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50th anniversary 1954 stratocaster.

this Fender Stratocaster right here comes with 3 new guitars only bieng made this year, Bearing acessories such as Custom Shop Vintage 1954 single coil pickups The 1954's pickups are hand-wound by Abigail Ybarra, who created some of Fender?'s earliest single-coils, a special 50th anniversary neck plate which comes in an also limited edition U Shape , and Parchment style knobs, gotta love it, and pickup covers. This model also uses the Delta Tone system, which comes with a high output bridge pickup a slightly modded tone control for the middle and bridge pickups. with 22.5 frets comes in 2 different sunburst colors, and enables most rock while bieng able to use low notes you can quickly switch to a high note without worrying about the note bieng muted...tiz a good acessory there and would probaably be found to be better used for left handed playing, which is a comfortable supreme palm full.



Sound-9/10
Durability/Reliability-10/10
Customer Support -8/10
Action, Fit, Finish -10/10
Features-high tone low tone acceptance
Overall Rating-9 tis a nice guitar to play but needs a new look on the shape...thank you

this was my rating on the 50th anniversary 1954 stratocaster.

Hmmm... Well, here's a mini-review of a G&L Tribute Legacy Stratocaster, 3 single-coil pickups. (It comes in two basic versions, one with 3 single-coil pickups and one with 2 single-coil pickups and a humbucker.) The color is Redburst. (Discontinued color for this model... Wheee....)

Anyways, it has a very nice sound, much better than quite a few guitars I've played. The neck is actually thinner than some, but it's very comfortable, feels more like moving your hand across silk than wood. It's a bit heavier than some guitars, although I like this feeling, makes me feel like I won't break it. It's very well made and sturdy, it doesn't feel like I'm going to break it. Frets are well sized and the strings press down cleanly, eliminating the buzzing I've heard on some with bad frets. The action isn't too high or too low, and the sound is actually very versatile. I've played pretty much everything from blues to metal and it handles it all rather well, although not quite as well as some guitars made especially for that style.


Sound - 10/10. Great sound for many genres.
Durability/Reliability - 8/10. Small flaw with hookup, the nut sometimes likes to fall off if you don't pay enough attention to how well it's on and is a hassle to put back on.
Customer Support - Not a clue, never really needed it. Whenever I have a problem, it goes back to the private business that sold it to me which is run by professionals who aren't employees of any customer support G&L has.
Action, Fit, Finish - 10/10. Lovely.
Features - 8/10 A bit spare, just the standard ones - 5 position pickup selector, 3 single coil pickups, etc.
Overall Rating - 9/10.

Review for Crate GX212 amplifier

Sound:
Excellent. It has three channels: clean, rhythm, and lead. They all have exceptional sound. The distortion chanels also have a "shape" controll that realy gives you the tone your looking for.

Durability/Reliability:
Excellent. This amp is made for professional and semi-professionals. It feels like you could drop it a couple times and it wouldnt even feel it.

Customer Support:
With a 5 year warranty on the amp and a 2 year warranty on the speakers, I would say Crate offers pretty good customer support.

Features:
2 custom 12'' speekers
120 watts
3 channels and a pedal to switch between them
Flexwave 5 preamp

Overall Rating 10/10:
If you want your own tone, and not someone elses you get when you go for a digital modeling amp, there is no other competition for the price. I got mine at guitar center for about 350$. Its plenty loud enough for practice/rehersals and venues. I would highly recomend it.

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Product: DiMarzio "Humbucker from Hell", DP156

Placement: Neck

Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul Std.


Sound: Way freaking better than the old neck pickup. The sound is rich, clean and ringing. It's got a higher treble than most neck pickups, so with the proper set of amps and cabs you can probably make it sound like an acoustic guitar. No Joke.


Durability/Reliability: I dunno whether I should fill this one out. So far the thing has just chimed for me, no problems, but I've only had it for a few days.

Customer Support: The outlet that I got the pickup from was very friendly and had lots of ideas for installation. The luthier showed me through the installation instructions(Included with the pickup) and made me realize the simplicity of the installation. As for dimarzio, there is a warranty slip in the package which I hope never to have to use.

Action, fit and Finish: The Dimarzio line comes with dozens of finishes, but being simple I went for the "black pair of single coil pickups" look. The only real problem I had with the installation was the way it sat in the pickup holster. It seemed that the strings were causing the pickup to move from either one side or the other hard... sort of popping in and out of joint. I was a little unhappy about this so I simply put an elastic band beside the pickup while it was in the guitar to "Lock" it into place.

The installation was clean and simple, soldering two wires together and then soldering 3 more to the pot was a quick exercise, however I reccomend seeing a luthier before attempting this on your own. (At least practice making your own guitar cables)

Features: um... just check out the Dimarzio site for more Detailed information. It's a humbucking pickup... you can split the coils.... um.... I think that's it.

Overall Rating: 10/10. I love this thing to death. I've still got the original bridge pickup in my guitar to compare the two and they are night and day. there's a much hotter output and a much brighter, cleaner sound. If you want the Joe Satch sound, Pick this one up. It's Nuts.
I'd Kill the MoFo that steals this or even looks at it wrong. I'd replace it, but I'd have to do some castorating first. I love this thing.

On a side note: I'll have another pickup to rate in the next few weeks: The PAF Pro from Dimarzio. I plan to put it in the bridge on my guitar.

Review of LINE 6 Guitar Port. $99

What it is: It is a computer port for your guitar. You plug in, and can go online and download various lessons - from basic technique stuff to full guitar tab, with or without the guitar parts. Membership is required for downloading.. otherwise all you get to use are the MANY MANY amp settings. There are over 100 unique sounds.

Impressive Features:

All the amp settings make it easy for you to play with pedals, mic placement, etc.

You can play right along with say, Led Zepplin -- the guitar parts can be shut off so that it is YOU playing lead. Wicked cool!

Scrolling tabs ... as the music plays, so does your tab.

Scrolling tabs ... needs to be mentioned twice.

Guitar tuner

Slow downer and looper

Drawbacks:

Not a huge selection of "newer" rock. Heavy on Classic Rock/Blues. They add more everyday though.

Why you would want this: If you are trying to learn various riffs/songs/techniques this is like a personal instructor.. being able to actually HEAR what it is supposed to sound like is a big help when you are not real familiar with the whole song. It also helps a lot with your timing.. you never realize just how slow Stairway to Heaven is until you play with them!

Overall.. it is a great gadget that is fun to use and gives you the ability to learn a song REAL fast. Also has a lot of industry news and history of song and such. If you have $99 to blow (and good computer speakers) pick it up and have some fun!



Ok... I have played with this toy long enough. I guess I out grew it because now I just download sheet music and read all the notations such as palm muting, etc.. still a fun toy, but I let my subscription expire because I couldn't find any more songs that I wanted to play. I can still plug my guitar into it and play through the computer and use the millions of amp/effects settings that they have, but now I prefer to learn how to make my own amp & effects sound just right. I guess this could still be used to record into the computer.. and that would open a whole new world of layering and overdubbing, but I don't know if I am ready for that yet. If anyone is interested in taking this off my hands, PM me some sort of offer (not Gaia currency please!) I'll let it go real cheap!

VINTAGE V991BK : : LES PAUL COPY

Sound
Vintage uses Wilcinson pickups on their guitars. While being a cheap alternative to any other pickups around, the saying still remains: "you get what you pay for"

On clean you get a very thick sounding tone, and on overdrive you get a crisp 'twang' on your chords. I would prefer to get more acoustic sounding pickups on this guitar, and the stock one's are generally crap. Replace ASAP.

Durability/Reliability
This is a very heavey guitar, if you drop it it would thud. I have yet to cause a scratch on it.
Customer Support
N/A
Action, Fit, Finish
This is where the guitar really fails.

The plastic on the guitar is stained green in spots, and I'm pretty sure it isn't supposed to be that way. The plastic is weak and likely to break. Again, replace ASAP.

There is alot of rattle on the frets, the tone and volume knobs brush against the body, it doesn't stay in tune for very long and the build quality is very crap.

Features
None. It's a guitar, and a crap one at that.
Overall Rating: 3/10

You can do alot better for the money paid. Heck, a squire would be better.

Ignore all other reviews, stay away from Vintage.

Review for Guitar:

Washburn WG-587 7-String

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Sound: 9/10
I love it. The stockpickups give great overdrive and sustain, but I have a feeling the wiring is faulty. They do cut in and out occasionally. The only other problem is fretbuzz, but that's normal for a guitar for this price.

Durability/Reliability: 7/10
As said before, the pups cut in and out, which cuts back on the reliability score. However, the guitar itself is very durable. I have dropped it quite a few times (and once almost ontop of a pair of scissors), and the finish has yet to obtain a scratch. There's also a problem with the input jack nut; it has a very annoying habit of coming off, and it's a pain in the a** to put back on once it falls off.

Customer Support: N/A
Haven't had to deal with them yet, although I probably should because of the pup problem. But that's what I'm (hopefully) replacing the pups for.

Features: 9/10
-7 Strings
-3 Way switch
-1 Volume and 1 tone knob

The knobs for volume and tone aren't labeled, but figuring out which is which isn't a problem.

Overall Rating: I'd give it an 8/10. I love the guitar, but some of the problems it has prevent it from getting a 10. This is a great guitar for those who are just getting into 7-Strings, mainly because of the price, but the guitar itself is great too.

I won mine off an auction on eBay for $153.49, however it runs for $199.99 on Music123, which really isn't that bad either. Great guitar for the price.