blackcoffeeblues
Student Of The Blues
PAPA; you might have to order a special edition---in PINK---just joking buddyYeah, I have to admit, seeing the one RR got has made me think again about getting one of these.
PAPA; you might have to order a special edition---in PINK---just joking buddyYeah, I have to admit, seeing the one RR got has made me think again about getting one of these.
They don't have any pink ones! And all sold out of red, too. I don't know if I just got real lucky or if all of them are this nice. Might wait until the verdict is in from others who also bought them. I got a little mirror and checked out the switch and pots. The switch looks like a good Switchcraft switch and feels like it too (although I doubt that it really is). And the pots aren't those little small ones you find in most cheap guitars, and they feel really good, just a little stiffness to them, not all loosey-goosey, and smooth. I can't read the markings on them. What amazes me is how good it sounds … not quite as good as my EPI 339 Pro but awfully, awfully close. All I know is that I have absolutely no problem getting some VERY satisfying blues tone out of it. It also sounds quite good unplugged, more so than my 339 or SX EG5. I haven't been this happy on a bang-for-buck basis in a LOOOONG time! Maybe never. It is so darned PRETTY … I am IN LOVE!Yeah, I have to admit, seeing the one RR got has made me think again about getting one of these.
I flipping well hope so, the politicians seem to be making a right pigs ear of it at the moment!!Yea but we do get brexit
cheers
Al.
They don't have any pink ones! And all sold out of red, too. I don't know if I just got real lucky or if all of them are this nice.Might wait untilthe verdict is in from others who also bought them. I got a little mirror and checked out the switch and pots. The switch looks like a good Switchcraft switch and feels like it too (although I doubt that it really is). And the pots aren't those little small ones you find in most cheap guitars, and they feel really good, just a little stiffness to them, not all loosey-goosey, and smooth. I can't read the markings on them. What amazes me is how good it sounds … not quite as good as my EPI 339 Pro but awfully, awfully close. All I know is that I have absolutely no problem getting some VERY satisfying blues tone out of it. It also sounds quite good unplugged, more so than my 339 or SX EG5. I haven't been this happy on a bang-for-buck basis in a LOOOONG time! Maybe never. It is so darned PRETTY … I am IN LOVE!
GREAT! And simply AMAZING! I was almost afraid nobody would believe me! I expected to find that I just got really lucky and that others would find some kind of flaw or blemish or a sharp fret end or worse. Two out of two is amazing! It will be just awesome if others report in the same! It is just beyond me how they can sell these guitars for that little money! Mine is also light weight. The grain that shows through the top looks like maple, but the unfinished wood inside although it's the same color as maple, is a softer wood. I took a small screwdriver and can easily make an indent in the solid center block and inside of the back … you couldn't do that with hard maple. But given how this guitar sounds and looks, for this kind of money I wouldn't care if was plywood (it isn't). I fixed my knob positions, took all of about three minutes. Also ordered locking tuners and a roller bridge from GFS because this guitar deserves them!Holy %^$#! EVERYTHING RR said is exactly what I got! (Perfect description, Jim!) Even down to the misaligned knobs (don't turn 'em too hard, they will move!)
My pic: (looks just like the Amazon pic)
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It really is a nice looking guitar! The neck feels very good. Not too chunky. Very close to my older LP. It's incredibly light, too! Who knows what it's made out of, but it works!
Tomorrow, I'll feed the flux capacitor, and fire up my old Twin Reverb and do a comparison with my LP. For now, I'm with RR and amazed by this guitar (deal)!
Well, Mike, great reviews from both me and jmin. So, when are you going to jump in?I would have gone for the same. I'll be interested to see what you think of it. If the neck and body are good, that's worth $139 alone!
Yeah, I have to admit, seeing the one RR got has made me think again about getting one of these.
Well, Mike, great reviews from both me and jmin. So, when are you going to jump in?
Oh and the blue ones are gone now!
Well, that gets me off the hook!
You guys almost sucked me in. I almost got one just to see how they compare, but I already have a nice 335 that I like. I'm pretty proud of myself actually. Someone did say they're out of them now didn't they? Phew!!
Gets me off the hook also. Guess I can get the cards out of the safe now.Oh and the blue ones are gone now
Boy, am I glad I got one!!!Oh and the blue ones are gone now!