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Great Lefty Guitar
I like this guitar. I thought it would be too light but quite heavy for me haha. I'm small and short so maybe that's why it feels heavy for me. I had an Ibanez that wasn't too heavy for me though. I didn't expect to receive a lead, some picks and a cool sticker. That made me very happy. The guitar does have a couple of scratches but that must have been from the shipping which is common. Overall nice guitar to play with and I'm quite happy. This was my first time ordering from Thomann and will do some again! Thank you Thomann!!!
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More than expected
I wanted a guitar to play and not to care too much about it. But now I think is more than that.
First thing noticed after unboxing, was the reinforcement profile on the neck, under the nut. Not all the Gibson have it, (Epiphones usually do) and they are notorious for neck breaking. Apparently, this one is safe. The guitar was set up in the shop, but action was pretty high. I tried to lower it and now is as low as any good guitar, so no frets problems. I wonder why they left it like this. The active pickups sound impressive, very hot, and lot of highs and no hum. The tone control is effective, but is working on first third of the turn, then nothing happen. I think there is a logarithmic pot installed, instead of linear.
Easy to replace.
The weak part are the tuners. Guitar stays in tune, but the the tuning process is a trial and error process. But I will upgrade them anyway.
Bodywork looks good, no visible defects. Neck feels a bit chunkier than Fender style guitars which is quite comfortable for me.
Overall, I think I got more than I paid for.
First thing noticed after unboxing, was the reinforcement profile on the neck, under the nut. Not all the Gibson have it, (Epiphones usually do) and they are notorious for neck breaking. Apparently, this one is safe. The guitar was set up in the shop, but action was pretty high. I tried to lower it and now is as low as any good guitar, so no frets problems. I wonder why they left it like this. The active pickups sound impressive, very hot, and lot of highs and no hum. The tone control is effective, but is working on first third of the turn, then nothing happen. I think there is a logarithmic pot installed, instead of linear.
Easy to replace.
The weak part are the tuners. Guitar stays in tune, but the the tuning process is a trial and error process. But I will upgrade them anyway.
Bodywork looks good, no visible defects. Neck feels a bit chunkier than Fender style guitars which is quite comfortable for me.
Overall, I think I got more than I paid for.
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Guitar for upgrade
It's a cheap guitar, you have to accept that.
The quality of performance is generally good, but it depends on your luck.
I replaced my guitar tuning machines, made precise adjustments, made the trimming of the frets.
Only after that the guitar was nice to use.
In addition to the price, the advantage of this guitar is the sound. This is a real guitar for heavy music.
The guitar has a low noise level, excellent ergonomics (better than LesPaul).
White noise from pickups can be reduced by decreasing the guitar volume to 90%
The quality of performance is generally good, but it depends on your luck.
I replaced my guitar tuning machines, made precise adjustments, made the trimming of the frets.
Only after that the guitar was nice to use.
In addition to the price, the advantage of this guitar is the sound. This is a real guitar for heavy music.
The guitar has a low noise level, excellent ergonomics (better than LesPaul).
White noise from pickups can be reduced by decreasing the guitar volume to 90%
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Not bad
If it will be your first, it will be good to yourself
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For lefties its hard to find anything near this
Great guitar, looks and plays phenomenal. Build quality is hit or miss... the pickup casing was broke and a tuner was missing a plastic washer. That being said this guitar plays incredible out of the box and the pickups are comparable to EMG
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A (semi) reliable, value for money riff-machine
I'm an intermediate player, chose the SC-1000 for my first guitar with active pickups, cause the high gain noise from my previous guitar was kind of a killer. Been using it for nearly 2 years!
Upon a pretty careful inspection I could find no flaws, except maybe a barely noticable scratch near the rear cavity. Visually it's stunning, with it's matte black finish and gold hardware.
My playing experience with the guitar all this time has been good, though not the best. Very good action and comfortable to play on, but the tuning stability could be better. I would also highly recommend swapping out the pickups on it for EMG's, since I found them to be quite noisier than expected. However, a noise gate would do the job just as well, and the tone was pretty good, looking past that.
All in all a very good addition to the limited range of choices for left-handed guitar players, and HB knows how to make a low priced model that doesn't scream "compromise".
Upon a pretty careful inspection I could find no flaws, except maybe a barely noticable scratch near the rear cavity. Visually it's stunning, with it's matte black finish and gold hardware.
My playing experience with the guitar all this time has been good, though not the best. Very good action and comfortable to play on, but the tuning stability could be better. I would also highly recommend swapping out the pickups on it for EMG's, since I found them to be quite noisier than expected. However, a noise gate would do the job just as well, and the tone was pretty good, looking past that.
All in all a very good addition to the limited range of choices for left-handed guitar players, and HB knows how to make a low priced model that doesn't scream "compromise".
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Amazing quality for the price, just needs better QC
This is almost an LTD EC with EMG clones, great feeling and playing guitar with great budget pickups. Quality control is my only issue, with the frets not being set properly and making an exchange necessary.
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excellent guitar
Excellent guitar.
Great sound, feeling and playability.
Setup not needed, good job on that.
A couple of tiny flaws on the finish, almost unnoticeable.
I recommend this awesome guitar.
Great sound, feeling and playability.
Setup not needed, good job on that.
A couple of tiny flaws on the finish, almost unnoticeable.
I recommend this awesome guitar.
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