Vince Caruana
Vinsanity
I picked one of these used on Ebay for about 300 after shipping. Bought a case, pickups and got a setup and spent just under 700. Would have been alot cheaper but had to get a pickup installation and a setup at guitar center because I dont know how to do these things properly myself. Regardless I've spent more money on other guitars and with the Dimarzios this axe blows them out the water. I've always been an EMG guy but after trying out these I'll never go back to actives again. I don't have any giggable equiptment or anything, just running through a solid state 2x12 100 watt Peavey Vypyr with an MXR Fullbore Metal Distortion pedal. It makes my tone alot clearer and a hell of alot louder. I have it in A standard with a set of 10-52 and a .070 and it handles great. It can go down to drop G and sound great as well. This guitar comes with a coil tap feature. Im not sure if it was setup wrong but the volume drops significantly. I owned a hellraiser and didn't have this issue, although they came stock with that option. Anyways I really like both pickups. Ive been playing baritones the last few years, my previous axe has a 28" scale, I have pretty big hands but it's such a relief to go back to the 25.5" and be using thicker strings again. Makes sweeps and things like that so much easier. I wouldnt mind maybe putting a black binding on it but time will tell on that one. Long story short I'm extremely satisfied with my choice of guitar and pickups. Great bang for your buck on a cheap guitar. I got a Douglas gator skin style case from Rondo and it fits just fine.
