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segar
Published on 05/01/11 at 04:28
Best value:
Excellent
The wood comes from North America, Korean electronics, and everything is assembled in Korea.
The guitar has 22 frets, fixed bridge "Long Travel Tune-o-Matic (rather massive) and 6 mechanical Hagstrom has oil bath.
The two humbuckers are Hagstrom Custom 58, equipped with a 3 position switch, a volume knob and tone common to the two microphones. Unlike the Super Swede, the microphones are not splitables, which is a shame (I will return later).
The body and neck are mahogany, the fingerboard is ebony composite.
The set neck is rather thin, with a C-shaped, round and relatively flat.
The finish is flawless, the paint is very neat and pleasant to the touch, the finish is very well made sequined (after, it depends on taste, I find it very ugly, but it is only my opinion).
Transparent red paint that covers the back and the neck lets see the veins of mahogany, a beautifully rendered.
Guitar exudes solidity (in part due to its weight, and massive bridge) and reliability. One small defect disturbs the impression; heads mechanical plastics, not creepy.
From the aesthetic point of view, one must love, as the body shape (cross between an LP and a TV in addition rondouillette), the head and the mechanical, especially the glitter finish.
But there is always the guitar is very well designed, with a clean finish, which gives off a real feeling of solidity.
Special mention to mechanical guarding well the agreement.
I takes 7 because of the lack of split and mechanical plastics.
UTILIZATION
The handle is very nice, as barre chords solo. It is quite fine and fast but still comfortable. Access to the treble is fairly good, AC is not worth a superstrate, but for form, not bad. The ebony fingerboard is very sweet and very pretty. The junction body is round at the 17th fret and the heel is not profiled, but the wide-cutaway catching AC and no harm was a stroll to the last boxes.
The guitar is pretty heavy (not as a Super Swede, but more than a Les Paul), but is comfortable and well balanced.
I put 8 because of access to acute still room for improvement and weight, even so.
SOUNDS
When empty, the guitar already has a considerable projection, and a tight grain.
I play a Fender Champion 600 with a TS9, a DS2, and a Metalzone BigMuf. Sometimes I add a little chorus and reverb.
With its clean: Mirco handle: The guitar has a beautiful sound, full bass and low mids, but not stifled so far. The sound is perfect for walks in arpeggios, solos or clean.
Intermediate: one keeps the tone of the neck pickup, but with more treble and clarity, more air canopy treble. The sound is always focused low mids, fairly round and gras.Il responds well to the game in line, but still lack a little slap. A split would have been more than welcome, and really could boost the capabilities of this guitar clean sound.
Bridge pickup: The sound is loud, anemic, no trunk, not really beautiful and difficult to use. Damage.
When we add an overdrive, the guitar responds well, it makes a very pleasant growl, perfect for a good blues. By pushing the gain, the neck pickup is starting to get a bit messy and lack of attack. It triggers a distortion and the bridge pickup has its place! The sound is rock with a tight grain, and comes in, without becoming criada, always with a nice seat in the lower mids. When you push the distal stronger, the guitar is rough and lacks precision. A bit limited for metal then.
In conclusion, this guitar is well suited to the pop-rock, blues, rock hard and goes up, unable to push up metal. His sound fat and thick clean also makes it less suitable for funk and soul. It offers excellent sound, with a signature and a character all its own.
I put 7, because the bridge pickup to clean, and lack of precision micro handle distortion.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this guitar for 1 ½ months. It is not for me, my maker lent me while he was performing repairs on mine (Hagstrom Super Swede).
I tried quite a few models in the same vein (Hagstrom, Gibson, Epiphone, Vintage ,...)
This guitar is really different from the Swede. Can not say one is better than another, but I find the Swede more complete, and with a more versatile. But it is also slightly more expensive.
In its price range is the Deluxe a good choice. She finally buries an Epiphone (most expensive too), but without arriving at a Gibson, but there is a sacred price difference.
The value for money is very good. There's something for his money for 500 € it is entitled to a serious instrument, reliable and very well finished, with a real character.
According to the sound as for finishing, it is a matter of taste!
The guitar has 22 frets, fixed bridge "Long Travel Tune-o-Matic (rather massive) and 6 mechanical Hagstrom has oil bath.
The two humbuckers are Hagstrom Custom 58, equipped with a 3 position switch, a volume knob and tone common to the two microphones. Unlike the Super Swede, the microphones are not splitables, which is a shame (I will return later).
The body and neck are mahogany, the fingerboard is ebony composite.
The set neck is rather thin, with a C-shaped, round and relatively flat.
The finish is flawless, the paint is very neat and pleasant to the touch, the finish is very well made sequined (after, it depends on taste, I find it very ugly, but it is only my opinion).
Transparent red paint that covers the back and the neck lets see the veins of mahogany, a beautifully rendered.
Guitar exudes solidity (in part due to its weight, and massive bridge) and reliability. One small defect disturbs the impression; heads mechanical plastics, not creepy.
From the aesthetic point of view, one must love, as the body shape (cross between an LP and a TV in addition rondouillette), the head and the mechanical, especially the glitter finish.
But there is always the guitar is very well designed, with a clean finish, which gives off a real feeling of solidity.
Special mention to mechanical guarding well the agreement.
I takes 7 because of the lack of split and mechanical plastics.
UTILIZATION
The handle is very nice, as barre chords solo. It is quite fine and fast but still comfortable. Access to the treble is fairly good, AC is not worth a superstrate, but for form, not bad. The ebony fingerboard is very sweet and very pretty. The junction body is round at the 17th fret and the heel is not profiled, but the wide-cutaway catching AC and no harm was a stroll to the last boxes.
The guitar is pretty heavy (not as a Super Swede, but more than a Les Paul), but is comfortable and well balanced.
I put 8 because of access to acute still room for improvement and weight, even so.
SOUNDS
When empty, the guitar already has a considerable projection, and a tight grain.
I play a Fender Champion 600 with a TS9, a DS2, and a Metalzone BigMuf. Sometimes I add a little chorus and reverb.
With its clean: Mirco handle: The guitar has a beautiful sound, full bass and low mids, but not stifled so far. The sound is perfect for walks in arpeggios, solos or clean.
Intermediate: one keeps the tone of the neck pickup, but with more treble and clarity, more air canopy treble. The sound is always focused low mids, fairly round and gras.Il responds well to the game in line, but still lack a little slap. A split would have been more than welcome, and really could boost the capabilities of this guitar clean sound.
Bridge pickup: The sound is loud, anemic, no trunk, not really beautiful and difficult to use. Damage.
When we add an overdrive, the guitar responds well, it makes a very pleasant growl, perfect for a good blues. By pushing the gain, the neck pickup is starting to get a bit messy and lack of attack. It triggers a distortion and the bridge pickup has its place! The sound is rock with a tight grain, and comes in, without becoming criada, always with a nice seat in the lower mids. When you push the distal stronger, the guitar is rough and lacks precision. A bit limited for metal then.
In conclusion, this guitar is well suited to the pop-rock, blues, rock hard and goes up, unable to push up metal. His sound fat and thick clean also makes it less suitable for funk and soul. It offers excellent sound, with a signature and a character all its own.
I put 7, because the bridge pickup to clean, and lack of precision micro handle distortion.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this guitar for 1 ½ months. It is not for me, my maker lent me while he was performing repairs on mine (Hagstrom Super Swede).
I tried quite a few models in the same vein (Hagstrom, Gibson, Epiphone, Vintage ,...)
This guitar is really different from the Swede. Can not say one is better than another, but I find the Swede more complete, and with a more versatile. But it is also slightly more expensive.
In its price range is the Deluxe a good choice. She finally buries an Epiphone (most expensive too), but without arriving at a Gibson, but there is a sacred price difference.
The value for money is very good. There's something for his money for 500 € it is entitled to a serious instrument, reliable and very well finished, with a real character.
According to the sound as for finishing, it is a matter of taste!