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Published on 11/29/02 at 15:00i got this guitar from music123.com after quite a lot of browsing. i decided i wanted a seven string with a fixed bridge (so i could mess about with the tuning) because of the amount of metal i play. i saw it on the site and it was apparently reduced from $1049 to $249 with a free hardshell case. in fact i got the thing, and then about 2 weeks later i got another free case. although it was so cheap i did get a bill for tax which was about another £50, but that's still really cheap.
the first thing i loved was the amount of sustain this guitar has. the note just goes on forever. the pickups at first for some reason didn't seem to connect with me, but now they seem great too. the tuning system is also really good. it has the 'buzz feiton tuning system", which seems to work like a charm. dropping down a few steps only takes one retune, not many like a lot of guitars out there. the guitar on the whole was really great value. it's much better than my bc rich warlock which i paid £470 for.
there are a couple of things i don't like about the guitar, but they're not major. firstly the neck is slower than my warlock. it's not slow enough to be a problem though. secondly i'm not sure what the built quality of it's like. it seems ok, but there's a few blemishes on it, like some cracked paintwork around the neck joint, a chip in the fretboard and the strap buttons move (:-/). but like i said, for the money...
like i said i'm not sure about the quality. vfm it's superb, and other than what i've stated there isn't anything bad about it. nothing's gone wrong with it yet.
it's the best guitar i own, and half the price of the other.
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the first thing i loved was the amount of sustain this guitar has. the note just goes on forever. the pickups at first for some reason didn't seem to connect with me, but now they seem great too. the tuning system is also really good. it has the 'buzz feiton tuning system", which seems to work like a charm. dropping down a few steps only takes one retune, not many like a lot of guitars out there. the guitar on the whole was really great value. it's much better than my bc rich warlock which i paid £470 for.
there are a couple of things i don't like about the guitar, but they're not major. firstly the neck is slower than my warlock. it's not slow enough to be a problem though. secondly i'm not sure what the built quality of it's like. it seems ok, but there's a few blemishes on it, like some cracked paintwork around the neck joint, a chip in the fretboard and the strap buttons move (:-/). but like i said, for the money...
like i said i'm not sure about the quality. vfm it's superb, and other than what i've stated there isn't anything bad about it. nothing's gone wrong with it yet.
it's the best guitar i own, and half the price of the other.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com