LET'S CHECK OUT CHAPMAN GUITARS' NEW ML1X STANDARD GUITAR!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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In this video, we check out the new ML1X
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I love your honesty with your reviews, never fail to disappoint. That ML1X looks amazing on a camera, so I am sure that it's even better in person!
Hi Xander, Dan here. Glad the guitar got to you safely. Whereas the vid wasn't asked for (just reiterating that 🙂), it's 100% appreciated and awesome playing! Sorry about the scratchy frets, we've taken that onboard and will feedback to the factory to improve that. I didn't get scratchy frets on the others I had sent for review and as the guitar strings were wrapped in wax paper and didn't want to remove that to keep them as fresh as possible. But we'll make sure to get that checked and put right going forward. Thanks again, happy New Year.
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Hi @chapmanguitars, I'm actually about to buy a guitar in exactly this price range and the ML1 X is my first option, an alternative would be the Cort G300 pro, which offers locking tuners, stainless steel frets and 2x Seymour Duncan humbuckers. However the ML1 X is for all intents and purposes the closest I can get to the tones that actually interest me.
So could you provide an update on the scratchy frets issue? Did you confirm and resolve it with your factory?
I'm currently on a squire by fender that's very scratchy and those scratches even come out of the amplifier, so quite frustrated, it'd be a real shame to get a brand new Chapman at double the price and face similar issues, but as it stands I'm almost out of options...
@@giorginho7mobile Hi, Dan here. We looked into the feedback about the frets and made sure that the factory are aware. However, we also reviewed guitars on the same shipment and they didnt have any issues so we're confident it was an isolated issue. Which doesn't excuse and is still a shame. but we've also asked that strings are wrapped and packed with paper to help any corrosion during shipping. Thanks for considering a Chapman. If you do buy one and have any issues you should contact the retailer or us directly and we'll help to put things right, but clearly we'd hope and expect that won't have to happen. Thanks
@@giorginho7mobile The ML1 X is not in the same price range as a Cort G300Pro, which is $749 USD, While ML1 X is at $516 USD, which is about 31% price different.
great vid dude! love chapman guitars
Found one of these used at GC for $399. I still have to pick it up, I'll post an update after I have a chance to play it. Thanks Ray!
Update: The ML1 X I got was in great shape, but it does have some minor issues. Ray was right, the frets are very rough and scratchy. The nut needs some filing to widen the slots, there is some ping noise happening on string bends primarily the B string. The neck is great, it sounds great, it looks great.
Hi , I'm suffering from a ping like noise on a couple of strings on my Strat , did you workout what was causing it on your guitar?
Good guitar or not, I wouldn't give Chapman guitars a penny and I definitely wouldn't accept a free gift from them. They are so greasy I don't know if I could wash the dirty feeling off.
I agree with your point about the control layout. That would be annoying if you play serval different guitars. However if this was your main axe, you will probably adapt and adjust your style.
yeah im sure i'd get used to it over time!
Haven’t made it through the video yet but the 2000’s ‘core sound is super present. Love it.
the problem with hot pickups and an interface is that it usually always clips it
So cool! I got here early ;D I'm thinking of buying a chapman baritone but I'm not sure.
Would you buy this at 50% off brand new?
Got some good sounds outa that, almost tempted to buy one n put the work im on the frets/board to make it play like glass.
The playing alone is worth the watch but you sir are bloody good at what you do! Nice job.
I'd say I wouldn't expect to start polishing frets on anything north of say $600. Fireflys can come with great frets if you get lucky
I wonder then if a signature is on the cards...
I just love Chapman guitars man they are fantastic I have three of them and I will never part with them they are great great guitars I hope you enjoy yours man Long live Rob Chapman and clockwork wolf and company
I like your Riffs, man.
hey thanks so much!
That demo was killer ray. Great video dude 🤟🏼
HOW MUCH !!!! no way...Harley benton all day ..i actually thought when you turned it over it was a HB guitar..are they not built in the same factory..
another thing is these are pretty much a call back to the og ML-1 that were just hss workhorse guitars, just with Chapman's modern control layout. Old ones have a 3-way LP style switch.
Duuuuuuuude freaking sick demo track!! Got major A7X vibes from it personally haha 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Dude... Great vid! Great riff and tones!! Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻
My greatest regret of 2022 was my failure to pounce on a lefty Chapman V when it came on the market.
Are Chapman making Vs for us now? Last time i checked the only models for us were an ML1 and their T-style.
@@mcshootydotjpeg This one came up on Reverb. It was an older model.
I thought so. Given how good some guitar companies are to us I'm surprised one with an online presence like Chapman isn't. I hope they step up their game soon because I'm kind of interested in the Ghost Fret.
@@mcshootydotjpeg I was interested in the lefty V when it first came out, but Chapman had no dealers in Japan, and the foreign shops didn't carry the lefty V. Then one popped up on Reverb a couple of days after I had just bought an ESP VIper. Sold while I was pondering it over.
I have not had the chance to check out or play a chapmen guitar yet but I have been interested in trying one out.
This was a sick video but I wanna see you review the Jim Root Charvel 🤘 found this channel when I was looking at the JR Tele, be pretty cool to see your take on his first non Fender model
Any chance we could get a vid on how you achieve the sound you use on Pantera's Floods solo?
Brooooo that demo song was fire! Sounds really good. I'm glad you are using plug ins as when I can finally get back into guitar I plan on a new laptop and just using a plug in for tones. Hope you and your family had an awesome Christmas and looking forward to 2023 with you brother!'
I have a laptop and play guitar , and I live in a flat next to other people , so can't go very loud with my amp....what are these plug ins called and how are they used? Would really appreciate some advice on them.
Hell yeah the lasse lammert is one of my favorites.
a good honest review :)
Def sounds pretty good!!!
Cool riff Ray
Great demo. Loved that riff
Cheers !!
I have been playing guitar 24yrs and i have never had or needed "locking tuners". Wth does that even mean? My Grovers have always held tune amazingly.
To be fair, I always saw them as a convenience feature for string changes (no winds required) more so than tuning stability.
Once the string goes in the peg hole the locking tuner will clamp the string in there so you don’t have to wrap it around the peg a few times how you would originally do it, they are really not that necessary though just make string changes a bit quicker
I would feel cheated if i didn't atleast wrap it a few times. I love making sure my wound is tight and atleast 3 layers deep... Maybe I'm crazy... Just never needed it i guess. It is interesting tho. I love all the gadgetry we get with guitar these days 🤘😁 Keep on Rockin brothers 🤘 Thanks for informing an old fart 😂
To me, they just make changing strings easier lol
@@alexlucasmusicit does both though, in fairness
Literally just looks like a red PRS Fiore but with a rosewood fingerboard and the the Chapman headstock. Cool though, but would rather have the PRS. The fiore rips
I believe the Chapman he's playing has an ebony fretboard, if I'm remembering it correctly.
I'd love to buy something like this for $650 but the reversed tele neck throws me off (seems like it is on all of their guitars). Also, like you said, the switch being in between both knobs is odd and it's a bit far away compared to a tele or strat. I also hate Rob Chapman. You can also buy a b-stock Solar for the same price
To be honest, my first (and only) Ibanez had a REALLY dry scratchy fret board out of the box, it made playing bends especially rough. It's not so bad now after an oiling or two. But it doesn't get much love. I'm sure if I gave it a bit more attention it would work itself out. I think the finish on that Chapman looks really nice and I like having my vol/tone knobs set back out of the way. If the pickups are decent, then I think it looks like a great guitar!
Aww, poor guitar :(
The fretboard isnt even touching the strings during bends. You need a polishing. Thats all
@@Ottophil but fingers, had the same issue on a US Fender, solved that with very very fine sandpaper
buff the fret wire, you can use 2000 grit sand paper then polish it up with some buffing cloth or like a tshirt with a few drips of metal polish. you're gonna have really smooth bends once you polish the fret wires.
@@Ottophil Depends on the fretboard radius, string guage and tuning. It was a 7 string with some floppy strings on it. I'm not talking about a scratch coming through in the audio, I mean a scratchy feeling you can feel when playing when my strings (or specifically the 7th and low E string) definitely are touching the fretboard. The fretboard was very dry and it was quite rough and scratchy as a result. I'll iterate again that this is a feeling and not something that comes through in the audio