I thought I'd compare these similar looking guitars. Both have Charlie Christian type pickups. The Manzer Blue Note has a Lollar and the Ibanez PM3C has an Ibanez made pickup. The amp settings, strings, pick and player were identical for both guitars and the settings in the DAW were exactly the same as well. I found them to be quite different but both sound good to me.
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