Brian Moore Guitars i9p

Bought this 2nd hand on eBay, as I was let down by the very poor customer service form a retailer when buying a new guitar, pre sale!!!!. He actualy done me a service in the end.
What a prize it is.
The neck, just right for my mitts.
The pickup configuration, HSH and coil taps = 9 settings. Piezo tremolo bridge makes 10.
The only thing I would add to this great guitar is strap locks as standard.

I use Vox Valvetronix AD60VT, AD120VTX (the grown up blue faced ones), Marshall ??? and Marshall AS100.

The finish on this guitar is fantastic, better than some of my furniture.
Did have to raise the action, but this was set up by the prev owner.

Time will tell, but as a 2nd hand guitar the prev owner did use it and looked after it. It has stood that test of time very well, now over to me.

If i was to have a backup it would have to be another one, or my strat, Les Paul and acoustic.

Playing 5 yrs and still learning.
If stolen or lost would get another.

2003, Korean Made, 22 frets, i believe solid. Volume, tone, pot tap, and piezo volume. PU's Seymoreduncans. Passive. Maple body quilted cherry sunburst. strat style body. Floating bridge. Locking Sperzel. Rosewood neck medium jumbo frets. Gig bag included.

This guitar suites my music style well. I play anything from hard rock, reggae, R&B, Blues, Jazz. I'm currently using a Cube60 with this guitar , took some time to find the sweet spots in the cube but i found them. This guitar is a very full sounding guitar with just enough bite on the neck. The bridge pu when distorted screems like nobodies business. I've played many guitars and this one by far i'm happy with. What makes it worse is that i've been surching for a backup guitar, and every guitar that i've played doesn't come close to the tone that i get out of this guitar.

Action is set a bit higher to eliminate any buzz. The bridge pickup could be a little bit higher to mach the output of the neck. The only flaw in this guitar is that I play really hard!!! I mean like nobodies business. I think i cracked the wood between the bridge pickup and the trem/bridge. I don't know if this guitar was made to handle 12 strings. I'm gonna take it to a local repair shop as soon as I find a backup.

This guitar has gone through a year of solid gigging!! Hardware is very durable. I could give a crap on how long the finish lasts. Strap buttons were replaced by strap locks. I've depended on this guitar for a good year or so without a backup. THe only reason why i'd need a backup is because i break too many damn strings. Not just the high E and B strings, but the freakin D string. That may be a flaw in the saddles or the bridge. Or my technique.

Havn't had to deal with them.

I've been playing for about 19 years. This guitar suites me perfectly. The only thing that I would change on it is the neck. This guitar is a tone monster.

I brought this guitar three months ago. Figued maple top, 22 fret rosewood neck. Sperzal looking tuners make string changing a dodle. Semour Duncan pickups in H.S.H configuration (both humbuckers are coil tapped) Piezo pick up. Free levi case included but if you want a hard case (i think you should) then it costs extra.

One of the features I love is the jack location. I plugs into the back of the guitar and tucks behind your strap. This stops it being pulled out AND doesnt interfere with the looks of the guitar (because after all looks are important)

Great features.

This is THE MOST VERSITILE GUITAR IVE EVER PLAYED! Whatever style or tone your looking for, im sure you can get it out of this guitar. The neck pickup (coil tapped) gives a wonderfully bright clean tone. The Bridge humbucker gives a great rock tone. Lovely when used used with my marshall 8080 amp. Really can rock. The Piezo produces a great clean acoustic ish tone. It isnt going to sound like a acoustic totally. But it does a hell of a good job! and is an amazing clean sound in its own right. I love the way you can mix the sounds to get great jazz and blues tones when you combine the piezo with the magnetic pick ups.

Amazing sounds

I love the action. I tried out Les Pauls, Sg's and i loved the brian moore so much. I has a smaller neck then the above which suits me fine.

Now the finish, well where do i start!
Figuered maple top. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I have this guitar in Natural colour and it just enhances the maple so much. Gorgeous!
Gold hardware - looks great now but ask me again in a few years.

I love the tuner confuguration as well. The 2-4 means the strings stay in a straight line helping them keep in tune. Also the headstock is just generally nicely sculpted and is origionally shaped unlike so many other guitars today.

Absolutely no problems. Solid guitar.

The only thing is that the gold hardware might fade. But just look after it.

Emailed the company for some more information - got a promt reply.

Had to order guitar. It came within the specified time. No complaints here.

I love this guitar so much. Amazing at everything. Feel free to email me with any questions.

Only problem is there seems to be a limited supply in the uk. Oh well good things come to those who wait.

This particular guitar was made in 2001. It's parts were made in Korea but was assembled in the USA by Brian Moore. This 22 fret bolt on guitar was made with a mahogany body and maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. It has Seymour Duncans in the H/S/H config and also has the RMC piezo. It has a beautiful tobacco sunburst flamed maple top. I wasn't sure I'd like the tremelo on it, but it turns out it is quite nice. Sperzel locking tuners in gold round out this amazing guitar and came with a stereo cable, tools and a TKL case. The 3 knobs are for volume and tone for the magnetic pups and the extra volume for the piezo. Also the tone knob pulls for a coil tap for the humbucker in the bridge. The volume knob pulls for a coil tap in the humbucker in the neck.

The guitar was brighter than I thought it would be. I've been playing a Carvin 727 which has a darker sound. It is not too bright though. In fact, we were recording our album and our producer liked the sound of the Brian Moore better. I am using a Line 6 POD PRO with a Peavey 50/50 classic amp through a couple of Behringer 4X12 cabinets. Variety? No problem. Anything from raging metal to polka or anything in between. I can't find anything I dislike about this guitar.

It came set up for 10's but in about 10 minutes I had it set up for 9's. Pickups are perfect and there were no noticeable flaws.

I play this guitar live twice a week and it doesn't seem flimsy at all. Everything is top notch. That said, I never play without a backup. But I see no reason, if I had to, to play without one. Very dependable.

Seems to be very good. Warranty is 5 years.

I really got a big honkin' deal on this guitar. I like the versatility the most out of this guitar. I have been wanting a Brian Moore since 97. I have been playing for about 15 Years. I can only pray that it is never lost or stolen. I might have to lose my religion or break a few commandments to get another one. (I can always repent later!) It has what I need and it rocks!

This guitar is the same as the i9, with the addition of a piezo pickup
at the bridge. Korean made, USA assembled, 22 fret, H/S/H
REAL Seymour Duncan pickup configuration. There is a single volume
control for the electronics, a single tone control and a volume
control for the piezo. The electronics volume and tone control are
push/pull pots that let you split the humbuckers. It's a quilted
maple top, mahogany body, slim (to me) maple neck and a rosewood
fretboard. The finish is top notch. Mine is a tobacco sunburst,
but they "screwed up" at the factory and it doesn't get very dark
at the edges, the end result is absolutly beautiful. The guys
at the store were oogling it in awe. The body style is strat-like,
but if you've never seen a Brian Moore before you should know that
the body is curved, allowing the absense of a pickguard and a
very comfortable feel. The i9p has a nice tremelo that's enough
for me. Steve Vai fans may find it lacking, but they'd buy
Ibanez anyway. :) The tuners are gold Sperzels (all the hardware
is gold finish. Looks nice now, ask me again in five years) and
seem to keep in tune even when I was abusing the tremelo to try
to detune it. The G went out, but then it always does. I've
never bought a brand-spanking-new guitar before, so I don't know
if this sort of thing is standard, but it came with a high
quality patch cable that's split, a stereo 1/4" for the guitar end
and two mono 1/4" for the amp end. This is to allow you to plug in
either the piezo or the electronics. Or both to different amps.
Or both to one. Whatever. It also came with so-so short mono
patch cable, an extra spring for the tremelo, a set of allen
wrenches and something that said don't eat it, so I ate it.

Well, right now I have a cheapo squire practise amp and a Crate
BX50 Bass amp. (I don't have a band and I don't gig anymore,
at this point in my life I play for fun, and fun alone. Yes,
kids, I "sold out".) First I plugged the i9p into the Crate
alone and it sounded very nice, exept for a bit of fret buzz.
The store I got it from (Mozingo music in Ellisville, MO -- just
outside of St. Louis) gives free setup and I basicaly pulled it
off the UPS truck myself without giving them a chance to set it
up. The buzz will be fixed as soon as I take it back. I've seen
UPS handle packages, so I DO NOT blame Brian Moore for the buzz.
After playing clean I plugged into my DigiTech RP7 and went
through the settings, and on each setting it sounded MUCH better
than any guitar I've played through it. I was impressed, really.
(I sort of mentally edited the fret buzz out.) The i9 does sound
bright for the most part, but with a little fiddling I was able
to get dark tones out of it that were just fine. This is a very
versitle guitar, in my opinion. The coil tapping and the three
pickups (plus piezo) make it the home hobbiests dream, and I'd
guess it'd do just as well on the stage. Not that you'd find me
up there. As for the piezo: I also have a Sigma acoustic/electric.
I plugged that in to the same amp, played the same thing on both
and had my girlfriend (sitting so she couldn't see which I was
playing) listen. She said that when I played the i9 out of the
piezo that it had an extra "twang" that wasn't there in the Sigma.
I attributed this to the fret buzz, but I'm not so sure. Personaly,
I think it sounds good, if not great, for a piezo. For my purposes,
it's just fine. I'm giving this an 8, but I really think it'll
be at least a 9 once I get the buzz fixed. If not a 10.
Soon I'll be getting a Line 6 Vetta. I can't wait to hear what
the i9p sounds like through that. If you haven't heard of the
Vetta: go look it up. It's worth it.

I have no idea how the factory set it up. There is a check list
that comes with it that has a hand written serial number, model,
etc., that covers a lot of points. Like I said before the only
problem I had was the fret buzz, and that's 3 of the points on
the checklist. I don't see how they could screw up three, and
judging from other guitars I've played that have made the UPS trek,
I can pretty much say for certain that UPS banged it up just
enough to cause it. It's not serious, unplayable buzz, but enough
to be annoying. The finish on the wood is beautiful, like I
mentioned before. Not a scratch, though there is a bit of varnish
on the tip of the headstock. I saw someone else mention this too
so I'm guessing it's an artifact of the manufacturing process.
Also, there is absolutely NO noise on pickup selectors or to pots.
This may seem normal to all of you, but like I said, this is the
first axe I've bought new, so I was in heaven moving the selector
switch back and forth, pulling and pushing the pots and turning
the volume up, down, up, down and up and not hearing a bit of
snap, crackle or pop. I have to give it a 9 for the fret buzz,
even though, as I said, I SERIOUSLY doubt this is the fault of
Brian Moore. Otherwise it'd be a 10.

Well, I haven't had to call them about this axe, but I did call
them before I decided to buy it. I knew I wanted a Brian Moore
(after a lot of agonizing) I just didn't know which one. I called
and asked around a bit and after getting answers decided on the i9p.

Just for them being nice to some doofus on the phone I'll give them
a 10. If I have to call on this guitar I'll post back and let you
know what I think.

I've been playing a good chunk of my life. My father is a guitar
player and I sort of picked it up from him, though I only recently
decided I want to dedicate the time it would take to play reasonably
well. I play a lot of things style-wise, though mostly rock oriented
stuff. The few times I've jammed while playing guitar (I was a
drummer in a band in college, and a bass player before that) I played
with some REALLY good blues players and I really enjoyed that. I
even played some folksy stuff with a roomate who played accordian
(!). Imagine, for a minute, an accordian, bass and guitar trio.
Surprisingly fun. If this guitar were lost of stolen I'd WANT to
replace it, but I doubt I could. You see, I do a lot of work
for Mozingo Music, and recently worked out a deal with them to trade
my computer skills for gear. I run their network for them and am
going to set up a VPN between their Ellisville, MO store and their
Washingtion, MO store. So, for 60 hours of work (in little bits)
I've got the i9p and have a Line 6 vetta on order and should be here
any time now. I can't wait. Anyway, I think I covered what I love
about it, and to be honest, it's way too new to be disappointed
by anything with it. I'd recommend this guitar to anyone looking
for a good variety of sounds and has a modest budget. I wouldn't
have bought one if I hadn't made a deal with the store, but if
there's anyone more serious about playing out there -- someone who
is or wants to be a working musician -- they should seriously
consider this guitar. It's solid, flexable and sounds good.