DRM
01-11-2008, 06:38 PM
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If you haven't played one of these, give em a shot. They're great fun to noodle around on and are very nice guitars for the $200 they sell for. OLP has changed the neck profiles to be the exact assymetrical profile of the EBMM's for their '07 guitars and man, what a difference! This one also is unfinished vs. the satin finish they had previously. Slick as hell.
The frets are medium's...not quite my taste. Although they make chording feel more natural, they feel akward when bending and I often find myself a little overbent during soloing. They're well polished and evenly dressed up and down the neck, so the action's pretty low and doesn't buzz bad at all. The MM1's ship with Ernie Ball 9-42 Slinky's, btw.
Everyone knows how the pickups sound. Almost exact DiMarzio Tone Zone/Air Norton clones, minus a little in the dynamics department. Nice crunchy tone in the bridge, very fat and fluid in the neck. Great sounding guitar!
The finish is much brighter than photographed, but not an annoying type of bright. It's not a real maple top, either, so don't get all excited. But, it looks nice and I've gotten nothing but compliments on this guitar.
I've been playing it through my GuitarPort and I've gotten fantastic tone, ranging from VH to Megadeth, all the way to SRV even. Once I get a 1/8" cable to run into my PC's audio input, I'll post some recordings.
The only thing I don't like are the medium frets and the photofilm top. I'd prefer it have jumbo's and atleast a maple veneer like the Floyd Rose models have. The best qualities are the amazing neck and pickups and the trans red finish is just outright gorgeous with the chrome hardware.
Definately recommended. :thumbs:
-David
PS- Next week, I'm sending the neck to be refretted with Dunlop 6100 frets and have the nut and saddles replaced with GraphTech replacements. Once that's done, I'll post another update.
http://shredguitars.com/imagehosting/137478824e130bdc.jpg
If you haven't played one of these, give em a shot. They're great fun to noodle around on and are very nice guitars for the $200 they sell for. OLP has changed the neck profiles to be the exact assymetrical profile of the EBMM's for their '07 guitars and man, what a difference! This one also is unfinished vs. the satin finish they had previously. Slick as hell.
The frets are medium's...not quite my taste. Although they make chording feel more natural, they feel akward when bending and I often find myself a little overbent during soloing. They're well polished and evenly dressed up and down the neck, so the action's pretty low and doesn't buzz bad at all. The MM1's ship with Ernie Ball 9-42 Slinky's, btw.
Everyone knows how the pickups sound. Almost exact DiMarzio Tone Zone/Air Norton clones, minus a little in the dynamics department. Nice crunchy tone in the bridge, very fat and fluid in the neck. Great sounding guitar!
The finish is much brighter than photographed, but not an annoying type of bright. It's not a real maple top, either, so don't get all excited. But, it looks nice and I've gotten nothing but compliments on this guitar.
I've been playing it through my GuitarPort and I've gotten fantastic tone, ranging from VH to Megadeth, all the way to SRV even. Once I get a 1/8" cable to run into my PC's audio input, I'll post some recordings.
The only thing I don't like are the medium frets and the photofilm top. I'd prefer it have jumbo's and atleast a maple veneer like the Floyd Rose models have. The best qualities are the amazing neck and pickups and the trans red finish is just outright gorgeous with the chrome hardware.
Definately recommended. :thumbs:
-David
PS- Next week, I'm sending the neck to be refretted with Dunlop 6100 frets and have the nut and saddles replaced with GraphTech replacements. Once that's done, I'll post another update.