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MGR/Anonymous « Steinberger Spirit GU »
Published on 06/26/01 at 15:00Ordered new from Musicyo.com. Paid $350 plus shipping.
First off i love the headless design and strings are a breeze to change. The guitar arrived and looked amazing!! Beutifal trans blue-ish turquoise over flame maple top, with creme body binding. Next I tuned it up set up the trem and gave it a test drive. The sound is great and has a variety of sounds. Pickups are HSH(EMG passives) The bridge humbucker is great and all the notes of the chords shine through not to muddy and not too bright. I do wish the pickups drove the amp a little more like the pickups in my wolfgang, but the tone is good from these. The neck pickup has a nice fluid neck pickup sond, good for singing solos. The single coil isnt quite as loud as the humbuckers but its more balanced than some guitars i've played with this configuration. The best single coil sounds on this thing to me are the coil splitting settings(2nd and 4th position on the 5 way switch). The 4th position makes for a very sparkly sweet clean sound as well as a singing lead sound. The pickups also very quiet when not in use. The trem is great and it locks in place!! Also its much easier to adjust than a floyd although it has a stiffer feel.
Factory setup wasnt good, but no biggie. I wish the pickups were a little higher output.
I was worried about quality of construction being this is a korean made guitar. But its put together better than any korean guitar i've ever played(better than some american). Finish work is 10 times better than any guitar in this price bracket.
I dont have a very thick wallet so I'm always searching for reasonably priced quality guitars. And this is by far the best guitar I have ever played that cost less than 500 dollars, it better than alot of guitars that are twice its price. Its highly recommended for players with a tight budget but want high quality. Plus its an eye catcher.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
First off i love the headless design and strings are a breeze to change. The guitar arrived and looked amazing!! Beutifal trans blue-ish turquoise over flame maple top, with creme body binding. Next I tuned it up set up the trem and gave it a test drive. The sound is great and has a variety of sounds. Pickups are HSH(EMG passives) The bridge humbucker is great and all the notes of the chords shine through not to muddy and not too bright. I do wish the pickups drove the amp a little more like the pickups in my wolfgang, but the tone is good from these. The neck pickup has a nice fluid neck pickup sond, good for singing solos. The single coil isnt quite as loud as the humbuckers but its more balanced than some guitars i've played with this configuration. The best single coil sounds on this thing to me are the coil splitting settings(2nd and 4th position on the 5 way switch). The 4th position makes for a very sparkly sweet clean sound as well as a singing lead sound. The pickups also very quiet when not in use. The trem is great and it locks in place!! Also its much easier to adjust than a floyd although it has a stiffer feel.
Factory setup wasnt good, but no biggie. I wish the pickups were a little higher output.
I was worried about quality of construction being this is a korean made guitar. But its put together better than any korean guitar i've ever played(better than some american). Finish work is 10 times better than any guitar in this price bracket.
I dont have a very thick wallet so I'm always searching for reasonably priced quality guitars. And this is by far the best guitar I have ever played that cost less than 500 dollars, it better than alot of guitars that are twice its price. Its highly recommended for players with a tight budget but want high quality. Plus its an eye catcher.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com