Peerless Tonemaster Player

Korean made single cutaway hollow body semi acoustic guitar with laminated spruce top and laminated maple back and sides.
22 frets on a set neck.
two humbuckers (dual filter tron stle alinco-V magnet) with two volume contorls, two tone controls and one toggle switch.
came with plush deluxe hard case and cleaning cloth.

I play in a ska band called the monotones and use this guitar for that.
originally i was using a 1990 fender strat for the band and although that was a very nice guitar i felt i could get more out of the peerless so now i only use the strat as a backup.
the sound is very big, not loud, just big. It has a lot of bottom end and the top end cuts through quite nicely, my only issue is that sometimes the timbre of the thicker strings doesnt cut throgh as much as the top strings and that could either be due to the strings im using or the ensemble im playing in, alot of the instruments in the band sit quite comfortabl in the tenor register.
I usually run this guitar through a line 6 spider II hd150 with a 4x12 speaker cabinet. Not the best amp for this guitar but it still produces some wonderful sounds. I have run this through other amps such as a small fender frontman combo and it played wonderfully, recently at a gig where the backline was provided i ran it through one of the new marshall valve amps (jmc or something, not a marshall fan) and it sounded wonderful.
i usually only use clean but i have tried it with a bit of distortion and it handles that quite well, although i prefer to use this guitar for clean and in more jazzy setting(big band, combos etc) it handles distortion and high gain as well as it handles the clean mellow sounds.
the guitar is also quite responsive to the smaller things, meaning you dont have to thrash the **** out of this guitar to acquire nice sounds, gentle playing often produces the better tone and the more responsive sound. On saying that you can still thrash the **** out of this guitar and it will still play as well as any other guitar made for thrashing the **** out.
the bassist i play with quite acurately summarised why i chose to swap from a strat to this peerless.
"its less jinggly janggly, and more jimmy jazzy"

factory set up was fine, perfect.
intonation was perfect and the action was nice however i did have to raise the action slightly to stop a bit of buzzing on the first fret.
the finish was fine, couldnt see any problems with it when i got it and still dont have any problems.
i took the clear perspex pickguard off because the guitar itself looks beautiful and the pickguard was a bit of an eyesore, plus i usually play with my fingers.
my only other issue is the neck, very nice and smooth but its not as fast as the neck on my strat but to be honest the neck on the strat was a wierd neck that i didnt see on any other strats (it was maple neck but very heavily varnished) so the neck of the peerles is very good but obviously isnt as good as the strat neck whcih was a super neck.

i took this guitar home for a trial on the tuesday, then played it with the band on tuesday night, i then paid for it on wednesday and gigged wiht it the following monday.
absolutely perfect, well built beast of a machine, i would and do gig without a backup and verything on it just seems perfect.
i wouldnt want to throw it about though. I like it too much.
demands a bit more respect though than my strat did, i have to look after this better.

I havent, as of yet, dealt with the company however there is a representative in the nearby area who is apparently very friendly.
I have a friend who runs a music shop who introduced me to peerless and he says that the peerless guy he deals with is much better than the people he has to deal with from other companies such as carlsbro or fender.

ive been playing guitar for seven years now and although that isnt that long ive spent the last year gigging around the uk at all sorts of venues such as the bournemouth opera house and the camden barfly supporting big acts such as the beat, the dead 60s and the go! team.
so im quite picky about my sound and the type of guitar i use.
I've played and owned a variety of guitars from bc rich warlocks to epiphone les pauls. for the past two/three years i was settled on a 1990 pink paisley strat however the peerless very easily replaced that due to how easy it is to play and how bloody good it sounded.
i would recommend this guitar to anyone who wants a nice guitar with a big tone that is very responsive to all the little things you do on the fretboard.
i have told people they need to get one simply because of how lush it is.
i want to possibly go for the tonemaster custom as it has more features and uses soolid wood instead of laminated.

so to recapitulate, get a peerless.