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Published on 07/26/06 at 01:23
Best value: Excellent
- Hollow Body, semi-hollow with a central block of ES335 as ensuring a good sustain.
- Made in America. MODEL 2003. Finish on Honeyburst flametop (beautiful)
- A Hollow Body which takes a lot of hardware components of the solid body of the brand
- Channel 22 frets inlaid with type trapzes as the solid-body with standard finish. A "C" at the 12th box to remember that this is the finish "Classic". - The dcalques at the head that make a little cheap for a guitar of this price. They could have at least the Gibson logo and can be like a tulip or an ES335 SG pop pearl. Must find a CRITERIA to push people to the custom.
- Mcaniques Groover.
- Micro 490 & 498 (same as in SG) rglages usual with Gibson pickups each with 2 levels of volume and tonal and a slecteur to the same location as on a Les Paul
- Supplied with a safe home Gibson (robust and well finished) which is essential for the beautiful being protected

UTILIZATION

- The handle is a little less comfortable than a SG above the nearest part of the head of the handle. At this point, its shape tends to lgrement a "U" ... However, it remains enjoyable and the handling is almost a regular for IMMEDIATE Gibson.
- When I rcupr this guitar, silent action trs high. I lowered to allow better VLOC for solo parts. I'm not a great soloist, but I occasionally let go of the small bends or pentatonic runs.
- Access in is not the most acute ais. It is easy soloing until the 17th. Beyond this requires some effort and I am almost unable to reach 2 dernires boxes ... without a superhuman effort to close a Houdini out of a box of matches.
- This is a guitar with the volume of cash and impressive body shall adopt free. Not like an SG or a Start which is well stall in the body. It plays easily sit or stand. I have not tried couch ... ;-). Though imposing is not specially heavy. I think it is a little more lgre a Les Paul. She has no problem of SG or Flying V, which tend nosedive.
- Trs pretty sound as clear as in the saturated two microphones. The characters Rock / Jazz / Blues are well marked ... is more frank than a solid-body

SOUNDS

- I play Rock and amps I use lamps (Laney and Marshall). The sound is typical Gibson. I play mainly Rock (ACDC Fawn) provides acute and micro dynamics near a solid body. The sustain is long and trs sound is fuller. I tried a bit of Jazz, from the clear sound of Laney (who has a clear sound pretty close to a Fender) using the neck pickup. I think it's a convincing jazz trs. For cons, the metal shall go their way because if you put too much drive or distortion, the sound from a feedback IMMEDIATE impressive. Not a very nice little feedback and contrlable that obtained vicinity of the amp but Dante ingrable close enough to the bustle of a supersonic dcollage. We must therefore spend a few minutes to assay the rglage drive / preamp / master. Once obtained, Rock ca crunch really well and the sound is more (I ATPS) wide on a solid body.

OVERALL OPINION

- 2 weeks of use.
- This is buy a "favorite" for the form table and the superb flame guitar. The purchase has got a price for this guitar trs INTERESTED who manipulates and uses t with great care by his Previous Owner ' . It virtually silent new.
- Because it's an opportunity, the ratio quality price is excellent because I got it 60% of its price gnralement finding in stores. I do not think I would have bought new for 1800 euros is an amount too large for someone of my level (although this remains enthusiast first and foremost a hobby).
- Z'auraient when even been able to pretty embedded in the head and there are some small dtails finishes that are not perfect at the binding. Prices are not donns Gibson and seem excessive.
- I would do the same choice ... under the same conditions of price :-)