Product: MAKO LC-3 Mutant Starfish
Price Paid: US $170 (I think?) used
Submitted
07/15/2001
at
10:10am
by
David Martin
Email: MetalHead750 at hotmail<dot>com
Features
:
9
I don't really know when or where it was made. I got it used on ebay! 22 frets. When I got it frets 9 and 10 buzzed but I took it to Sodja Music and had it fixed. They did a great job. 3 pickups (2 humbuckers 1 single), 5 way toggle switch, 1 vol control and 1 tone control (the tone control knob is missing but it still works.) It has a non-locking tromelo but I never use it.
Sound
:
10
I play loud, angry, make your eardrums bleed metal. This thing is great. You can get some serious thunder for rhythms, and a geat scream for leads. To make leads extra powerful I sometimes run it through a DOD death metal distortion pedal. That sounds awsome! The odd thing about this guitar is that it also sounds good clean (which I don't really play much of). I have never played another guitar (for this cheap anyway) that sounds this great heavy and also good for clean.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
There are afew nicks and scratches but thats because I got it used. The neck pickup is set way too low, but that can be adjusted.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
It's a durable guitar. One time it fell off of me onto the floor and that didn't seem to damage it (the wholes in my strap are a little too big). Would I gig with a backup? Yeah just in case I broke a string.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I got it used so I don't know anything about 'em.
Overall Rating
:
9
I've only been playing about 2 and a half years but I like this guitar a lot. I also have a BC Rich Warlock but that's just a backup this one is better. I usually play through a peavy studio pro 110 (the speaker is a replacment so it probably sounds a little different. If it were lost/stolen I would try to buy another one but I don't think they make 'em anymore.
