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Vintage Metal Axxe V

Summary
Features 6.5 (4 responses)
Sound 6.8 (4 responses)
Action, Fit, & Finish 6.5 (4 responses)
Reliability/Durability 6.3 (3 responses)
Customer Support N/A (0 responses)
Overall Rating 6.8 (4 responses)
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Product: Vintage Metal Axxe V
Price Paid: sterling 170
Submitted 09/13/2007 at 01:43pm by Baz

Features : 4
Nothing special, i am very weiry about the neck its not as solid as i would have hoped. The levels of tone are not that great.

Sound : 3
This is where this guitar is the most disappointing. Yes it has humbuckers but the hollow body makes it sound awful. and i have alot of great gear too available. i would never gig with this in my life. not bad for a practise guitar, i will give it that , i would nearly give it a 4 but i was so disappointed when i first played it i will give it this 3

Action, Fit, & Finish : 6
it is good looking i give it that, but at a distance! The fret board has glue which is clearly visable. Im not fussed on the tuning machines to be honest, good looking but a few finishing flaws the bridge is pretty ok. I am more that satisfied with the cut aways!

Reliability/Durability : 4
I would never wan to gig with this. the hard ware isnt good to be honest. the strap buttons at a bit smaller that i want them to be. The neck is terrible too play with and it isnt as solid as others

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 5
i will give it a 5 because it is an ok guitar and it looks good from a distance, its ok for personal practicing, not bad for the money as you couldnt really expect much else. if it were stollen or lost i wud buy a cheap les paul as they sound better. This is sort of a fashion guitar it looks good but it fails to perform (in my opinon)


Product: Vintage Metal Axxe V
Price Paid: 200 (Pounds Sterling)
Submitted 09/04/2005 at 09:42am by SlashRocksOK

Features : 8
Made in 2004, 22 frets. Volume pot, 2 tone pots, 3-way. 2 humbuckers. Black Eggshell finish, black hardware, ebony fingerboard. Stop Tailpiece. RR5 style body

Sound : 7
This was my first guitar, so i boght it for looks. I play rock and this is a metal guitar. can get great OD and distortion out of it, especially with a Boss MT-2 put through it. it's pretty hard to get much more than a metal sound out of it. amazing for playing heavy stuff

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7
Came to me in near-perfect condition. One or two minor flaws ont he finish and pick up casing. Bridge was routed fine. The fingerboard could be better

Reliability/Durability : 8
It can stand pretty much anything you throw at it; i've dropped it a couple time onto wooden flooring and only a minor chip on the spikes. Volume control is in a really annoying place, if you're thrashing this guitar and hit the pot, it can get wobbley. I would never gig with this without a backup; i'd be scared incase the strap came off again

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with Vintage.

Overall Rating : 7
I've been playing a year and it's taken a beating, but it doesn't suit my style, good beginner guitar. I have no other guitars, just BOSS DD-3 and MT-2 pedals. If it were lost, i would buy a Maverick F-1, much more suited to me. I love the gothic body shape, i bought it because it was a flying V and it had an unusual matte finish. I wish it came with chrome hardware, which i added. It looks so much better.


Product: Vintage Metal Axxe V
Price Paid: 36 (#)
Submitted 12/15/2004 at 10:21am by Matt

Features : 6
Two chunky humbuckers, volume pots for bridge and neck pick up, trem, and good looking purple finish. Body meets the neck at about the 17th fret so reach is difficult towards the top. Good neck, and 'spongy' feel to strings.

Sound : 8
Excellent chunky sound and not too bad on the clean sound aswell

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7
With the trem bar in its difficult to get to the pick up selector switch, and the volume pots arent as easy to reach as they could be. Action is great, but the reach at the top is really bad

Reliability/Durability : No Opinion
I'd use it as a back up guitar at a gig, but as there is no locking nuts for the trem system you have to be v careful when using the bar

Customer Support : No Opinion
Guitar shop were useless, but haven't dealt with the company that makes the guitars

Overall Rating : 7
I have been playing for 3 years, and this would suit a beginner, but is unreliable for a more serious player, invest in an ibanez or similar. Why bother with a metal guitar that has a bar on but no locking nuts? I got it just cos it was so cheap, but wouldn't buy again.


Product: Vintage Metal Axxe V
Price Paid: #198 (#pounds GB)
Submitted 12/16/2003 at 08:08am by Anonymous

Features : 8
24 Fret, in "Deep purple flake" finish. No free accessories included- hat to buy a acoustic bass gig bag to accomadate unorthadox shape.
Has a nice trem system with string thru body
Flying V body
Two humbuckers

Sound : 9
This is, as the title suggests, a guitar for playing metal. This it does extremely well, the humbuckers give a rich, thick sound

Action, Fit, & Finish : 6
Came from the guitar shop well set up, good action with no fret buzz. Absolutely no problems- with beatiful finish.
Huge thing I hate about this guitar- it is IMPOSSIBLE to play sitting down comfortably- it just slides off your leg. This guitar is definitely designed to be played standing up

Reliability/Durability : 7
I would not use this guitar in a gig without a backup, but I would have it as my drop tuned guitar no worries
There is no pick guard, which means the finish could get scratched very easily

Customer Support : No Opinion
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Overall Rating : 8
We bought this guitar for my friend between us as a first guitar, and I got a good hour to sit and play it
It looks, sounds and feels amazing
Only let downs are no pick guard and really cr@p to play sitting down

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