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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Gretsch Guitars G6128TCG Duo Jet Electric Guitar - Cadillac Green - 240-0408-846
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B.C. Rich Mockingbird Exotic Classic Electric Guitar, Spalted Maple
This review is from: B.C. Rich Mockingbird Exotic Classic Electric Guitar, Spalted MapleAfter trying out several guitars in this price range (including the imported Paul Reed Smith models) this guitar absolutely blew me away! The detail and workmanship is immaculate (this is a beauty!) and the pickups REALLY rock! If you play hard rock or metal you will love this guitar. I only wish it came with the option of a case. I gave it a 4 rating because it needed some minor adjustments out of the box. Just string heighth as they were TOO low. But adjusted the action is still low and fast!...
This review is from: B.C. Rich Mockingbird Exotic Classic Electric Guitar, Spalted MapleI got guitar couple of days ago and I'm very happy.It's so comfortable, balanced to play with belt or withoutso smooth to play I love it.I have also Schecter classic which I love too, but this is my princes now....
This review is from: B.C. Rich Mockingbird Exotic Classic Electric Guitar, Spalted MapleThe B.C. Rich EXOTIC classic is an amazing axe. I have played Les Pauls Black Beauty, Jackson Soloist SL-1, B.c. rich Beast Brass city, and a schecter hellraiser. So you know I've had experience with top quality guitars. Aesthetic Value: I have never held a more appealing guitar. The spalted maple looks gorgeus and the silver tone knobs and tuning pegs accent it quite nicely. Definitely an eye catcher. I had to have it when I saw it at the local shop.Durability: I baby this thing. So I don't know how sturdy it is say if you drop it. I have hit the base of the guitar off my half stack which caused a small spider web crack but it blends in with the finish so you can hardly tell it's even there, and only if you carefully examine the body. I believe it would hold up well at gigs, but I'll choose a different weapon to preserve it. My personal advice is to leave this one in the case. Should be worth something some day. I believe the exotic classic is a limited run. Playability: Properly setup (which doesn't take more than a string change and tone adjustment off the shelf) this guitar truly shines. Blues, punk, alternative, and my favorite METAL! The ceramic rockfield pickups are perfect. I would like to throw a pair of EMG's (active) in but I won't be ripping this guitar apart any time soon. Considering I soldered the pots in backwards on my Gibson SG and ended up selling it because it needed a new saddle AND pickups...lesson learned. Know what your doing or follow instructions correctly. IE don't hole the chart the wrong way lol.Cons:-Too pretty to use as a BEATER every gig guitar.-Expensive. Not so much more than any other guitar in its quality range. But $1100 isn't easy for most of us to shell out on a guitar. Unless your a professional.-I've damaged mine easily as stated in Durability. It wasn't a hard knock to the cabinet to produce a small crack. At least wood doesn't chip off like the beast or other Ashwood guitars.-Just my preference but the strap holders didn't seem to suffice. My strap slipped off the bottom a few times. Spend $15 for some straplocks.Pro's-Beautiful-Versatile-Quality guitar-Neck has amazing action. Some say it's to wide and the action is to low. You can adjust the action to suit your needs easily. I think the neck size is perfect. I do have larger skinny hands but for comparison I fell the Gibson SG's neck was way to wide and bulky. This one feels like it was made for my hands. -My hands have a five fret stretch from pointer to pinky and I CANNOT palm a basketball. If that helps.*I do not work for B.C. Rich. I just love this particular guitar. No other B.C. rich has impressed me this much.**I have been a player for 9+ years. Do not hesitate to get this guitar it is amazing....
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Friday, April 29, 2011
B.C. Rich Kerry King Signature V Guitar, Black with Original Tribal Graphic
This review is from: B.C. Rich Kerry King Signature V Guitar, Black with Original Tribal GraphicI love this guitar!It exceeded my expectations in every way. Where to start? This neck-through design, shape, and feel of the guitar is amazing. The neck construction is very tight and smooth. Binding would just get in the way. Its very smooth. The frets and action on this guitar are low and fast. I love low action, and the Kerry King Signature V didn't disappoint. It so easy to hit harmonics when you want to, and the size of the frets are perfect for speed. The abalone tribal inlays were one of the biggest surprises of the guitar. They are high quality abalone shaped in the KK tribal pattern and are very colorful when the light hits them. The pictures don't do them justice. The best part of the neck, beside the headstock that just looks demonic in real-life, is the ebony fretboard. I've always been very picky on the fretboards I play on and was concerned about some other Ebony fretboards I've seen. However, it is simply AMAZING on this guitar. The Ebony is smooth, no discoloration, and the perfect curve for playing fast. Bright when you want it, chunky when you need it. I just can't get over how happy I am with the ebony fretboard.The sound of the guitar is pure evil. Fast and heavy. It has a deep growl that you can feel pushing air when you play on a half-stack. Between the EMG pickups, the Kahler tremolo, and my personal favorite, the PA2 preamp, you can get some insane heavy sounds.The PA2 preamp is great. It gives a 20db boost and when you hit it on, you can hold a note in a long sustain pretty much forever. Its perfect for over-the-top solos.The look is amazing. Again, the picture don't do it justice. The guitar I received had a black Kahler tremolo instead of the chrome one you see in the pictures. I didn't specifically ask for a black, maybe that's how they're all made now. However, it gives it a much harder look. I haven't had any issue with the tremolo after restringing with 10 gauge and down-tuning a 1/2 step. The beveled edges give it a more white outline look to it in the pictures, its much darker looking in normal light.Again, the sound is awesome.I really just can't get over how cool this guitar is. I'll admit, I'm a SLAYER fan, and if you want that same heavy, evil sound... this is the guitar....
This review is from: B.C. Rich Kerry King Signature V Guitar, Black with Original Tribal GraphicThe kahler tremolo that comes with this guitar is very cheap. After I restrung the guitar for the first time the piece that holds the ball end of the string in place snapped off when I was using the whammy bar to stretch the strings. The paint on the kahler scratches off very easily as well. If you purchase this guitar you will have to upgrade to a higher end kahler as this model is indeed very cheap and is not designed for a player who enjoys using the whammy bar.The pick up configuration of the EMG 81 and 85's is a fantastic combination in spite of this guitars other flaws. I caution whoever is looking to but this guitar as it is also made in Korea and not a US model....
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Yamaha DGX505-AD DGX505 88-key Electronic Piano Keyboard
This review is from: Yamaha DGX505-AD DGX505 88-key Electronic Piano KeyboardSo I'm 19 living in a dorm room on campus. I figured the Clavinova was way too steep on my pockets. I played piano once upon a time, but never took lesssons really. I was attracted to the price of this keyboard and the fact that it was actually full-size. Being sick and tired of my 61-key keyboard, I figured I'd go seek out shopping for a better one and one that is full size.I don't know digital pianos too well but from experience I've noticed that Yamaha and Roland were pretty formidable with their products. I wouldn't have given a second look to the other brands. I've tried this product out at a store some time ago several times before actually thinking about buying it. I thought it was very nice for a consumer based instrument.After reading reviews and what not, I was determined then that I would put serious thought into buying it. One minute later I was already pulling out my card to pay for this online. After receiving the product, I was faced with an even bigger burden... carrying it back across campus to my dorm room.So the package was pretty big. Makes for a good workout if you plan on carrying it back to your home. The contents were packed nicely. The stand was very easy to setup too. Being a computer freak, I have the keyboard sitting next to my computer. The whole USB interface was another thing that turned me on about the keyboard. Little did i know how great it would become when I actually connected it to my computer. The software was easy to use. I can transfer MIDI files to the keyboard via USB and store them on little memory cards.The thing boasts about how you can take midi files and have them display the sheet music on the LCD screen. I thought that was nifty and all, but I would never use that feature. I'd rather have a software included that'll put the midi file on sheet music ready to be printed.The "Digital Music Notebook" is a very awesome utility in my opinion. I found it to be so good that I'd place my computer monitor on where my sheet music would go on the keyboard whenever I'm using it with my keyboard (thank goodness it isn't CRT!). So you can use this notebook software to buy/download sheet music digitally. I thought it was pretty lame that you can only print it once (I understand a good few digital sheet vendors do it this way too). Nonetheless, after buying the sheet music, you can view it through the software and have it blow up on your monitor so you can see it full size. You can also make the software play the sheet music (it'll play through your computer or you can configure it to play through the keyboard). A cool thing about it is that you can turn on the learning mode through that software and it'll control your keyboard for it (i.e. there's a learning mode where the song'll play and wait for you to hit the right keys before moving on.) It'll display what keys you need to hit through the software and show you what key's you hit. I thought this whole digital notebook software interface thing was very well done. I thought that the USB interface was solely used for transferring MIDI files.Though I'm not too much of a piano purist, I think the default piano sound is very nice. This thing holds like over 400 different types of sounds (instruments, voices, sound effects). To be honest, I would rather have them spent more time on perfecting the piano sound, eliminate all other preset voices/styles/songs on the keyboard, and just have it play that one piano sound.Now, some of the gripes I have with the keyboard.The sustain pedal isn't all too great. It works fine, but it doesn't really have the feel I'd like it to have. I'm not too whiny about it though to make me want to buy a sustain pedal they sell separately that's made to look like a real piano pedal. The pedal that comes with the keyboard serves its purpose though. If I knew this before buying the keyboard, I would've still bought it anyway.The piano keys are not weighted. Looking at the picture, one can see that the keys are "fully" shaped like a piano rather than have spaces underneath the keys that the low-end keyboards have. I kinda accidently assumed that it was weighted because of the way they looked. This was back before I test drove it at a store. Playing on a keyboard is much different than playing on a piano. It'll be easier to adjust to a keyboard from a piano than vice versa. If anything, this is probably its biggest weakness in my opinion, but I guess to keep a piano at this price with such a feature wouldn't be too possible.Overall, I think this digital keyboard is great. Travelling with it isn't bad either if you wish to travel with it. The keyboard has inspired me to practice the instrument more versus the 61-key instrumental junk I had before.If you're a college student who enjoys playing the piano. I'd recommend this keyboard if you have the room in your dorm. This keyboard is worthy enough for enduring hours and hours of practicing songs and worthy enough if you want to seranade to a special someone or perform for a group (travel friendly once you have the keyboard bag, especially since you won't need to necessarily carry an amplifier with you since speakers are built-in or you can plug one in if you wanted to). It has a 32-note polyphony, but I don't think I'd even go that far. It's nice to know that you have that sort of leaway.If you're a parent who has a kid growing up and you want them to learn piano, I probably wouldn't recommend this keyboard because of a lack of weighted keys. At that point, I think it would be more advantageous to invest in a Yamaha Cavinova, a Roland Digital Keyboard, or simply a real piano.This has probably been the best consumer based keyboard I've used. If I were to get a new keyboard in the future, It'll be ranged between $1500-2000. I probably wouldn't be one who'd jump to buy the DGX-506 (if it were to hypothetically come out). For the price range, ...
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HQRP AC Adapter / Power Supply compatible with Boss TU-2 CHROMATIC TUNER / TU-3 CHROMATIC TUNER Guit
This review is from: HQRP AC Adapter / Power Supply compatible with Boss TU-2 CHROMATIC TUNER / TU-3 CHROMATIC TUNER Guitar Effects pedals Replacement plus HQRP CoasterEfficient and prompt delivery of what has so far been a great power adapter. Way less expensive than the name brand and seems to be working just great! Like some of the other reviewers of this product stated, even if it breaks or malfunctions I won't be out a bunch of money to replace it....
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Behringer Ultratone K3000FX Keyboard Amplifier (15 inch with Tweeter)
This review is from: Behringer Ultratone K3000FX Keyboard Amplifier (15 inch with Tweeter)I bought this amp a year ago, or so. I found it to be very well made, not cheap in any way; lots of features and flexibility. Even though this is a keyboard amp, I bought it for use with mic, acoustic guitar, and bass. It handles all well, with no distortion. So far, I have not used this for any gigs, just for home practicing. The only reservation I have is that, for the advertised 300 watts, it doesn't seem all that loud. But for small venues that I typically play, it should be be adequate. I have another small Behringer practice amp that has proven to be a real workhorse. I have had no disappointments with Behringer products so far....
This review is from: Behringer Ultratone K3000FX Keyboard Amplifier (15 inch with Tweeter)I bought this amp over at Guitarcenter in December 2007. I have had it for over a year now and it has not dissapointed me. It has been used as a bass amp, keyboard amp, floor monitor for vocals and instruments. It's been kicked, fiddled with and abused. It's been used regularly for a year now and it's been a great amp with no problems at all!I totally recommend it. It was $360.00 last year at Guitar Center, so the price has dropped.....GET IT!I'll probably get another one next year so I can use them as a PA system...
This review is from: Behringer Ultratone K3000FX Keyboard Amplifier (15 inch with Tweeter)I was immediately impressed by the sound of this amp, but I wanted to give it a decent workout before writing my review. At this point I've been using it daily for two months and I'm happy to report that nothing has changed my initial opinion.I'm not a professional musician, just an amateur hack who plays for his own enjoyment and relaxation. However I did play in a band as a teenager and have owned several amps, from a Gibson GSS-100 to a Leslie 145. For a while I've been playing my Nord C1 and Casio WK-8000 through a Marshall Lead 12 which just wasn't cutting it, hence the K3000FX purchase. Features: I won't dwell too much on these because this information can be found all over the web. It has four stereo inputs, a seven band equalizer and an array of 100 effects. The effects sound fine but most keyboards have similar ones built-in. The equalizer allows a good range of tonal control. Some reviewers complain that there should be different EQ controls for each input. While this would be nice, at this price you can't have everything. The amp is advertised to be 300 watts, but nothing in the specifications states how that rating was obtained. Another reviewer said that the 300 watt rating comes from four 75 watt amps (one for each stereo input) therefore full power is only available if you use all four channels. Even the 75 watt per-input rating is most likely peak, making the RMS rating roughly 37 watts x 4. This is not to say that the amp doesn't have punch as it most certainly does. The 15" bass speaker is solid with no buzzing. Some people have complained of crackling from the horn tweeter but I've heard none (and I've listened for it). I have the stereo output from the Nord into inputs 1L & 2L and it sounds great, better than when I plug them into 1L & 1R. That tends to substantiate the claim of four individual amps. Build quality appears to be fine. The controls work smoothly and everything is rock solid. I've had no issues of any kind and just because I only play at home doesn't mean I don't crank it up! It's heavy, but a decent keyboard amp is going to be. The only slight misstep on Behringer's part is that the 100 included effects aren't described anywhere in the instruction manual. You can go the Behringer's web site and download a list but why they don't include one is anyone's guess. I bought mine on sale for just under $300 shipped. At that price this is a steal. Even at the `normal' street price of about $350.00 I don't think you can do better....
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