First I ever found out about Caparison guitars was Michael Romeo of Symphony X fame, followed by Evergrey thereafter. Impressive axes and never a bad word said about them.
My friend had a Caparison TAT Frozen Sky, a model they discontinued in 2012. It was so beautiful I dreamed of it for years and then suddenly he said he's selling it and we came to a very decent deal. It was unlike any other guitar and I don't know what exactly does it, but it does still, 10 years later, feel like a 3000e guitar it is, compared to my other guitars. It also has the asymmetric neck that's something I had never experienced before, surprisingly thick but comfortable. Or maybe I do know why it feels like a 3000e guitar. Hand painted individually unique finish, every millimetre of it was apparently finished with dedication. All the hardware is quality and set exactly where they should be, it's so easy to adjust in maintenance. Also it has confusingly loud sound when played acoustically and has this oomph that feels odd from neck-thru guitar with floating bridge (the Schaller also feels like heavy machinery, I love it better than any other floyd I've had). I don't even have to work when tapping. It plays like butter. I also thought it was quite dark with the Caparison pickups, but then I played it through a loud amp and it was actually balancing out the amp just nicely. Furthermore it has the low mid growl, that very enjoyable crisp and balls that my any other instrument doesn't have. It's so enjoyable to play lower tunings with or do those intervals that trick the ear to hear a lower note because of that tonal quality. The HSS humbuckers with splits also provide surprisingly fine single coil tones. It's like a sample of craftmanship. I have 10-52 strings in D (tuned down from E without changing a set) and noticed it, like you said, really does behave well with light strings on lower tunings. And the strings are ages old already, but the last time I tuned it was probably a year or two ago. I don't understand it, the strings at least should give up the tuning. I would've never thought to own such an expensive guitar or notice the difference, but having it makes me very happy because I can admire every inch of it even if I'm not playing it. All of my other guitars ranging from 200 to 1200 euros have at least something that I can point out "well this wasn't made with dedication and desire to present me the best guitar their hands have touched, you can tell this is just another product on the line". Having it in my hands convinces me that it in fact justifies its price which I would have never expected. I actually have a labor of love, a show piece of craftmanship in my hands, something more than just a functional instrument, an art piece almost. It is the one that I will never part ways with, I wouldn't be able to bear the fact that I could never again feel it. No surprise Michael Romeo and Mattias Eklundh play Caparison.
A friend has a Caparison and I used it for maybe 10 minutes on his rig. Saw and felt no flaws in the construction, felt nice, and every single pickup position sounded good. Very impressive guitar.
Yeah this is a grail guitar if you were into the prom queen / parkway / killswitch era. The leads on your mix were SUPER crisp, laser beam metalcore killswitch harmonies, perfect!
wait, did you trade one of your PRS’s for the Caparison? It’s ok if you did it’s your stuff to do with what you will. I’m wondering along with many others, which guitar did you trade???
Played my first Caparison yesterday. It was a Horus 6 that’d been hanging in a Guitar Center for over a year. As neglected as it was, that was EASILY the best super strat 6 string I have ever played. Took a while to get used to the short scale but it felt sooooooo smooth.
Having owned a high quality guitar or two in the past, there's just something about the way it makes your playing sound so much better, knowing that everything about it is flawless.
A lot of bands I loved in the early 2000's were playing Caparison back then- Ola Frenning and Peter Wichers of Soilwork had deals (really underrated players). Also Michael Romeo, KSE back then (and again in recent years), Evergrey, At the Gates. More I'm sure I'm missing. I've wanted one for a long time but I just can't justify the price for a new one and finding a used one in Canada is nearly impossible. I've often heard that ESP, Ibanez, Jackson are similar quality (the Japanese made ones). I love the headstocks and body shapes most of all, they have the ultimate looks for a metal-oriented guitar.
Caparison. It's a brand I've always wanted to own, ever since I got into Bring Me The Horizon over 10 years ago and saw Jona playing these guitars. I've dreamt of owning one. They sound killer, but my god are they expensive.
I’ve always wanted a purple Caparison Horus and a framus cobra ever since I saw Peter Joseph back when was with the absence. I’m so stoked to see you review these
Damn... I wish it has SS frets. Almost just bought one... Assumed it had them.. And then I just found out watching Adam and Joel discuss the differences between their models. My fav guitar in the world is starting to get fret wear and... In this price range, I just don't want to go through the same thing if it would be keeper. :/
I own two Caparison TAT Special 7s, and an Orbit 7 CZQ. Caparison makes amazing guitars. Theyre ridiculous, top notch build quality and components. PERFECT fretwork. Their neck profiles are some of the most comfortable out there, I find them more comfortable for fast shreddy stuff than the Ibanez wizard/prestige necks. Also, every Caparison I've played is insanely loud acoustically, and that really shines through when plugged in and playing tapped harmonics, pinch harnonics, or popping harmonics with the bar like Dimebag. Overall, I think Caparison makes some of the best guitars available anywhere.
You never see anyone leave caparison. That’s one of my dream guitars, the Horus more specifically. Matthias Eklundh got me in to them. You hear nothing but good things. It’s funny though, you spend that kind of money and get a gig bag lol
Simply amazing guitars im fortunate enough to own 6 of them ranging from 2 horus, brocken, tat, dellinger and a anglus. They are all topnotch and a joy to play.
I love the pickup's tone, the whole design, and especially the looks of the finish, but I really wish they had a more "vintage" option for the neck shape and mainly the fretboard radius (a little smaller, and more round)
I've always been interested in Caparison guitars after I saw a Walnut Horus model, I think 2 years ago I blindly bought a Caparison Horus off of Reverb and it turned out to be one of my favorite guitars ever. I mostly played the early 90's Japanese Jackson's so the neck was probably a bit chunkier than the usual slim Jackson necks but It didn't bother me at all.
Yep the walnut is a grail for me but since they are so rare I pulled the trigger on the new walnut/black wood. Fixed bridge even better for me. Insane guitar
The difference in cost among guitar brands is baffling to me. They're all using mostly the same sorts of hardware and design, probably sourcing their lumber from the same handful of sawmills, and you have Eart at the bottom end selling pretty damn good guitars for $400, and then you have other manufacturers at the "top end" selling for 10x that, and is there really 10x a difference in quality? I don't think so. Super strat guitars (with few exceptions) are all basically commodity hardware at this point, similar to Android phones; but half of Android manufacturers aren't charging $4,000+ for a phone. Maybe it comes down to labor costs in the country of manufacture?
Got to give it to fluff, spending $3K + on a Caparison, making a video about it, just to brag about Joel being his friend lol.... I would've done the same.
I wanted one for years until I played one from a friend of mine... Nothing special compared to my other guitars, it feel the same way as my RG927QM, it was a nice instrument but definitely I wont throw over 2k for one, I got a Strandberg standard instead.
As someone who’s lived in Japan a few years, played Caparison, owned 2 Gibson LP Customs, and a J. Custom and Prestige’s, Ibanez defines quality and consistency in the guitar biz in comparison to Gibson and other US makers (leaving PRS alone, they’re definitely on point IMHO). Caparison, Sugi, and a few others along with Ibanez all come out of the same Nagano area of Japan. The Chushin-Gakki (Caparison factory) and FujiGen (Ibanez) are like right next to each other in Japan. I’d say certain Ibanez Prestige guitars are right on par with the 3.9k Caparison. Maybe wood selection is what’s offsetting the price, both guitars feel like a high end sports car in lap
My old friend and coworker Rob Marcello had a deal with Caparison guitars and he seemed to love them, but I hated every one of them he let me play cuz the necks were very square & rectangular, like even way moreso than Ibanez or Epiphone necks. It just felt very weird to me, like they were going for some kind of super squared off flat wide classical radius type neck and fingerboard on a super strat shred guitar. I just couldn't get on with it.
I used to own several of these. Including a custom built for Tom Englund (evergrey)... i should have never sold that one. It looked beat up and spent years touring and had roman numerical slit in by a knife/hand but damn it played like a dream.. sold it off to a guy in the US ...worst mistake i ever made
The review itself is basically nothing. Fluff needs to do actual reviews, I keep hoping he'll get better but he never does. Saying a guitar feels good over and over is not a review. "It feels expensive because it's expensive" is not a real review. You have a 4k guitar in your hands and couldn't really find anything to say about it that was useful.
When you are reviewing a $3900 plus guitar it’s not really a review, is it? We all know it’s gonna be near perfect… so let’s call it what it is… showing off.. 😂
Used to own a Dellinger II and then sold it off to buy two of the back then brand new Jim Root Teles… biggest gear regret of all time. Since then the prices of Caparisons have almost doubled 😕
My impression of Caparison guitars are that they're simply built to perfection. There's lots of more affordable guitars with the exact same specs, but most of them usually have some kind of flaw in the neck, frets, finish or whatever. I guess that's just the difference in factory guitars vs custom shop guitars. You are paying more than twice the price to get a flawless guitar, not just a more spec'd out one.
i have a caparison custom line dellinger 2 and wow is it an instrument very expensive but they are really worth the money and serious pieces of gear, love them......im after a 7 string from them next.
Love Fluff but I just want to point out one thing, thats not how the "guitar" sounds. Thats how the amp, ir, and speakers interpret the signal from the guitar. The signal chain is way more important to the "Tone"
Loved Caparison since the KSE End of Heartache album, and then seeing Matthias Eklundh/Freak Kitchen in London many years ago. Seem like great guitars.
I still love mine! Great to see a bigger channel check them out. Such a shame the brand just isn't taking off though. Just so expensive now, and they lost a few key artists. I got mine from Japan when they were cheaper. I went from an Ibanez Gio to a Caparison. Build quality was insane step up for me.
Yeah the brand just seems so under rated, I was stoked a long time ago in my Guitar center employment days and tried to get gc to carry them thus was back in 2013 and I left before the deal finished lol but years later I was able to afford my first caparison and never looked back since
@@robbyplaysfantasy3510 I think mine is a 2009 or 2010. The ole Crimson Red TAT. Now they've switched to 27 frets. I paid one third of what the new ones go for today. Good to see another fan! Chris Amott, Andy Laroque 😁
Every since I was a kid and saw IKTPQ playing caparison guitars they became my holy grail. I played one for the first time a couple months ago and I wasn’t impressed
Fluff you described this guitar perfectly! This guitar is top notch I never thought I'd own one but I had some extremely good trading to get it. A 400 dollar jcm 900 slx turned into a 750 dollar modded jcm 800 which I then traded for this caparison. Some will say I shouldn't have traded the 800 but I spent a year with it and couldn't get super happy with it. Ended up with a bogner but back to the guitar. Enjoy it! I was planning on trading this guitar for a amp but was so impressed thats why I kept it and don't plan on selling it anytime soon. Cheers man enjoy that guitar they are rippers
The “real nice car” description makes perfect sense. When you have a quality made object, regardless of what it is, they feel solidly built. Nothing is loose, zero tolerances, everything is super responsive. Everyone has something to say about guitars over the 4K price point, and for the most part there does seem to be diminished return after say the 2.5k price point, but that extra something is definitely there. You’re getting all the materials hand selected, hand made, in countries that pay the workers well. I think everyone should save up some money and get a custom shop caliber guitar, even if you’re just a bedroom player but serious about playing. Even if it takes two or three years to save to the money. Just don’t go out to a bar less or buy one less quarter of weed a month…. Everyone has something the buy regularly they can do without. Quitting drinking enabled me to save enough to get one. If I can do it, anyone can.
I just got mine and it's worth it and joel is amazing bro not to mention his "metal machine" it's sick af and plays like something made from the metal gods themselves
I have a Caparison TAT 7 FM. Absolutely top notch workmanship. It's custom shop level quality, but it also comes in at custom shop level prices. Overall an incredible guitar though.
I was shopping for a PRS (my Birthday present actually) and the store had a used Caparison Dillinger Prominence. It was about $2k and I just couldn't say no. It just played soooooo darn well that I had to get it!!! The stock pickups sound great. The bridge PU is great for harmonics and squeals. It also gets fantastic in-between strat sounds. The neck feels like a thicker Jackson Soloist- kind of a D shape with comfy shoulders and that nice compound radius. The inlays are also cool AF. Congrats on your new guitar. I LOVE mine :D
ALWAYS wanted/want one of these, but I’m a Civil Servant and our pay sucks. Could never afford one. My gross is gross… Heavenly guitar Fluff-a-luff-a-gis.
I blame Evergrey and KSE for this being my dream guitar. I have yet to hear a bad recording with them. And speaking of recordings, HOLY CRAP THAT FULL MIX EXAMPLE SLAMS. Joel would approve. Adam would probably start running around with a cape while screaming random profanity.
Michael Romeo has a signature Caparison. Caparison is made in Japan. So you know it's very high quality. Out of my price-range tho. But I do like them.
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Not one squealie? 4 out of 5 beards.
A generous score even at that. I can only begrudge 3 at best.
I was going to say the same thing!
Can it even be a play through on a Joel model if you don’t squeal?
Chris Amott played some nice caparisons back in the day
Yessss
Those Arch Enemy days
First I ever found out about Caparison guitars was Michael Romeo of Symphony X fame, followed by Evergrey thereafter. Impressive axes and never a bad word said about them.
I first saw those from rob marcello playing them, but they're too expensive, truthfully guitar prices are getting out of control
heavy sound but heavy price also..🤧
My friend had a Caparison TAT Frozen Sky, a model they discontinued in 2012. It was so beautiful I dreamed of it for years and then suddenly he said he's selling it and we came to a very decent deal. It was unlike any other guitar and I don't know what exactly does it, but it does still, 10 years later, feel like a 3000e guitar it is, compared to my other guitars. It also has the asymmetric neck that's something I had never experienced before, surprisingly thick but comfortable. Or maybe I do know why it feels like a 3000e guitar. Hand painted individually unique finish, every millimetre of it was apparently finished with dedication. All the hardware is quality and set exactly where they should be, it's so easy to adjust in maintenance. Also it has confusingly loud sound when played acoustically and has this oomph that feels odd from neck-thru guitar with floating bridge (the Schaller also feels like heavy machinery, I love it better than any other floyd I've had). I don't even have to work when tapping. It plays like butter. I also thought it was quite dark with the Caparison pickups, but then I played it through a loud amp and it was actually balancing out the amp just nicely. Furthermore it has the low mid growl, that very enjoyable crisp and balls that my any other instrument doesn't have. It's so enjoyable to play lower tunings with or do those intervals that trick the ear to hear a lower note because of that tonal quality. The HSS humbuckers with splits also provide surprisingly fine single coil tones. It's like a sample of craftmanship. I have 10-52 strings in D (tuned down from E without changing a set) and noticed it, like you said, really does behave well with light strings on lower tunings. And the strings are ages old already, but the last time I tuned it was probably a year or two ago. I don't understand it, the strings at least should give up the tuning.
I would've never thought to own such an expensive guitar or notice the difference, but having it makes me very happy because I can admire every inch of it even if I'm not playing it. All of my other guitars ranging from 200 to 1200 euros have at least something that I can point out "well this wasn't made with dedication and desire to present me the best guitar their hands have touched, you can tell this is just another product on the line". Having it in my hands convinces me that it in fact justifies its price which I would have never expected. I actually have a labor of love, a show piece of craftmanship in my hands, something more than just a functional instrument, an art piece almost. It is the one that I will never part ways with, I wouldn't be able to bear the fact that I could never again feel it.
No surprise Michael Romeo and Mattias Eklundh play Caparison.
A friend has a Caparison and I used it for maybe 10 minutes on his rig. Saw and felt no flaws in the construction, felt nice, and every single pickup position sounded good. Very impressive guitar.
i missread the word as comparison.
I missread is as Capri sun
I was hoping he’d do a comparison of Caparisons
Same.
Yeah this is a grail guitar if you were into the prom queen / parkway / killswitch era. The leads on your mix were SUPER crisp, laser beam metalcore killswitch harmonies, perfect!
wait, did you trade one of your PRS’s for the Caparison? It’s ok if you did it’s your stuff to do with what you will. I’m wondering along with many others, which guitar did you trade???
cool affordable 4000 bucks, this will just remain an online picture show for 99% of subscribers here again 👀👀
Would you say that this guitar has no......Caparison? I'll see myself out.
Played my first Caparison yesterday. It was a Horus 6 that’d been hanging in a Guitar Center for over a year. As neglected as it was, that was EASILY the best super strat 6 string I have ever played. Took a while to get used to the short scale but it felt sooooooo smooth.
Whenever it comes to dream guitars at that price point, id always go PRS or a nice gibson les paul custom ebony.
Anybody else call these guitars Caprisun.....no just me okay lol
even since i saw evergrey with caparisons i been wanting one.never got into kill switch engauge.but glad that caparisons getting more attention.
Bruh I love caprisuns
I’ve always wanted a caprisun
Yeah I just could never get comfortable with the straw radius…just not for me.
Having owned a high quality guitar or two in the past, there's just something about the way it makes your playing sound so much better, knowing that everything about it is flawless.
Now you need an Adam D pizza guitar.
A lot of bands I loved in the early 2000's were playing Caparison back then- Ola Frenning and Peter Wichers of Soilwork had deals (really underrated players). Also Michael Romeo, KSE back then (and again in recent years), Evergrey, At the Gates. More I'm sure I'm missing. I've wanted one for a long time but I just can't justify the price for a new one and finding a used one in Canada is nearly impossible. I've often heard that ESP, Ibanez, Jackson are similar quality (the Japanese made ones). I love the headstocks and body shapes most of all, they have the ultimate looks for a metal-oriented guitar.
Glad to finally see you with a Caparison 👍 cheers!
My thoughts exactly
I previously had the Metal Machine and what a comfortable guitar it was.
Light, comfortable and the ebony board shined like glass.
I always grew up loving CapriSun’s. Glad they’ve expanded their market
Good for them!
Very good guitars! There is also an 8 string, the Apple Horn Mattias IA Ecklundh... Very nice, very expensive...but too expensive for me...😉🤘
Caparison. It's a brand I've always wanted to own, ever since I got into Bring Me The Horizon over 10 years ago and saw Jona playing these guitars. I've dreamt of owning one. They sound killer, but my god are they expensive.
I got a Capri Sun Pacific Cooler and it sounds terrible
For me the thing that always stood out about caparison guitars was the neck heel. They have a really good handshake.
Been admiring those since Bleed From Within started playing them. Look like a serious shred stick 😎🤘
I’ve always wanted a purple Caparison Horus and a framus cobra ever since I saw Peter Joseph back when was with the absence. I’m so stoked to see you review these
To mouch instant sound. No natural sound.
She's looks very nice, but, no thanks.
Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Mman.
Point.
Damn... I wish it has SS frets. Almost just bought one... Assumed it had them.. And then I just found out watching Adam and Joel discuss the differences between their models.
My fav guitar in the world is starting to get fret wear and... In this price range, I just don't want to go through the same thing if it would be keeper. :/
I own two Caparison TAT Special 7s, and an Orbit 7 CZQ.
Caparison makes amazing guitars.
Theyre ridiculous, top notch build quality and components. PERFECT fretwork. Their neck profiles are some of the most comfortable out there, I find them more comfortable for fast shreddy stuff than the Ibanez wizard/prestige necks.
Also, every Caparison I've played is insanely loud acoustically, and that really shines through when plugged in and playing tapped harmonics, pinch harnonics, or popping harmonics with the bar like Dimebag.
Overall, I think Caparison makes some of the best guitars available anywhere.
You never see anyone leave caparison. That’s one of my dream guitars, the Horus more specifically. Matthias Eklundh got me in to them. You hear nothing but good things. It’s funny though, you spend that kind of money and get a gig bag lol
The gig bags are actually really nice. They beat the old caparison hard cases
Brother Joel, good man to say the very least
Simply amazing guitars im fortunate enough to own 6 of them ranging from 2 horus, brocken, tat, dellinger and a anglus. They are all topnotch and a joy to play.
ESP Standard/E-II are my personal favorites of all time
I love the pickup's tone, the whole design, and especially the looks of the finish, but I really wish they had a more "vintage" option for the neck shape and mainly the fretboard radius (a little smaller, and more round)
I've always been interested in Caparison guitars after I saw a Walnut Horus model, I think 2 years ago I blindly bought a Caparison Horus off of Reverb and it turned out to be one of my favorite guitars ever. I mostly played the early 90's Japanese Jackson's so the neck was probably a bit chunkier than the usual slim Jackson necks but It didn't bother me at all.
Yep the walnut is a grail for me but since they are so rare I pulled the trigger on the new walnut/black wood. Fixed bridge even better for me. Insane guitar
The difference in cost among guitar brands is baffling to me. They're all using mostly the same sorts of hardware and design, probably sourcing their lumber from the same handful of sawmills, and you have Eart at the bottom end selling pretty damn good guitars for $400, and then you have other manufacturers at the "top end" selling for 10x that, and is there really 10x a difference in quality? I don't think so. Super strat guitars (with few exceptions) are all basically commodity hardware at this point, similar to Android phones; but half of Android manufacturers aren't charging $4,000+ for a phone. Maybe it comes down to labor costs in the country of manufacture?
The idea that you can't "riff" or "shred" on literally any guitar is weird... I grew up playing ibanez and play literally everything on them...
Got to give it to fluff, spending $3K + on a Caparison, making a video about it, just to brag about Joel being his friend lol.... I would've done the same.
Oh Geeves.....could you pull the Caparison around for me? I think I fancy a spin....and a cup of Earl Gray as well. Toodle-loo!
I wanted one for years until I played one from a friend of mine... Nothing special compared to my other guitars, it feel the same way as my RG927QM, it was a nice instrument but definitely I wont throw over 2k for one, I got a Strandberg standard instead.
Sounds like I should just get an Ibanez and save 2k+ dollars. Great instruments, no doubt. But I just don't know if it's there value-wise.
As someone who’s lived in Japan a few years, played Caparison, owned 2 Gibson LP Customs, and a J. Custom and Prestige’s, Ibanez defines quality and consistency in the guitar biz in comparison to Gibson and other US makers (leaving PRS alone, they’re definitely on point IMHO). Caparison, Sugi, and a few others along with Ibanez all come out of the same Nagano area of Japan. The Chushin-Gakki (Caparison factory) and FujiGen (Ibanez) are like right next to each other in Japan. I’d say certain Ibanez Prestige guitars are right on par with the 3.9k Caparison. Maybe wood selection is what’s offsetting the price, both guitars feel like a high end sports car in lap
Well...I read the thumbnail...I'm here. I've only seen one guitar. What were you supposed to be caparing?
My old friend and coworker Rob Marcello had a deal with Caparison guitars and he seemed to love them, but I hated every one of them he let me play cuz the necks were very square & rectangular, like even way moreso than Ibanez or Epiphone necks. It just felt very weird to me, like they were going for some kind of super squared off flat wide classical radius type neck and fingerboard on a super strat shred guitar. I just couldn't get on with it.
I used to own several of these. Including a custom built for Tom Englund (evergrey)... i should have never sold that one. It looked beat up and spent years touring and had roman numerical slit in by a knife/hand but damn it played like a dream.. sold it off to a guy in the US ...worst mistake i ever made
The review itself is basically nothing. Fluff needs to do actual reviews, I keep hoping he'll get better but he never does. Saying a guitar feels good over and over is not a review. "It feels expensive because it's expensive" is not a real review. You have a 4k guitar in your hands and couldn't really find anything to say about it that was useful.
Love Caparison Guitars. Have had for about 14 years. They’re awesome instruments.
ESP definitely isn't a shred guitar company. Their necks are quite thick.
I was never impressed with Caparison. Very "meh" guitars for the price.
What Cab / Speakers / IR are you using? That sounds fucking massive.
When you are reviewing a $3900 plus guitar it’s not really a review, is it? We all know it’s gonna be near perfect… so let’s call it what it is… showing off.. 😂
Ibanez RG thru Blackstar amp video comin' soon? 😏
Used to own a Dellinger II and then sold it off to buy two of the back then brand new Jim Root Teles… biggest gear regret of all time. Since then the prices of Caparisons have almost doubled 😕
Caprison
My impression of Caparison guitars are that they're simply built to perfection. There's lots of more affordable guitars with the exact same specs, but most of them usually have some kind of flaw in the neck, frets, finish or whatever. I guess that's just the difference in factory guitars vs custom shop guitars. You are paying more than twice the price to get a flawless guitar, not just a more spec'd out one.
i have a caparison custom line dellinger 2 and wow is it an instrument very expensive but they are really worth the money and serious pieces of gear, love them......im after a 7 string from them next.
Love Fluff but I just want to point out one thing, thats not how the "guitar" sounds. Thats how the amp, ir, and speakers interpret the signal from the guitar. The signal chain is way more important to the "Tone"
I own Caparison TAT for a few years now. Feels like this is what I'm never about to sell.
Why does your tone sound like I'm listening trough a telephone? Not good.
$3.9K? That's basically drugs money😁
Loved Caparison since the KSE End of Heartache album, and then seeing Matthias Eklundh/Freak Kitchen in London many years ago. Seem like great guitars.
I've never really needed 11's for just drop C tunings. 10-52 or 56 is usually plenty.
I still love mine! Great to see a bigger channel check them out. Such a shame the brand just isn't taking off though. Just so expensive now, and they lost a few key artists. I got mine from Japan when they were cheaper. I went from an Ibanez Gio to a Caparison. Build quality was insane step up for me.
Yeah the brand just seems so under rated, I was stoked a long time ago in my Guitar center employment days and tried to get gc to carry them thus was back in 2013 and I left before the deal finished lol but years later I was able to afford my first caparison and never looked back since
@@robbyplaysfantasy3510 I think mine is a 2009 or 2010. The ole Crimson Red TAT. Now they've switched to 27 frets. I paid one third of what the new ones go for today. Good to see another fan! Chris Amott, Andy Laroque 😁
Every since I was a kid and saw IKTPQ playing caparison guitars they became my holy grail. I played one for the first time a couple months ago and I wasn’t impressed
Man there's just something about an all black guitar with a maple neck. It sounds seww nice as well
Kinda looks like the evil twin of a Music Man Sabre/Cutlass.
Fluff you described this guitar perfectly! This guitar is top notch I never thought I'd own one but I had some extremely good trading to get it. A 400 dollar jcm 900 slx turned into a 750 dollar modded jcm 800 which I then traded for this caparison. Some will say I shouldn't have traded the 800 but I spent a year with it and couldn't get super happy with it. Ended up with a bogner but back to the guitar. Enjoy it! I was planning on trading this guitar for a amp but was so impressed thats why I kept it and don't plan on selling it anytime soon. Cheers man enjoy that guitar they are rippers
The “real nice car” description makes perfect sense. When you have a quality made object, regardless of what it is, they feel solidly built. Nothing is loose, zero tolerances, everything is super responsive. Everyone has something to say about guitars over the 4K price point, and for the most part there does seem to be diminished return after say the 2.5k price point, but that extra something is definitely there. You’re getting all the materials hand selected, hand made, in countries that pay the workers well. I think everyone should save up some money and get a custom shop caliber guitar, even if you’re just a bedroom player but serious about playing. Even if it takes two or three years to save to the money. Just don’t go out to a bar less or buy one less quarter of weed a month…. Everyone has something the buy regularly they can do without. Quitting drinking enabled me to save enough to get one. If I can do it, anyone can.
Would you say that there is no caparisin to this guitar?
I'll see myself out. Good day, sir.
I have two, and I absolutely love them.
What guitar did you trade for the Caparison? And how does it fare in Comparison? hahahaha (dad joke).
This whole time thought it was caprisun now i hear you say caparison wtf caprisun kiwi punch would be better
Yo Fluff bringing us the early OO's Metalcore vibes here and I did not expect that! 🔥
Dawg I GOT YOU
My man really paid 4000 dollars for a Caprisun, talk about inflation
The real question is what did Fluff trade for this Comparison ?
What a killer sound! It’s a crime against humanity if you don’t tell us about the preset used in this video.
So you joined Killswitch Engage!
have always been curious to try a Caparison but the headstocks are hideous!
That is my ALL TIME dream guitar, Joel is my hero, Killswitch is life 🥰
I just got mine and it's worth it and joel is amazing bro not to mention his "metal machine" it's sick af and plays like something made from the metal gods themselves
@@robbyplaysfantasy3510 I know but £4k… I’m on minimum wage my dude and cost of living is insane 😢 I am very jealous 💚
Hard to beat a charvel in my opinion,best bang for the buck
Pretty wack at that price point to not have stainless frets. Also paying that for a bolt on guitar is nuts
U shud relocate ur mic so we can see sexy guitar better
I have a Caparison TAT 7 FM. Absolutely top notch workmanship. It's custom shop level quality, but it also comes in at custom shop level prices. Overall an incredible guitar though.
Not mistaken they are helmed by ex ESP luthiers
"Built for slinky riffin'." So am I, Fluff. So am I.
i read the video title as “caprison” lmao
I was shopping for a PRS (my Birthday present actually) and the store had a used Caparison Dillinger Prominence. It was about $2k and I just couldn't say no. It just played soooooo darn well that I had to get it!!! The stock pickups sound great. The bridge PU is great for harmonics and squeals. It also gets fantastic in-between strat sounds. The neck feels like a thicker Jackson Soloist- kind of a D shape with comfy shoulders and that nice compound radius. The inlays are also cool AF. Congrats on your new guitar. I LOVE mine :D
ALWAYS wanted/want one of these, but I’m a Civil Servant and our pay sucks. Could never afford one.
My gross is gross…
Heavenly guitar Fluff-a-luff-a-gis.
Japanese guitars are phenomenal!!
I blame Evergrey and KSE for this being my dream guitar. I have yet to hear a bad recording with them. And speaking of recordings, HOLY CRAP THAT FULL MIX EXAMPLE SLAMS. Joel would approve. Adam would probably start running around with a cape while screaming random profanity.
I had a Caparison Horus (Jackson Falcon) awhile back. Traded it for an Ibanez Egen18TVF. Miss it sometimes.
That was mine for a brief moment haha. Traded it to Joe B!
couldnt swing the Eklundh?
FLUFF FINALLY GOT A STUDIO COUCH
Michael Romeo has a signature Caparison. Caparison is made in Japan. So you know it's very high quality.
Out of my price-range tho. But I do like them.
For a second I saw Phil Anselmo jumping into the frame singing mouth of war 🤘