Brian Moore Guitars i2

The Hardware is great, The finish is beutiful! Man this Thing is chocked full of great stuff!

I Play everything! Jazz, fusion, rock, pop, praise and worship even some hard core and some Bluegrass. This thing is suitable for everything! I wouldn't use it for bluegrass, but everything is wonderful. I recently played an i2 at a local guitar shop and I want one so bad that I would give my new double fat american made fender strat for it in a heart beat!

I couln't see a problem at all! I have never seen a guitar that has come directly from the factory that sounds this well.

It's construction is excellent, but i won't make a call beings as I don't own one yet.

The representatives from BM guitars were very nice, i would feel good about owning one. The brochures are very detailed.

I would love to have one now. As a performer, I would be proud to show it off, as a Jazz and studio Improvisation student, I would be pleased to play it for class.

This is my second submission, since I actually had to use their Customer Support. But, I'll run through it again real quick. Quilted maple top, mahagony body, rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, tune-o-matic bridge, Sperzel Locking tuners, bound neck, must be super-jumbo frets (takes a little lighter touch), Seymour Duncan pickups (JB4-bridge, Alnico II-neck), Elixir strings, split coil on the pickups, etc... They go all out on these, especially being that it's a Korean made guitar.

I play everything from Pantera to INXS to whatever. It works well with everything. Has a fat sound to it. My friend has a Gibson Les Paul and my pickups seem to be a little hotter in the bridge. Great sound. I have no complaints.

Great factory set-up. Just had to set the intonation on it when I bought it. Comes stock with Elixir strings. I use to use D'Addario for a long time, but I now just use Elixirs on all my guitars. Action is low, which is how I like it. Pickups are killer on the guitar. A JB4 in the bridge and a Alnico II in the neck position. Brian Moore guitars come stock with Seymour Duncans. Why couldn't all the company's do that?

I use it all the time for live gigging. I've never had a problem with it. I replaced the standard strap buttons with Schaller locking buttons. Just a note for guys doing this, the holes from the original buttons on the guitar are bigger in diameter than the ones for the Schaller locking buttons. You'll need to add some wood inside the hole for the locking straps to hold correctly. Finish is great. Very nice looking guitar. I use it all the time without a backup.

First time I had to deal with the company. I actually had a Sperzel locking tuner mess up on me. By the way, Guys, the Sperzel tuners on Brian Moore's guitars aren't the ones you can order from any old catalog. I found that out. They are a different series made for Brian Moore. I got a hold of Brian Moore and they sent me a new tuning key. Kick a$$! Great guys.

I've been playing for about 15 years and this is by far one of the best guitars I've ever owned. I will order a Custom Shop model sometime next year. Their top model has a graphite neck. Can't wait to get one. If it were lost, I would definetly buy another one. If it were stolen, I would hunt the person down and do stuff that I can't say on here to them, then I would buy a new one.

Top notch pickups (Duncans), Sperzel locking tuners, all gold hardware. Great finish on the guitar, I have the cherry burst model. The neck plays great, it has a very fast, low action but still "grips" for chords--equal to my Jackson Soloist custom shop strat I had years ago, at much less the cost.

This model has a hardtail--no tremolo whatsoever, which is great because I don't use them much.

The pickup configuration is great--you can pull up the tone control to get a "coil tap" and make the humbuckers sound like single coil pickups. Excellent Fender and Gibson tones. Very warm, tons of sustain thanks to the glue-in neck (like a Les Paul).

This guitar is very much like a Les Paul, it has that mahogany sound with the vintage Duncan pickups. I've done everything from high gain soloing, to chuggy Sepultura riffs to clean, Andy Summers Police lines (when in "coil tap" mode).

Sonically, very versatile.

Action is low and fast, but still works nicely for chords. Naturally, this guitar is fairly loud unamplified. The setup from the factory was perfect--the only change I needed was to get it re-intonated for 0.11 gauge sets because I like heavier strings.

The guitar finish on the top is nice. I still can't believe this thing was Korean made.

While not as sturdy as a Les Paul, this i2 feels pretty strong. The mahogany neck, mahogany body and mahogany top are great. With the Sperzel tuners this thing keeps tune no matter how hard I play--a first for me! I grew up on Slayer, Metallica and other mid-80's thrash so I tend to play very heavily, always knocking myself out of tune.

I'd trust this guitar by itself for a gig.

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

This guitar is amazing for the price... hell, it's amazing at any price really. I only paid 1000.00 bucks for it and it equals and surpasses my old guitar, which was a custom shop Jackson Soloist that retailed for 4,000 dollars! Simply put, this guitar plays like a guitar 3 or 4 times more expensive.

Forget PRS, these are just as good at much, much less.

Mahagony body and flamed maple top. I have the tabacco sunburst finish. Sperzel locking tuners and Seymour Duncan pickups. All gold hardware. I receive comments all the time about how beautiful it is.

Very good rock guitar for me. I also own a Washburn Dime333. I rarely pick it up now. Sounds fine right out of the store. Has a good fat sound to it.

Action was right on time. Just needed a little intonation adjustment. Plays really fast.

Very reliable. I use it often when I go to the clubs and play on "open mic" night.

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I've been playing for over 14 years and this is by far the nices playing guitar I've ever owned. I'm ready to order one from their custom shop.

korean made with american hardware and wood, Brian moore actually ships the lumber they choose. Mohagany neck and body with a cool looking veneer top on body and headstock.wide and thin neck the neck is 1.7 at the nut 24.75 scale. cool hardware seymour duncans and lockin tuners. Veneer top is cheesie thats why i only rate it a eight.
Thats the korean touch there

does the coil split very nice i was quite impressed with it actually sound good very usable sounds very tele like and then you can switch to humbuckers witch sound good. does not have a les paul sound but a very usable sounds for rythmn and lead. I would'nt go for that it smokes les pauls but it does have a good sound and really does get a good array of good different sounds. I give it a 10 here also the guitar is not noisey at all.

set up well graphite nut nothing loose. The neck is very thin and wide it take some getting use to, i am not used to it yet i have only had it for week end so far but i thought i would post a review since is a nice guitar woth looking at for 900 or so

no problem but there webb page for i guitars is terrible Very poor not good for getting info

I have been playing for a while and like this guitar so far i need more time with it to see if it will be a keeper. Money wise it a good choice you could say its one of the best korean guitars out there. It really looks nice and has great materials and hardware. But they can keep that veneer top, I would have paid 300 more for a carved top then the guitar would be outstanding.Its is koren guitar and is pricey but it is well made for under 1000 its very nice.

Mahogany, quilted maple top, sunburst (redish brown). Maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, Seymour Duncan pickups. The JB humbucker in the bridge position sounds amazing - real aggressive yet sweet even through high gain amps. The real plus of these guitars is that they come with locking tuners and a graphite nut. Anybody who bends strings knows the importance of these, and I always have to pay several hundred dollars extra to have other guitar brands set up to stay in tune. Nice neck, low action, looks great - the guitar cable plugs in the upper back of the guitar in a recessed jack. This puts the cable out of the way, and the strap button is right near it to hold the cable down a bit. The strap location is actually very comfortable, as it pushes the guitar back towards center a bit for easier access to all frets by the left (fretting) hand. Coil tapping really produces useable professional sounds, not just weak single coil output. The body is contoured to make it fit your playing position better. No pickguard, but none is need since the top curves down away from the strings, greatly decreasing the possibilty of hitting it with your pick.

Simple: This standard setup i2 will smoke ANY other short scale out there. It sounds better than the 2 Pauls I have owned (Custom and Classic) and weighs a lot less. My Bogner has the most aggressive crunch sound you can imagine, and yet it is still filled with harmonic tones - very, very full sounding. The neck position does the Santana thing, but again, with more aggression. This is a rock guitar in my hands, but turn the clean channel on and it does smooth jazz and Dicky Betts clean licks to a tee. With the single coil on the bridge position, I get a tremendous blues tone that handles lots of gain very well. Sort of Kenny Wayne-ish, but more cutting.

For a $900 guitar this thing is immaculate. It looks and feels like it should cost twice as much. The bridge location is excellent, as the saddles are fairly centered with the intonation set. I had a Paul that would not intonate after the saddles were maxed forward, so do not take these details for granted. The sunburst on this is wonderful - is is not all red or brown, but a mixture that blends to a dark edge. Great looks. Set up to play the day you get it, intonation set ans all. What else is there?

Here is a small note on reliability - my i2 had a faulty switch that could have been damaged in shipping. These guitars do not come with standard cases - I strongly suggest you buy the form fitted Les Paul style case if shipping is to be done. Check the switching out and make sure the coil taps work as well as full humbuckers if you are thinking of buying one. This is a brand new line of guitars, and there might be a few scattered problems at first, my switch being one of them.

I visited the Brian Moore factory to get the guitar's switch replaced. They were very friendly, gave me a factory tour (great setup) and fixed the i2 within 45 minutes. I could have shipped them the guitar (their charge) but opted to see their plant and meet them, and I am glad I did.

I have played for over 27 years, and most of those years were spent copying my Les Paul totting heroes such as Page and Perry. These i2s are manufactured in Korea, but assembled/tweaked over here at the Brian Moore factory. They are light weight for a mahogany short scaled guitar, but sound bigger and fuller than standard Les Pauls. For the money, this is a no brainer. Play one - you will not believe how great these look, feel, and sound.