Product: Edwards E-CY-165CTM
Price Paid: USD 1400.00
Submitted
07/22/2008
at
02:32pm
by
Lenny
Email: metalenny<at>yahoo dot com
Features
:
10
MADE IN JAPAN:
All stock: here are specs from site:
Mine is Natural Finish, To die for! Looks stupid good.
BODY : (Top) Quilted Maple
(Back) Ash
NECK : Walnut, Hard Maple 9Piece
FNGERBORAD : Ebony , 27frets
SCALE : 648mm (25.5inch) / Long
JOINT : Neck-Thru-Body
PICKUPS : (Front) Seymour Duncan SCR-1n
(Rear) Seymour Duncan TB-5
CONTROL : Master Volume , Master Tone
3Way Lever PU Selector
BRIDGE : Original Floyd Rose
Came with ESP Gig bag, tuning tools, bar/ warranty card.
Sound
:
10
Played with Mesa Boogie amps:, Triaxis, Roadking,
Also played with other things like Vetta II
Electronic works is super clean, no hiss or anything wrong, common with todays Ibanez. Guitar seams to be of top quality work, custom ESP, Jackson Soloist. The pickup combo works super well, I love this H/S setup, The bridge can do anything, very round, and the single in the neck is hot but gives traditional single coil references for sweet tones that are sometimes hard to find with just a H pickup in the bridge. The 3 way switch is great, I like it better than 5, this gets you right to the sound you want, fast. The 27 fret access is good, and gets you to the high register with ease, no complaints there. The guitar has a round sound, rich and more towards the bright end, with distortion the notes sing well and harmonics are easy to get. Floyd stays dead in tune, and was setup great, even with its trip from Japan!
Guitar has similar tones as most soloist type guitars, the Single Coil does get you sweeter tones, especially comapred to EMG, you can play any style on this, with 10s or thicker, it would be sweet for jazz. The frets are jackson soloist style, easy contact with the strings, great for the shred.
I have to say this guitar is not far from 10/10. The vol knob is nice and far from picking hand, an important thing that I would pay money to have, I had an M-II, and SL2H and the knob was too close to me when alt picking.
There is great care taking in making and delivering this instrument in the best condition. Its on the level of any custom instrument, many are getting into Edwards and realizing that it is priced great, most of their line if not all features real floyds, duncans....ect.. I like to get a guitar that is ready to go with great parts and not chaning this and that after.
The neck feels better than the soloist, as I dont like painted necks.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
It was setup 9/10, best guitar that came on delivery from me, and this came from JAPAN.
The finish and cosmetic work is 10/10, I never was able to own a guitar of this beauty until now, I don't know whats the hype with the overpriced caparisons and, 1 need a pickup change, 2, most come with ok colors. There was a recent report made by a Review magazine and said their fretwork is not great at all!
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
Guitar is solid, more solid that the 20 RGs I had over the past 10 years. I broke a string onces in all my playing history, I would like to have a backup when I play, but I would take this guitar alone if all was setup great!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Did not deal with them. So far no need.
Overall Rating
:
10
THIS GUITAR IS A FANTASTIC VALUE!
THE FEATURES ARE THOSE THAT I WANTED, H/S, REAL FLOYD, GREAT PICKUPS, AMAZING FINISH JOB, INLAYS, FRETWORK.
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT FANS OF SHRED GUITARS, NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MODEL, AS ITS SIMILAR TO THE THINGS WE ALL LOVE, and for price its an amazing value.
