Lyon Strat

Not too sure the date of birth or where it was made. One thing I can tell you is that it's not one of the cheaper ones that are made today. Very heavy guitar for a strat copy. It has a 5 way selector switch to go between the three single coil pick ups. The pick ups sound great in this guitar. Maple neck and fretboard along with a black painted headstock with "LYON made by washburn" on it. I own a red one and has all of the typical strat style hardware installed on it. I give this guitar a 9 because its built very well .

I play everything from country to death metal. This guitar will do everything from country to about the heavy rock style. I run the Lyon through a fender champion 110 and a soldano avenger 100 head and marshall 4x12 cab. You can count on one of these babies to produce all the same tones as any fender can make with the right combo of good playing and amplification.

Pro's:
Great feeling neck, heavy but not to heavy, pick ups sound very good for the price I paid for it.

Con's:
More people are finding out about this guitars and the price is just going to climb

I got this guitar used so I don't know how the factory set-up was. I did have to intonate the guitar when I bought it because it was way out.

I play live at least twice a week and will use this without a backup but always have a backup because if a string breaks I'm screwed. Very well built guitar.

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I'v been playing 26 years now and own lots of gear such as a Gibson SG standard, Ovation ultra GP and a USA made strat,Soldano Avenger head through a Marshall 4x12 stereo 1960b cab and a fender champion 110 combo amp. I did compare the Lyon to other guitars such as everything I own and found it to be as good as my Fender Stratocaster for blues, country and rock but the Gibson SG is a way better guitar for heavy metal and thrash.