00:10Hey what's up? It's Paul from Guitar World and today we're going to be looking at a spectacular
00:14guitar that I just received. It is the Sir Oso Short Scale. Let's check it out.
00:33As you can see for Sir, this guitar kind of is an amalgamation of two guitars more or less.
00:41What started out was probably a short scale T-style for Sir and then it eventually became
00:49a little bit of something completely unique and original. It has of course that sort of T-style
00:54roots but it also has a bit of the now discontinued aura from Sir. So it's a little bit of
01:01that
01:02vintage vibe and charm from that particular guitar. So it's a little bit of both. It's
01:08quite amazing all together. When I heard that they were going to be sending me the Oso, which
01:13was an original design from them, I kind of looked at it and I said, okay, this is not
01:18the kind of guitar I would gravitate to. Usually like a quilted maple top or a curly maple top
01:23in this case just doesn't really grab me. And of course this hybrid T-style meets an LP.
01:30It's not something I would go for. But once I got this, I pulled it out of the box and
01:36I
01:36started playing it and it just ruined me. It's that good of a guitar. Obviously for Sir, all
01:43the professional players, some of my favorites, they all go to Sir for their guitars like Andy
01:47Wood. Mateus Asado also I think is using this particular guitar as well. And there's a great
01:54reason. Everything from Sir is just professional grade, top notch. It doesn't get better from
02:00their amplifiers to their pedals and especially their guitars. When you're buying a Sir product
02:06and especially guitar, you are getting exactly what the pros are using. And this is no exception.
02:12So for me to say that this guitar really, really speaks to me and has ruined me because it's
02:17made me rethink everything about my own guitars because it's that good. So I'm ready to rock
02:23this.
02:23all right.
02:32Yeah, let's go.
02:52Yeah, let's go.
02:53So our hooks out it a little too.
02:54I've actually fell in love with this curly maple top, it kind of looks really cool now
02:59to me.
03:00And then of course the ergonomics of this particular instrument is just incredible.
03:05It actually makes you play better.
03:32This Oso guitar is a short scale guitar.
03:36So this one comes clocking in as a 24.625.
03:41Now normally the two popular scales of guitars are usually the Fender scale which is 25 and
03:46a half and of course the Gibson scale which is 24 and 3 quarters.
03:50So this clocks in just a little bit under the Gibson scale at 24.65, but what you get
03:58from that is you get like a better fret reach, everything about it you feel more connected
04:02to the guitar.
04:03This guitar just rings out, it's just acoustically, you can listen to this just from my mic here.
04:12How precise.
04:14And not to mention this came out of the box just fully tuned exactly like this.
04:19So you can just hear this is crafted to near perfection.
04:44This particular Oso, there's I believe four different models of Oso in the line.
04:50This one happens to be I think the top of the line.
04:53A mahogany body and this is that of course that curly maple top.
04:57They've kept the curly maple as the binding on this particular guitar as well.
05:03This one comes with an Indian rosewood fingerboard and of course this one is different from the
05:09others because it has a mahogany neck.
05:11With the satin finish that's perfect.
05:14It's just not gummy or tacky or sticky.
05:17It's wonderfully applied.
05:19The frets on this are heavy nickel with blind fret slots, which means there are no sharp edges
05:26on this particular guitar.
05:27So you are literally gliding across the fretboard.
05:30The Indian rosewood fingerboard here.
05:34Oso truss rod plate.
05:36Tusk nut.
05:37The other thing is this comes with Sir locking tuners.
05:41And this particular neck profile is what Sir calls an even C slim.
05:48The other one is a historic slim, but this is an even C and it's a little shallower.
05:53But this particular profile is one of my favorite profiles I've come across in a long time.
05:59Just really easy to play.
06:15John Sir wanted to do a 3x3 headstock design.
06:20So there's a slight break angle here, which I think really contributes to why this guitar
06:25stays in tune so well.
06:27I mean, obviously the locking tuners have something to do with a little bit of that play, but honestly
06:32that slight headstock angle really, really contributes to keeping this guitar in tune.
06:38I know that from just some other guitars that I have that have that slight headstock angle.
06:42And of course having the 3x3 really adds to the overall charm of this Oso short scale guitar.
06:49Comes with Sir Humbucker's SSV in the neck.
06:53And you can see it's mounted direct to the body.
06:56And then the SSH in the bridge.
06:59Standard volume, tone, five way selector switch.
07:04And I'll let you hear that.
07:05The sound, the in between sounds are incredible.
07:08Like it's just not like a typical guitar.
07:10You really hear the difference between full on humbucking sounds and then those split coil sounds,
07:15which sound incredible, almost like having a Strat.
07:17So you have it all in this guitar.
07:20Two post tremolo.
07:21And of course, with a steel block and it's chromed out, it just stays in tune.
07:27So what can I say?
07:28Everything about this guitar is dialed in.
07:42I'm going to let you hear it because that's really the big selling point of this guitar because it's just
07:47phenomenal.
07:48Right now, I'm in the bridge humbucker.
07:50And as I mentioned before, all the different positions off the five face selector, you really, really hear what a
07:57tonal difference.
07:58It really just captures, you want that split coil, single coil spank.
08:03You got it in two and four.
08:04And then you want that nice, just that hot humbucker at the bridge that just accentuates every note.
08:10It's here.
08:11And then that really juicy sounding neck humbucker.
08:14It's got it in space.
08:15Take a listen.
08:16Here we go.
08:18This is the bridge.
08:30So a little beef, but now watch when I go to the four position here.
08:43Then the mid.
08:48Just a nice, even, dual humbucker sound.
08:52Great.
08:55Then the two position here, or the four position.
09:07And then the full neck.
09:19Really nice.
09:20And then when I add a little bit of compression and a little drive, it really starts to come alive.
09:25Back to the bridge.
09:26Let's go.
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10:41So there you have it, the Sir Oso short scale, which in my opinion I believe to be one of
10:48the finest
10:49guitars I've ever had in my hands, and I think one of the finest guitars that Sir is offering at
10:54the
10:55moment, do yourself a favor and go check out this guitar. This is perfection in a six string.
11:02This would be the one guitar that I could just play for the rest of my life. It's that good.
11:06Definitely check it out.
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