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Published on 05/28/02 at 15:00I bought this Japanese as opposed to korean made LP from Denmark street in London. It cost me £700.00 which was about £300.00 more than the Korean versions they also sold but it was well worth the extra. The quality of the build is far superior both in the woods and the electrics than the korean version. I wanted to replace a crappy westone strat with a humbucker guitar.
Where do I start!!. Firstly it is crafted superbly and I believe is built to within a whisker of the original LP. particularly matching the woods...ie mahogony with ebony fretboard. The sound is just earth shattering through my Marshall DSL201 valve amp giving great warm distortion as well as nice clean notes. Moving around fretboard with the thinner neck is very smooth and easy too. I love the finish of the black and gold. it looks like a sculpture.
Its much heavier than the Korean version but I think this helps give you endless sustain. even on the clean neck pick up and doing a pick with a hammer on the sustain would not diminish so its great for melodic licks.
Its just first rate and makes the gibon LP a total rip off. i tried all 3 in the same shop and it was so obvious that the jap version was the best value deal. when you take the pick ups out the configuration internally is much like the original LP which the korean isnt
Its almost the double the price of a Korean but less than half the price of an original so I think If you can save up then get this. I will never sell this as the sound and playability is fantastic. it makes you want to practice non stop. call me if yu wanna discuss more.
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Where do I start!!. Firstly it is crafted superbly and I believe is built to within a whisker of the original LP. particularly matching the woods...ie mahogony with ebony fretboard. The sound is just earth shattering through my Marshall DSL201 valve amp giving great warm distortion as well as nice clean notes. Moving around fretboard with the thinner neck is very smooth and easy too. I love the finish of the black and gold. it looks like a sculpture.
Its much heavier than the Korean version but I think this helps give you endless sustain. even on the clean neck pick up and doing a pick with a hammer on the sustain would not diminish so its great for melodic licks.
Its just first rate and makes the gibon LP a total rip off. i tried all 3 in the same shop and it was so obvious that the jap version was the best value deal. when you take the pick ups out the configuration internally is much like the original LP which the korean isnt
Its almost the double the price of a Korean but less than half the price of an original so I think If you can save up then get this. I will never sell this as the sound and playability is fantastic. it makes you want to practice non stop. call me if yu wanna discuss more.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com