@@JamesJones-bn2jp thank you for watching and correcting me. Either way it was my first exposure to that style of guitar and I've been hugely inspired by both Vivian's playing and the Nightswan guitar. 🎸

@@JamesJones-bn2jp thanks for watching, I was sure it was a Seymour Duncan Full Shred in the bridge and JB in the middle position like I say in the video. Not often you'd get two different brands of pickups on the same guitar from the factory. Is it Dimarzio you are referring to in your comment? Didn't know they did a full shred pickup, but will look into that. You are very lucky to have an original, I wish I could get my hands on one! 🎸

@@brownwrench thanks for watching, yes I believe so, I shared some of the original photos from Kramer in the video with Viv advertising the Aztec model, would love to hunt down an original down one day! 🎸

@@user-ci3hb4qo2u thank you so much for watching, appreciate it, yeah fabulous guitar, great to see people enjoying this guitar and some classic 80's riffs and solos! 🤘🎸

@@80smetalisawesome thank you so much for watching, yeah absolutely love the Aztec, such fabulous guitars, perfect for rocking those 80's riffs and solos. The metallic black finish looks great in person, go for it!!🎸

Ooh that's a very good point, I know Viv was hugely in awe of Gary's playing so that could very well be it. I'm not too familiar with that guitar, but I'm gonna look into it, sounds like a cool Charvel! 🎸

Thank you so much for watching, yeah it's a fabulous guitar, a must for Vivian and 80's rock and metal fans! The guitar feels great to play, it's a lead guitar players dream, nice flat radius on the fretboard, the scale length makes bending very easy. I have mine down a half step to Eb and it's super easy to play, big bends and vibrato on those jumbo frets is great. As you can see in the video I'm having a great time playing it, deffo try one out at your local shop, let me know how you get on and if you come back with a Nightswan! Anything else you need to know, please just let me know 🤘🎸

​@@AndyDoveGuitarHey, I Greatly Appreciate you taking the time to respond to my inquiry. You pretty much sold me on it!!! I like to play Bruce Kulick solos, Bill Leverty, and it seems like this neck profile would make soloing very easy. I am a cancer survivor of 37 year's and disabled, so there are few thing's I can do. My Ibanez is a great guitar, but seems harder for me to play. I had an Ibanez JS 550, that was sent back to the Ibanez factory in the '90's and refinished Road Flare Red. I really miss my Charvel Charvette in Fluorescent Orange, a dream to play...I wish I had held onto that. Please wish me luck, on trying to trade in and getting financed...my brother can help me with that. He's not only a Salesman, but took advantage of me for over 35K. A brother can help a brother out right? That Nightswan just speaks to me. Again, Thank You So much!!!

Thanks so much for watching, yeah I've heard that opinion quite a bit on this. My only experience is with these reissues, which I really enjoy, always felt and sounded great to me, BUT I would absolutely love to get my hands on an original 80's Nightswan to see what they are all about. I was a bit gutted to not see the Full shred pickup in these guitars, and a few have commented on the necks being different, so I need to borrow one to check them out! Only occasionally see them come up on Reverb or eBay and they are going for crazy money, so that must be a testament to how great they were, so glad you still have the original Aztec, I know a lot of people sell guitars on and then regret it, but sounds like your original Aztec is a keeper! I've not tried the snake signature yet, but will have to check it out when I'm next at the Gibson Garage. 🤘🎸

@AndyDoveGuitar yeah I've had offers for mine, I won't sell either lol. I was shocked when I was trying to buy another and was looking on Reverb and ebay and seen them going for 7 to 10K. If you look on some of the guitar forums, there are guys collecting them and a few have somewhere north of 10 of them each. So you would probably have to reach out to a collector to get one these days. However with money being as tight as it is , some might be desperate to let one go cheaper lol. The fullshred pickup is ok, I still have it in case I want it back in the guitar, but I swapped it out for a Seymour Duncan heavy metal Live wire and have the JB in the neck. This guitar goes mild to wild for sound lol

Thank you so much, appreciate you watching, and yes absolutely I'm a big Alice In Chains fan, you could absolutely rock some Cantrell riffs on these guitars! I know he likes his Les Paul customs, but I always remember him on the G&L's and yeah there are some similarities between those and these Nightswans, if I ever make another Nightswan video I'll make sure to include some Alice In Chains for you 🤘😎

Love a bit of Warrant, great songs, thanks for watching! 🤘🎸

Thank you for watching, yeah it's an incredible solo isn't it, couldn't help but sneak a bit of Dokken in there, love Lynch's playing! 🤘😎

@@AndyDoveGuitar yeah brother, indeed it’s a great solo! Great job!

@@MikeWatson-qj8ew thank you for watching, yeah such a cool guitar design, love that higher fret access, and what a great player he is too, still super inspired by all his playing on the early Dio records! 🎸🤘

@AndyDoveGuitar yeah I know he's my second favorite guitar player next to randy rhoads ,you were tearing it up .I've been playing since 1982 .I have a george lynch kamakazee, a randy rhoades flying v,Jackson dinky,Gibson flying v,and an ovation acoustic

I would absolutely love to try a vintage Nightswan out, don't see them come up often, and the prices are certainly climbing up now when they do occasionally surface. If I ever am able to get one I'll make a comparison video between the two, thanks for watching 🎸

@@Andii_V AHH that's awesome, thank you for watching, love my Nightswans! Yeah Kramer sells a few cases, your best bet is to order directly from Kramer as they won't have much stock in shops now things have moved to the Gibson Garage. Even better if you are ever in London take a trip down, the Kramer section is downstairs, and the staff will be more than happy to help with any questions etc Double check the dimensions, but I think this one here will be the one. www.kramerguitars.com/en-GB/p/Soft-case/940-KRSTCS/940-KRSTCS I have an old Kramer hard case from the 80's I got with another guitar, but usually use gig bags when I'm using them. If no joy with that case, a non fitted hard case from any brand like Gator etc should fit it, hopefully that helps 😎

@@AndyDoveGuitar Nice one. Cheers. Yeah that's the case I had on special order with GAK, but unfortunately they couldn't get it in. That was last year. I'll try direct through Kramer then. Thanks again mate.

​@@Andii_V No problems at all, yeah it's a nice looking case, let me know how you get on, should be okay ordering direct through Kramer, if no luck let me know and I'll mention it on my next visit to the Gibson Garage 🎸

@@AndyDoveGuitar I will do. Took me a while to even find a Charvel case for my DK24 as those were hard to find in stock, but got there in the end. No probs with my Ibanez guitars as those came with cases. Cheers again. Btw, loved the intro to this vid with the Stryper solo!

@@Andii_V glad you recognised it, love a bit of Stryper, they always had incredible guitar solos, so melodic too! 🤘

@@jody7214 thank you for watching, yeah it's the outro riff to '18 and life' by Skid Row, I then played the main riff too which is a bit more recognisable, but yeah it's a cool riff that doesn't get as much attention as there is a solo over the top of it, but always loved the sound of it with those open strings! 🎸🎶

@@AndyDoveGuitar It’s a great piece. Must have listened to that song hundreds of times and never picked that out. Thanks for revealing it to me. Great video!

​@@jody7214yeah it's quite tucked back in the mix with everything else going on, but now you know it's there you'll notice it more, such a great track, glad you enjoyed the playing and tones! 🎸🎶

@@roscoepcoltrane23 thanks for watching, yeah fantastic guitars, I don't find the neck to be uncomfortably thin, to my hands it's more of a traditional fender style C neck, but with a slightly flat point in the middle of the curve, so I guess more like a flattened D shape? Either way it's very playable, especially higher up, I'm not too keen on ultra skinny ibanez necks myself, but this one feels spot on for my tastes, thanks for watching! 🎶🎸

Don't feel dumb at all, but honestly it'll sort it right out, never looked back now, I keep some handy in my guitar maintenance kit just in case I need to fix a loose input. I bet that's an awesome Epiphone, great era, always love a guitar with a bit of history/story/one you've had for years and grown up with! 🎸

Oah love that it brought the memories back for you, thank you for sharing that! I'd absolutely love to get my hands on an old 80's Nightswan, they go for big money now when they very occasionally pop up online, but yeah I love my reissues. Maybe one day I'll grab an old one if it comes up at the right price fingers crossed, blue with white polka dots sounds awesome, thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment 🎸🤘

Oah that's awesome, yeah love the Aztec, such a cool graphic that one, love the matching white headstock on it too. Yeah the original Nightswans are going for crazy money now, would love to try one out to see how they compare, only heard great things about the original guitars, but these reissues are fantastic for my tastes. Always enjoy plugging them in, thank you for watching 🤘🎸

Oah wow that's awesome, I'd absolutely love to get my hands on an original, really enjoying my reissues, when you consider the price difference like you say they are fantastic, but yes after hearing other people's experience of the old swans, I would love to grab one whenever one appears at a price I can justify, thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! 🎸🤘

@@AndyDoveGuitar Yeah they are super expensive now..like 3500+. I was saying the reissues were less as a good thing. If I had 3500 to throw around I wouldn't get the 80's swan unless you are a collector. Tons of other great guitars for cheaper...including the reissue. I'm a big fan of Charvel and the new american Jacksons.

​@@matthewearl9824crazy prices aren't they, yeah you can get some great value guitars these days, have been tempted by a few charvels every now and then I must say! 🎸

@@srh361 great question and thanks for watching, your best bet is to get down to a shop to try them out obviously, not sure where you are located, but if you are in the UK, a trip to the Gibson Garage in London is well worth it. They have a Kramer room downstairs and you'll be able to get a good feeling for the guitar and plug it in. Like I show in the video I had those 2 slight issues, but that aside they feel great, the Polka Dot for some reason has a slightly darker and nicer feeling ebony fretboard, but that could be that I've sweated over it a lot more, but just feels smoother compared to the Aztec. But yeah you can hear how great they sound and how much fun I have playing them, never felt like they felt cheap, but not tried out the Tracii Guns model as a comparison, hopefully that helps, any other questions just let me know 😎🤘

@@higgyonbass thank you so much dude, yeah it's quite the collection, always room for one more ahaa thanks for watching the video 🎸🎶

@@AndyDoveGuitar 1 more?? Why not all of them? Aim high Dove and you will soar like the birds 😉

​@@higgyonbassahaa that'll be us at the Garage, hello, I'll take one of everything new please 🤣🤣

@@AndyDoveGuitar hahaha please and thank you

@@higgyonbass may have to start doing the lottery, I could do a lot of damage if the funds allowed ahaaa looking forward to our next trip to the Garage, gotta hear you on those Thunderbirds! 🤘

@@GuitarInstinct thank you so much for watching, really enjoyed making this video! 🎸🎶

Thank you so much Rich, so glad you enjoyed the video, love my Nightswans, great guitars for that 80's rock sound, always have a fun time when I plug these in! 🤘🎸

@@murdock8068 thank you so much for watching, glad you enjoyed the video, yeah love my Nightswans, not tried out a Focus, been tempted by one tho I must say ahaa cool guitars 🤘🎸

@@THESOULREVIVALBAND thank you so much, really enjoyed putting this video together, hope it helps people make a decision on these guitars, love my Nightswans! 🤘🎸

That's exactly what I meant ahaa just couldn't think of the word when I was filming, glad you knew what I meant, thank you for watching 🤘😎

Thank you so much for watching, really appreciate it, yeah such fun guitars, and that pewter grey is lovely isn't it, they've just dropped loads of new colour options and updated models on the Kramer site, so much temptation ahaa 🤣🤘🎸

@@AndyDoveGuitar oh why did you have to tell me that -£££ ha

@@nansbra2265 ahaa I know so much temptation right there, I need to behave myself 🤣🤣

Great video I has an 80,s original and sold it so bought the reissue unfortunately kramer qc is abysmal neck profile ridiculous thickand misaligned causing the high e to roll off the fretboard, should have r1 nut and two trembuckers awfull pity I wanted it to be great

@@MichaelBruceTLTAGuitar fair enough, I love mine, BUT I've never been able to get my hands on an original which I'd absolutely love to, so can appreciate the difference there would be yeah. They are going for quite a bit these days when I see them occasionally pop up on Reverb etc, always wanted to get the lightning bolt design, which model is it you have, thanks for watching 🤘🎸

@@bobbaumeister5243 they are incredible guitars, perfect for rocking those 80's riffs and solos, thanks for watching and enjoying the content as always Bob! 🤘🎸

@@AndyDoveGuitar it's my pleasure Andy 🙂

​@@bobbaumeister5243Always appreciated, thanks for enjoying the content 🎸🎶

Hello! Have you noticed that either the bridge or the pickup ring is not mounted correctly on the Polkadot? To me it looks like the bass side of the Floyd is a bit too far back.

​@@theburkett67 Heya thanks for watching, never noticed that, but just had a look and yes I can confirm it is, looks like the bass side of the Floyd is slightly lower then the treble side so it's sitting slightly slanted? Never noticed that beforehand!

@@AndyDoveGuitar I don't mean lower. From what I'm seeing it looks like the bass side post is mounted further back than the treble side. Like if you were to measure from the nut to the bass side, post, and compare it to the treble side, post, the bass side would be further back. Did you buy this recently? If so, you might consider an exchange, but if you are fine with it that's all that matters. I would be upset though. Thank you for the response, I stopped and rewound the video several time trying to get a straight on shot of the guitar before bothering you.

​@@theburkett67 No it's okay I don't mind answering the comments, if it helps someone out that's what it's all about. I think maybe how I typed back may have been a bit confusing, but I meant what you said, so the bass side is slightly longer than the treble side. Literally never noticed it before until your comment alerted me to it. Doesn't affect anything for me personally, I love these guitars, had the polka dot about 3 years now and play it all the time, thanks again for watching, in any further reviews I do I'll make sure to get more photos and close ups of the guitar when I'm talking about them 🎸

@@JomaNando thank you so much, love a bit of Billy Duffy, glad you enjoyed the video and it helped you out! Yeah I must get round to more Cult lessons soon, I'll bear that one in mind, thanks again! 🎸🤘

@@MegaJORB thank you, yeah I'm going back through some of my older videos and making them more accurate, easier to read and better quality then removing the old one and putting the new one out. some of my older videos pain me now ahaa but it's all progression of my channel, glad you've been enjoying the content, absolutely love The Darkness! 😎🤘

@@AndyDoveGuitar mate I wouldn't say no to covers for the whole permission to land album ;)

@@MegaJORB now that's a fantastic idea, I should definitely do that! 🎸🤘

@@kevingates503 phenomenal guitars, yeah this 83 is my number one gigging guitar too, always get my favourite tones from this one, I have a 77 in wine red also, another fantastic guitar, but the 83 is the favourite, thanks for watching! 🤘🎸

@AndyDoveGuitar it's because of the tim shaw pickups, the 77 has t-tops that's why tim shaw pafs are 1500 a set

@@kevingates503 yeah the T tops have a nice sound, very bright to my ears, lovely, but no comparison to those Tim Shaws! It's nice having all these different tones and selections of Les Paul's tho, I find that layering them up on recordings they really shine together, but the 83 is always my favourite no matter what I'm doing! 🤘

@AndyDoveGuitar The 77 has a maple neck and the 83 has a mahogany neck that affects tone