I got one from zzounds it had a nasty scratch on the bridge. I looked at the manufacturing date and the guitar was already 5 years old lol. A 5 year old guitar isn't new so I sent it back. The neck is super smooth but I didn't like the pickups and it was too light and felt cheap and the look of the guitar in person looks cheap. I prefer my schecter diamond series Platinum with emg. Paid $500 now they sell for $735 lol.
To each their own, pickups so far seem fine to me. I'm personally not a fan of EMG pickups. To be fair, has been a long time since I really played a set of EMG pickups. From what I remember, they were awesome for high gain and metal, but sounded plasticy and not very good for clean and other styles. I played in cover bands, I like a lot of different styles and sounds, I seem to like passive pickups better, they were more flexible. As far as the rest of the guitar, I haven't found any scratches or dings yet, and yes the neck is very smooth! I'm looking forward to working on more projects with this guitar!
Great looking guitar Jordan. Can't wait to hear more of that Sustainiac pickup
Yeah, it's a fun little toy!
"I'll probably always be on bridge pickup." Hopefully, not with that Sustainiac in the neck!
Thanks for the overview and demo!
I'll use the Sustainiac for the effect, but I otherwise don't use neck pickups much, and that is basically a single coil on steroids.
I got one from zzounds it had a nasty scratch on the bridge. I looked at the manufacturing date and the guitar was already 5 years old lol. A 5 year old guitar isn't new so I sent it back. The neck is super smooth but I didn't like the pickups and it was too light and felt cheap and the look of the guitar in person looks cheap. I prefer my schecter diamond series Platinum with emg. Paid $500 now they sell for $735 lol.
To each their own, pickups so far seem fine to me. I'm personally not a fan of EMG pickups. To be fair, has been a long time since I really played a set of EMG pickups. From what I remember, they were awesome for high gain and metal, but sounded plasticy and not very good for clean and other styles. I played in cover bands, I like a lot of different styles and sounds, I seem to like passive pickups better, they were more flexible. As far as the rest of the guitar, I haven't found any scratches or dings yet, and yes the neck is very smooth! I'm looking forward to working on more projects with this guitar!