I had some store credit to use up and headed down the shop looking something a bit more modern / faster than my DGT. I was planning on getting a Charvel Pro Mod (MIM) but they were all a bit pants which was disappointing.
Anyway picked up one of the new Chinese Wolfgang Specials and straight away it felt a more quality guitar. Plugged it in and after half hour or so took it home with me, put some more manly strings on it and took it to a gig where it performed perfectly all night. No tuning issues and the pickups and pots are spot on.
Floyd is cool for a dive bomb only, D Tuna works very well, frets are cool considering I am used to jumbos and these are vintage skinny's.
Don't be put off by the Chinese build they are great guitars, for it to hold its head high next to my DGT (which I love by the way) makes it a bargain!
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Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Nice!
What was wrong with the pro mods btw? I wasn't aware that the MIM ones had landed yet, they are on my "to try" list.
Edit: They didn't seem very resonant either, compared to the Wolfie.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
If the Chinese ones are similar they will be great value for money and the plush case is a nice touch too, you can shut it with the whammy bar attached. EVH wanted this feature and his tips for caring for it are use it hard and put it away wet.
That explains the rather sudden price drop though.
I didn't realise they dropped the price, how much were the Jap ones?
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When I bought it about 8 or 9 months ago they were £850 to £880 depending on finish with a plain one like mine being at the £840 and SB ones being £880.
Mine came courtesy of Coda and they knocked off £20 and gave me free delivery, so not bad for the time.
I think the prices changed around 4 to 5 months ago and I obviously didn't realise they were now MIC. For sure I was peeved that this price drop devalued the 2nd hand value of mine (not that I am selling it any day soon).
So it may be on the 2nd hand market the MIJ ones may fetch more, not too sure whether that will be the case in practice though.
I suspect they will be very similar in feel and with decent fit and finish, I would doubt if the MIJ ones are worth £200 to £250 more than the MIC ones TBH.
It is a pretty good price and the MIJ ones were selling for £550 to £600 on the 2nd hand market, well up to the MIC ones being released. Not sure how much for the MIJ ones these days though.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Yes I turned the pickup selector switch right away too, silly idea by EVH and I bet he was chemically enhanced at the time.
Sounds cool I may try that cap mod for fun and games.
Interestingly prior to buying mine I was going to get a US one until I tried them side by side in a shop or two, the slight improvement to me was not worth the extra (almost £1000 difference) candy.
Of course they may have been poor examples and maybe I wasn't able to discern the difference.