Better Guitar

player opinions

Name: Justin Owens
Band: Insomnia
Model Year: 2001
Price Paid: $400
Performance
It is great. It does have the drawback of of sounding a tad muddy once in while. Great Mahogany neck as well. Not too heavy but I use a strap. It is wonderful on a Johnson Amp. Overall good for its price. I would recomend it for the type of player who plays punk rock.
Performance Rating: 8
Sound Quality
The guitar sounds wonderful and the effects can be both noisy and clean as most guitars are. A Johnson Amp is great for it and it occasionally sounds like mud.
Sound Quality Rating: 9
Construction
It is a pretty solid guitar and no Chinese crap feeling. It’s good for regular use but not the best. Good neck, great finish but a bit rough of frets. Metal case. The frets once in a while suck.
Construction Rating: 8

Name: Bryson
Band: MIRV
Model Year: 2001
Price Paid: $459
Performance
The neck feels like one out of a Saga kit, the frets have sharp edges and need to be filed down. The Duncan HB-102 sound like mud through my Mesa Dual Rect. head. This is the worst guitar I have ever picked up. I had to pay the “lefty penalty” too. This doesn’t even come close to the same county as my ‘02 Amer Strat Deluxe. My first guitar was a Squier Strat and it played better and sounded better than this. I have always wanted an ESP/LTD and believe me, this got it out of my system!
Performance Rating: 3
Sound Quality
Dead quiet when I didn’t touch anything. After I started playing I wish I didn’t. I adjusted ALL tone settings on my rack, amp, and the guitar and they still sound like I put a pillow over my 4x12. Sound muddy and muffled. Stick to EMG 81’s and 60’s.
Sound Quality Rating: 3
Construction
The body seems good and sturdy mohagany w/quilted maple top. Then again I have never seen a body fall apart. The maple neck felt like nicely sanded pine. Crap. I’m sorry guys, I used to love ESP and LTD stuff but this really is garbage.
Construction Rating: 6