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Great Performer! Well Balanced and Rock Solid Tuning.
Picked this up at a Pawn Shop for $167 and it was a fabulous find. Spent about an hour cleaning it up and putting some fresh 9's on it and Viola! This Baby Sings! The Duncan Design Pickups split coils, using the tone pull pot which makes for ultra useful tone creations. The flame top came alive after I hit the top with a bit of wax. I refreshed the fret board with some Lemon oil and the richness of the rosewood jumped out. The XJ frets are a bit of a clumpy fret size to become accustomed to, but they are spot on for string bending. Fairly lightweight I can wear this Axe around my neck for hours without a hint of discomfort. Probably only around 7 lbs. BEST of ALL...the tuning on this is Superior to models of similar cost. It's a joy to begin playing leads and then come back into the rhythm chords and still be perfectly in tune. A real Keeper!!! Only flaw is that on the B string one spot at about the 17th fret, frets out and the note is dampened.