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Washburn WM526 Electric Guitar
Washburn WM526 Electric Guitar. The Art Of Shred Is Not Lost - It’s Just Taken A Right Turn! Washburn is proud to introduce a new line of guitars specifically aimed at the shredder. Our HM Series proudly boasts an extremely fast fingerboard and neck using the Parker Guitars® perfected carbon glass composite fingerboard and stainless steel frets to create a silky smooth fingerboard and unparalleled playability.
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Washburn WM526 Electric Guitar Specs: Made in the USA Custom Shop Body: Mahogany Bridge: Original Floyd Rose® Email
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Read Review BelowWashburn USA Custom Shop WM526
Bred For Shred!
BY ERIC KIRKLAND
I CAN’T TELL YOU how many times I’ve heard players try to discredit
the importance of choosing the right guitar by espousing flawed maxims like
“The tone is in your hands” or “A better guitar isn’t
going to make you a better player.” In my estimation these statements
are only half of the story. Yes, we all have a certain touch and style that
comes through no matter what guitar we use. At the same time, our true abilities
are only fully realized through equipment that inspires us and supports our
style and tone. Today’s advanced shredders are well served by a guitar
that facilitates sweeps, two-handed techniques, legato phrasing, speed, high
gain and unlimited whammy wanking. Washburn’s new USA Custom Shop HM
Series WM526 fits the bill. It’s a greasy-fast ax that will challenge
the technically proficient to push their physical and mental boundaries or
just straight up rip with their favorite solo lines and fierce chordal assaults.
FEATURES
MAHOGANY IS A GREAT wood for a metal and shred guitar due to its inherently
heavy bass, wide mids and controlled highs. It may not be as loud as alder
or basswood, but mahogany’s even tonality mixes well with high gain.
All of the WM526’s other design and component choices are aimed at adding
attack and presence to the natural warmth of this guitar’s mahogany body
and neck. Aside from comfort and weight, the body is cut thin, allowing the
modest resonance generated from light-gauge strings and a floating bridge
to make the body ring. The shape of the WM526’s neck is cut for speed.
At the nut, the hill is thin and C-shaped. It gains some depth and becomes
flatter as you move higher. When you ultimately venture into the upper registers,
the depth of the neck heel is countered by a comfort-enhancing bevel and rounded
body contour. This reach-improving feature almost hides the trick that Washburn
utilizes to gain more attack from the neck: instead of just pushing the neck
into a hole under the pickups, this thin neck is set into a bolt-on style
pocket that maximizes neck-to-body contact area. Washburn partnered with Parker
Guitars for the WM526’s nearly flat fretboard. It’s made from the
same carbon-glass composite that Parker uses on its futuristic Fly guitars
and is topped with 24 jumbo stainless-steel frets.
Your hands fly across this board! Clarity is further enhanced by Buzz
Feiten’s intonation- correcting tuning system. The WM526 features the
classic active pickup combo of an EMG 81 in the bridge position and an 85
in the neck slot. Pitch acrobatics and whammy stunts are courtesy of a rear-routed
Original Floyd Rose trem unit.
FEATURES
WASHBURN’S ATTENTION TO construction details and careful part matching
markedly enhance the shredding experience. In particular, Parker’s responsive
composite fretboard is a flawless platform for frenetic styles, and it presents
tones with a neutral high-tech sheen that can’t be duplicated with the
hardest woods. Similarly, EMG’s preamp-controlled balance and compression
characteristics complement the tone. The effects of high-tech moderators and
Buzz Feiten’s intonation system are most noticeable on the fretboard’s
upper end. Players that like to burn above the 15th fret and run hyperspeed
modal sweeps will be empowered by the Washburn’s ability to distinctly
deliver each sound. It’s really quite an exhilarating experience to hear
every note played with such pianolike percussion and clarity. The tone may
not be sweet and lush, but it’s also not clinical or lacking in musicality.
When I turned the gain down, the same qualities that made it so shreddable
with high gain lent the WM526 to all manner of fusion. The Washburn’s
almost colorless and pure delivery of clean tones forced me to focus on note
choice and composition.
THE BOTTOM LINE
WASHBURN’S USA CUSTOM Shop HM Series WM526 is designed for the latest
generation of high-performance shredders. From the composite Parker fretboard
to the EMG pickups, thin mahogany body, Floyd Rose trem and sword-tapered
neck, everything on this guitar is designed to facilitate the most difficult
techniques and produce intelligible tones at mind-numbing speeds. If shred
is your king, the Washburn WM526 may just be your Excalibur— the tool
that alows you to rule. ?
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