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Published on 12/15/02 at 15:00Mars Music closeout sale 11/02- it looked so fine & sounded so sweet I had to get it to expand my arsenal- paid $400!
It's sort of a cross between a LP, a Hamer semi-hollowbody, & a Guild Blueshawk.
It has great warmth & harmonics - must be the mahogany block- with unbelievable sustain- better than my Hamer import double-cutaway & it's very light.
It grabbed my attention because of it's looks- white with gold hardware.
The variation in tone is really good.
The bridge pickup is very high pitched and will cut through the band mix quite well.
After 2 weeks or so I pulled my Roland synth pickup off an old guitar & slapped it on the ESP. Now it's hard to choose between the ESP & my Brian Moore i8-13.
The bridge pickup is 'thin' but you could use another guitar for shredding or tweak out your effects/amp emulation.
The back is not sculpted in any way so you can't kick back & relax w/o it digging into your ribs- probably an LP copy 'feature'
Very good quality for a Korean import- they have their cloning down to an art.
No defects to be seen, so far.
If you want a semi-hollow body sound this is a great buy. The range of sound you get is great. For me it was either get a Roland VG-88 Guitar emulator or buy more guitars.
You can't have too many guitars!
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
It's sort of a cross between a LP, a Hamer semi-hollowbody, & a Guild Blueshawk.
It has great warmth & harmonics - must be the mahogany block- with unbelievable sustain- better than my Hamer import double-cutaway & it's very light.
It grabbed my attention because of it's looks- white with gold hardware.
The variation in tone is really good.
The bridge pickup is very high pitched and will cut through the band mix quite well.
After 2 weeks or so I pulled my Roland synth pickup off an old guitar & slapped it on the ESP. Now it's hard to choose between the ESP & my Brian Moore i8-13.
The bridge pickup is 'thin' but you could use another guitar for shredding or tweak out your effects/amp emulation.
The back is not sculpted in any way so you can't kick back & relax w/o it digging into your ribs- probably an LP copy 'feature'
Very good quality for a Korean import- they have their cloning down to an art.
No defects to be seen, so far.
If you want a semi-hollow body sound this is a great buy. The range of sound you get is great. For me it was either get a Roland VG-88 Guitar emulator or buy more guitars.
You can't have too many guitars!
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com