Brian Moore Guitars 9.13

I got a sweet deal on this thing. I cant belive how much some of these other people paid for one. But this guitar is worth every cent. some othere reviews list out every feature for this thing, but for that , you could just go to the website. One thing i dont like - the volume and gain knobs are really loose, and if you brush your hand against them, they get all messed up.

This sound is great, and it has so many ways to perfect a sound to how you want it. There is nothing that i dislike. It covers everything.

The action on this guitar is so low. It's AWESOME! Not so good if you want to play with a slide, but thats understandable. And those tuners. thay are so easy to turn, but stand solid. it can keep a tune for over a week. One thing i dont like - the volume and gain knobs are really loose, and if you brush your hand against them, they get all messed up. But aside from that, I am completely satisfyed.

This thing is a rock. At one gig I was playing, i dropped it from 4 feet and (obviously) got a blemish in the paint, but the electronics were fine. I trust this thing.

I have not had to deal with them. I guess thats a good thing.

Two words - great instrument.

This thing has it all. With the tap 5-way(?S/S/H, H/H, S/H, Piezo, etc.) you get all the sounds you need plus MIDI!. The guitar is form-fitting and light, so it is extremely comfortable to play. I picked up a Parker fly the other day and expected it to be lighter (carbon) but was suprised that it was not. The Sperzel tuners make string changing mindless and fast. I do not know how I have lived without them...
Features
Unique scuplted headstock
Kalantas Mahogany body and highly figured maple top
22 fret, maple neck, Satin Finish, Rosewood fingerboard
Seymour Duncan pickups with coil tapping for a wide range of sounds
Sperzel Locking Tuners for precision tuning and easy string changes
Standard Vibrato
RMC piezo (via stereo 'Y' cable)
13pin RMC system Midi

It has a five-way(?) configuration which can mimic a Tele, Strat or Les Paul as well as Piezo and Midi. The clean sound is clean. I like the Tele sound from it better than my tele copy.

Piece of art. If you see one, you will know what I am talking about. I dinged it myself, unfortunately, but it was finely crafted, and came with great intonation from the factory.

The guitar fell from three feet out of the case when I pulled it out of my trunk. I got a blemish in the paint, understandibly, but it did not impact any of the eletronics. The Sperzel tuners are the best out there.

The online dealer forgot to send me the whammy bar, and Brian Moore drop shipped it for them and I had it in less than three days. I have had two calls in and they personally got back to me within a few hours. Great support.

For an all-in-one electric guitar it is great. I can give you a tele sound to a strat to a Les Paul, an acoustic piezo and then MIDI! I purchased my guitar online and had it setup locally. The intonation was already great from the factory. This is a keeper.

Obviously glancing over the specs will indicate that this guitar has about as many features as you can load on an electric guitar, however, they are of a reasonably high quality as well.

The Seymour Duncan humbuckers sound great as does the single coil. You can tap the buckers, and it works fine, but I just don't use that feature much.

It has a full sound that cuts through when I play live, somewhat similar to my Wolfgang and Les Paul Deluxe.

I play the synth through a Roland GR-33 and I'm very pleased with the sound.

Sometimes I get hum problems when I try to use the synth through the 13-pin cable and the magnetic pickups and peizo through the Y 1/4" cable. On the Roland GR-33 you can use the guitar out and send that to your amp or modeler and it produces a hum-free tone with no ground loop problems.

I have a Les Paul Deluxe, American Tele, American Strat, Peavey Wolfgang, and I have owned dozens of other guitars, and this guitar and the Wolfgang came setup from the factory better than any other I have received; maybe it was a fluke, but I actually played the strings that it shipped with for quite awhile, normally I have to get a new guitar setup immediately.

The action was very low and it took some getting used to but I definitely like it and I wouldn't change it now. I'm not sure why a previous reviewer complained of buzzes and broken strings, I didn' have any of those problems.

The highly-figured maple is very attractive, but Brian Moore insists on providing the 9.13 in gaudy Blue and Green. I got the green one and it is better looking than I expected, but I would have probably gone with other colors given the choice.

The 9.13 is now my main axe and I use it for gigging and recording, the only problem I have had was putting straplocks on it. Since the existing hole was a little too big I had to insert a bit of Q-tip to fill it up, but now it works fine.

After owning it for a year I am confident/lazy enough to go to MOST gigs without a backup.

My guitar was shipped without the Y cable needed to access the peizo pickup. I called Brian Moore and the tech was very friendly and he sent one overnight; so while the error was annoying they couldn't have done a better job making things right.

I have played for 15 years and owned many guitars and I'm very pleased with this axe. I love the tone, the way it plays, and the tons of features. Between magnetic pickups, peizo pickups, and the synth you can create a lot of music, but it is also just a great electric guitar. I'm going to buy one of the top of the line custom Moore's for recording, without the peizo and synth.

I would definitely buy this guitar again of it were lost or stolen - hopefully they will offer new colors if that happens :-)

2003. Made in Korea. Has gorgeous figured laminated top. Schaller locking tuners. Tone knob pops up for coil-tapping. Check Brian Moore website for more details.

There is no noise when played through synth. When using elect pickups, I get some hum on the #2 and #4 settings. Given it has 2 coil-tapped humbuckers and a single coil center pickup, and a piezo (for near-acoustic sounds), and a 13-pin synth connector, this guitar has incredible variety. Synth, however is tricky. You have to adapt your playing style to the selected sound. (I use Roland GR-33.)

This guitar has way too many buzzes and rattles for my taste. If I raise the action so the buzzes go away, then I have issues with the tuning. (Strings bend more and go sharp). I had it professionally setup recently and the improvement was marginal.

I'm also surprised at how easily new strings break. I think it may have something to do with the bridge design. I've never use the tremolo.

The guitar is top-notch when it comes to appearance. People often comment about how beautiful the guitar is.

This is a lighter-than-average guitar, which I appreciate for live playing. With the locking tuning heads, you can change a string quickly. But keep a large paperclip handy in case the ball end of the string gets stuck in the tremolo bridge. And be prepared to retune all the strings since any change in neck tension when put everything way out of tune. If you don't like replacing a string and retuning mid-gig, bring a backup guitar.

Been playing 30 years, but mostly 12-string acoustic. I'm not an electric guitar veteran. The neck width (1 5/8) -- though typical for many electrics -- is too narrow for me. I love the appearance and versatility of this guitar. I have issues with the playability. I enjoy being able to quickly switch between straight electric, MIDI, or a combination of the two. It is amazing, fun, and useful to get this much sound out of one instrument. Plug this into a Roland GR-33 and a good electric guitar effects box, and an acoustic amp. Then add a drum machine. You can be "the band". I would not buy this same guitar if it were lost, but I like the MIDI. Might try Godin w/ MIDI.