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unregistered, on may 04, 2006
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Purchased from: Musicians Friend
Features: This guitar was made in 2004 in the USA. This guitar has 24 XJ frets. The neck is a 3-pc. maple/rosewood. The inlays are dots with the model name on the 12th fret. The pickups are 2 Duncan Design HB-102 humbuckers. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic with a stop tailpiece. The Body is made of agathis with a flame maple top. The electronics in it is volume, tone, 3-way slotted (push-pull coil tap on tone). This is a neck-thru-body/25.5".The color options are see-thru red and see-thru blue. The only things that came with this guitar is 2004 ESP product guid and an amp cable. // 8
Sound: I play rock and metal music. This duitar is very versitile. You can have the destortion cranked up but then you could have good clean tone. I use a Marshall MG30DFX amp with it. Along with the amp I use a DigiTech RP50 foot-pedal. The combination with both of them is a real nice turnout. It humms a little bit with a lot of distortion but not very much. This guitar can spit out crazy high-pithed sounds to mellow country-like crap. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: When the guitar was delivered the set up was just fine. When I plugged it in the action was fine I had like no problems. I only had to make minor adjustments to the pickups. All the screws were tight, everything was lined up and the bridge was good. There was no flaws on the guitar at all. It was in exelent condition. The finish was clean and shiney and there wasn't even a smudge or a fingerprint. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This is like more of a practice guitar than a good-size concert. It will do pretty good at like a small gig or a cafe'. The hardware didn't impress me to much. After about 2 weeks of just playing in my room the nob broke off. The knobs metal thing that it sits on collapsed and so now I hardly have a volume knob. I wouldn't use it in a big gig but if you play on the street or in a talent show then it is a great guitar. The finish is great. It will last a long time. Before I had strap-locks I was at my friends birthday party and the strap came off and slamed onto the pavement. There were a couple chips taken out but it was still a great finish. // 6
Impression: It is a pretty good mach for someone Who plays rock or metal. I have been playing for 3 1/2 years so far. Besides the Marshall and the DigiTech foot-pedal I have a small 15 watt Fender amp a crappy little Squire, and a Danelectro Fab Tone foot-pedal. If this guitar was stolen or lost I would get a new guitar. I like the sound and versatility of the guitar. I hate how it humms with high distortion. One of my favorite features is the Push-Pull coil tap. I compared it to a Jackson WRXT X Warrior, and a Ibanez Iceman X. I didn't like the floyd rose on the Jackson and the Ibanez felt realy small when I held it. // 7
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