Product: Behringer METALIEN
Price Paid: USD 100
Submitted
11/16/2007
at
12:01pm
by
METALHEART63
Features
:
8
WELL THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE FAMILY OF USB GUITARS BEHRINGER PRODUCES...NOT SURE OF THE BODY WOOD CONTENT VERY LIGHT...THE SHAPE IS ALOT MORE RG LIKE WITH TERRIFIC UPPER FRET ACCESS...FULL 24 FRET BOUND ROSEWOOD FRET BOARD WITH SHARK TOOTH INLAYS...THE GUITAR IS BLACK NOT A BAD FINISH...THE TUNERS WILL NEED CHANGING AS WELL AS THE STRINGS...I THOUGHT WHEN I BOUGHT THIS ON EBAY IT WAS GOING TO BE THE MODEL PICTURED WITH THE LICENSED FLOYD ROSE BUT EVEN AFTER FIGHTING WITH THE MISREPRESENTING DISTRIBUTOR I HAD TO EAT THIS MODEL... I WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE FLOYD EQUIPPED ONE AS WELL!! ANYWAY BACK TO THE iAXE...THE BRIDGE I GOT IS A CHEAP STANDARD TREM I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE SADDLES WITH A SET OF STAINLESS ONES BIG TONE IMPROVEMENT....THE PICKUPS GO NEXT THEN I THINK WE'LL HAVE A DECENT TOOL TO WORK WITH...HSS CONFIG ON THIS AND QUITE USEABLE TOO
Sound
:
8
SOUND WAS GOOD THROUGH THE MODEL AMPS ON MY PC...BUT I WENT WITH A SET OF GODIN/POWERSOUND HSS PUPS AND NOW THIS AXE PLAYS WELL ENOUGH TO TOLERATE STANDARD USE THROUGH A CONVENTIONAL AMP...BEFORE IT WAS A TONAL MASSACRE TO MY EARS AND AFTER MY WIFE REVIVED ME I CHANGED THE PUPS... THE STANDARD TREM WAS NOT HELPING THE SOUND OUT ANY UNTIL THE SADDLES GOT CHANGED OUT AND I WENT WITH A STANDARD 10 GAUGE SET OF D'ADDARIOS...NOW WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING...THE PLAYABILITY IS GOOD WITH EXCELLENT UPPER FRET ACCESS.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
TUNERS ARE CHROME FROM THE FACTORY AND THE BRIDGE WAS BLACK ...WEIRD HUH? WELL SINCE I WAS NOT CHANGING THE BRIDGE I WENT WITH SOME BLACK PLANET WAVES TUNERS...HOLDS TUNE NICELY NOW. FACTORY SETUP WAS GOOD THOUGH BUT SINCE I'VE MADE CHANGES THAT DIDN'T MATTER MUCH....THE TREM IS LOCKED DOWN WITH 5 SPRINGS...WHEN THE FLOYD EQUIPPED MODEL COMES OUT THAT WILL TAKE UP THE WHAMMY BAR DUTIES...LOCKED DOWN THE GUITAR HOLDS TUNE WELL...OVER ALL THE QUALITY FAR OUT STEPS ITS PRICE RANGE...A GOOD AXE FOR A BEGINNER OR TRAVELING PRO WITH RECORDING NEEDS...AND LIVE HOTEL PRACTICE ONCE PUPS ARE CHANGED CAN BE QUITE A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
LIVE I WILL USE BETTER EQUIPMENT. THIS WAS BY NO MEANS MEANT TO BE A PERFORMER...NOT EVEN A BACKUP...LIKE A PIECE OF SCRATCH PAPER THIS AXE HELPS WHERE IT IS DESIGNED TO IN THE BEDROOM/HOTEL ROOM/OR RECORDING STUDIO...THATS IT...IT IS NOT A PRO INSTRUMENT WHY WOULD IT BE? IT WAS $100!...BUY IT IF YOU NEED ONE...WELL MADE FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
Customer Support
:
8
CUSTOMER SUPPORT FROM BEHRINGER IS TOP NOTCH....THE EBAY DISTRIBUTOR YOU DEAL WITH IS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!MANY MORE COOL DOWNLOADS ARE AVAILABLE TO KEEP YOU BUSY WITH THE LIFE LONG TONE SEARCH AT THE MFG. WEBSITE... THE SOFTWARE IT COMES WITH IS QUITE USABLE BUT READ THE DIRECTIONS KIDDIES...IT HELPS ALOT! AFTER 30 DAYS YOU MUST MAKE A MODEL AMP CHOICE FROM THEN ON THE SKY IS THE LIMIT...
Overall Rating
:
8
PLAYING AND RECORDING FOR OVER 30 YEARS...AND MY EQUIPMENT ASIDE FROM THIS NEW NOVELTY SHOWS THAT...ALL HIGH END AXES AND HIGH END AMPLIFICATION. ENOUGH ABOUT THAT...LET THE BUYER BEWARE ON EBAY BUT IF YOU DO GO WITH AN iAXE....GO WITH SOME VERSION OF THE METALIEN YOU WILL GET A DECENT PIECE TO WORK WITH AND LIKE ALL INSTRUMENTS IT MAY TAKE A FEW CHANGES TO SUIT YOUR TASTES BUT ONCE YOU'RE THERE, RECORDING SONG IDEAS IS GREAT WITH THIS AXE AND IF CARED FOR PROPERLY WILL GIVE YEARS OF CREATIVITY A WAY TO COME TO LIFE...
