Product: Steinberger GU7R Custom
Price Paid: US $375.00
Submitted
11/21/2004
at
08:41am
by
Jack Briggs
Email: seemytoms1 at msn<dot>com
Features
:
7
I am sure we all know the standard features.
Sound
:
7
Firstly, the EMG- Selects were some of the weakest pickups I have every played. I found them muddy beyond belief. The bridge was OK for, but the neck and middle were basically a joke. I have recently replaced them with a Dimarzio Mega Drive, PAF Pro, and in the middle an OBL Blade (great pickup). I play through a Marshall 2000 DSL head, and prefer to use the distortion channel on the amp. The fact that it is a light guitar, with no headstock immediatly knocks off points off for tone. I find the frets very brassy, some may like this, but personally I don't.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
VERY POOR set up from factory. An action you could fit a hairbrush under, and so far out of tune it was unbelieveable. The Music Yo strings and an absolute joke, I snapped 2 after playin for half an hour. The pickups were easy to adjust, but they were so shocking, there was no need to adjust them. The colour in the maple had bled in sever places over the binding, which looked terrible. The volume switch is crap, it has no gradual volume gain, it just goes from quiet to loud. The things about the guitar was the neck. Its brilliant. It is very easy to play, and nice and thin. It has amazing fret access
Reliability/Durability
:
8
As far as playing live is concerned. It has withstood the test, and gets a lot of admorable looks. I recently busted the bridge in mid divebomb, but I will take full responsability for that incident. The finish is suprisingly still there, but I cant imagine it lasting much longer. The strap buttons are crap, I had them replaced after it wouldn't hold and strap I put on it. I could'nt use this without a backup, and don't. I only use it for the great upper fret access. But I do depend on it, and the tremelo is very nice, it never goes out of tune.
Customer Support
:
3
Never dealt, but the shipping charge was ridiculous, a low mark for that, plus I did email music yo and get no response
Overall Rating
:
6
I have been playing for some considerable time. And I know a good guitar when I play one. Before I had bought the guitar, I wish I could have had a chance to play it. I only really bought it as I am a huge Leslie West fan, and he uses a Steinberger. I play a Les Paul and a Mex Strat also, and they just generally feel like a better guitar. If it was stolen, I wouldn't bother gettin another one, but if i saw a second hand one for cheap I would. But overall, if you like guitars purely for aesthetics, get it.
