Quality of Legator guitars?

[JSKrev]

Trade for non-running car?

 

[nightsprinter]

Trade for non-running car?

As much as I like and entertain quirky trades, I just got rid of 2 of my vehicles and I'm enjoying the extra space in the driveway.

But if you got a nice cordless vacuum, I'm all ears

 

[gh0styboi]

"Legator - You'll Probably Trade It For A Cordless Vacuum." - Legator advertising in 2025, probably.

Sorry to hear it sucked the life out of you, dude, but you got a dope Prestige out of it. Your experience is pretty much why I just tend to stay away from Legator as a brand. The good ones are good, but I've seen way too many accounts of these kinds of experiences to risk it, even knowing how to do fretwork, etc.

 

[nightsprinter]

Waiting for El Prestige to show up as we speak!

 

[JSKrev]

As much as I like and entertain quirky trades, I just got rid of 2 of my vehicles and I'm enjoying the extra space in the driveway.

But if you got a nice cordless vacuum, I'm all ears

We have a cordless but my wife would kill me.

 

[OmegaSlayer]

We have a cordless but my wife would kill me.

Pffft...
All the same story
Over and over
Again and again
Marriage is the worst hindrace to the life of a musician \o/

 

[TheBolivianSniper]

Marriage is the worst hindrace to the life of a musician \o/

Unless your partner actively encourages you to buy things you want

Then it's also a hindrance bc I ended up with too many guitars and not enough space in the house

 

[JSKrev]

It doesn't sound like it's a hindrance if the desired object is a Legator.

The biggest hindrance in my musical hobby has been the ceaseless bullshit of fellow musicians.

 

[gh0styboi]

Waiting for El Prestige to show up as we speak!

I'll be here for the NGD post

 

[spawnofthesith]

I haven't tried the chief keef merrow schecter yet but I'd love to lay my hands on one.

The legators I got were not quite up to current schecter quality because the first ghost I got had worse cosmetic fuckups than I've ever seen on a schecter, and this black ghost I have is just okay. I'm still mad I lost that tuner washer but that's on me. The fretwork on this black ghost is better than on my multiscale ghost by a country mile, but as mentioned, it could be improved to eliminate some light buzz in spots on the low strings which is heard acoustically. I have it at a 5/64" to 3/64" taper right now.

I pulled the ghost off Reverb because I'm tired of Reverb taking my money, but I have it should anyone want to buy it.

I want to try some more current Schecters. It seems like they've really classed up their offerings compared to back when I played them.

I owned a fair amount of MIK Schecters and LTDs ~15 yrs ago and thought the quality was consistently good on all of them (outside of imo, overly thick finishes that leave the guitar feeling kind of "plastic-y" in your hands. But I kind of just see that as a norm with a majority of imports I've come across). I had an extended loan of an 8 string MIK agile from the drummer of a band I played in for a while and thought it was pretty terrible. On par with a bullet strat thats been sitting on the floor of a GC for way too long



I've been reveling in a bit of MIA snobbery for the last couple years but that came to an end with the MII prs se I just got. It's a really fantastic instrument and I'm very impressed that that is what is coming from there these days. The tip of the scarf joint looks a little wonky to me but thats strictly aesthetic and the biggest "problem" I can find

 

[gh0styboi]

I had an extended loan of an 8 string MIK agile from the drummer of a band I played in for a while and thought it was pretty terrible. On par with a bullet strat thats been sitting on the floor of a GC for way too long

Man, must be really hit or miss. I've got two Agile, and both of them are crazy good for the money - an Intrepid 8 Pro and a Geodesic 8 - both Korean. Frets are clean and done well (the only bit that was problematic was I had to file down a bit of sprout on the Geodesic, but nothing major), and assembled well. The veneers are stupid thin, but that's a cost-cutting measure, I'd imagine. But they play and sound great overall - well worth what I paid and more.

Schecters have been pretty consistent for me in general, though I haven't messed with them in a handful of years and I've heard some dodgy things in that period, but I can't speak to them personally.

To be honest, I expect to have to do some work on a guitar at this point unless it's over $2k. I mean, I love Ibanez - I own more than any other brand. But I haven't bought a single Ibanez that I haven't had to do some fret work on, excluding my Prestige S2020 - which everyone here at SSO will be happy to know I bought used forever ago