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Published on 11/08/07 at 15:00I've been playing guitar as a hobby for around 18 years. I play and listen to anything from the Ventures to Metallica to Montgomery Gentry. If its got a good melody to it, I'll listen to it and learn to play it too.
I purchased this guitar with a hardshell Charvel case in the early 90s from Musician's Friend. I believe I paid around $600 for it. I settled on it after trying numerous other electrics at several music shops and friends' gear.
The neck on this guitar is excellent; very thin with extra jumbo frets. Its double locking Floyd Rose tremolo keeps it in tune. I swapped out the stock pickups and put a Dimarzio Evolution at the bridge, a Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon in the middle, and A Seymour Duncan Distortion at the neck. I also had a wiring mod done which splits the humbuckers when the pickup selector switch is in the 2nd or 4th position; like some Ibanez guitars do. I can get a very wide range of clear and dirty tones from this guitar enabling it to cover a wide genre of music styles.
I only have 2 things I don't like about this guitar. The finish is impossible to keep clean because I chose black. It shows every finger print and smudge. I spend several minutes cleaning it before putting it away after practice. The other problem is the location of the volume knob. Heavy rhythm playing and riffing will cause your hand to hit the knob and cut the volume down. I'm looking for a push/pull knob that only works when you pull it out from the guitar body to remedy this.
I've been playing this guitar for over 14 years now and it has held up extremely well. The frets and neck in general have required no serious maintenance other than cleaning and changing strings. I can do one of those "80s" whammy bar dives and then hit an open chord and it still stays in tune. I have yet to touch the truss rod. Excellent quality and construction.
I don't think they make this guitar anymore so if ya got one, hang on to it; and if ya find one for sale...buy it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I purchased this guitar with a hardshell Charvel case in the early 90s from Musician's Friend. I believe I paid around $600 for it. I settled on it after trying numerous other electrics at several music shops and friends' gear.
The neck on this guitar is excellent; very thin with extra jumbo frets. Its double locking Floyd Rose tremolo keeps it in tune. I swapped out the stock pickups and put a Dimarzio Evolution at the bridge, a Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon in the middle, and A Seymour Duncan Distortion at the neck. I also had a wiring mod done which splits the humbuckers when the pickup selector switch is in the 2nd or 4th position; like some Ibanez guitars do. I can get a very wide range of clear and dirty tones from this guitar enabling it to cover a wide genre of music styles.
I only have 2 things I don't like about this guitar. The finish is impossible to keep clean because I chose black. It shows every finger print and smudge. I spend several minutes cleaning it before putting it away after practice. The other problem is the location of the volume knob. Heavy rhythm playing and riffing will cause your hand to hit the knob and cut the volume down. I'm looking for a push/pull knob that only works when you pull it out from the guitar body to remedy this.
I've been playing this guitar for over 14 years now and it has held up extremely well. The frets and neck in general have required no serious maintenance other than cleaning and changing strings. I can do one of those "80s" whammy bar dives and then hit an open chord and it still stays in tune. I have yet to touch the truss rod. Excellent quality and construction.
I don't think they make this guitar anymore so if ya got one, hang on to it; and if ya find one for sale...buy it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com