Custom77 China Girl CS2

To redo history beginning: Low to China Girl t-test in our workshop before sending Bass Center.
Bass Center also test this low before putting it on the shelf. The client test low in store and it suited him.
Three months later she contacted us and Bass Center on a problem from the pots that work but the curve would be "more like at the beginning."
We propose in agreement with the client Bass Center amne low to the store for a change in the pots. Those are remplacs by CTS (CTS as the brand of reference in this area).
It tests the bass and it suits him.
Three months later she recontacted us to explain that again, the pots works but their curve is not correct.
We advised him to do directly with Bass Center but what she describes can not really happen. If an electronic Schematic is done well, the only problem maybe welds that cowardly or otherwise. And this time the sound is cut off or the pots no longer work. But does not change the pots alone curve. It does not pass linear logarithmic alone.
Having explained this client, it has indicated that she would not fail to make us a very bad pub on the internet.

EDIT: For manufacturing location is the Core.
EDIT 2: And the fact that the client has failed slectrocuter with, this seems strange since there is no enough electric current in an instrument. So if there was something of the sort that could only come from the amp to it under electric voltage and not the instrument. So we should look to the amp manufacturer for worries.

USE

For notes, I could not post a comment without giving notes. So I took the average of 4 ratings (including the sacha79) do average and put that result. Thus the overall average is not modified by me.

SONORITS

Can not decide

NOTICE GLOBAL

Can not decide

Guitar Made in Korea, finishes are made in France, in Lyon.
22 frets, pickups Modern 77.
A handle typed SG: 4 knobs, two for each micro (1 tone and 1 volume).
The price of this beast? € 345 New! (€ 357 with shipping).

UTILIZATION

I find the handle very nice, the slides alone.
Access to extra treble is simple (as SG requires ...)
The head tends to bite down, but it's not really a problem, it is still a little sore shoulder after one hour, but nothing scary.
Fairly simple to use, 3 mic positions are quite efficient and give depth to the game

SOUNDS

So I got it for Christmas this year, I bring my amp and plugged the beast and magic! Its rings! and even better ... it sounds really good! lol! My amp is a Hohner Panther home (you can check out the gear on this site ... not very conclusive ...), the sound that came out was rich in harmonic, although clear round, I put the overdrive on the way: I was amazed, my amp did not have this sound! A distortion that potatoes, that reacts and sounds like something! Back home, I was able to take all day to Angus Young! However, a sound that had never been too accessible ... Finally thank you for this little 77 Custom Gift! I also tried to empty the beast to let my family sleep in peace ... Wow! Beautiful, is not the violin will ruin the sound, quite the contrary ... I even thought it's empty there was so much reverb and the sound was echoed lens!
Being a fan of 80s Hard Rock (AC / DC, KISS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Trust, ...) I was looking for his type "So British", I found the guitar, I miss more than the amp = P

OVERALL OPINION

I am captivated by the scraper. I might be disappointed with the experience but for now, I think that it will stay a while with me!
I was trying the twin guitar at the Epiphone, I decided to really test after taking the Custom 77 that I found much more sympathetic to the level of play
I love everything about this guitar, nothing bothers me!
Value price! ^ ^
I think with more money (not much) I can be taken from its big sister the same brand but otherwise the same budget, without hesitation, I remake the same!
I expect Mr. Custom 77 (Jerome for short) is preparing a little China Girl larger!

EDIT: After several months of dedicated service ... the beast is still with me and hopefully for long! I'll just change it to a P90 pickup in order to have a bluesy sound more defined and more attack!
Having bought an amplifier 15 W lamps while later, I could test it from every angle and put the same compared to a Gibson SG standard in ... the answer: as well as a standard SG! Just the handle is different because it is bigger on the gibson and the frets are not the same, but at sonoritées, I was amazed as to not feel the difference between C77 and Gibson (I prefer the C77 even more ^ ^).

Dssine labore guitar and France, factory in Korea.
Solid mahogany body.
Round 3 pieces with 22 frets and rosewood fingerboard markers trapzodaux button.
2 Humbucker Pickups liabilities Modern77 PAF humbucker.
4 buttons total: 1 volume and a micro tonality.
Finishing out of the ordinary for a guitar of this price (345).

UTILIZATION

It has a handle type SG, very pleasing to the touch, which slides very, very well. The game is flexible, the notes are played aisment ... A game smooth and comfortable.
Like most "real" SG, CASC in acute is excellent, nothing comes GNER hand when it is that precipitates at the base of the handle to play the treble.
SG shape as particulire, we may put a time adapt (especially when you get to a Start ', as in my case). Default rating to 10, this guitar: the balance, as on many guitar SG type: after a few hours of gameplay, it feels good fatigue in the shoulder that holds the handle, because it is the latter that is the center of gravity of the guitar. Of any good outside of a.

Edit 01/09/07: After almost two months of use I am still as pleased with this guitar. Some default finish, which I had until the Chappe, I appeared as a tiny gap in the paint (on the lower body, invisible ...) and a volume of Knob creaks a bit ... outside has nothing reported.

SOUNDS

It engages smoothly with a little Jazz, to quickly pass a little crunch which only AC / DC secret, ending with a good bass distortion that spot the Metallica ... and CS2 promne. PPRE, the big one. Not one fart around. She knows everything. Naturally, we must have the hardware that can do everything well, but the guitar itself comes out smoothly. Another round of master from Custom77.

Their microphones are doing without problem in all uses. And this is not the excellent violin for the beauty who is coming this table taint.

J'enlve all the same point for cleans, which tend to lack teeth, but this is clearly not the avowed purpose of playing the guitar clean. It can. She did just fine, no more. One gets a more standard guitar Rock, Hard Rock or Metal, Jazz and Blues. The output level microphones fact that the game is more comfortable with a little (or a lot: D) ​​gain. For the clean, it would be better to head the CS4, the same brand, gives microphones Vintage77 who Plutt of caractristiques inverse of those in possdent APRS. See the same test here on AudioFanzine.

Shift from 01/08/2007: After testing a few copies of Stratocasters, I confirm that the clean has nothing do with what kind of guitars, and much more specific on Defines a Start '. on the other hand, in terms of crunch and saturated ... The China Girl is always better than a Strat-type '. In playing comfort too, in my case.

OVERALL OPINION

Used extensively for the past two weeks, I am delighted with this guitar.
His sound crunch and distortion drives me up the ceiling, only small BMOL that I have found this little (nothing scary, but it must be specific on) loss of breath into play clean, which n is not my, nor his, favorite fields, and small dsquilibre makes the game a long hard tiring.

Meanwhile, comparing the competition, one gets the best copy of Gibson SG's market. It's a totally subjective opinion, but shared by all those with whom I discussed and which possdent, or have at least tried.

I have long hesitate between the CS2 and the Epiphone G-400. Looking back now, I would not waste time looking at what is left is right to compare models: I would take the CS2 without an ounce of hsitation!

Probably not the best guitar of all time, but in any case, without doubt, the best SG of its price range.

[edit 24/02/2009]
APRS almost 2 years of loyal service, I finally sold my CS2 ... for another CS2! The new satin finish Gothic Brown proposes the brand had really tap into the eye, so I sold my CS2 to offer me one. If on this final is more affluent (binding key, large pickguard ...) nevertheless have the sound remains the same. The handle has changed between time t, from a C a U profile of Gibson, the silent the only thing that was missing from the resale of my Gibson ... So I am now a happy guitarist. My CS2 is perfect for me and I'll keep it very long.

I think possibly just a change of microphones, as Modern77 very versatile, but it is ultimately not what I asked, I would like him to fit in most pickups. But only compared my tastes, they are perfect for the big rock, but a little pchent by their lack of output level for saturation of the large spot, they fill with a lack very good precision.

I saw spend a lot of guitars in 2 years, but of all is the only one still has to actually mean something ...

So my note remains unchanged.