KVR Audio

attalal · Post by **attalal** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:45 am

jens wrote:
attalal wrote: Since this will be my only guitar for a while, I'm not really interested in an artcore, or any other semi-acoustic, although I'm sure they are excellent guitars.

I bet you'd be surprised though how good they are for rock!

Could be, I've never had one myself

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:59 am

the two humbuckers can put it somewhere near to a LesPaul...

Ian B · Post by **Ian B** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:08 am

attalal wrote:Ian B: Never heard of Harley Benton actually...but for that price it sure looks interesting. The impression I get from the reviews is that the sound is somewhat warmer than a tele, is that right? Would suit me well I think.

Hi attalal,
I hadn't heard of them myself tbh. I was on the lookout for a cheapish guitar and liked the look of this, googled it, found the reviews and took a chance. As for sound, the first place economies are made is the electrics. The pickupds aren't bad per se, but if you are wanting to record to pc, being single coil, they are a touch noisy. The Fender silent replacements are just that, silent

Overall, the sound now is a touch fatter than a tele I had some years back, hard to remember exactly, but this guitar plays (the action is fabulous) looks and sounds a dream, and the build quality is excellent. Bog standard tuning pegs, but once tuned I rarely need to touch them. I've had plenty of guitars over the years, but for sheer value for money (£230 all told

) this easily beats the others. Well worth a look imho.

Glooper · Post by **Glooper** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:09 pm

hmm... I could sell you one of my guitars...

I've a quite nice les paul copy

Ben

attalal · Post by **attalal** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:15 pm

Glooper wrote:hmm... I could sell you one of my guitars...

I've a quite nice les paul copy

Ben

Cheers Ben

, I'll go PM

Glooper · Post by **Glooper** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:17 pm

K...

Need to think about whether I want to sell it for a bit.. was going to sell it a while ago, but recently I did pick it up and enjoyed playing it again... I'll take some photos of it tonight if I have time...

Ben

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:29 pm

Glooper wrote:
Need to think about whether I want to sell it for a bit.. was going to sell it a while ago, but recently I did pick it up and enjoyed playing it again...

don't fall for it attalal - he just tries to push up the price...

Glooper · Post by **Glooper** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:44 pm

shhhh...

nah.. If I do sell it I'll check to see how much it's worth online first and sell it for less than that...

Ben

attalal · Post by **attalal** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:47 pm

jens wrote: don't fall for it attalal - he just tries to push up the price...

Hehehe

To be honest though, it's probably a bad deal selling a cheap/cheapish guitar, unless you desperately need the money.

attalal · Post by **attalal** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:40 pm

A bump for no reason other than to say that, after a few lost ebay auctions, I decided to spend a bit more and bought this:
http://www.prsguitars.com/showcase/curr ... pbar2.html

Playing in the shop, I thought at first the neck was too fat (it's huge), but I got quickly used to it. Really like it, the only minus point being that the pickups don't really sound like P90's. Not a big deal atm, and at some point I'll get some replacements.

Anyway, thanks for the advise everyone. I never found a Jet King to try, and the radiator is interesting, but not what I wanted right now.

Btw, I'd be interested if someone has a recommendation on good replacement P90 style pickups. I'll be looking for something with vintage characteristics, but slightly hotter. Not too hot though.

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:52 pm

Loser!

Glad that you found something you feel comfortable with...

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:14 am

jens wrote:
attalal wrote: Still very much interested what anyone has to say about the specific models above, in particular the SZ...
personally I'd rather go for one of the (much cheaper) Jet Kings (I'm a big Ibanez fan and think they're all good & usable intruments )

I have the MMM by Ibanez, the baritone 6-string and it's one of the better purchases I've made. It is similar in quality to the one you were looking at. The wood is very nice up close, and the general build on the guitar is good, imo. Mine was set up well right out of the shop, but that may have been due to the fact that it was a small guitar shop where the instruments get a little more care than at a Guitar Center, etc.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:16 am

oops, looks like you already bought something.

attalal · Post by **attalal** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:22 am

jens wrote:Loser!

....and I thought a PRS would finally make me cool

WoJ · Post by **WoJ** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:28 am

:s how much did that PRS set u back! So much for budgeting!

WoJ

recommendation on guitar?