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Great guitar if you know how to setup a guitar
The guitar looks great and sounds nice, but the lower E saddle looks like was filed poorly (the gold finish is gone on the contact point and it's rough/scratchy) which creates friction, affecting the tuning stability, plus the pivot screw on the lower E is clearly different from the other 5.
All things considered, it's a good guitar for 150 euros if you know how to do a proper setup.
Detailed review below.
Neck:
The best part is the neck, caramelised maple (I guess it's a "light roast"), with a light satin finish. The fretboard has a similar but near the nut it felt completely unfinished. There were a couple of dents along the fretboard edges.
Some of the frets felt rough along the fretboard edges, but you wouldn't notice it if it was your first guitar.
The frets feel a bit scratchy on the strings when you bend, but it goes away with a fine fret eraser or simply with time by just playing the guitar.
The nut is probably plastic (not specified)
Body:
The body is ok, the paint job is uniform and nice. Looking at the back against some light you can see one glue line running along the body in the middle and one near the smaller horn (this one also running through the body). The front looks perfect.
Hardware:
The vintage tuners are ok as well as the string trees (fixed, not rolling)
The bridge was impressive - kept the tuning after various dive bombs on all the strings except for lower E and A - but they were detuning by half a semitone. (and can probably be fixed by working on the friction points without necessarily changing anything. The springs are a bit stiff.
The strap buttons work fine and are sturdy. The screws are fine, apart from the one on the bridge on the lower E which is clearly different from the other 5 screws. The corresponding saddle looks poorly filed and lost its gold color where it makes contact with the string.
The pickguard is slightly tilted but it doesn't affect the playability.
Neckplate looks good and also has a plastic pad underneath (i guess to improve adhesion).
The action was fine.
The intonation was slightly off but it's a quick and easy fix.
Electronics:
The pickups are actually good, the wiring is ok, the shielding is fine (missing near the pickups but doesn't seem necessary), the jack is fine and everything is grounded adequately.
The 5-way switch works fine but it's a bit too light and you can easily switch the position accidentally while playing.
The potentiometers feel scratchy, however, they don't make noise and work fine.
Summary:
The only noticeable issue was with the lower E saddle (minor functional issue) and the pivot screw (aesthetic issue).
It's not perfect, but if you have some experience you can make it a very nice guitar with a simple setup.
All things considered, it's a good guitar for 150 euros if you know how to do a proper setup.
Detailed review below.
Neck:
The best part is the neck, caramelised maple (I guess it's a "light roast"), with a light satin finish. The fretboard has a similar but near the nut it felt completely unfinished. There were a couple of dents along the fretboard edges.
Some of the frets felt rough along the fretboard edges, but you wouldn't notice it if it was your first guitar.
The frets feel a bit scratchy on the strings when you bend, but it goes away with a fine fret eraser or simply with time by just playing the guitar.
The nut is probably plastic (not specified)
Body:
The body is ok, the paint job is uniform and nice. Looking at the back against some light you can see one glue line running along the body in the middle and one near the smaller horn (this one also running through the body). The front looks perfect.
Hardware:
The vintage tuners are ok as well as the string trees (fixed, not rolling)
The bridge was impressive - kept the tuning after various dive bombs on all the strings except for lower E and A - but they were detuning by half a semitone. (and can probably be fixed by working on the friction points without necessarily changing anything. The springs are a bit stiff.
The strap buttons work fine and are sturdy. The screws are fine, apart from the one on the bridge on the lower E which is clearly different from the other 5 screws. The corresponding saddle looks poorly filed and lost its gold color where it makes contact with the string.
The pickguard is slightly tilted but it doesn't affect the playability.
Neckplate looks good and also has a plastic pad underneath (i guess to improve adhesion).
The action was fine.
The intonation was slightly off but it's a quick and easy fix.
Electronics:
The pickups are actually good, the wiring is ok, the shielding is fine (missing near the pickups but doesn't seem necessary), the jack is fine and everything is grounded adequately.
The 5-way switch works fine but it's a bit too light and you can easily switch the position accidentally while playing.
The potentiometers feel scratchy, however, they don't make noise and work fine.
Summary:
The only noticeable issue was with the lower E saddle (minor functional issue) and the pivot screw (aesthetic issue).
It's not perfect, but if you have some experience you can make it a very nice guitar with a simple setup.
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Great with one problem
I absolutely love this guitar, despite a fairly major problem. The finish is excellent and the feel when playing is fantastic. Somehow it's been my go-to guitar lately, even though it costs a fraction of my other guitars.
The only issue is with the bridge position. The bridge should be slightly closer to the neck. Unless I drill new holes and move the bridge, the intonation will never be entirely right. This is really unfortunate since I'll never want to take this guitar live without proper intonation. At this price point, I'm especially mad about it, but it is disappointing.
Overall, very fun guitar to play, but I'd only recommend it if my bridge position problem is unique to me.
The only issue is with the bridge position. The bridge should be slightly closer to the neck. Unless I drill new holes and move the bridge, the intonation will never be entirely right. This is really unfortunate since I'll never want to take this guitar live without proper intonation. At this price point, I'm especially mad about it, but it is disappointing.
Overall, very fun guitar to play, but I'd only recommend it if my bridge position problem is unique to me.
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