zeropoint
Well-Known Member
First off, some pics. These are taken with two different cameras in a variety of flash conditions and overcast indoor daylight, to give an idea of how the finish (Holcomb burst) looks. Near the bottom edge of the front of the body it looks like there's a scratch in some pictures, but it's dust from shipping that has since been removed. I'm happy with the amount of purple in the burst - I was worried it would be heavier on the grey/black burst.
Bought this one from Axe from their online store, I also got a better deal than I probably should have for this guitar, being brand new. I saw that they had one in stock and marked cheaper than they were when they were out of stock, so I called up the online sales guy and asked if there was any reason for it to be marked down and he gave me some handwaving story about how the Canadian dollar is doing fine and there's no issue with the guitar, it's brand new, factory sealed, in it's box in the warehouse.
So... opinions.
Pros:
Firstly, this guitar plays great. F...in great. The string through bridge is quite decent, and the wide-thin neck profile is a good fit for me, as far as 6-strings go.
It sounds incredible and the Alpha/Omega pickups give a lot of mids and clarity in most positions- from the couple hours I've played this guitar so far, they seem like they're probably not the best pickups for deathmetal or grunge, but for prog/djent/maybe even blackmetal they seem pretty decent. The push/pull coil split is quite nice too, tone wise. Cleans are excellent - I'd say they're one place these pickups shine, for a set that is also quite capable of heavier stuff.
The fretwork and binding is decent- quite good compared to some of the other guitars I've experienced in the price range, really.
Setup seems alright, just needed a tuning out of the box.
This guitar is quite resonant and pretty much sings, plays fluidly with the 20" radius fretboard, etc.
The guitar came with a decent gig bag and a fairly standard patch cable.
Cons:
As good as the pickups and the coil split are, there's a noticible volume drop between normal and coil split positions. Totally managable, but it's very much there.
The body and headstock finish are quite good - but while the satin finish on the neck certainly plays great, it looks like it was kind of hurriedly butchered onto the guitar in places - I'm not sure if that's normal for a satin finish on a neck and I just never noticed (I've only ever had bare wood), but I'm guessing not.
The nut also looks like it was a bit of a hack job. To be expected on a "cheaper" guitar, and I'll likely have it replaced with a Tusq nut or something in fairly short order - but the roughness is hella visible and I'm not real happy with that but it's not a deal breaker since it should be easy to replace.
All in all, I'd say I'm quite happy with what I got, especially considering the wait period was only 7 days including a hiccup with my shipping info
Well worth the money spent.
Bought this one from Axe from their online store, I also got a better deal than I probably should have for this guitar, being brand new. I saw that they had one in stock and marked cheaper than they were when they were out of stock, so I called up the online sales guy and asked if there was any reason for it to be marked down and he gave me some handwaving story about how the Canadian dollar is doing fine and there's no issue with the guitar, it's brand new, factory sealed, in it's box in the warehouse.
So... opinions.
Pros:
Firstly, this guitar plays great. F...in great. The string through bridge is quite decent, and the wide-thin neck profile is a good fit for me, as far as 6-strings go.
It sounds incredible and the Alpha/Omega pickups give a lot of mids and clarity in most positions- from the couple hours I've played this guitar so far, they seem like they're probably not the best pickups for deathmetal or grunge, but for prog/djent/maybe even blackmetal they seem pretty decent. The push/pull coil split is quite nice too, tone wise. Cleans are excellent - I'd say they're one place these pickups shine, for a set that is also quite capable of heavier stuff.
The fretwork and binding is decent- quite good compared to some of the other guitars I've experienced in the price range, really.
Setup seems alright, just needed a tuning out of the box.
This guitar is quite resonant and pretty much sings, plays fluidly with the 20" radius fretboard, etc.
The guitar came with a decent gig bag and a fairly standard patch cable.
Cons:
As good as the pickups and the coil split are, there's a noticible volume drop between normal and coil split positions. Totally managable, but it's very much there.
The body and headstock finish are quite good - but while the satin finish on the neck certainly plays great, it looks like it was kind of hurriedly butchered onto the guitar in places - I'm not sure if that's normal for a satin finish on a neck and I just never noticed (I've only ever had bare wood), but I'm guessing not.
The nut also looks like it was a bit of a hack job. To be expected on a "cheaper" guitar, and I'll likely have it replaced with a Tusq nut or something in fairly short order - but the roughness is hella visible and I'm not real happy with that but it's not a deal breaker since it should be easy to replace.
All in all, I'd say I'm quite happy with what I got, especially considering the wait period was only 7 days including a hiccup with my shipping info
Well worth the money spent.
