It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
to be picky, the bridge p/up is a bit askew - but looks nice otherwise, Ive never played one so cant comment further
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Played one in comparison to a Japanese Tokai they had and it help up well considering the price difference at the time. I'm not sure I'd buy one over a Epiphone though.
It was on the whole, excellent. I replaced the bridge posts and stopbar with some German steel + aluminium from http://tokaiguitar.de/, got the frets levelled, and had a treble pass mod on the volume controls. I wish I'd never sold it.
Trading feedback here
addressed also the pickup routings are a little on the big side but no big deal.
Inexpensive guitars can be a bit heavier because sometimes bodies are made out of multi pieces of would but in reality
lots of Les Paul guitars were heavy but then you can find lighter ones. Hope this helps.
The bridge, stop, tuners and pickups are Epiphone class (this is a 'meh' point)- they work and aren't terrible but they're not noteworthy. The switch is the real deal. The pots are minis and have ickle Alpha shafts so you're busting out more that a spanner and soldering kit if you want to fit CTS. Stock caps are inoffensive green polys which is cool, they work well although aren't boutique level. The assembly and finish are great. No issues at all here. Mine has had a good setup and a set of good pickups (Wolfetone DrV and Marshallhead). It rocks and has great presence and playability. I'd consider it as an 'only' guitar if cutting down.
The tuners don't slip and work well.
I might consider a fancy Alu bridge set if I wanted to drop another hundred odd in there but it'll be a marginal tone mod rather than addressing serious issues. My main grouch is that the fret ends could be less square edged and that's a fault I can tolerate at £400 new. I'm not to fussed it's not nitro. For some that will be a deal-breaker.
Personally, I'd buy one of these over am Epi any day. Based on mine, they're rough gems waiting for someone to put in the hard work that makes a competently assembled instrument into a nice guitar. Once sorted and equipment brought up to scratch you'd be spending a lot to actually improve on one.