Tanglewood Pioneer II

Korean-built guitar, same specas those listed here, but left-handed. Versatile, solid and reliable.

I'm a bit of a Strat man, but this guitar gives a good bit more variety. The humbuckers are great for adding a bit of beef to my sound, but the single-coil lacks a certain something (not to mention the pole-piece staggering is backwards). It's pretty much as described elsewhere; a good, PRS/ Gibsony tone, but with the added plus of a decent vibrato. Sustain isn't superb, but it's nice enough.

Again, barring the backwards pick-up, it's pretty solid. This was originally set up for 9s, but I managed to stick tens on no bother, and with a bit of tweaking it was great. The action is came with was nice and low, too- maybe a bit too low, there's noticeable buzz on the bottom E.

Considering I got this second-hand (and it's probably about five years old) it's immaculate; I've gigged it a few times, too, and it still polishes up fine. The tuners are a bit less reliable than I'd like, and probably could use a replacing. Something this heavy, of course, feels like it'll take a lot of punishment before it falls apart.

Never dealt with.

As a solid gigging guitar with a lot of flexibility, it's hard to beat, but some new pick-ups and a set of tuners would make this a guitar to keep in your collection.

Slim line Single Cut-Away, Triple A Grade Solid Mahogany Body, With a real quilted maple top (tobacco sunburst), and set in neck and maple finger board incorporating genuine abalone wild flower design , 22 frets, HB, SC, HM custom wound EMC passive pick-ups, 1 volume 2 tones controls with 5 way selector switch? Wikinson VS50 Gold Trem System, standard non-locking Grover type tuners. Scale length 25.5?

Very versatile guitar plenty of power with good midrange and bass, just roll back the volume to clean up the sound.. this guitar can cope with most styles.. it?s not a Tele or Strat although it can give an approximation of those sounds.. it excels at your Gibson and PRS type sounds.. great for Rock/Blues/Jazz?

Nothing short of superb, the guitar plays like a dream, very low action, the neck is quite think with a comfy C profile and flat fingerboard? all in all a very well made guitar..

Very robust, it taken a fall and survived no problem.. the neck should break like that of an SG or Les Paul due to the angle of the headstock, again a very well thought out design..

Surprisingly good, I had a few questions and they got right back to me.. couldn?t have been more helpful

A great work horse of a guitar, I would have preferred a ebony or rosewood fingerboard with the tobacco sunburst finish (which is stunning), I will also change the tuners to locking ones when I finally get around to it? other than that its pretty much perfect.. if it was lost or stolen I?d replace it wit the Amber finish and rosewood finger board, although these guitars are quite hard to find.. I have been playing for over 25 years and have amassed a number of guitars, but find myself reaching for this one the most often as it is incredibly versatile.. the only exceptions would be when I need a real Strat or Tele tone? but considering I have over 30 guitars to choose from that?s not bad? if you come across one, snap it up.

This is a 98 Korean made slimmed down LP shape. It's mahogany with a mahogany Gibson shape set neck and rosewood fingerboard, with a beautiful abalone flower inlaid. HB-S-HB (specially developed EMC-custom wound), 2 volume, 1 tone, Wilkinson VS 50K Gold vibrato. Gold kidney bean tuners.

Not surprisingly it's got a full rich sound - well it is solid mahogany with hbuckers! The single coil is a bit thin. I run it into a Zoom 505II into a Marshall VS15R amp, for some lovely crunchy sounds, as well as nasty thrash, and nice warm clean tone.

The action was as low as could be straight from the shop, and the intonation (checked with a chromatic tuner) was spot on! Oh and it's gorgeous! Did I not mention how the fingerboard is pre-rolled in for that comfy feeling?

No problems at all - had it 6 months, it's really solid and so long as you don't go too mad with the vibrato stays in tune superbly. The strap buttons are solid as can be, but the gold plating has come off the tuners - pretty minor though

Had a couple of questions - they were excellent and keen to help!

This is a great guitar - unbelievable for the price. Some people complain that the flower inlay on the fingerboard is not meaningful e.g. leaves on 3,5,7 etc. But it looks gorgeous, and nobody looks at the fingerboard, plus it has dots on the side of the rolled in neck.
Superb - I (though I'm sure plenty wouldn't) would rate it over an Epi Les Paul