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Published on 02/20/11 at 14:44
Best value:
Excellent
Mine is a 2006 model with micro Lag meant to imitate the Seymour SH1 and SH4, and hanging out in the mag's corner ever since. Delivered fully resolved by the house luthier, who also corrected some small finishing perfectible: rubbing a knob, a hoop through it ...
The build quality is generally good but pretty average, although there is a neat electronic including the cavity assembly and a shielded very clean. Mechanical correct.
I have a weakness for form DC.
For the rest, see below, it is exhaustive.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is rather small, very (too) lightly. Body shape without worries, the handle is a highway, although I think that it would be not too large hands. One arrives at the 22nd fret not without accountability.
Guitar leans toward the head, so choosing the right strap.
I find the position of selection switch too far and split the microphone treble (pull the volume knob on top) rather difficult because of the shape of the button, especially with sweaty fingers.
Otherwise, the knobs are effective, and the tone is tamed without worries.
Holding agreement is correct, better than in Epi, but still perfectible.
SOUNDS
The first test version of the original, I found the cool sound in all positions, but a bit rough compared to my other guitars (equipped with DiMarzio and EMG). I found a secondhand SH4 to replace the bridge. The difference with the original is real but not huge and the grain is very similar, demonstrating the quality of the original small microphones. So, I let the neck of origin.
In bridge, it's pretty rough but not garish, but rock with an output level of correct but not monstrous.
In neck is warm, a little softer, still rock and output level ditto.
With Inter, he is a very nice little mellow, but it deserves to be a bit more hollow.
When it splits, is refined without ending up with a jigsaw. Seymour does not send the extreme treble, which can not have a metallic sound like TV (it's not my favorite, this one ...).
Overall, the sound is very clean, usable in a lot of styles without big personality but never ridiculous. The positions are well marked and the game is transcribed. It's downright greater than Ibanez, for example.
Only the funky rhythmic chattering well be difficult to obtain, the fault probably mahogany.
In general, it lacks a bit of potato, the sound could be more incisive. Attention is not the marshmallow. I prefer to permanently DiMarzio Seymour matter of taste.
The sustain is very average, despite the set neck but the guitar is very light.
OVERALL OPINION
I wanted a guitar "genre" Les Paul, two double fixed bridge. I rejected the clones of the Gibson because access to the tweeter is really not that great. Yet some Epi or Tokai sounds nice in this price range. I did not like the Ibanez and Art Ltd. equivalent.
I hesitated with a very small Wi200 Washburn, which I found very good. Only the significant discount on this Lag tipped the balance. A similar price, I think I took the Washburn.
But I'm not disappointed. I did some gigs with it and gave me complete satisfaction. It is lightweight, super set, good sound and look nice. I think I'll change the buttons, and mechanics to try to improve maintenance agreement.
At 300 € (+50 the SH4), the value for money is excellent. I tried the 2010 which are qualitatively comparable, EMG HZ pickups equipped with different grain but also nice.
Very good guitar for the price.
The build quality is generally good but pretty average, although there is a neat electronic including the cavity assembly and a shielded very clean. Mechanical correct.
I have a weakness for form DC.
For the rest, see below, it is exhaustive.
UTILIZATION
The guitar is rather small, very (too) lightly. Body shape without worries, the handle is a highway, although I think that it would be not too large hands. One arrives at the 22nd fret not without accountability.
Guitar leans toward the head, so choosing the right strap.
I find the position of selection switch too far and split the microphone treble (pull the volume knob on top) rather difficult because of the shape of the button, especially with sweaty fingers.
Otherwise, the knobs are effective, and the tone is tamed without worries.
Holding agreement is correct, better than in Epi, but still perfectible.
SOUNDS
The first test version of the original, I found the cool sound in all positions, but a bit rough compared to my other guitars (equipped with DiMarzio and EMG). I found a secondhand SH4 to replace the bridge. The difference with the original is real but not huge and the grain is very similar, demonstrating the quality of the original small microphones. So, I let the neck of origin.
In bridge, it's pretty rough but not garish, but rock with an output level of correct but not monstrous.
In neck is warm, a little softer, still rock and output level ditto.
With Inter, he is a very nice little mellow, but it deserves to be a bit more hollow.
When it splits, is refined without ending up with a jigsaw. Seymour does not send the extreme treble, which can not have a metallic sound like TV (it's not my favorite, this one ...).
Overall, the sound is very clean, usable in a lot of styles without big personality but never ridiculous. The positions are well marked and the game is transcribed. It's downright greater than Ibanez, for example.
Only the funky rhythmic chattering well be difficult to obtain, the fault probably mahogany.
In general, it lacks a bit of potato, the sound could be more incisive. Attention is not the marshmallow. I prefer to permanently DiMarzio Seymour matter of taste.
The sustain is very average, despite the set neck but the guitar is very light.
OVERALL OPINION
I wanted a guitar "genre" Les Paul, two double fixed bridge. I rejected the clones of the Gibson because access to the tweeter is really not that great. Yet some Epi or Tokai sounds nice in this price range. I did not like the Ibanez and Art Ltd. equivalent.
I hesitated with a very small Wi200 Washburn, which I found very good. Only the significant discount on this Lag tipped the balance. A similar price, I think I took the Washburn.
But I'm not disappointed. I did some gigs with it and gave me complete satisfaction. It is lightweight, super set, good sound and look nice. I think I'll change the buttons, and mechanics to try to improve maintenance agreement.
At 300 € (+50 the SH4), the value for money is excellent. I tried the 2010 which are qualitatively comparable, EMG HZ pickups equipped with different grain but also nice.
Very good guitar for the price.