Overall impressions of this guitar are nothing but great. The guitar has been so good to me, giving me beautiful tones and forgiving me for treating it badly.
KX5
Reviewed by:
ray_jeremy, on april 12, 2012 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 230
Purchased from: MG Music
Features: It was made in Indonesia. Not sure about when. Bought the white pearl body and black line around it.
- Construction: Bolt-on
- Body: Basswood
- Neck: Canadian Hard Maple
- Binding: White (BKM) / Black (WP)
- Fretboard: Rosewood, 12" Radius(305mm)
- Frets: 24 / Large (2.7mm)
- Scale: 25 1/2" (648mm)
- Inlay: White dot
- Tuners: Die cast
- Bridge: T.O.M Bridge with string through Body
- Pickups: Motherbucker MB-2F & MB-2R (H-H)
- Electronics: 1 volume, 1 tone (w/push pull), 3way toggle
- Hardware: BK (Black)
- Strings: D'Addario EXL110 (046-010) // 10
Sound: The sound suits my music style which is Rock, some Punk and some Metal. I am using it with Behringer (not knowing the model) and Cort MX-15. The clean pickup sounds perfectly clean and the distortion doesn't make many feedback sound. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar and pickups were adjusted perfectly. But after 4 months use, I got the jack loose and creates sounds, then I decided to bring to the music store and clean it up. The metal part of pick up and jack rust after 6 months. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I have been using this guitar for 6 months and I really love this guitar. The strap buttons are solid both. I really can depend on it. Because this guitar has it all. I think the metal bar on the fret rust slowly. // 8
Impression: I played Punk and Rock, also Metal those were a perfect combination to be used on this guitar. I have been playing for 1 year. If it were stolen simply I just bring the serial number to the police and the seller can sell it nowhere. I wish it had a electronic tuner. // 9
KX5
Reviewed by:
MarkoakaNiggaK, on november 11, 2011 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: € 250
Purchased from: Glazbeni centar Rijeka
Features: CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-on
BODY: Basswood
NECK: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
NECK WIDTH: 1F : 43mm / 24F : 56mm
NECK THICKNESS: 1F : 19.5mm / 12F : 21.5mm
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, 12" Radius (305mm)
FRET: 24 / Large (2.7mm)
INLAY: White Dot
TUNER: Die cast
SCALE: 25 1/2" (648mm)
NUT: Graphite
BRIDGE: Tone-o-matic bridge (LP2) w /string thru body
PICKUP: Motherbucker Zebra (H-H)
CONTROLS: 1vol, 1tone (w/ push pull), 3way toggle swich
SPECIAL: Coil tap funcion
Colour: White Pearl
Pretty good price. I'd say I would liked it if I had started playing guitar with this rather than my first guitar that was a low budget Ibanez. // 8
Sound: I play various stuff so I can't talk about a firm style. It handles everything I throw at it pretty well. The sound is OK. Best I heard of a guitar with stock pups except the HOT Rails pups on my Squier HOT Rails Deluxe Strat.
Currently I’m using it with a Orange Crush 30R and when I’m on the move with a Behringer V-Tone Guitar GDI21.
It does get noisy with the pups spited but it's ok if you know how to play that noise to your favour. The sound has a little bit more bass cause of the body but the pickups still give a bright sound. This is ok for most genres you can think of. It's made well enough to show a players quality in many stiles from jazz, rockabilly to progressive metal etc. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: Setup was done properly in factory. No complaints there. I just put the bridge pup a little bit higher to my preference for easier pinch harmonics. The guitar has no flaws, hardware seems to last pretty well. Everything is top notch for a budget guitar. // 10
Reliability & Durability: It's made in the same factory ass all Indonesian made Ibanez guitars so no worries there. It will last and withstand anything that normally happens to a e-guitar. Strap buttons are nice and fat, but I still changed them for strap locks. I depend on it as my backup guitar for sure, I’d even use it as my primary guitar if I didn't have that cool Strat for that.
I consider to mod it one day so the finish won't stay the same for long but it will last with beatings for about 4-5 years. Just take good care of your guitar and it will repay it to you. So regular cleaning is a muss. Even with the white pearl finish. // 9
Impression: As said before I play everything I like and have no specific style. So to say it short it's a all-around guitar and if you know how to play it, it will give the desired sound. I searched the net and went through a lot of music stores so I didn't have anything to ask when I bought it.
If it were stolen I'd of course report it to the police and give them the serial numbers. That way the one who stole it can't sell it here or take it out of the country. And since I live in a small community I'd find the sucker easily and charge him with theft. His A-hole should be prepared by then for some jail time.
I have nothing to say it is a good value for the money but it still isn't a Fender hehe. The thing I was surprised on this and that I loved was the neck. Nice and fat. I expected something more like a thin Ibanez (because they are produced in the same factory) neck but got a nice c-shape instead. I compared it to my other guitars - An Ibanez GRG250 and my HOT rails Strat and it’s pretty much in-between the two. Better than the Ibanez and just a tiny bit behind the strat. So for the price I paid I can't wish anything that it didn't already have. Everyone wants a guitar finished with nytro but that costs about 200 more dollars hehe. // 9
KX5
Reviewed by:
unregistered, on march 10, 2011 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 355
Purchased from: Bajaao Online
Features: Made in Indonesia
CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-on
BODY: Basswood
NECK: Maple, Modern ``C`` Shape
NECK WIDTH: 1F : 43mm / 24F : 56mm
NECK THICKNESS 1F: : 19.5mm / 12F : 21.5mm
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, 15 3/4`` Radius(400mm)
FRET: 24 / Large (2.7mm)
INLAY: White Dot
TUNER: Die cast
SCALE: 25 1/2`` (648mm)
NUT: Locking Nut w/ Retainer Bar
BRIDGE: Double locking-III
PICKUP: Motherbucker Zebra BKHD (H-H)
CONTROL: 1vol, 1tone (w/ push pull), 3way toggle
HARDWARE: BLACK // 9
Sound: Well I mainly play clean and a bit Indian Rock and I gotta say its accomplishing the goal I wanted very well.I am using it with a Fender G-DEC Digital Entertainment Center Guitar Amplifier. With my amp, its one heck of a beauty and beast. Sometimes I use it with a Boss ME-70 and believe me, this boy can sound really bad. Its cot two zebra Motherbuckers which can be switched between single and humbucker mode. It sounds the best if you are using a whammy pedal. A point to mention, it can sound really close to a LesPaul, believe me I own both and this imitates the lespaul greatly. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: At first when I got the guitar it was a bit hard to play but gradually with time, within a mont it was really soft. It came with D'Addario strings and they were really soft and I had to change the strings after about two months of rigrous playing. the black Finish was rather great but It'd be better if one waxes it after certain periods with wax and the fingerboard needs regular dusting and lemon oil (I use Dunlop). Its got a Floyd rose, its not original but that really does'nt matter withthe sound. // 9
Reliability & Durability: I would never doubt this guitar for live playing, If you are a begineer or you have only about 2-3 yrs. Experience, it'd be the best guitar for you. theres no problem with the harware but it would be nice if you but some extra spring for is floyd rose, the ones supplied are somewhat tight. The strap buttons ae solid enough fr the guitar and even you to hang with the guitar and I'd recommend strap locks with it (I got Dunlop ones). There's no question of 'not depending' on it. You could always use it in a gig withut a backup. // 10
Impression: When I'm playing clean, it goes like a nice acoustic. I use fingerpicks and that literally enhances its richness. I've been playing for the last 10 years. I got tons of other gear but that's not the topic. Well I rather consider myself that I had asked if it had an original floyd Rose, yeah! But the one supplied with is good enough for live plays but not recording. If I lost it, I would surely buy another one (just with a different colour). The thing I love about this beauty is that its sound is really neat and clean and the thing I hate about this Beast is that it gives a nice competition to my Les Paul, though the price difference. // 9
KX5
Reviewed by:
unregistered, on december 21, 2010 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 80
Purchased from: eBay
Features: Strat style body with twin humbuckers (Mighty-mite motherbuckers). Coil tap. Volume/tone knobs. 24 fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Medium jumbo frets. Tune-O-matic bridge. Thru body stringing. No whammy bar. Snake-head style headstock. Mine was kinda 2nd hand so no extras. Versatile guitar. Made in 2008. // 8
Sound: I've had this guitar just over 12 months. To start with I never used the coil tap. I found the tone OK but not fantatstic. The PUPs have plenty of power but maybe not the sweetest tone ever. Not as sweet as my son's Epiphone Les Paul. Probably good if you want tons of distortion (I don't). For the past three months I've been trying to play bluesy stuff and rollin stones and I've been using the coil-tap. This is a much cleaner tone but tends to buzz (as expected). Overall the tone is OK but not great. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: Set-up is OK. I've lowered the action a little just using the tune-o-matic bridge which is a breeze. It's now as low as I can get it without the tone starting to suffer through fret noise etc. Treble strings are fine but bass strings starting to buzz and the action is still quite high on the bass strings. It would benefit immensely from a pro-setup but this would probably cost more than I paid for the guitar. Overall pretty good quality neck. Finish is very nice - mine is a nice shade of blue. Nothing fancy. No flaws. I've been playing it for about a year now and it is just starting to feel comfortable ("played-in"). // 8
Reliability & Durability: Yes - I would gig with this guitar - no worries. I've had no problems with any of the hardware except the locking nut on the jack comes loose occasionally. Seems to stay in tune. I suspect the control pot shafts are plastic but haven't had the knobs off. Finish seems pretty durable -I've not managed to scratch it yet but I'm fairly gentle with my guitars. // 7
Impression: I'm really into blues and R&B. This guitar is OK but maybe not the best for this style - hence I've just bought a MIM Telecaster. Haven't tried it yet so can't compare. I've been playing about 40 years BUT only accoustic until about a year ago so I'm not an expert on electrics. I'd say the quality is about as good as an Epiphone or Squier - i.e. perfectly playable instrument but maybe not a collectors item. Would I buy it again? - maybe. For me the great thing was the price. I took a chance on it as an eBay item (it was 2nd hand but sold "as new" - which it was). It was so cheap that I couldn't resist for a bit of fun and I'm totally knocked out by the value for money. However I'm just starting out with electric guitars and am keen to try out a few other types. I think that maybe it would be very difficult to better this as a first electric guitar. // 9
KX5
Reviewed by:
G3752, on august 24, 2010 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 400
Features: Rose wood fingerboard, maple neck, basswood body. 24 frets with a 25.5 scale probly made in 2008/9 ish. And I got a crappy cable( that lasted 2 moths) and some tools to adjust the truss rod. Made in Indonesia. Coil tap to Switch between single coil and buckers. Pickups are Motherbucker Zebra BKHD. Tuners are die cast with a string through body. // 9
Sound: It doesn't have to bad sound actually I play mostly punk, a little bit of zepplin, some Slash etc and I use a crappy practice amp but I've played it through I better amp and it actually has a nice tone with wich you can do quiet a lot.Only problem is it is pretty noisy if you use single coils. // 6
Action, Fit & Finish: Action was terrible when I got it it buzzed like hell so I had to take it back finish isn't bad. Tuning pegs got loose after about 6 months and pickups were quite high. No other flaws except that the body kinda scratches easy but o well can't do anything bout that. // 6
Reliability & Durability: Well I have played live with it but I don't really jump around and bang it against stuff. It has fallen a few times cos my strap sucks but it hasn't broken or anything. My biggest issue with this thing is that its volume knob is faulty and I can only use it on high volume other wise it doesn't work ( and I've only had it for a year) I think I should take it back to the guy who sold it to me to get it fixed. Strap buttons are solid and I think they will probly last longer then the guitar itself. I have played without a backup and it hasn't dropped me (yet). Another thing about the volume know is that it doesn't really stop nice and sollid it kinda go's on so you should be carefull to turn it to hard. Oyeah the bolt that held the input jack fell out and it took me a whole afternoon to get the thing so that it would stay. // 4
Impression: It is not a bad match I suppose and with a good amp it can actually get you some nice tones. This is my first electric guitar so I don't know if you can trust my review that much. I would deffinatley not buy it again seeing as I've had so many problems with it but if it didn't have these many faults I probly whould have rated it a 10 everywhere. If I where you I would rather save up for a Ibanez or a Epiphone or something because its not that great but then again every guitar model propably has one or two that are defects. // 8
KX5
Reviewed by:
lukec1792, on may 19, 2010 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 200
Purchased from: Thomann.de
Features: This was made in 2009, I think. It was brand new when I bought it last year. I assume it was made in a far eastern country where most things are made nowadays. It has 24 frets which I actually find a huge advantage. The fingerboard is rosewood. The finish is glossy with a sparkle underneath the gloss. Mine is in white and I think it looks beautiful. It's mighty mite motherbuckers give such an awesome tone. This guitar is an absolute steal. I love it. It also has a coil tap which if I'm honest I don't use that often. But it's good to have the option there. The guitar is very simple but it delievers great quality for a good price. // 10
Sound: This guitar was initial bought to play metal in my band but our style changed. Since this happened I have found that this guitar can shift it's tone into other genres and still sound mind blowingly beautiful. I used to play it through a Line 6 spider III half stack but now I run it through a Marshall AVT150H and it boasts the ability to sound amazing through and through. It's raw sound is just what you need to bring out the originality in your music. It has a perfect balance between warm tones and treble, to punch out the notes with a force that leaves them in your heads for days. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Action at first was a little high but I soon sorted it. I think that I assume too much from lowering action. With my other guitars I've wanted it to go so low it's not been playable. The same happened with this guitar but I think it's simply because I expect too much. The finish is very well done. Th binding on the body is very clean and straight. Only bad thing I can say is that the jack input comes loose but it happens with all guitars. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This guitar has taken an unfair beating but only has a tiny few marks on it. I've dropped it at practice a couple of times and had to pray, but it has soldiered on. It's very sturdy and has a strong and well made feel to it. It feels professional and reliable to play too. I always use this guitar for gigs and I only take a back up incase I break a string. I don't doubt it at all. It has never let me down. // 10
Impression: Overall impressions of this guitar are nothing but great. The guitar has been so good to me, giving me beautiful tones and forgiving me for treating it badly. It holds up so well live and I'd not change it for many things. My band play post hadcore music now and it fits perfectly, but you could use this for blues, thrash metal and everything inbetween. What I love about this guitar is the look, it's just so gorgeous it makes your eyes ache. People are always asking me about it at gigs. It's the best guitar I've ever bought. Better than my old Fender Telecaster. If this guitar was stolen or lost I would definately buy it again. I didn't even have to try it out before I bought it. Maybe I just got lucky with a good one. But it is a great guitar and I if you buy one you wont be disappointed. // 10
Reviews on this site are getting ridiculous. Everyone just gives everything 9s and 10s.
I've played Cort, and for the money you pay they're quite good.
I find it funny that people don't seem to know how to read around here. So what if someone likes their new guitar and gives it good grades? Many of the straight 10 -reviews that I've read actually are still good bits that give out much information if you know how to read it from the text.
if you can't find anything wrong with the guitar regarding the section you're writing on, why not give it a ten?
because a 10 means it is the top of the scale with nothing wrong with it and nothing better than it. if this guitar has a sound quality worthy of a 10, that means there is nothing better sounding than it; it is perfect.
I agree that it might sound good. cheaper guitars are sounding better and better as time goes on and machining techniques improve, but there is no way that this guitar sounds better than a hand-crafted, aged guitar built by master luthiers which costs thousands of dollars more.
There needs to be more division in the reviews on this sight. There should be a section at the top of the review page stating what class the instrument is in and therefore all reviews would be relative to that class. (i.e. a beginner class, metal class, jazz class and so on)
Beginner class? Metal class? Jazz class? That's just ridiculous.
There is no such thing as a "metal class guitar". A BC Rich Warlock looks perfect for the role of a "metal guitar" but there is absolutely no reason not to use it to play jazz, country, blues or whatever. Likewise a Telecaster, Jim Root (Slipknot/Stonesour) uses one to play extreme metal.
Each to there own i say. If it suits the lad ,then so be it. The scoring system is personal preference remember, and when you read the review ,dont take the scores as god !
At least he has written one .... im too chicken
played one of these the other day, VERY good for the price.
It is pretty versatile, i'd say. and seems well built and very solid to play. can't go wrong with buying this guitar.
You can't just give everything a 9 or 10 just because it seems perfect to you. If you've tried out absolutely everything comparable to the guitar and find yours superior, then by all means give it a 10. Also, when you don't know how a better guitar feels and sounds, then of course the one you own is going to be the best you've ever had.
Btw, in no way am I dissing this dude or his guitar. I'm just sick of seeing everything given a 10, no matter how low end.
If for something to achieve a ten, it had to be perfect, then why would ten even be an option as a score? Yeah, 9's and 10's are kind of overused though.
i posted my scores based on this guitar and how good it is.
i wasn't doing a review to compare it to better guitars, that would be stupid.
if it was a gibson it would obviously be better.
whats the point in comparing to something better?
this guitar for what you pay cannot be faulted. so in the areas i chose, it deserved a ten.
if you want to write your own review on it do so.
also, ofcourse a review is a personal preference. you're the person writing the thing. it's all about getting an overall feel from several reviews that gives you the end result.
i never thought i'd get so much abuse for nothing.
I own one too, for about year now, so I might not be objective, anyways, it's nice choice for the price, it definitely does not sound like LP ranga97, but the neck is perfectly fast and comfortable, pups are powerful, as someone said, but they might not sound that "crystal", or "liquid" as, for example, gibsons les pauls. even splitted coils won't do the thing. this guitar suits metal very well - i tried it with marshall jackhammer, and sounded massive. clean sound is good, not very good, or perfect, on fender combo it's just good. about tone knob - it's loose, and not only mine, few people I asked has the same "problem", I guess guitars with coil tap just have loose tone knob, anyways, it's not a big deal. head looks great for me, zebra pups look fine either, ivory line on body is a nice touch, in the space between body and pups, you can see cables coming from pups, what looks kinda cheap, but overall, this guitar look is fine for me.
all i all - versatile, as above, pretty well made, seems to be durable (after year), but most important - sounds decently, very powerful, great for any metal kind, not that great for clean sounds like blues (singles buzz).
for price it costs (new), overall - 8,5/10 - perfect for beginners and less advanced.
I won't recommend buying it with tremolo, probably it'll be sounding torment.
My first Guitar also was a Cort KX 5. I have to say its not bad 'cause its pretty solid and the sound is not too bad. but after 7 years of playing and carrying around it has quite some small damage. But nevermind. Its really handy and easy to paly. What matters to me especially in the last time is that it hardly gets out of tune. I play lot of dropped D or drop C. but you can tune it easy and fast so this is very good!
I really can recommend it!
Had one for 4 1/2 years now, Metallic white with black binding, and black/white zebra pups.
It was the looks that caught my eye in the shop. after sitting down and playing it, it felt a lot like my esp m-11, nice thin fast neck. good variety of sounds, single coil isnt worth bothering with imho. a bit too light, but it is basswood. high output, good tuners, string thru body for good sustain. a nice guitar, entry level price, mid range playability.
I am tired of seeing all 10's on reviews too, after all it is a review and not personal opinion. I think funnyman has a good solution.
Things need to be kept in perspective.
After all a nice set of pups might cost almost the same total price of the guitar.
I am sorry, but this is what a review is all about. About subjective opinion, isn't it? About placing the subject of review in between everything author has experienced and can base on, right?
I got the white and black stripes 6 months ago and now it's my main guitar beside the Schecter Revenger FR
The clean sound is very clean and the distortion with normal amp is awesome! 10/10 rated
i've had one of these for a week now, i paid £100 for it, it is like a new guitar.
what an awesome guitar, feels solid, plays great,many many tones from this machine truly unbelieveable. i'd be rating it better than my rg370dx anyday!
