Reviewed by:
stradivari310, on january 23, 2008
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: The Music Shop
Features: This guitar was made in 2007 in Japan. It has 22 frets. The ES-335-style body is maple with a solid maple top, the neck is set-in mahogany, and the fingerboard is bound rosewood. The finish is solid black. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic style. The guitar has 2 open-coil humbuckers with a 3-way switch and tone and volume knobs for each pickup. The tuners are Standard Ibanez tuners. Mine came with a gig back from the store. // 9
Sound: I play literally anything from Indie to pop punk to hardcore to all-out effects whoring experimental, and this guitar can handle it all. I use a Line 6 Spider III 15 for practice and a Peavey Transtube 112 for gigs. For effects I generally use the effects on the Spider (which aren't amazing but get the job done) as well as a Boss chorus pedal and a Boss DF-2 Feedback pedal. The guitar is not noisy at all, although it is a semi-hollowbody and can feedback more easily than a solidbody guitar. I actually use this musically, but if you don't like it then just stand farther away from your amp. With the tone down this guitar produces a jazzy clean and with the tone up the cleans are bright. Also, when distorted this guitar can provide a great crunch on any level of gain. For a $300 guitar, I couldn't ask for more! // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: I purchased a display model, so everything was flawlessly adjusted. Nothing wrong at all, and the action was perfect. It was slightly high, but I prefer it that way. The strings were also good quality, once again because it was a display model. Everything was perfectly aligned. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I've gigged with this guitar regularly (about two or three times a month) since I got it for Christmas, and it's held up beautifully. I still use my Ibanez G10 for backup just in case, but I haven't needed it at all. I am still very careful with it because it is semi-hollow, but I have a hard case so I'm not too worried. // 9
Impression: I play almost any style and this matches them all. I've been playing for about two years now but guitar is my second instrument (after violin) and I picked it up very quickly. This guitar could definitely compare with an ES-335 and it completely blows away the Epiphone Dot, which I compared it to. I love the sound, finish, and the overall feel of the instrument. If it were stolen I would get another in a heartbeat. // 10
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