OLP MM4

Music man silhouette copy,
standard strat-esq SSH layout,
Strat style trem (not a particularly great one though sortof stays in tune)
Music man 4,2 headstock
Boring black
Body is probily plywood or basswood.... neck i think is rosewood on maple
satin finish neck

Relay surprisingly nice neck, and very light, i dont usually like light guitars though the sound far makes up for it

I play alot of old stuff..... big fan of prog and classic rock... so Zeppelin floyd and clapton are the ideals

For a cheap as hell guitar this thing sounds fantastic :D, i got mine for 1/10th of the price of my fender strat and the sound is defiantly not 10x worse :D

being single coils, the single coil positions (1 and 3) are rather noisy, and the hum bucker in the bridge is surprisingly weedy and noisy too.... could do with replacing


As far as the electronics go... as you'd expect from a cheap strat style... the tone control is very tetchy.... nothing from 1-9.999999995 then from there to 10 is an on/off affair... though im sure that can be corrected(gets soldering iron)


Would have been nice to have the noise canceling circuitry from the real music man but still.... what do you expect.... its cheap as hell

I play through a laney stack and a marshall valvestate thing.... through the valvestate it sounds.... good.... though im not a big fan of the marshall tone so there we go

Laney..... ROCK :D PURE ROCK

When i got hold of it.... the action was all over the shop, the intonation was miles off and the neck was so bowed you could use it for archery.... however after 20 mins setting it up and putting a nice thick set of strings on... it was perfect


The frets are very well dressed, the saddles have gone rusy very quickly but still.... the body is nice and light (maby a bit too light) and the neck is flawless

The paintwork is.... thick ish.... ive managed to wear chip it a bit and its got some mild belt rash but nothing to be worried about...

I assume the action problems was because i bought it used (though it was practically new.... the plastics were still on the pickguard and im positive it still had the factory strings on it :P

I have gigged this before.... though i always have 5 or 6 backups because i have particularly acidic sweat and sweat alot through my hands.... witch both clams up fretboards and breaks strings, that and i like bizarre tunings :D ...

Though saying that.... i wouldn't trust this without a backup...

Ive to replace the volume pot already since it just kept cutting out... and the jack plate is almost ready to be replaced...

The pickups have gathered a tiny bit of rust... though thats probily due to the acidic sweat again

had to fix the nut after the low E part of it broke.... guessing its not up to low fret bends with 11 gauge stings :P

Though those are all small 5 minute fixes.... its Surprisingly solid

Never dealt with them.... and i beleve there now closed down ;)

Well.... overall its rather nice...

Over the years ive been playing ive managed to build up an annoyingly expensive collection of many guitars..... and even when stuck next to fender strats, tele's les pauls and firebirds.... it does still get played :D well done OLP

If someone nicked it.... i'd be very disappointed.... and replace it with the lovely red sparkle... or if i couldn't find one.... get the music man

It'd be nice if there were some string tree's becuase the way the heastock is set up is a little silly.... and that noise canceling circuit would be nice ;) still....

The body, the finish, the neck and the tuners is working really well. The guitar does not retune it self while playing, AT ALL! That is very important. The neck is very very thin, which also is very important.

This one got a floyd rose stall. And it is working great, even without locks at the top of the neck. I have almost neven experianced that this guitar have retuned itself while playing.

This one got two single-coils and one humbucker, which gives a rather weak sound (even is you only use the humbucker). The controls is having a really low quality. Everything is made out of the cheapest things, and can be compared to the cheapest J&D-strata models. Very bad.

The sound is very weak. But it might work for jazz, rock 'n roll and that music. Metal is not an option at all!

This guitar can not actually be adjusted very much...

The reliability is good - if you change pickups. Then the guitar might even be great. And you might have to change the controllers to. Otherwise its crap. When I got this home from the store it felt as the pickups and the controllers was going to break (they didnt, but thats the view that I get of the quality).

No opinion.

Very easy to play. A huge recommendation for beginners. But if you are going to play live, change the pickups and the controllers. And if you are going to play more professional - buy a musicman model istead.

Painted solid white Silhoutte copy. Stock bridge was a pretty low quality strat-style trem that I replaced with Wilkinson trem. S-S-H pickup configuration, five way switch, master volume, master tone knobs. 22 fret rosewood fretboard on a maple neck, basswood body. The guitar seems like it has a short scale but it's 25.5" just like a strat.

I play mostly blues and rock. I never use the middle pickup, although it sounds fairly nice for a stock pickup, the bridge humbucker was pretty bad, very twangy. I replaced it with a DiMarzio chopper, which sounds pretty nice in this guitar. The neck pickup is where the action is however, it sounds fucking briliant. With the tone knob rolled down to about 3 (from 1-10 on this guitar) it has a great smooth sound with lots of mids, with the tone knob all the way open it has a tone that can only be described as rock. I have my middle pickup dropped just below the pickguard on the bass side, and just above on the treble. Playing with the neck and middle pickups together on your clean channel creates an interesting sound, it's a little quieter than just the neck pickup, but doesn't lose too much volume, and has an almost jazzy tone. All in all I really like it once I removed that horrible bridge humbucker.

The action when I got it was pretty good, low without buzzing even with .011s. I can't remember what the pickup height was like as I moved them around alot. I felt that the nut was cut a little thin for heavier strings and had it replaced with a trem-nut to help tuning stability. The bridge was a low quality strat-style trem that I had replaced with a Wilkinson trem. I want to replace the tuning machines but I've been feeling kinda lazy right now, plus since the headstock layout is 4/2 I' probably have to buy specific replacements.

This guitar is rock solid. I have absolutely no complaints in terms of durability. I've had it for about a year I think and it's had some rough treatment, although I try to be careful with my guitars. It fell over one day because of my dogs playing near it and all that happened was it went out of tune and got a little ding on the edge of the fretboard. As for gigging without a backup I like to bring two guitars, one humbuckers and one with single coils, so the no backup thing is moot.

Never had to try and get it repaired, I do most of my own repairs anyway.

The hardware is a little shoddy, probably best to replace bridge/nut/tuners. The bridge humbucker needs immediate replacing if you plan on using it alot. If it were stolen I would probably try to find and gut the person who stole it. If that were not an option I would probably buy a new one. One really great feature of this is the neck joint, it has a rounded heel that cuts away so you get your hands right up into the high frets with out any discomfort.

The strap was cheap...
Other than that, what does anyone care what materials??? If it sounds good, it sounds good... make it out of particleboard for all I care. If it sounds good I'll keep playing...

The singles sound pretty good. As far as hum and noise, near silence is acheived in the second toggle position... I assume this is putting middle single and 1 coil of humbucker in parallel (?). That's the only position I ever use really.... I hate hum and this position gives the best feed to my "tube into tube" setup.
I am using it with a Vox Tonelab SE into a Lexicon 284. Most anything sounds nice through those, but straight into the 284 sounds vy. good too.

Initially had a weird buzzing on the 5th and 6th string that I couldn't figure out... Later the bridge rattled loose enough for me to see what was going on... Tightening a loose screw solved the buzz.
Factory set up was fine.... have not touched it (I don't think....)

Everything is much nicer and more durable than most other starter kit guitars I've seen. Based on it's first couple of years of life and still looking like new....I think it will last 20+ years easily in my hands...

have not needed support.

I gotta give it 10 for the value factor. It came with my guitarport... I wasn't in the market for a guitar at all... and now it's retty much my main player.... I like the action ... if I put different p/u's in this thing I'd probably sell some other guitars.

H-S-S configuration with a 5 way switch. Volume & Tone knobs. Basic. Classic.

Solid basswood body. Maple neck with rosewood board. Lots of value here for the price.

The tone of this guitar isn't overwhelming. It is decent though. The bridge humbucker is probably the weakest link in the chain. It could be hotter and warmer. Yet it's both hotter and warmer than the average bridge single coil pickup in a guitar like this. In overdrive the humbucker does better but isn't hot enough to kick off a lot of harmonics. It's pretty basic but doesn't have an irritating tone. It's a bit on the bright side but overdrive covers this up well.

The two single coils are pretty good. Very lifelike and clear with some character thrown in.

I'm prettty disappointed in the neck joint. It actuallly seems to be routed so the neck angles forward ever so slightly instead of back. Straight or back would be fine but forward??? The bridge adjustments compensate for this but the saddles are as low as they will go in an effort to fixt this problem.

It appears some moron (previous owner?) may have tried to fix this proplem by chisling out some of the neck pocket. The neck still sits flush as it should but there is a square inch of space aobut 3mm deep under the neck while it's in the pocket. I find it unbelievable what some people will do to "fix" their guitars.

The finish is pretty good but wood grain texture can be seen through the finish as though it wasn't quite sanded enough. The headstock is the same color as the body which is a nice touch on a guitar in this price range.

The gutar balances well on a strap and is very comfortable to play in all positions.

Basswood isn't the most durable of woods but with regular use I don't see how this guitar would fall apart any time soon.

I have no idea. I bought it used and have never had any idea how to contact OLP.

This is a hard price range for me to evaluate. Do I evaluate it on what it is and how it can be used? Or do I evaluate it based on how it compares to guitars that I know are great?

Bottom line this is an entry level guitar that will work well for anyone who is improving into the intermediate level. And after you start outgrowning it, you could change pickups and get a few more years of satisfaction out of it. The neck is actually pretty wonderful. The frets were done well. It's a very playable guitar and anyone would be able to work with the tone on some level.

When comparing it to my LP, Music Man EVH & Wolfgang Hardtail, it comes up short. I don't want to bash it but have to say, it just isn't a diamond disguised with a $150 price tag. Don't delude yourself into thinking it looks just like a Silhouette so it must be just as good. It isn't. As I stated earlier, it isn't rich in harmonics and character. But what it lacks there, it makes up for in playing comfort and basic but usable tones. And with better pickups, who knows?

I'm rating it high here for what it is and who it was made for. It is a really sharp looking guitar. And really, for the price new or used, it's pretty hard to beat.

2005 Clone of an Ernie Ball Silouette with a Good Charlotte endorsement. Single pickup, fixed bridge, made in People's Republic of China (Keep funding their weapons research, kids!)

Cheesy pickup....put in an "F"-spaced aftermarket and you're good to go. Put in new pots too, since those Chinese guys like to put in little more than a knob with a wire hanging off of it.

Looked over several at the Media Play garage sale. All had factory-finish flaws, but what do you want for $50? Tuners suck....next to get replaced after the electronics

Looks like they used the same template for teh body and neck as the Silouette, but lower grade materials and quality control at the factory. Should rock for a newbie if you upgrade a couple of things.

Been doing Dr. Frankenstein work on guitars for 25 years. Bought this since it was dirt cheap (75% off sticker)and had lumber simulating a Music Man (My favorite is an Axis, but I digress...), so I figured I'd wire in a few things and not worry if I fell asleep in a rainstorm with it. Definitely a cheap beginners guitar and would recommend Dad work an extra couple of hours of OT and buy that kid something he won't get kicked out of the band with.(That is, unless he has a stockpile of parts he can dumpster-dive for!)

CHINESE MADE,BOUGHT ON EBAY AS ALMOST NEW MISSING TREM-ARM,SORT OF BURGUNDY RED WITH ROSE-WOOD NECK,FRETS CALLED JUMBO BUT TO ME MEDIUM.VINT.TREM,S.S.H. PICK-UPS NO CASE OR BITS.

VERY SURPRISED AT THE SOUND,I WAS EXPECTING LESS.GETS A WIDE RANGE OF TONE'S EVEN WITH THE STOCK P-UPS.GOING THROUGH POD XT-LIVE INTO LANEY V15.

EXCELLENT ALL ROUND STANDARD,MAKES A NONSENSE OF ERNIE BALLS PRICES,MAIN FAULT IS THE EXESSIVE AMOUNT OF SADDLE SCREW STICKING UP FROM BRIDGE.

BUILT TO LAST AND UP-GRADE,NO HESITATION TO USE ON ANY GIG.

NO-IDEA AT ALL

45 YEARS EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME WHAT I LIKE AND DON'T LIKE AND THIS I LIKE,I MAINLY BOUGHT IT TO CONVERT TO A VARIAX (USING THE GUTS FROM A 300) AS I USE A SQUIRE CONVERTION AS MAIN AXE AND WANT A VARIATION .WILL EMINENTLY DO THE JOB BUT I WILL GET ANOTHER TO USE STOCK AS A BACK-UP.THEY ARE SUCH RIDICULOUS VALUE FOR MONEY!

Bought in '05 off Ebay almost new, Made in China, blue-sparkle finish
22 frets, solid basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.
Clasical SSH PU constellation, 5 way "Megaswitch like" selector (Humbucker split in Pos. 2).
Standard Vintage tremolo .
Neck fits perfect into body, solid like a tank.
Gotoh like tuners, no string tree. Saddle looks like bone.
Smooth D-shaped neck with a natural satin finsih and matched headstock.

I play mainly Prog/AOR/Hardrock stuff; it suits my style quite well, produces solid rock sounds in humbucking mode. PUs are surprisingly good and extremely versatile, the humbucker even offers adjustable polepieces, which is extremely rare in that price category. I tried it through my JMP1/Intellifex combination as well as through a Rocktron Chameleon; clean sounds from the single coils are quite rich and very defined, the humbucker is also sounding very transparently. This guitar is really good for different styles and can make a wide range of different sounds. High gain sounds lack a little 'bite' though, so I might replace the bridge humbucker with a Duncan Full Shred one day, but not now. For the moment I like it the way it is.
No buzz, beep, snarl etc. problems.....very good!

The set up on my guitar was almost 'from factory' as the guy who sold it brought it with him from states and sold it right away. All the little tags and badges where still on it. Action was quite low and very playable, the satin finish on the neck offers very good feel. The finish had minor flaws at the neck joint, nothing important, only to mention it. Apart from that the finish is really beautiful, very deep flake sparkle. Depending on the source of light, the colour looks more greenish or blueish. Everyone who likes the colour of John Petruccis Musicman custom doubleneck guitar will also fall in love with this one, very similar.
Everything was adjusted well, PUs had to come a little closer to the strings, one-minute job. Crafted quite well for the price.

It's a tank.....what can I say?! So far I've not gigged with it but I don't think it would ever let me down, it feels very solid, though it's not really that heavy. This guitar was supposed to be one of my backup guitars (I never gig without backup), but will be definitely used on the next live occasions because it's so solid and reliable.....and looks so beautiful ;o))

I don't need customer support for a guitar, I do the adjustments for myself....and have major things fixed from a guitar shop. That's why I dare to purchase on Ebay *lol*....
But have been in touch with the German OLP distributor, asking silly questions without owning one of their instruments at that time. Got an email response withing 24hrs, extremely friendly.....they even offered a telephone number so I could ask more stupid things. Brilliant, that's the way I like it....they even caught my sense of humor *loel*

I've been playing for almost 25 years, too much gear to mention. This is a brilliant guitar for small money. If you need a versatile allround type of instrument, this should be your choice.....if you can afford (or want) more, purchase a real Musicman. But there's definitely not many better guitars in this range, there's nothing you could possibly do wrong with buying this one. If mine were gone? I'd get a new one quickly.......off Ebay ;o)))))

Bought in 2004. Made in China. Blue sparkle finish.
22 frets, solid basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.
5 way "Megaswitch like" selector (Humbucker split in Pos. 2).
Standart tremolo (factory setup with 2 springs, one extra spring included with the other accesory (tools, cable, tremolo arm).
Neck fits perfect into body, solid like a tank.
Gotoh like tuners, no string tree. Saddle looks like bone.
Smooth D-shaped neck with a natural satin finsih and matched headstock.

My music spectrum s wide spread. I am a dance musician but from the heart i like SRV, Mark Knopfer, Gary Moore, ZZ-Top etc.
Currently i don't think it's necessary to exchange the stock pickups.
It's a typical Super Strat sound. The bridge humbucker is matching well to the single coils.
The only disantvantage is a slight drop of output on the high e string on both single coils and the humbucker seems to be hum sensitive compared to others. But some DiMarzios and SDs also do, especially when the coils are asymetric.
Thsi instrument is able to deliver all the vintage strat sounds and heavy stuff with the bridge humbucker.
I made a small modification to the electronic. I've changed the tone capacitor from 47nF to 10nF and switched a 330pF capacitor from In to Out from the volume pot. The result is impressive. The small capacitor avoids a treble loss a very low volume levels. It is sparkling bright at levels from 2-4 and get beefy the more i increase volume on the guitar. The 10nF at the tone pot changes the character of the instrument. It is not more dark an muffling when turned to left.. it causes a highmid boost with the single coils (more fat strat character) and a chimey midboost with the humbucker, nearly a Brian-May-like lead sound. A good valve amp... and that's it. Change from rhythm to lead sound by turning an the volume.
The hum cancellation of the humbucker could be better. If you are playing in front of a PC-Monitor you will hear it quite good.
This is the only point which does'nt let me give a 10 for sound.

The factory setup was better than ever expected. The blue sparkle finish is made very well. Good fretwork, no buzzing. The rosewood fingerboard could have been cleant better. Some fretboard oil and it's done.
The tremolo.. o.k. it's a vintage type. Heavy usage causes detuning, but that's not a fact for me. I've fitted all springs and dismounted the tremolo arms because i don't use it.

We'll see... I bought it 3 weeks ago.Everything seems to be rock solid. The neck is very strong. It's nearly impossible to bend it ( Gibson SG-Vibrato gg...). The hardware and the strap buttons are very solid. The only thing i didn't expect: It's not a lightweight.. it is comparable with old alder strat bodies.

2 years warranty. Still no support necessary

I am playing for 25 years (mostly dance /top40 music). I've played Blade RH4E (a dream... but it was stolen), an old Fender-Japan Strat, a PRS-like Aria Pro 2 and now the MM4.
Currently I am working with a J-Station from Johnson-Amplication (a marvellous modelling amp, but the company is now swallowed by Digitech), feeding it into Peavey Valve Amp.

With the slight capacitor mod. it is fantastic to play directly into the amp and do eberything with the volume and tone control on the guitar.

I give a full 10 for the overall rating, because this guitar is more i ever expected in this price range.

I purchased my sparkle blue MM4 in August of 2004. I have been playing it for several weeks at Music Depot in Columbus Mississippi and finally the wife let me get it. Mine is a solid body electric with rosewood fingerboard it is set up with a s/s/h pickup configuration 5 way selector switch one tone and one volume. The hardware setup is simple it has a classic fender style tremolo sealed diecast tuners 4+2 head stock side mount output jack. It has a basswood body and the pickups are no name but are real nice the singles are clean and bright and the humbucker is very high gain. Overall its the best bang for the buck ive ever had.

The Pickups are a bit bright but they still have a lot of low end. I like that because often i cant get the edge to my sound. I end up having to pull bright knobs on amps. I dont have any noise problems its cleaner than any other guitars ive had including us strats. With the setup it has it can dial any sound you want from twang to the heaviest metal. It works perfect for me because i play country blues classic rock hard rock heavy metal and even old surf. Hint: I play thru a roland cube 30 its the best amp since my old twin Stack and pedal board.

All I can say about this is there were no flaws. finish is beautiful need to see in person deep metalflake blue. The neck is smooth and fast. The action was a little high for my taste but it was the lowest non buzzin action in the below $700 range. The guys @ Music Depot set it to my taste ULTRA-LOW. I called their guitar tech on the phone told him what i wanted and when i got there it was perfect!!

I think it will withstand live playing but only time will tell and i will review it again. the quality is far above some other name brands ive owned. I use to be a diehard Gibson fan not any more

Havent dealt with the company yet i dont plan to either but Music Depot was great

Ive been playing for 13 years. I used to be in a few heavy metal hard rock bands but i retired from that a while back and made a commitment to play only music with a positive message (I went back to my church roots)I wish it had a hard tail stop I quit dive bombing a long time ago

Candy-apple red, S/S/H, tone/volume/5-way switch, no-name tuners, in a 4+2 config, that are very smooth and hold well. Whammy bar that I used for about a week. No problems and no surprises here.

This is my only electric, when I bought it I didn't have any pedals and the sound wasn't very variable. I got a digitech RP-50 a couple of months ago, and now I find it's suitable for just about anything (with the right signal processing). Still have the stock pickups in it, but I do have a problem with minimized output on the neck coil on the low E string.

Factory set-up was excellent for a guitar at this price-point. No apparent finish flaws, good tight neck joint, good fretwork. More like a Honda than a Hyundai. For this price, I'd gie it a 9, but...

I've had this OLP for a year now, and, to my surprise, have had no problems with anything. Tuners, switch, knobs, jack, strap buttons all still solid.

This is my second OLP product; I got the bass first (my first bass). I have four acoustic guitars. When I decided to treat myself to a cheapie electric, my positive price-performance experience with OLP (and the reviews here) led me to believe I could be happy with a mail-order guitar. Thank you to Harmony-Central and all the people who take the time to do reviews. (Just wish I could get a little more oomph out of that neck coil low E)

This guitar is made by OLP, a factory who make copies of famous brand's guitar, expecially Music Man Ernie Ball, in China. My own guitar is similar of the Silouhette but not at all. Two controls: volume and tone, and a pickup selector like the strat one.It has 22 frets but the neck isn't made in a good wood, is paint like rosewood, but I believe is maple, like the body. Pickups are two single coil (neck and central) and a bridge humbucker, that is very strong with a lot of gain, ideal for an overdriven sound, while the single coil on the neck has a great clean sound, like the Telecaster one (less good!). Body is a solid one with a double cutaway, painted with a beautiful shining dark red paint. The bridge is a model similar to the floyd rose one, with a good tremolo arm. I use always Ernie Ball Power slinky .11-.48 strings, probably the best for this guitar.

This guitar is perfect with overdriven sounds, expecially, with the humbucker, it sounds like Radiohead plaied with a Vox, and with a low tone (5 or 4) it has a bluesy sound! Plaied with the neck single coil, you have a rich shining sound ideal for the arpeggios in Beatles style. But it's able to attack you with a great metal or fuzzy distortion (Boss mt-2 or Big muff or turbo rat). I use it with a small Vox amp (pathfinder 22W) and some FX: A digitech whammy, a Lovetone Meatball envelope filter, a smallstone phaser (made by electro harmonix), a Boss DD-3 and for the distorted sounds: Boss SD-1, Boss OS-2, Pro co turbo rat and a Big Muff.
And with the right set-up you can have a sounds like the first Dream Theater, cause Petrucci used to play an ERnie Ball

The finishes are good even if is a cheap guitar, the only problem I think is the neck wood, because is painted and the paint come off with almost every bending.

It's a depending guitar, very strong. I usually play live and you could play drum with it! The bridge is perfect, it never detuning during a concert. But the neck...

I advice you to buy this guitar if you are beginner or Hard rock lovers. I bought it without know it, in fact I prefer the mellow sounds and now I play a Telecaster but the OLP Ernie Ball Silouhette is a guitar enough good for each kind of rock, expecially the hard one. ANd it's cheap!

2004 OLP MM4 guitar. Made in China, 22 frets, traditional trem, basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 5 way switch, 2 single coils in neck n middle and a humbucker in the bridge (Alnico magnets). Metallic red finish with white scratch plate.

Hmm I got this guitar for cheaps so I didnt expect too much. I use a Marshall Valvestate amp and plugged clean this guitar didnt sound all that bad. The pickups lack a little warmth and character but manage to produce some respectable clean sounds. The singles have a little noise but on mine the bridge humbucker was noisy as well. Fairly bright sounding guitar and with the bridge humbucker n distortion engaged we get some decent rock sounds. Not as full and clear as u would like but not bad still.

Guitar had nice low action, a little too low for me. Great playability. Very little fretbuzz and the trem was set up perfect. The intonation was a little off on mine which can be easily fixed. The nut needed a bit of lubrication as it went out of tune with just normal playing without using the trem. Build quality is very good. Much better than expected. Excellent feeling neck, a bit of excess glue near the nut, flat and even finish, nice metallic colour and solid tuners.

The tuning stability would worry me when playing live so I would most likely use this guitar as my backup. Solid hardware that wont rust very quickly and very good build quality and low weight make this an excellent guitar for the money.

Never contacted them. So wouldnt know.

Played for about 9 yrs or so, other guitars are Ibanez JS1000, Ibanez PGM30, Ibanez RG321MHMOL, Squier Korean Strat, Yamaha RGX112, Fender PBass lyte, Hondo Explorer copy and a Yamaha 12 string acoustic. If lost or stolen wouldnt really cry too much. May get another one cause the price is excellent for what u get. Wish it would have a pearl scratchplate as the white one looks a little bland.

China, 2002. This one was in a Guitarport pack and came with strap, cable and Guitarport. I basically got if for free, as the pack was cheaper than the Guitarport itself. I downloaded firmware and software for the Guitarport and it was up-to date.

The guitar is very small and handy. The frets seem a bit small, making it hard (for me) to play the high notes.

I don't amplify it... weird, eh?

Hmmm. I seem to have a picking problem. Could be me, but my pick somehow finds it's way to the pickups all the time... That makes it hard to play. The action was pretty cool. The finish was in order.

Here's a thing... The neck is a bolt-on. The guitar body is cracked in both sides of the neck. That's pretty bad.

I oughtta call CS to find out if they'll cover the cracked body. I doubt that it'll last forever.

I got a handful of guitars, mostly Fenders. This OLP guitar has come in handy in a couple of cases, but I have rarely played it. Most of it's life, it has spent in a Fender hard case. I wonder how the body would then crack... Beats me.

Rosewood neck S-S-H pickups, 5 way switch, diecast tuners, classic trem. Metallic red finish Made in Chine ERnie Ball licenced. 25.5 inch scale

I play everything. I teach guitar and wanted a work-horse that I wouldn't care if it got knocked over and dented, etc. the stock p.u.s were fine, but I had a Schaller humbucker lying around so I istalled it and it was wild. Now I need a high output single for the neck. The sound is good, not boingyu or muddy. the singles are only normally hummy. at my studio I put it through a Boss Metal Zone (the kids love it - Crazy Train dead on!)

the workmanship was pretty darn good.. just a \few years ago China was bad news - guitarwise. Now it's pretty impressive. When I get a new axe, it take it apart and put it back together just for the sake of it. My only gripe was that the nut was really bindy...it must have been set up for 9s, and the 10s really got jammed in the nut slots if I bended the strings (forget using the tremolo) I filed them down alittle and the nut eventually got broken in - but I'll probably get a better nut one day. All the hardware was pretty good quality.

This thing seems like a real work-horse,,,nothing on it gives me any reson for concern. Gig? what gig?! I'd take it to Siberia and back. It's solid.

Don't know! Don't care. It's a guitar not a computer.

I've been playing since I was 14 (that's 28 years ago) I've owned everything once (ES 335, Melody Maker (my old favorite), Ibanez strats, Peaveys (they're solid like tanks), all kinds of amps - mostly solid state (My Classic 50 was too heavey and I couldn't read the controls on the top!) I like the Boss Super overdrive, Ibanez TS9, and the Boss Metal Zone for metal tones. great axed for the money...I'm still going to change the neck p.u. for that biting SRV thang.

Made in China, not sure exactly when, but 2002-2003 is a good guess.
22 frets, rosewood fingerboard, maple strat size neck, solid basswood body.
5-way pickup switching, generic stock H/S/S setup with vintage style tremolo bridge.
Stratstyle body, but smaller and somewhat more offset
Stock sealed tuners, work fine.
IN the guitarportpackage it comes with a cheap strap that broke after two weeks, a short, crappy cable, a pair of crappy headphones and fitted with Ernie Ball 9's.

Suits my curent style of music fine. Mostly 70's style medium rock. Overdrive/distortion on, but not noisy.
I started outplaying it through a Levin Retro 30R, and it sounded just fine, add to that the OD-tone of a Sansamp classic, and you have aprettydecent setup. My amp has now broken, so I only have teh Sansamp straight through the PA, and it still has some bit, at bit muddy, but the dear holds up quite well

The single coils settings have some hum, but not enough to disturdb you while you're playing. And how hard is it really to switch to a hum cancelling postition?

All in all it's fine. It's not an american deluxe strat exactly, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better sounding axe in this price range.

Setup was alright, after a while I got some buzzing I still haven't sorted out, but that's sort of to be expected what with moving between locations with different humidity and all that

The pickups seem a bit uneven. The humbucker has a considerably higher output than the singlecoils, so switching between them mid song might be problem, but that can of course be adjusted with a simple screwdriver by simply lowering the humbucker relative to the single coils.

Sadly, I have to say that within the six months I've owned this guitar, I've had to replace the tone pot and the nut, but seeing as noone else has mentioned any such problems, I'll just write it down to bad luck.

Other than that, I can find no reason to complain. The finish is alright (though I hvae noticed some micro scratches above the bridge where my right wrist, adorned by a bracelet, rubs against the guitar)

Haven't the faintest really. The tone pot was fixed under store warranty (I think) and the nut cost pocket change and I replaced it myself. I haven't had any contact at all with OLP or their Swedish wholesaler.

I've only started playin electrical guitar the last year (almost), so this is my first own electric, but I have a steel string and a classical guitar too, which I've been playing on and off for some ten years now.

IF it were stolen/lost I probalby would replace it with the same guitar as long as I couldn't afford to move up the price/quality range.

I love that it's so easy to play, and that it behaves so well, it follows orders properly, so to speak. I hate that It really doesn't like the trem being used, though I haven't tried it yet with the new nut, so I'll hold my verdict on taht point since I never got round to doing anythin about the problem before replacing the nut.

When buying, I compared it to a Squire Strat (not a fat strat I think), an Epiphone Les Paul (can't recall exact type),and an Ibanez SA260, also an HSS strat style guitar (don't think it's sold in the US though). I chose the OLP because the price was right, to be honest, the Ibanez was teh better guitar, but costed some $100 more that I didn't have, and it was the guitar taht I felt best suited what I wanted to play

There's really nothing I miss on this guitar, simply because I don't expect it to have anything else. It's a strat style guitar with a humbucker in the bridge, and as such it has everything you could ask for (althiug some people might complain about the lack of double tone pots).

All in all an awesome guitar considering how cheap it is (guitars are much more expensive in Sweden thatn in the US, so don't be surprised if you get an enormous price if you convert what I pad for ti to U$D), and a great beginners guitar for those who are willing to spen more than a months leisure budget.

made in china
22 frets
vol/tone/5-way
s-s-h configuration

this guitar suits my music style perfectly. i play all kinds of rock and i also use it in a jaz band. i play through a digitech rp300 and a fender stage 100. you can get some really awesome sonuds out of this thing. very bright. i dialed in any sound i wanted. i might switch out the bridge pickup and put something with more output, but its not really necessary.

the guitar was set-up great. right out of the packaging, i plugged it in and it was awesome. there was a little sticker on the neckplate that left some goo. i got it off witha rag. does that count as a flaw?

this guitar feels really solid. i havent had it for very long, maybe 3 months, and nothing's gone wrong yet.

n/a

been playing for almost 3 years. would DEFINITELY buy again. got lucky and snagged this thing at manufacturer's refurb.

Nice feeling neck, decent pickups, feels ok.

Good Sound. The 3 pickups give a wide variety of tones.

Surprisingly nice. the pickguard is cheesy looking...but what do you expect for such a low price. Overall it's pretty good

Seems well built and sturdy...we'll see

I emailed the support people and within 5 minutes I had a response and they sent a new nut to replace the original. The guy who owned it originally had strung it with some Medium guage strings and it was sloppy when I changed it back to 9's.

Really FAST and pleasant too.

Overall, It's a great starter guitar for my 13yo.

Its inexpensive so I don't worry about dings, stickers, or whatever might happen. But, it's also a decent instrument that you don't feel guilty about giving a new player.

Would definately buy again.

2003 OLP MM4 Fat Strat Copy
Made in China
22 Frets
Solid Baswood Body/ Maple neck
S/S/H Pickup Configuration

I was all set to buy the MM1 Axis based on the tons of glowing reviews
here, but I prefer the S/S/Hum set up. It's much more versatile. You
can go from a "S.R.V. Little Wing" tone to "Highway to Hell" with the flip of a switch. The pick ups were amazing, no need to change them.

The action was a little high, no problem to adjust though. The tremelo
needed to be tightened, again no problem. No flaws that I could see

Just got it.

No need.

I played this thing side by side with my Mexi Fat Strat. I would
say the Fender is a bit heavier and more solid but the OLP
actually sounds better and is more responsive. The feel of the neck
on tne MM4 is way better. For 1/3 the price I sold my Fender and
kept the MM4

Made 2002 in China, 22 frets, solid top, 5 way selector with volume and tone, s/s/h passive pickup configuration, maple neck with basswood body, red sparkle paint job, Strat style body and trem, cheap (good) tuners. My girlfriend wanted to buy me a birthday present so I told her I wanted a Line6 GuitarPort. The stand alone GuitarPort was $169.00 but Guitar Center was running a special that included the GP with this guitar for $199.00. I almost broke my arm pulling her wallet out. Also, included throw-away strings, strap and headphones.

First order of business was to install 3 extra trem springs (for a max total of 5) to stablize the bridge; essestially making it fixed. Next came the flat-wound 11's with a a proper setup. Now this cheap fucker sounds like a monster! The pickups sound superb for Chinese. I prefer the bridge humbucker but the middle and neck single coils are not bad.

Better than expected setup from factory but is not applicable to my situation due to major changes in setup. However, the guitar did respond well to my setup and is holding it. It crossed my mind that the neck might fold up with the 11's but thats a chance I'm willing to take.

This guitar is the backup.

Don't know and really don't want to.

I've been playing for 20 years and still suck. However, I play to decompress after a tough day and really don't give a shit. The GuitarPort is fantastic and I would encourage everyone to try one out. Of course you need at least a $1000.00 PC to run it. I have my PC, stereo and GP all rigged together and am the envy of my poor friends who come to visit.

I played a 2002 I think. Made in China. It has all the features it needs really. I like having a coil-tap for humbuckers, but hey, at this price who would expect it.

I think this thing sounds amazing! No really I do. I haven't played it though my rig yet, but I plan to soon when I buy two of them! I'll give it a 9 just in case I find room for improvement later on, but as it stands right now I think it sounds great!

Really quite amazing at this price. I'll say that blue and red are not my first choice for any guitar's color so they will get a point off for that, but I can get over it and I will buy one anyway. The finish itself is really nice and the guitars I played were set up great and felt as solid as my Reverend Rocco, a guitar costing 3 times as much. They certainly felt as good as good as if not better than any fender I have ever played, and I have played lots.

There were a few spots on the neck where glue or scuff marks were apparent so I'll take a point off for that too, but these were very minor, and I have seen this on guitars costing much much more money so it's no biggie really. The frest and neck felt real nice, and I mean REAL nice. Beautiful instrument!

I have no idea, but based on past experience with similar instruments, it should last you the rest of your natural life. Would gig without a backup and will.

Haven't the slightest.

I have been playing for 15 years and I know a quality instrument when I see one and let me tell you friends this is a quality instrument!

I played the MM1 too and was less impressed, but I think that was just personal. It did feel a bit more cheap to me, but by no means really cheap. I mean I have played $1000.00 instruments that felt cheap so keep that in mind, it has nothing to do with price.

The MM4 felt amazingly solid and I plan to buy two and use them as my main axes for gigging and recording with. I am a semi-pro, meaning I do get paid to play and gig quite a bit, but I do not make my living doing it.

I wanted to leave a review for the MM4 because there are plenty for the MM1 'Axis' and I feel this is as good an instrument after playing them both.

I also played one of their basses and let me tell you, the whole line is amazing! In fact I am thinking about buying one of each to fill out my studio's instrument collection with. I don't mean to gush but I don't think I can convey how impressed I am with these instruments. They feel expensive, just aren't.