious, I've owned an EGC Tyranny and a wood-bodied EGC Custom 500 before so I've a fair bit of experience with them. I really love the ''Spencer'' neck profile having owned the hyper-thin regular EGC style necks, it's still not as thick as my bolt on build but it's a really nice inbetween ''Fender C'' size.
Sound-wise it's brighter than the wood-bodied models but it having the regular EGC humbuckers rather than the wide-range style means it's still not harsh or shrill at all. Does the stereotypical chunky but bright humbucker thing that works really well for the style of music I play with Arco Arena. You can stack gain at it and still retain a tonne of clarity which is really functional. All my other guitars have the 12" radius so it's not a major adjustment swapping back and forth. Really enjoying the piezo system as well, wasn't sure how functional I'd find it but being able to add odd acoustic touches has led to some interesting songwriting.
Also it's black, I don't normally like black guitars at all but the way the metal is anodised makes it stand out in a really pleasing way.
Anyway here's pics.
With it's brother.
This was actually owned by Ken Andrews himself and used on the Fantastic Planet reunion tour, you can see it here at 28:27.
It's a prototype and there's some differences between this one and the later production models.
The neck is polished instead of fully anodised, the fretboard is still anodised though.
The switch for the piezo system is in the middle of the 4 knob layout rather than the upper horn.
Aside from that the specs are the same as the final production model.
''Ken Andrews. His name is synonymous with thick textured walls of sound. Being able to design and build an instrument with him was an incredible experience. The instrument itself is based on the all aluminum Series Five, but Ken has placed his divergent signature over our classic.
The 25.1” scale guitar is features full black anodizing of neck and body with aluminum binding on the neck. Our thicker “Spencer” neck was tweaked, making it thinner while retaining the width of the original. The standard highest quality components are included along with the addition of a Ghost piezo system, which allows the mix of acoustic guitar sound with the flick of a switch. All of these features add up to a very special instrument that is deserving of bearing Ken’s name''
So far it rips something serious, I've owned an EGC Tyranny and a wood-bodied EGC Custom 500 before so I've a fair bit of experience with them. I really love the ''Spencer'' neck profile having owned the hyper-thin regular EGC style necks, it's still not as thick as my bolt on build but it's a really nice inbetween ''Fender C'' size.
Sound-wise it's brighter than the wood-bodied models but it having the regular EGC humbuckers rather than the wide-range style means it's still not harsh or shrill at all. Does the stereotypical chunky but bright humbucker thing that works really well for the style of music I play with Arco Arena. You can stack gain at it and still retain a tonne of clarity which is really functional. All my other guitars have the 12" radius so it's not a major adjustment swapping back and forth. Really enjoying the piezo system as well, wasn't sure how functional I'd find it but being able to add odd acoustic touches has led to some interesting songwriting.
Also it's black, I don't normally like black guitars at all but the way the metal is anodised makes it stand out in a really pleasing way.
Anyway here's pics.
With it's brother.
