Has anyone played a "Status Slipstream" guitar?

[Aslan]

I found these on the British website (statusgraphite.com) and would be interested in getting one but would like to hear from someone who has had a chance to play one.

[Aslan]

Hasn't anyone tried one of these carbon graphite guitars?

[grungebob]

It got high praise in a Uk magazine called "guitar Buyer" about a year ago, i'll see if I still have that issue. I do remeber them saying it was incredibly light with a focused tone and fluid playability. They also said though that the tone could get on the ice pick side if you were not carefull of the EQ.

[C-4]

I was considering a Status Slipstream about two years ago. I called them up and got very little interest and info from them.

I then found XOX Audio Tools and bought one of the first 200 Handles built. I bought a second one last year.

The company is very nice, answers all of my questions, and goes out of their way to accomodate each person. After playing my first Handle, I sold every other guitar I owned, which included high-end historic and custom built Gibsons, a limited edition Duesenberg Ronnie Wood, and my custom made bolt-on neck guitars from american luthiers.

The guitars are hollow from peghead to butt end, weigh about 5 pounds, and are the nicest playing guitars I have ever had in my 55 years of playing. The workmanship has been flawless on both Handles all around.

Although carbon fiber, my guitars are as woody and natural sounding as any wood guitar I have played. Carbon fiber has a much wider frequency response then any wood has and is impervious to climatic and humidity changes.

Since getting my first Handle, I have come to have a deep appreciation for European builders. I have on order at this time, my first Vigier, which is a custom one-off. After playing american guitars for 53 years, I have sworn off them for now. I plan to order another Handle within the year.

I am using Diezel amps and have terrific control over tone and feel using a carbon fiber guitar. I wanted a Vigier because their reputation for building flawless guitars is well known, and they use old school technique where called for, but also use modern technology for hardware and other areas in their build methods, which are not used in any american guitar I have read about.

Some players do not want to even think about using anything other then wood. I have kept an open mind about guitars and amps and only wish I had found European builders for guitar much sooner then I did.