Lucem, Paradox. Silver Series

An improvised piece showcasing Lucem’s more affordable take on the Paradox guitar. About the guitar: This guitar is hand finished by Lucem, and comes with a simplified configuration of Kent Armstrong pickups following a suggestion I made of single coil Strat neck tone, and PAF bridge. The ethos of the “Old Nick“ edition Paradox is present in its core: thick but biting bridge for the Quicksilver Messenger Service/Television-ish thing I love so much, round, slightly plummy neck pick up for, well, everything else. Construction differs from “Old Nick“ the neck there is ’through’, Silver Series is bolt on, again, bringing out a familiar Fender-ish flavour to the note envelope without over emphasising the initial transient. About the music: The piece is a one take improvisation. This is the kind of stuff I probably do too much of, but since “We Are Are We“ was so well received (head on over to my Bandcamp if you enjoy this?) this video also serves to reveal the process. “We Are Are We“ was created in a simila