Just got mine today. Not a fan of the quality or sound. In all the demo's I see the guitar comes almost perfectly in tune and ready to play. Mine was far from it and needed a setup. Also they sound good in the demo's but mine sounds like a cheap guitar with too much output.
Quality 5/10
- Mine has a lot of overspray on the paint job
- The quilt looks like it was painted on(really flat)
- Nut is separated from the neck
- Fretboard chipped near truss rod adjustment
- Not all pores from the wood not filled so they look like small holes/dents on the body and side of fretboard
- Pots touch the wood, you have to lift them a bit to not constantly scratch the wood underneath
- Super high action: 6 mm above 15th fret. Bridge saddle were at max
- Was probably never tuned. Tuning was no were near any sane note
- Totally not intonated
- Neck was perfectly straight though
Sound 5/10
- Clean with treble rolled off sounds good. Ambient/post-rock cleans are pretty nice
- Anything with gain sounds harsh, like using a cheap distortion pedal on an amp with an 8" speaker
- Used a Line6 Helix Floor, Orange Dark Terror and H&K tubemeister for sound tests
- The amount of output drives the tube amps a lot so need to back down the gain
- Cannot use same amp settings between this guitar and an passive high output guitar
- Especially the helix, most presets are unusable if you do not turn down the gain
- Taking the battery out seems like only the output level drops and little less treble
- Might even prefer to run it passive
Pro's:
- Neck is small which is great for chords or hendrix style playing
- Guitar design is awesome
- Good access to upperfretboard, could have reached a 28th fret if present
- Fretwork nice and no single note buzz. Could not get the neck super low though but pretty low
Con's:
- Quality
- Sound
- Neck is thick, more vintage C profile then modern. Makes it less fast
