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I mean, where do I start?
Ok so, here's a short story, I always been a Gibson/Epiphone fan, most of my guitars are those brands. It just feels better, I've use Epiphones Semihollow, and they are great, but Gibson just hits different, also this one, or at least mine, was made on the Memphis plant before it got close, so is basically a Gibson Custom, at least on the case and the certificate that's what it says haha. Nice humbuckers, you can really feel the quality upgrade from and Epiphone USA Pro and the the Gibson 498T, also other thing that really resonate was that this semihollow block is not maple, is mahogany, so for me that's and upgrade, is not as thinline like his older cousing the 335, but you damn sure it feels great, lightweight also, you know, for the back problems haha. Durable as Matthew Followill though when he did the same Epiphone to Gibson upgrade. Overall just a terrific guitar, and the best part is that is a little cheaper than a 335 being basically the same thing.
567
Decent amp, solid workhorse
We just bought this amp for our new guitar player, ($170 approx.), and I have to say that it is really a decent amp. Solid state, so maintenance free, two channels with clean in 1 and two gain stages in the other. The clean channel isn't very good, but hey for $170 it does what it's meant to do, the fun part is the gain channels, they have that typical Randall american metal sound, so is not versatile of course, it can get muddy really fast so please turn up the mids (saving the world one review at a time), you're not Metallica playing through a Mesa Triple Rec. The reverb is NOT good, so I just buy a reverb pedal and put it in the FX LOOP (yes it has fx loop, nice...) maybe a Boss RV-5 or RV-6, or a Hall of Fame, something nice, even a Holy Grail and you just leave it on forever. The Chorus is not bad at all, but again I wouldn't use chorus outside a Small Clone or a Boss CH or CE or your preferred pedal, but it comes with the package. Also i recommend getting the footswitch, very VERY usefull. Comes with budget Celestion speakers so that a win, also it has extension for a cabs
567
11 years back...
This was my first not starting guitar, I bough it because i love the look of Billie Joe in the DVD Bullet from a Bible, my parents bought it for me in 2009, now 11 years later, after swaping the humbuckers and an attempted try of putting a Bigsby on it, it still with me, no problem whatsoever, it even look better, because with the time the olympic white turn to a cream gold, and It just look amazingly vintage, off course you eventually have to swap things because the gold hardware wears off, but I mean on a budget guitar of-course you have to do it eventually, the neck is chubby, 50's C chubby compared to my ES 335 Block D slim neck, not so heavy, but enough so you know you're hanging a Les Paul Custom, great tone, mahogany body, rosewood fingerboard (when it was more common although I know most Gibson's Customs came with Ebony fingerboards I prefer rosewood). Just keep it in good shape and it will serve you for years
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567
Great guitar, PRS are just great amazing guitars
Being an Gibson/Epiphone fan, most of my life I've been buying Les Pauls, and 335s etc... I love them, those are my main guitars, but as you grow old and hear all the hype that surrounds the PRS brand you start to wonder, are they on to something or is just unjustified hype? Well I decided to find out by myself, and bought this PRS SE Custom 22 (24 are just weird for me, being most of a rhythm player, after the 15 fret, I don't know what to do properly so 22 frets are more than enough for me), because I wanted to try it without spending $4000 on a guitar I just didn't know if I were going to like, and I have to say they are great guitars, Paul's quality control overseas is just spectacular, and the hype is really justified, because these to me are the perfect child between a Les Paul and a Strat (as Paul intended to do), they are great to every genre, the necks are great, great scale for detunning (i use mine in D standard), great rock and metal machine, solid body, with nice humbuckers (eventually i would replace them with some better PRS USA humbuckers, or something you preffer like some Seymour's or DiMarzio's) with split coil possibilities to thin it out, the flamed tops looks stunning live, and you actually look cool holding one, so just pick your color and get on the hype train
567
Perfect for down tunning, but it depends
I wanted to play some songs in drop B tunning, I choose to do it in a Flying V, 24.75" scale right? Well I ended up buying some Not Even Slinky Sets (12-56), even some Daddario's 13-56 sets, I managed to do droped to B, but the strings felt horrible, they were waaaay waaaay to thick, so once I play it, I throw them away because I cannot tune them in other pitch (I'm not SRV nor have his tech), I thought to myself that I will never try to drop B anything again. Then I bought a Fender Strat to tune in 1 Step Down (D Standard) so I bought these string because it says Special for DeTunning, felt waaay stiff tuned to D Standard (probably would've managed with some Regular Slinkys, maybe some 10-52), so I them i figured why not try to Drop B with these and a 25.5" instrument?. Well, there you go, if you have a 25" (PRS ) or a 25.5" (Fender, Squier, some Jacksons etc) these are perfect for Drop C# Drop B tunnings with a normal tension feel, if you put these in a 24.75" instrument (Gibson and most brands) they will be perfect for anything from Eb (Half step down) to Drop C. (1 step down Drop D), after that you'll need some 12's and a setup. At least for me
567
Nice beginners bass
Right out of the box is decent to play, as usual for being an affordable instrument it could use a set up, and maybe if you want to upgrade it some Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Bass pickups, but thats it, if you want to upgrade it more, you're better of buying a better bass, maybe a Classic Vibe or a MIM
567
Marshall Little Brother
Laney has been in the shadow of Marshall for a long time, even considering they were born right about the same time around the 60s. This is a great tube amp, nice EL34 50 watt head. A LOT of headroom, very very nice clean sounding and has a bright button that make it more Fender-ish. The overdrive is pretty nice, a lot 80's sounding gain channel, some say JCM800ish... the only thing is the FX Loop, the switch is not of a great quality, so there's that.
567
First tube amp
I always had solid state amps, and also played a couple of decent tubes amps, Laney Iron Heart and a Vox NT50, but nothing beats the Marshall tone. I know this ain't a 60's plexi or a JCM, but for starting in the tube amp world is nice. Loud enough to be heard over a drummer, a lot of headroom, I was impressed by that, but even tho, you may not get that pura clean tone cranked, for that you may need a 30 watt at least, but if you don't have a problem with a little of cranked tubes sound in your cleans your gonna be ok. Sad it doesn't have and fx loop, if you need one i suggest looking for a Origin 20H or a DSL 20H
567
Tom DeLonge Fan THIS IS FOR YOU
If you can buy the Gibson, do it, I get it, if I could I've done it too, but if you don't have that kind of money, this guitar is the one for you, more common to find, it has the same wood, the same pots, and the same Gibson Dirty Fingers, the only differences are the Sperzels locking tuners in the Gibson, but the Grovers are great so, is not a big deal, the headstock off-course, and the finish, one is Lacquered and the other is Nitrocellulose. I've seen reviews, and also hear them both, and the sound IS the same, even seen Tom himself playing one of this Epiphones, Gibson is just the made in usa and the prestige. If you can find one good deal, do it, you won't regret it.
567
It's my dream guitar.
Right now I can't afford a Gibson ES 355 VS, so I had to look for more cheaper options, this guitar is pretty awesome, the neck feels like nothing I tried before, is pretty flat, and skinny, D shaped, if you can afford the difference, get this instead of the Dot, the Dot is pretty nice, but this has more binding, better looking inlays, and also splittable humbuckers. Great guitar overall, nothing to envy the Gibsons
567
Drop D Strings
I have a couple of guitars, all tune differently, this are on my Drop D Les Paul, normally I used Regular Slinky on my other Les Paul, but when I Drop D-it, the low E get really floppy, but with these it doesn't happen, so if you planning to use a drop d tunning for a short scale guitar I guarantee you will nailed with this ones
567
Great amp, decent money
So I just trade my Fender Rumble 15 plus some cash for this baby, and let me tell you, it sounds GREAT, the bass in it sound punchy, but i also cleans very well,, it has 4 band EQ, bass, two middles and a treble, but one thing this amp has that I was not expecting it is and XLR output for recording. The speaker is a 1x15 inch, for me the best size for a bass combo amp, 10 and 12 although they come in more quantity, the sound of a 15 inch speaker is like no one else. Really recommend it
567
Good Workhorse
This was my first 100 watt amp, and I have to tell you, is really really good, and does the job. Of course it's solid state characteristics make it sound worse than a tube amp (fender has a couple of those) but still decent, it has a lot of build in effect, reverb, trem, delay, flanger, etc... also it comes with a thing fender like to call, amp type, you can select from a variety of classic amps, from Fender Tweed, to some Blackface types, Orange- ish, Vox-ish, Vintage Marshall-ish, Modern Marshall-ish, some Hot Rod like Fender DeVille, boutique amps like Egnater, a couple heavy gain amps, like EVH 5150-ish and Peavy-ish, and Fender Acoustasonic sound. It includes it footswitch
567
Great for standard c# (step and a half down) and a whole step down tunning
I wanted to play some Limp Bizkit songs, so I designated one of my guitars, the one with the hottest pickup (Seymour Duncan Invader) and tune down a hole step already, but Wes Borland uses step and a half down, so from there is just a notch. They are tense enough to hold tight, but not like standard tunning, also take notice the type of guitar you're putting it into, mine has a vintage tremolo system, if you want to put these of a Floyd Rose, you should better go for 11-48 instead of 11-52, if you got a hardtail/tune o matic and like crunchiness, you can even go for 11-56
567
Upgrade the pickups
SX is really a decent guitar manufacters for the money, the make quality instruments for affordable budget, and how they do it? By cutting down the budget for the pickups, so if you pick up a couple of Fender Jazz Pickups, either Custom Shop, American, Texas or MIM, is going to make a hell of upgrade for your sound. (Also if you are picky and dont want to have the SX brand logo in the headstock, any generic jazz neck would fit if carefully installed)
567
Great beginners axe
So I got this as a christmas present around 2007, as my first electric guitar, and 12 years later it was the backbone of my music pasion and I still conserve it and play it, of course some upgrades had to be done cause is not a high end instrument so a lot of things damage or stop working around the years. I installed new electronics, a Fender Vintage 5 way pickup selector (one of the best purchases I've done) an SD Invader pickup for the bridge, a tortoise pickguard, a maple fingerboard neck and new tuners, but first out of the box is really playable and great as a first guitar
567
GREAT GREAT GUITAR, IT MAKES FENDER A RUN FOR THE MONEY
I just recently buy this guitar used for around $100 and I thought it might not be as nice as the fender counterpart, the pickups are the wide range pickups designed by Fender, they are not the actual wide range Fender pickup made by Seth Lover, but they give a warm, smooth sound for a flat top, maple fingerboard guitar. If you buy it cheap is a great guitar for learning and a bargain if you are an amateur player, home player or even a garage rocker, mixed with the right amp it could give you great bright tones and some overdriven ones too, if you want to be serious about this guitar I would suggest a pickup change, if you wanna keep it real, the authentic Fender Wide Range pickups if you find them, but if you wanna make it for more hard rock, punk metal-ish, you could use a Seymour Duncan SH-4 like Deryck Whibley's one or another high output (hot) pick ups like the Chris Shiflett Tele, you get the idea. The neck is pretty decent, it really feels smooth to play, a little hard for some types of song but in general a great feel. Overall is a great versatile guitar for all around playing and if you are a little bit more serious gigmaker a couple of upgrades wouldn't harm