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LTD KH-202 Kirk Hammett

STC-Shaped Guitar from LTD belonging to the Kirk Hammett series

Xoran Sorvor Xoran Sorvor

«  Good overall »

Published on 03/08/11 at 05:13
View previous opinions or manufacturer's site: https://www.espguitars.com/guitars/signature/kh-202.html

UTILIZATION

Channel pleasant but still depends on the ergonomics of the player and his feelings. Broad and relatively flat profile. Easy access to acute. Guitar by his weight, but not insurmountable. Wide webbing and thick, very comfortable desired.

SOUNDS

Microphones originally not extraordinary vagueness, too runny if the volume knob is above 10. Sound "style" EMG but significantly less accurate and incisive. Ok to start but quickly and limiting draft.

Replaced by Seymour Duncan. SH1 59 in neck and TB4 JB (SH4 - Floyd) in bridge. They are more split-which further broadened the range of sounds. The potentiometers had obviously also be changed. Cost a little over 300 euros.

Floyd Rose type tremolo-average manufacturing ... .

OVERALL OPINION

I played with for 4 years and the change of micro has a lot of good, it will never be what it is not in the background and she is almost € 1000. At that price there are other interesting models. It's like sometimes you're always in a hurry and we say that's not bad, then in retrospect we realize that it's worth waiting a bit to move to a more balanced and more correct in all respects.

I think we see the instrument as a whole and not to focus on its shortcomings, the two biggest for me are the pickups and the floyd. This guitar is chords and you can use the tremolo without falling into the trap of divebombing:) anyway. It is not too sensitive to temperature changes (the saddle is blocking it for something). Totally usable in repeated and intensive use but what about the long term?

She deserves a rating of about 7 / 10 average. Because for the price it gives anyway! Ideally, in addition to fall on good microphones used, so as not to break the piggy bank too, for it to give even more at her.

For now (03/08/2011) about 500 € less and see if you do not want or can not expect more, not a reckless purchase. At that price knowing it was almost a strat Mex (but not the same philosophy is true ...)

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