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«  good guitar study and rehearsal. »

Published on 11/09/14 at 09:55
Value For Money : Excellent
Chinese manufacturing but Toulouse design. 3 Wilkinson pickups, maple neck, wooden box (not against plated or crate), 22 frets, mechanical cover (oil bath?) And 3-ply white plate.
good 2-tone sunburst finish. Serious when taken in hand.
When it opens, the plate gets stuck under the handle ... so it must also unscrew the handle to the oter, which is not very top, this is, the interior is very serious, the components of choice, RAS and good surprise.

UTILIZATION

the handle has almost no radius, the frets are pretty cheap and soft but has a good profile and it glides well. The strings are positioned on the handle and the height is good, no distortion, which is good when it comes to guitar a bit low cost. We forget everything after 5 minutes.
Good balance, the guitar is born and it feels good when the rule, it vibrates and sounds good vacuum, but it certainly feels low and a little body. Very good design nonetheless.
We play without fatigue, mechanical'll miss keeping in time, but like all guitars actually. Guides ropes again.
So second note.

SOUNDS

microphones are correct, but they lack bass and may have a limited in terms of dynamics and clarity. pretty good crunch or distortion for clear sound it will do the trick in rehearsal or playing at home. In fact I am too used to my fender 57/62 or my van zandt. The advantage is that by installing a trio of good microphones secondhand, it will certainly be successful. Attention to setting up microphones for the assembly to be balanced with the bridge pickup in particular is a bit hard.

OVERALL OPINION

A total of 5 real guitar that sounds, and is very fun to play. I bought it to recover the body and make a good scratch from the other three but eventually it will remain as such in the first place. An easygoing worthwhile guitar. I did not expect this quality for the price I had seen these new guitars in the store.
Value for money great (much better than a Squier std for cheaper) but this is still not a strat, even Mexican, unless you change the pickups.