liam_082's Metal Music Gear Setup

I bought this as a cheap guitar to play around with. Out of the box it's not bad at all. 9-42 strings on a 24" scale guitar are a bit stupid though, in my opinion atleast.

The neck plays well with no sharp frets. The frets are also pretty well leveled for a guitar at this price point, some do have a little bit of corrosion however.

The bridge is cheap and nasty with very long screws that could make intonation awkward to get perfect. It was well intonated out of the box with only G needing slight adjustment.

The pickups all sound okay, not really great though but I wouldn't expect that at this price. They will be good enough for someone who's just starting though.

The machine heads are half decent and seem to hold tune well but I will be getting roller strings Ts as the strings tend to bind in the ones fitted causing tuning instability at times.

I have replaced the pickups and cheap electronics and electronics. Opting for an Tonerider Octane alnico 8 in the bridge and an Tonerider Birmingham alnico 5 in the neck which has given the guitar the sound that I want. I've also put on a set of Ernie Ball Titanium coated 10-52s which are much better than the 9s fitted but may put 11s on