April 11, 2024
You cant beat the price for what you get! It comes with a lightweight gig bag, wrenches, cable, tremolo! Come on! Lower your expectations that this will be $3-4k high end guitar. Great beginner and even intermediate guitar out of the box! Overall crazy value!
Some PROS: Solid body, paintwork excellent, solid neck. Pickups are decent surprisingly however replaced the bridge with a Wilkinson-M which gives it a more crunch, metal, bright tone. I didn't want the pickup to cost more than the guitar ...
You cant beat the price for what you get! It comes with a lightweight gig bag, wrenches, cable, tremolo! Come on! Lower your expectations that this will be $3-4k high end guitar. Great beginner and even intermediate guitar out of the box! Overall crazy value!
Some PROS: Solid body, paintwork excellent, solid neck. Pickups are decent surprisingly however replaced the bridge with a Wilkinson-M which gives it a more crunch, metal, bright tone. I didn't want the pickup to cost more than the guitar but those are great reasonable $ high end pickups.
Replaced the strings right away! I used Slinky 10s. Trem works well. Once you tune it, blocking the springs to tune, and allowing the strings to stretch. It tuned and stays in tune well even after rigorous dive bombing. The string height screws are cheap and can be sharp while strumming. Lowering the action using the provided allen wrench can fray the bolts. A decent small file can remedy this.
Electronics basic and work well. Might need a slight outside bolt adjustment at the input jack it comes loose out of the box. Few turns of the truss rod counter clockwise. Came with a fret buzz which is minimal now also since I lightly sanded the top 4 frets also.
CONS: Volume and tone pots are very basic. Can skip or over click if you turn the volume if turning too hard. Guitar head very plain looking. Can add detail or sticker to it. Added nicer looking fret inlays (in the 2nd pic). Head tuners very basic but stay in tune. Neck is a little too thick but just my preference but not bad really. Pickup replacement, wasn't sure of the wiring so, had to test with an active amp feed while installing it. Needed all 4 wires to tap in. Im sure there is a wiring diagram somewhere.
Overall basic hardware which I would expect at this price point. PROS outweigh the CONS for ￡70. Hard to slam this guitar for the price and appearance.
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