Product: OLP Benji Madden Signature
Price Paid: GBP 195 USED
Submitted
11/11/2006
at
05:54am
by
Happynoj
Features
:
8
Finish: Green Sparkle (Light green with gold undertones)
Body Style: Like the OLP MM4 (Double cutaway - not quite a strat)
Bridge Style: String-Thru
Tuners: Non-locking, closed back
Neck: Maple
Accessories: None, but I got mine second-hand - I don't know whether it came with any originally
Year: Unknown. It's not very old though
Frets: 22
Top: Solid
Controls: One volume, one tone
Pickup Configuration: One humbucker in bridge position
Pickup Make/Model: Originally had an OLP open coil humbucker. I changed mine for a Dimarzio Breed
Electronics: Passive
Neck: North American Maple, 25.5' scale length, custom contoured
Body: Basswood
Not top quality, but very good nonetheless. If you wanted better, you would have to pay out for the MusicMan version
Sound
:
10
This guitar is very flexible, despite only having one pickup. I have used it for jazz, funk, pop, classic rock and metal, and it always sound great. When I first got it, it sounded good, but replacing the pickup with the Dimarzio made it. It has a gorgeous clean sound, and can easily go to searing distortion at the push of a pedal. I use it with a Behringer Hell Babe wah pedal, a Danelectro Grilled Cheese distortion pedal and a Behringer TU100 Tuner pedal, into a Marshall VS65r amp. It always sound amazing! I have never had any noise problems or fret buzz, and the tone knob is very responsive.
Suitable for any genre of music!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
No Opinion
The guitar was perfectly set up when I bought it, but I got it second hand from a Music shop (in perfect condition). So I don't know what it was like new.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
This guitar seems very solidly made, and the hardware all feels like good quality stuff. The strap buttons felt a bit cheap, but I have replaced them with Schaller locking strap buttons, so that is not an issue. The finish looks good, and I use it regularly without a backup.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never had any problems.
Overall Rating
:
10
The best thing about this guitar is the simplicity of the controls. You don't need anything else, because it always sounds great. I have played many other guitars - Les Pauls, SGs, Strats, Super Strats, Teles, etc, and this is my favourite. Every time I pick it up, the neck feels like home. It looks great too - the body shape is more elegant than a strat, and the contours fit better. The headstock (4/2 arrangement) is really cool as well - although a bit confusing at first, you soon get used to it!
