Product: ESP WA600
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
03/13/2008
at
01:29am
by
ANDY
Features
:
7
THE WA600 FEATURES A LES PAUL STYLE DESIGN, MAHOGANY BODY MAPLE NECK-EBONY FRETBOARD, 22 FRETS, CARVED TOP, SEYMOUR DUNCAN JB AND 59 PUPS, TONEPROS BRIDGE 'SCHALLER/ESP' LOCKING TUNERS, 2XVOL 1XTONE. KOREAN MADE. NECK SCALE 24.75 I THINK..THIN GIBSON 60S STYLE WITH RAISED WOOD AT FRET ONE (PRESUMABLY FOR FINDING THE FRET QUICKLY).
WITH THE GUITARS FEATURES I THOUGHT THE PRICE WAS A GOOD DEAL CONSIDERING THE BRIDGE TUNERS AND PUPS SHOULD COST A FEW HUNDRED COMBINED. I BOUGHT THE GUITAR UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT TRYING BECAUSE OF MY REMOTE LOCATION. UNFORTUNALY THE GUITAR WAS ADVERTISED AS HAVING SPERZELS BUT THE LOCKING TUNERS ARE FAIRLY FLIMSY THINGS WHICH DONT STAND UP TO EPIPHONES OR SCHECTERS IVE TRIED.
Sound
:
7
THE GUITAR IS PRETTY MUCH METAL ORIENTATED..VERY DARK AND LOTS OF LOW END...SOUNDS GREAT AROUND THE FIRST FEW FREST ESPECIALLY. WITH THE LONGER SCALE THAN REGULAR LES PAULS IT REALLY ROARS DOWN THE BOTTOM END HOWEVER ITS NOT AS SWEET SOUNDING AS A REGULAR LP PARTICULARLY WITH BENDS AND LEAD WORK. AGAIN I WOULD SAY IF YOURE LOOKING FOR VERSATILITY THIS ISNT THE GUITAR..GO FOR A GIBBY OR TOKAI. THE GOOD THING I DID DISCOVER WAS THE TONEPROS BRIDGE WHICH MAKES A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ATTACK AND TONE..SOMETHING LIKE IF YOU PLAY WITH 2 FINGERS ON A PICK JAZZ STYLE YOU GET A SIMILAR IMPROVEMENT WHICH IS EXTREMELY VALUBLE IF SHREDDING.
THE SEYMOUR PUPS WERENT THE BEST IVE TRIED. IM NOT FAMILIAR WITH JBS TOO MUCH BUT IT WAS QUITE MUDDY SOUNDING AND LACKING IN SUSTAIN..BUT THIS COULD BE DUE TO THE SETUP I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE AMENDING TH POLE PIECES TO GIVE MORE MIDS.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
6
THE GUITAR WAS SETUP REASONABLY WELL.UNFORTUNALY MINE HAD UNFILED FRETS WHICH WERE UNCONFORTABLE. ACTION WAS HIGH BUT NO PROBLEM FOR ME. THE TUNING PEGS WERE LOOSE AND I WOULD SAY THE WOODS WERE NOT THE DESIRED QUALITY OVERALL FOR THAT KIND OF CASH. I WENT BACK TO PLAYING MY GIBSON AND IBANEZ AFTER IT AND THE DIFFERENCE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. I WOULD RATE THIS GUITAR ON A PAR WITH A HIGHER GRADE EPIPHONE RATHER THAN GIBSON/TOKAI ETC. THE GUITAR WENT OUT OF TUNE FOR THE 3 DAYS I HAD IT DESPITE BEING INSTORE BEING PLAYED FOR 3 MONTHS. AGAIN I DIDNT HAVE A GREAT TIME TO CHECK THE LOCKING TUNERS BUT THEY SEEMED LESS THAN GREAT QUALITY AND RELIABLITY.
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
THE GUITAR SEEMED SOLID DESPITE FEELING A BIT IMBALANCED WITH THE MAPLE NECK AND HEAVY AS HELL MAHOGANY BODY. THE GENERAL HARDWARE SEEMED SOLID ENOUGH BUT THE TUNERS WERE TOO FLIMSY FOR ME.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
N/A
Overall Rating
:
6
IVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 18 YEARS AND HAVE 9 ODD GUITARS GIBSON, FENDER, IBANEZ, SCHECTER ETC. I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THE ESP VERSION TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE A PAR TO GIBSON/TOKAIS AS I DIDNT THINK THE FINISH, WOODS AND HARDWARE WERE ON THE WA600. SAD TO SEE IT GO BACK BECAUSE IT LOOKS GREAT, HOWEVER IT WAS GETTING OLD LOOKING AT 'THE ARMY GUITAR' AS EVERYONE CALLED IT. WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS I NEED TO GET GOTOH OR SPERZELS, ALL TONEPROS BRIDGES ON MY GUITARS AND A GOOD EARVANA NUT AS TUNING IS OF UPMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME. I THINK LES PAUL WISE ILL GET A ONE PIECE BACK AND NECK TOKAI LOVEROCK, A PRS, FAME TELECASTER, IBANEZ S SERIES AND SOME FORM OF 7 STRING AND THAT WILL SUFFICE FOR ALL MY NEEDS.
I WOULD SIMPLY SAY TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.
