Sound:
It rivals the sound of a gibson but its still characteristicly Fender
Feature:
The Hummbuckers have a high output witch I like and it is posible to dile in several diffrent sound with the pick up switch and tone knobs. The extended length gives a great bottom end sound.
Quality:
As well made as posible without being hand built.
Value:
Great price for this instrument
Manufacturer Support:
I Have not had any support issues
The Wow Factor:
I love the offset waist. It looks diffrent but not freakish
Overall:
This is my main guitar. I am extreemly happy with the playability and tone.
Feature:
The location of the bridge in relation to the nut is terrible. It is so far out of sorts that I cannot tighten the saddles enough to get the intonation adjusted properly! This is a huge error, and as a result, the guitar is unplayable!
Quality:
see FEATURES
Manufacturer Support:
can't get a reply from them
Sound:
The guitar sounds good and loud not pluged in and gives good natural sustain. I thought the pickups sounded pretty good clean, but pretty much like crap distorted. I play post punk and I like vintage overdriven and somewhat distorted sounds... these atomic pickups are real muddy and buzzy distorted... maybe zz top is the only thing I can compare the buzz to... but unnatural and unclear. The guitar's features, looks, and feel were just too cool to pass it up because of this. I replaced the bridge pick-up with a seymour duncan seth lover original humbucker... sounded amazing... but problem there... in the original humbucker tradition, that pickup is not wax potted. I found out later that that can lead to crazy bad microphonic feedback (the squeal... not the good stuff), and mine did at live volumes. So I wax potted the pickup and solved that problem. Sounds awesome. Replace the pickups! I still gave it an 8 for sound because pickups are eaisily swaped and that big wood body is really what gives it a good sound... i would probably have prefered ash or alder though.
Feature:
I don't know what else you could ask for? Control over each pickup is real nice, and the knobs and switches are all out of your way (unlike strat). If you keep the pickups, the two screws on one side are a nice touch too allowing you to place the pickup any way you like, and with the individual screws for each string it's pretty easy to dial in something you like. It is very comfortable.
Quality:
When i romoved the back electronics cover a little piece of paint chipped off. And one of the tunning knobs is loose and anoying. I'm replacing that tunner, but will probably end up replacing them all. I have a mexican tele and did't have this problem.
Value:
Awesome value. It's really a one of a kind. I like how the Mexican looks a bit cooler than the American as well... so there is not that more expensive model you wish you had.
Manufacturer Support:
Don't know.
The Wow Factor:
Way cooler looking then the jaguare and jazzmaster. The cream and the black with tortoise pickguards are classics and the red with black pickguard it pretty tight... the ones with with the pearl guard may be a bit too flashy.
Overall:
We'll see when I record with it how it will compare to my tele with a seymour duncan lil 59 bridge. Right now the toronado is my main guitar, and I expect to use it live for a long time. If it somehow went away I would eventually replace it.
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