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Published on 09/08/10 at 01:41
Best value:
Excellent
Poplar body
Maple neck stuck
Rosewood
22 frets
Inlays Pearloid dots
Mechanical Wilkinson WJ55 EZ-Lok
Wilkinson WVC Tremolo
3 micros simple Wilkinson
1 volume
2 tones
5 position switch
UTILIZATION
Ergonomics: it stratum. Lightly.
Handle very nice, fast. Electronics correct (not sizzling), but must be improved.
Like perfect agreement.
The vibrato is good, does not awry (I Divebomb not like crazy either). I took a Hipshot tremsetter in case, I've never mounted.
The lack of progressivity knobs for tone (as on most tracts I've tried)
SOUNDS
I play on a Blackheart BH5-112 combo.
This guitar has excellent sound, very good vintage twang. The 3 simple microphones have very different sounds to have more sounds nice. Intermediate positions are very good.
Perfect for playing Shadows, for example.
Doing well in saturation with a good pedal even if the output level of the microphones is small. Goes very well with a big muff for example!
OVERALL OPINION
I bought this guitar "to cheap" as the first layer (already a great strat) and wanting something better eventually, I sold my vintage then took a mex fender and mounted microphones 57/62. I find this thought are better.
In the end I sold the mex with 57/62 and resumed a vintage. The 57/62 are great, but all the same and too polished. The vintage one side rougher than I prefer.
The only drawback of this guitar is its finish (paint defects, nail a bit mushy, etc..).
But less than 200 euros in England, it's still a really good guitar.
Maple neck stuck
Rosewood
22 frets
Inlays Pearloid dots
Mechanical Wilkinson WJ55 EZ-Lok
Wilkinson WVC Tremolo
3 micros simple Wilkinson
1 volume
2 tones
5 position switch
UTILIZATION
Ergonomics: it stratum. Lightly.
Handle very nice, fast. Electronics correct (not sizzling), but must be improved.
Like perfect agreement.
The vibrato is good, does not awry (I Divebomb not like crazy either). I took a Hipshot tremsetter in case, I've never mounted.
The lack of progressivity knobs for tone (as on most tracts I've tried)
SOUNDS
I play on a Blackheart BH5-112 combo.
This guitar has excellent sound, very good vintage twang. The 3 simple microphones have very different sounds to have more sounds nice. Intermediate positions are very good.
Perfect for playing Shadows, for example.
Doing well in saturation with a good pedal even if the output level of the microphones is small. Goes very well with a big muff for example!
OVERALL OPINION
I bought this guitar "to cheap" as the first layer (already a great strat) and wanting something better eventually, I sold my vintage then took a mex fender and mounted microphones 57/62. I find this thought are better.
In the end I sold the mex with 57/62 and resumed a vintage. The 57/62 are great, but all the same and too polished. The vintage one side rougher than I prefer.
The only drawback of this guitar is its finish (paint defects, nail a bit mushy, etc..).
But less than 200 euros in England, it's still a really good guitar.