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I wanted to get a hardtail guitar because I have a bunch of guitars eith Floyd Rose tremolo systems and I wanted a guitar that I could easily drop tune and change strings quickly without taking a lot of time and adjustments. What I like about the guitar I got was I got the Pharaoh Gold color and it looks great. It has standard locking Charvel branded tuners and they seem to work decent. Also having Gaphtec nut and a graphit reinenforced neck helps as well. I love the 12 to 16 compound radius for easy chording and fast playing for notes higher up on the neck. It has a nice smooth neck with a great ebony fretboard. The pickups(Duncan Distortion set) installed are a great hard rock to modern metal combo. With the coilsplit I'd dare to say you could do blue, country and jazz as well because of the diverse sound options. Also having a no load tone pot is great because I never personally use the tone control. This guitar is made in Mexico and I've personally never had any issues with Mexican made guitars though other people may have. The other two things I didn't care for were this guitar only has 22 frets. I'm used to 24 frets, but I can live with it since this guitar plays and sounds so good. This is the biggest issue I have especially since it's only 22 fret is the heel. It's a standard block shape which hinders access to the higher frets a little bit. I know their newer guitars have addressed this issue by adding better cutaways.All in all it's a nice addition to my other guitars and a welcome addition being a hardtail instead of a Floyd Rose. My other Floyd Rose guitars I have different tuning for each one so I have to grab a different one when learning new material. With a fixed bridge I have a bit more leeway for altering the tuning so I don't have to constantly change guitars.

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One of my favorites in my lineup currently. I have the candy apple red one. This thing screams, the Duncan is nice and hot, the action out of the box was nearly perfect. The feel and sound are incredible. Locking tuners, string through body...sustain for days. I am trying to decide if I should pull the trigger on the gold one. I absolutely love it.

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My quest for the perfect 80's type rock guitar continues. Thought this one would fit the bill. It's got everything I want in a guitar. Sculpted body with a forearm contour. Big frets. Compound radius ebony fretboard and Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups. Pulled the trigger and ordered one from zZounds. Upon arrival the first thing I noticed was the fretboard. Very light and streaked. Not the dark ebony shown. Next I noticed a slight but noticeable crack in the neck pocket. I also noticed the bridge pickup almost touching the strings. This was caused by the deformed plastic pick guard that covers a good portion of the guitar body. That was all I needed to see. One good thing about zZounds is easy return shipping. Sending this one back and not taking the chance on another. Thanks for the refund. Do better Charvel.

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