I’ve heard D’Angelico and Reverend guitars are manufactured in the same factory. I own an old Reverend that I love, and the newer ones I’ve played have been even better.
That guitar is pretty neat, I dig 339s and I like the style. I wouldn’t worry about the finish either. Do you feel like it’s redundant if you already own a Semi-hollow HH D’Angelico?
No, because my SS has a stairstep tailpiece while the Mini DC has a stopbar tailpiece.
The stairstep tailpiece contributes different overtones and sympathetic resonances. Also, the Deluxe SS/EX-SS guitars that have the stairstep are closer to fully hollow - you can look into one f-hole and see out the other f-hole. There’s a chunk of center block that would have been there if the tailpece was a stopbar but is missing in this case. So there’s a kind of woody character that’s different than the more 335-looking guitars.
I’m guessing the Mini DC will have more sustain and be able to deliver more Tele-like tones when the coils are split.
My first electric guitar that was purchased, after my then-bandmate convinced me to switch from bass to 2nd guitar, was a Reverend. That’s also a good brand.
I’ve had bad wrist pain while playing the guitar within the last year and have gotten close to just getting rid of a couple. Being able to be creative with samplers / drum machines and synths really helped keep my spirits up during this. I bought a Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe III in honey burst with split coil etc in 2015 as a graduation present, but it hurts me to play it… love the guitar but for some reason playing it hurts more than my Telecaster (Mexican Tele special ed ash)
I’ve come close to listing it on Reverb and grabbing more Elektron gear, but haven’t yet.
Carpian issue?
That’s what I’m guessing. I’m so glad that I had the opportunity to feel “guitar cool” for a bit in life. But, yeah… I also like riding a bike, being able to do a push up, and many other wrist related activities. So… yeah probably just going to get rid of some gear that will just tempt me to play it. The last time I picked up my LP it really hurt afterwards and I had already given it 6 months. Sad, but whatever. Digtakt / Digitone combo heals a lot of musical wounds haha
Have you thought about playing seated with the guitar in your lap? Or even going all in on a lapsteel etc? It could be a different enough position to not aggravate your wrist in the same way.
I actually do play seated. lapsteel… hadn’t even thought of that. The last time I saw one was at a Hank III show 2000 ish at The Continental Club in Austin.
Sorry, when I said seated I meant Jeff Healey style:
Also, Hank III 
To adress a carpian issue, there are several things to do:
Correcting any hurting posture, such as computer with a mouse where the wrist is broken or… hard bycicle. The carpian channel is not easy to recover once inflammed.
It is possibly hurting as a consequence of a blockage above (sidechain pumping 
) avoiding sleeping on the side avoid compression and can bring great relief in the day time. There are also some exercises to stretch. Whenever stretched, if one has a feeling of numbness there, it is relieving afterwards.
Tablets or smartphones are a nightmare for neck and carpian channel. The worst is the weight of the tablet + protection hand by one hand. Watching stuff for hours in the bed leads to amazing compression of the nerves along the neck to the wrist.
Speaking from experience here (i could call it the lockdown syndrome number 2).
Having a healthy body would not prevent to make some beats. I’d rather be able to do both
I remember going through some of this with someone up thread a while ago so apologies for any redundancy.
Playing posture makes a big difference with pain and fatigue, especially in the hands and wrists. The classical guys have it pretty dialed in. All of the joints are aligned in such a way as to impart minimum stress and allow maximum movement with minimum energy expenditure. Healthy playing. Learning that stuff was one of the best things I’ve ever learned. It’s weird at first but you get used to it quickly and start to wonder how you ever played the other way. The basic starting points are the body sits on the left leg with the left foot slightly elevated and the neck is angled up at nearly 45 degrees to your body. You can look up all of the details.
Also, while les pauls are awesome in many ways, I’ve never found them very ergonomic. They’re built like an acoustic guitar that isn’t hollow. They sound killer though.
His names Dalton… ha ha thanks for the clarification
Currently on sale at Eastwood/My Rare Guitars:
Mustang-style guitar custom made by J Parsons Guitar Works in Tasmania, with Mastery bridge.
I have no opinion on whether or not to relic a guitar but if you love that kind of thing, this Mustang has had that job done too.
I have been looking at the Koch Dummybox and was wondering if anyone had any advice or experience with load boxes.
I got a Beebo recently and it’s super fun but I’d love to get it into the effects loop of my amp rather than running it direct. My amp has a good(enough for me) di with built in speaker emulation so I’m not particularly concerned with the speaker emulation or di on the Dummybox. I might find attenuation useful if I had it but I’m really after getting my guitar signal into my mixer with my synths so it’s not something I’m specifically looking for. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
I used Torpedo loadboxes (Live and VB101).
I was using their cab sim systematically.
Doesnt seem anyone gave you thoughts on humbuckers?
This pickup is the classic reproduction of the original gibson humbucker of the 50’s. They are referred to as “PAF’s”. There are zillions of pickup winders recreating the holy grail of tone (the original PAFs sell for thousands of dollars).
Ive tried a few PAFs and LOVE montys paf. Hes based in london. But there are so many good PAFs. The difference between a good one and others is the note separation…and smooth, full not harsh tone.
X-Pick is called a “multi-effects” pick and the videos have some hilarious moments, but I went ahead and backed the Expo option. Can be used as a sort of human-powered E-Bow and a slide.
As for 3rd party humbucker pickups, the only one I have experience with is the Seymour Duncan 59, which came stock in 2 of my 3 D’Angelico guitars. Seymour Duncan makes several variations of the PAF humbucker. The 59 from what I understand is the Alnico 5 version.
A lot of the D’Angelico Deluxe models now come with Seymour Duncan Seth Lover A4, which I guess the Alnico 4 version of the Seth Lover. I have no personal experience with those.
In my country the Seth Lovers cost quite a bit more than the 59, and the Seymour Duncan Antiquity costs more still. I remember reading Guitar Player magazine shootout review of humbuckers and they felt the Antiquity was the best - most articulate, most wonderful complexity with overdrive, best string separation, makes you the best coffee, etc. etc. But the Seth Lover was not on the market yet, nor competitors like Bare Knuckle, Lollar, etc.
Oh, I did have a Music Yo Steinberger with active EMG pickups. I thought they were ok until I compared the sounds to the stock no-name humbuckers on my Reverend Club King and Carvin Holdsworth Fatboy. All of a sudden the EMGs sounded like they lacked “air” compared to the other humbuckers. I hear the Fishman Fluence humbuckers might be better as active pickup options - at the very least they can be charged by USB.
Done, thanks!
A trusty Audiofanzine fellow recommended me these below; very tempted, corresponding to my limited budget…
https://www.guitarfetish.com/Vintage-59-Classic-Alnico-V-Humbucker-Chrome_p_21824.html
Ok ive also read good things about the gfs in terms of budget quality. THAT BEING SAID, ive had the chance to go way too far down this guitar tone rabbit hole, building many guitars and many vintage circuit tube amps and then nerding out with fellow guitar players on the nuances of tone haha. Many pickups have been swapped in this process but still not nearly enough to be a true expert.
My point would be, we tried 2 different budget pickups that are revered on guitar forums and they werent great.
Lastly, the gfs you reference has alnico V magnets while the gibson 57 is alnico II. Apparently alnico II is the more vintage-spec. I like the II’s. Some might say its warmer, looser bottom end might be another thing people would say. The term looser bottom end doesn’t sound like a good quality but i think it also means a bigger bottom end, warmer, smoother? Dunno!
I’m about to put a Mastery bridge and vibrato on my Jaguar. The vibrato that came with it is not squishy enough and those bridges are just plain better. Cool guitar.