Product: RavenWestGuitar Co. K2-45P
Price Paid: US $370ish for for guitar and TKL case delivered to my door.
Submitted
04/01/2006
at
06:30pm
by
Duane DiFranco
Features
:
9
new
I think it was made in China
22 fret
quilted maple top (very nice)
H/H raven west pickups
mahogany body and mahogany set neck
PRS style body one peice bridge/tailpiece
grover tuners
semi hollow body
My model is the K2-45p bgb quilt.
Sound
:
9
I play anything that suits me at that moment I pick up a guitar from bluegrass to metal. I am using a 120 watt crate with a boss gt-3.
the pickups are not noisy nor the pots or switch.
I think the pickups are identical to each other like alot of guitars use they sound very good at the bridge but seem a bit muddy at the neck(and I have plenty of height from the pickup as not to be caused from magnets)
overall I like the sound close to my les paul but different in a way I cant put into words.
I will not be changing the pickups as they sound nice.
I would say 8.5 if I could
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
from the factory the neck was nice but the intonation was a little out after replacing the adjusting screws (needed to be a bit longer)
and adjusting the one piece bridge/tailpiece I was able to get it almost perfect(I am an intonation nut) I adjusted the whole guitar.
(I do to all my guitars when I change strings) but most people would
probably think it was well setup
the finish and looks of this guitar is just beautiful.
as I said I setup up all my guitars regularly after setup
the guitar is awesome rivaling guitars many times the cost.
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
She seems to very solid no loose parts or noise in the electronics.
I have only had her for about 1 month but she seems well built.
its hard to say how durable she is at this point but she sure looks good.......
Customer Support
:
10
I spoke with the guy who owns the company (Eric) he was very cool to deal with and was very helpful.
also she comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing on and off for 35 years.
I own a few other guitars a jackson dinky, a yahama 12 string acoustic, a Dean exotica elec/acoustic, an Oak guitar with H/H config (fred and humbucker from hell) I built........... an ovation acoistic, a antique acoustic guitar (very nice) another H/S/H guitar kit. and a Gibson Les Paul
I love the way this guitar looks if she was unplayable it would still be worth 300 bucks just to hang on the wall.
If it were lost or stolen I would definitly buy another in fact i am
probably going to but a different model when I can explain to my wife why I need a 10TH guitar
This guitar I would put right with the les paul and would give Her a 10 if not for the one piece bridge/tailpiece.
(each string needs to be adjustable to get perfect intonation)so 9.5
for the money it is a 10 all day.
Product: RavenWestGuitar Co. K2-45P
Price Paid: US $279.99 plus s&h 28.00
Submitted
03/02/2006
at
10:11am
by
alacran
Features
:
9
this is a 2006 im guessing usa made wonder it has 22 frets. and a beautiful flame maple top in a sunburst finish its semi hollow body.one volume one tone and a three way pickup switch dont really know what type of pickups are in it but they're pretty good nice and hot sort of like early santana, no kidding i can play europa on this and it sounds pretty close.it has a mahogony body and neck with a 25' scale rosewood fingerboard, blue pearl crown inlay on the 5,7,9,12,15,17,19,21 frets and a blue pearl scorpion inlay on the headstock.A flame maple top bound body and bound f-holes. The only thing i dont like is the wraparound bridge (i prefer tune-o-matic) thats why it got a 9. its also equipped with grover tuners and chrome knobs. comes with a free cable
Sound
:
10
like i said the sound is great the decription says the humbuckers are special voiced i have no idea what it means so use your imagination before i bought this guitar i was already thinking about changing the pickups but i might just leave them on right now i only have access to a fender g-dec it has a lot of effects and amp types it sounds great on all of them. the wierd thing is that when i first got it the output jack didnt really work i had to really jam the plug into it to get it to work but now it works
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
the setup was nice im glad too cause i heard that the only setups that you can do on a wraparound bridge i minimal and i just frankly dont know how to do it the only flaws it had was a large chip on the bottom of the guitar do to the united postal service but i contactec the customer service and they hooked me up with a case at a discount
Reliability/Durability
:
8
dont know about live playin cause it got chipped while still in delivery even though it was wrapped with dozens of sheets of bubble wrap but hey its a hollow body so it ment to used with care personally i think dents, chips, and scratches add character to a guitar just look at the srv guitar
Customer Support
:
10
the guy i think his name was eric was pretty cool he gave me a discount on a case cause the guitar got chipped on delivery and the bridge was not like the one i wanted you can get it on warranty for a lifetime just return the card within 15 days
Overall Rating
:
10
ive been playing for about 4 years i have a fender mim with texas specials pu a epiphone black beauty 3 with seymoure duncan jazz, jb, and a carvin mt pu a cordoba c5 a epiphone pr5 evs and a guitar i built myself it this guitar was stolen i would defenetly buy me another one but make sure they over pack it so it wont come chipped again :)
