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Published on 06/23/01 at 15:00All right. I was taking guitar lessons at a store in Grandville, MI called "Firehouse Music" and I ran across this guitar. It seriously was love at first sight. Even before I played I knew it would be perfect. It was. The price was $400 (used) in perfect condition minus a hairline scratch on the back. Naturally, I came back and bought it two days later.
I really really love this things tone. Played through a Marshall it makes pure heaven. I've only played it through a few other amps, and it's sounded great on all of them. The humbuckers are really nice. Sounds great on everything from light to heavy distortion. I'm into a lot of different types of music, and this thing can replicate styles from Zeppelin to Metallica to Pearl Jam to Creed to, well, you get the idea. Great great buy.
The tone knob (there's a volume and tone for both pickups) for the bridge pickup is a little screwy (it's loose and misaligned). I can fix that in a couple minutes by getting to it through the back. I'll probably do that one of these days, but the knob still functions fine so I've never bothered. I had a lot of problems with the pickup switch. It cut out really bad. (Probably why the original owner got rid of it) That problem was fixed when I had a guitar tech re-solder the switch in, and haven't had a single problem since.
I'm really confident in this guitar. It's not a bolt on neck, so that should stay put for quite some time. It is very light, but well built. It'd probably be pretty easy and fun to stage smash, but I can't afford to do that.
Well put together little beast. The input jack comes loose once in a while, but that happens to almost any guitar. Easily tightened.
If you ever have the opportunity to buy this guitar used, take it as soon as possible. You might want to think a little before putting down 600 dollars, but I can guarantee that it'll do anything you want it to do. It's necks a little wide and it is a little difficult to reach the extremely high frets, so I might not recommend it if you are gonna be playing insane solos on the 22 fret, but it's definitely worth owning.
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I really really love this things tone. Played through a Marshall it makes pure heaven. I've only played it through a few other amps, and it's sounded great on all of them. The humbuckers are really nice. Sounds great on everything from light to heavy distortion. I'm into a lot of different types of music, and this thing can replicate styles from Zeppelin to Metallica to Pearl Jam to Creed to, well, you get the idea. Great great buy.
The tone knob (there's a volume and tone for both pickups) for the bridge pickup is a little screwy (it's loose and misaligned). I can fix that in a couple minutes by getting to it through the back. I'll probably do that one of these days, but the knob still functions fine so I've never bothered. I had a lot of problems with the pickup switch. It cut out really bad. (Probably why the original owner got rid of it) That problem was fixed when I had a guitar tech re-solder the switch in, and haven't had a single problem since.
I'm really confident in this guitar. It's not a bolt on neck, so that should stay put for quite some time. It is very light, but well built. It'd probably be pretty easy and fun to stage smash, but I can't afford to do that.
Well put together little beast. The input jack comes loose once in a while, but that happens to almost any guitar. Easily tightened.If you ever have the opportunity to buy this guitar used, take it as soon as possible. You might want to think a little before putting down 600 dollars, but I can guarantee that it'll do anything you want it to do. It's necks a little wide and it is a little difficult to reach the extremely high frets, so I might not recommend it if you are gonna be playing insane solos on the 22 fret, but it's definitely worth owning.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com