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Published on 06/25/13 at 04:29
Value For Money :
Excellent
¤ 3-saddle Telecaster-type bridge
¤ I don't know the exact type of neck, but it's almost as slim as the one on my Ibanez GAX30, so very slim.
¤ Maple neck, maple fretboard, 21 frets
¤ Two single-coil Telecaster-type pickups
¤ One volume and one tone control, a 3-way switch (each pickup on its own and a mix of both at the center position)
¤ I have no idea of the year of manufacturing, but it surely isn't young, considering that the brand ceased to exist several years ago.
USE
¤ Very pleasant neck! It's not lacquered, which makes it faster, I think. Good access to the upper frets, clearly better than on my Ibanez (the GAX30 is a double cutaway Les Paul, though). The only thing I don't like about the neck is that you can't access the truss rod from the headstock, you have to do it at the junction of the body and the neck, so you need to remove the pickguard and the neck pickup to reach it, which isn't very easy.
¤ I love the Tele shape, it doesn't bother me, nor its weight (I like rather heavy guitars), but it's quite heavy and fairly "square," which might bother some people..
SOUND
¤ I love its sound! I wanted a single-coil guitar to practice and, in the end, I prefer it to my humbucker guitar... It lacks some power to play AC-DC or Guns 'n' Roses, but other than that, it sounds fine.
¤ I use a Peavey KB100 keyboard amp with a Zoom G2.1Nu multi-effects.
¤ It's great to play blues, not so much for rock or commercial music, but it can sound fairly good with the right settings. It surprised me most when I wanted to play some pop stuff: It's great to play things like Indochine, for example.
¤ It sounds really twangy, but you can get any sound you want with it, from clean to distortion, without any problems. You can always hear some noise, regardless of the sound you use. It's not particularly annoying, it's very weak, but it will eventually require a change of pickups.
OVERALL OPINION
¤ I've been using it for 3 weeks now. Before buying it, I tested a Squier Affinity Stratocaster from a friend of mine, and I didn't like it that much: It sounded too "smooth," the pickups too muddled and the guitar was too light. But it's a guitar that, brand new, costs the same as this one secondhand.
¤ I like best: The overdrive sound, which I think is good for anything: It's powerful and clear at the same time, something my Ibanez can't provide.
¤ I like least: The position of the selector! It's placed like on all Teles, but since it's very big, I have often hit it with my fingers when set to the neck position, which isn't very nice.
¤ I think it's a good value for money, even if I'm no Telecaster expert.
¤ With hindsight, if I had the same budget, I would surely buy it again, considering that I immediately loved it as soon as I started playing it.
¤ I don't know the exact type of neck, but it's almost as slim as the one on my Ibanez GAX30, so very slim.
¤ Maple neck, maple fretboard, 21 frets
¤ Two single-coil Telecaster-type pickups
¤ One volume and one tone control, a 3-way switch (each pickup on its own and a mix of both at the center position)
¤ I have no idea of the year of manufacturing, but it surely isn't young, considering that the brand ceased to exist several years ago.
USE
¤ Very pleasant neck! It's not lacquered, which makes it faster, I think. Good access to the upper frets, clearly better than on my Ibanez (the GAX30 is a double cutaway Les Paul, though). The only thing I don't like about the neck is that you can't access the truss rod from the headstock, you have to do it at the junction of the body and the neck, so you need to remove the pickguard and the neck pickup to reach it, which isn't very easy.
¤ I love the Tele shape, it doesn't bother me, nor its weight (I like rather heavy guitars), but it's quite heavy and fairly "square," which might bother some people..
SOUND
¤ I love its sound! I wanted a single-coil guitar to practice and, in the end, I prefer it to my humbucker guitar... It lacks some power to play AC-DC or Guns 'n' Roses, but other than that, it sounds fine.
¤ I use a Peavey KB100 keyboard amp with a Zoom G2.1Nu multi-effects.
¤ It's great to play blues, not so much for rock or commercial music, but it can sound fairly good with the right settings. It surprised me most when I wanted to play some pop stuff: It's great to play things like Indochine, for example.
¤ It sounds really twangy, but you can get any sound you want with it, from clean to distortion, without any problems. You can always hear some noise, regardless of the sound you use. It's not particularly annoying, it's very weak, but it will eventually require a change of pickups.
OVERALL OPINION
¤ I've been using it for 3 weeks now. Before buying it, I tested a Squier Affinity Stratocaster from a friend of mine, and I didn't like it that much: It sounded too "smooth," the pickups too muddled and the guitar was too light. But it's a guitar that, brand new, costs the same as this one secondhand.
¤ I like best: The overdrive sound, which I think is good for anything: It's powerful and clear at the same time, something my Ibanez can't provide.
¤ I like least: The position of the selector! It's placed like on all Teles, but since it's very big, I have often hit it with my fingers when set to the neck position, which isn't very nice.
¤ I think it's a good value for money, even if I'm no Telecaster expert.
¤ With hindsight, if I had the same budget, I would surely buy it again, considering that I immediately loved it as soon as I started playing it.