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Moonchild//94 « A beautiful guitar »
Published on 08/27/11 at 04:22
Value For Money :
Excellent
Guitar Made in Japan, Tune-o-matic, screwed maple neck, 24 frets, Seymour Duncan pickups (SH-2N JAZZ neck-SH-4 JB bridge), 1 tone, 1 volume, 1 3-position selector. In short, that's classic.
Note that mine has a particular color: EDS (Eerie Dess Swirl), very flashy.
[march 2011] Due to the lack of media as mentioned in prior reviews, I made some changes: first, the pickups: DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100 of (bridge) and DP151 Paf Pro (neck) took place of Seymour, an easel with TonePro locking screws replace the original Jackson, a push-pull was added to the tone knob. 10/10 instead of 8 / 10.
UTILIZATION
The neck is thin, it allows fast and accurate game without speed limit.
Due to the lightweight of the instrument, the ergonomics are excellent, with a form of type Super Start tapered, it holds well against the body.
Access to treble is good, there is nothing wrong.
The knobs for volume and tone are fairly progressive, except in the limit, but hey, let's not quibble, it's just a detail.
There are still a small problem: the nut and screw the plate supporting the jack gave way again and again. Result: I had to resolder the son (twice anyway, a thread after another, add up to two extensions for the margin) and the thread of one of the two screws holding the plate against the body is screwed. In terms of the nut can be screwed by adding super glue on the plate, only how long it will he? All this does not affect the signal quality, and for now, even if the jack is fragile, it holds up. 8 / 10.
SOUNDS
My favorite style is metal, mostly heavy, but I like to venture into territory more hard rock, rock, as well as in crystalline or bluesy clean sounds.
-With the original Seymour Duncan: I got a pretty bright sound with lots of treble, but few medium. The clean sounds were very good, but the saturation (crunch, distortion) were not their strong point (the sound did not have enough definition in the lower midrange, and was muddy). I tried to remedy this problem by adding a graphic EQ (MXR M 108) upstream of the amp by boosting the mids. But the result was not convincing. 6 / 10.
-With the DiMarzio: I get a warm, powerful, well defined, clear, creamy with the Paf Pro, and slightly garish (I like) with the Super Distortion. Heavy (for Iron Maiden) / hardcore / shred here we are. Exactly what I was looking for. It can also sound more modern, more "death", depending on the amp, settings etc.. In addition, with the addition of push-pull, moving in single coil gives a vintage sound, perfect for the Hendrix. A very versatile guitar now with six positions. Crunch and clean sounds are excellent too, for the blues / rock. 10/10.
(Note that the build quality and the price range of Seymour Duncan are equivalent with respect to Dimarzio: their sounds are radically different depending on the violin and the wood of the instrument: the Jackson has an alder body, fairly neutral, DiMarzio rajoutent and therefore the presence of the body and its relation to Seymour. That).
The TonePro provides better accuracy and keeping notes, and better sustain the instrument. One of the bridges of the bridge had unscrewed the original, and impossible to recover since the nut that allows the screws do not get out of the bridge gave way. Setting accuracy (D string) was impossible.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a little over a year now and I am totally satisfied.
I tried a few other shovels in various price ranges and is it me the most about.
I really like the sounds which provides after customization. This is a personal opinion of course.
The price / quality ratio is good, but hey, I add the price of the mods anyway.
I would do this choice (with amendments). Excellent investment.
Note that mine has a particular color: EDS (Eerie Dess Swirl), very flashy.
[march 2011] Due to the lack of media as mentioned in prior reviews, I made some changes: first, the pickups: DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100 of (bridge) and DP151 Paf Pro (neck) took place of Seymour, an easel with TonePro locking screws replace the original Jackson, a push-pull was added to the tone knob. 10/10 instead of 8 / 10.
UTILIZATION
The neck is thin, it allows fast and accurate game without speed limit.
Due to the lightweight of the instrument, the ergonomics are excellent, with a form of type Super Start tapered, it holds well against the body.
Access to treble is good, there is nothing wrong.
The knobs for volume and tone are fairly progressive, except in the limit, but hey, let's not quibble, it's just a detail.
There are still a small problem: the nut and screw the plate supporting the jack gave way again and again. Result: I had to resolder the son (twice anyway, a thread after another, add up to two extensions for the margin) and the thread of one of the two screws holding the plate against the body is screwed. In terms of the nut can be screwed by adding super glue on the plate, only how long it will he? All this does not affect the signal quality, and for now, even if the jack is fragile, it holds up. 8 / 10.
SOUNDS
My favorite style is metal, mostly heavy, but I like to venture into territory more hard rock, rock, as well as in crystalline or bluesy clean sounds.
-With the original Seymour Duncan: I got a pretty bright sound with lots of treble, but few medium. The clean sounds were very good, but the saturation (crunch, distortion) were not their strong point (the sound did not have enough definition in the lower midrange, and was muddy). I tried to remedy this problem by adding a graphic EQ (MXR M 108) upstream of the amp by boosting the mids. But the result was not convincing. 6 / 10.
-With the DiMarzio: I get a warm, powerful, well defined, clear, creamy with the Paf Pro, and slightly garish (I like) with the Super Distortion. Heavy (for Iron Maiden) / hardcore / shred here we are. Exactly what I was looking for. It can also sound more modern, more "death", depending on the amp, settings etc.. In addition, with the addition of push-pull, moving in single coil gives a vintage sound, perfect for the Hendrix. A very versatile guitar now with six positions. Crunch and clean sounds are excellent too, for the blues / rock. 10/10.
(Note that the build quality and the price range of Seymour Duncan are equivalent with respect to Dimarzio: their sounds are radically different depending on the violin and the wood of the instrument: the Jackson has an alder body, fairly neutral, DiMarzio rajoutent and therefore the presence of the body and its relation to Seymour. That).
The TonePro provides better accuracy and keeping notes, and better sustain the instrument. One of the bridges of the bridge had unscrewed the original, and impossible to recover since the nut that allows the screws do not get out of the bridge gave way. Setting accuracy (D string) was impossible.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a little over a year now and I am totally satisfied.
I tried a few other shovels in various price ranges and is it me the most about.
I really like the sounds which provides after customization. This is a personal opinion of course.
The price / quality ratio is good, but hey, I add the price of the mods anyway.
I would do this choice (with amendments). Excellent investment.