Better Guitar

player opinions

Name: Neil Britton
Band: Filthy Habits
Model Year: -----
Price Paid: £350
Performance
Lovely to play, lowered the action slightly. Having learned on different guitar styles; Les Paul, Fender, etc., it’s taking time to get used to it being top heavy, so that when you play the neck wants to drop to the floor slightly.
Performance Rating: 7
Sound Quality
Nice tone with my Marshall 100dfx, but the gain combination for crunchy metal sound is asking for feedback all the time when over half volume on each.
Sound Quality Rating: 5
Construction
Wiring inside was not high quality and resoldering some of it seemed to improve feedback reduction at high gain (although I concurrently used aluminum foil to shield the wiring as well, so perhaps this was more effective). I am still having trouble with feedback and have yet to find good solution. Will invest in gold coated lead next.
Construction Rating: 7

Name: Geoffro
Band: -----
Model Year: -----
Price Paid: $599 AUS
Performance
The guitar could work better. I was a little upset with the quality of the wiring (being an electronics technician) and the overall sound — but once I lowered the action, it was a beautiful guitar — very fast and great for thrashing — but not for intricate solo’s. It also plays a nice acoustic when you want.
Performance Rating: 8
Sound Quality
Without any effects enabled, the guitar sounds quite bad to be honest. I have a Marshal PD-500 600w stack, which makes almost anything sound good — not this though. Tone is a little too low, almost like its on constant 30% rythym, but when I put my BOSS Metal Zone pedal through it, it sounds better than any of my other guitars.
Sound Quality Rating: 6
Construction
It’s a half way job. For an Epiphone it is bad, but for AUS $599, I wouldn’t expect much more. My supposedly 18ct gold plated pickups are corroding, (the “V” gold inlay piece IS gold, I might add, all 6.4 grams of it!) Don’t knock this guitar, it can’t handle even a slight bump. The wood is way too soft compared to my 100th Anniversary Gibbo.
Construction Rating: 6

Name: Fredrik Akerlund
Band: TWANG
Model Year: -----
Price Paid: Traded in my Strat for it.
Performance
The only problem is that it makes a kind of lash noise. Like some wiring was loose, but otherwise it rocks. Light and durable. Although it wouldn’t be bad with two tone controls. This is the best feeling guitar I ever played. It´s like it was made to play live. Because it’s a little unpractical to have in your lap when you are in the studio.
Performance Rating: 10
Sound Quality
It sounds like a dream. But my Les-Paul has a little more “fuller” sound. But that’s nothing a good amp can’t fix. It has good sustain but it’s difficult not to get the string “ploing” when you start rocking.
Sound Quality Rating: 10
Construction
The only problem is like I said: the tone control sound a bit lash. But otherwise it’s a dream.
Construction Rating: 10