Product: Washburn BT4QH
Price Paid: US $200$
Submitted
06/27/1999
at
09:08am
by
Jim
Email: Whammy4 at teleport<dot>com
Features
:
7
Dont know where made. 22 frets Solid mahogany body, maple neck rosewood fretboard 2 single coils and a humbucker 5 way switch non locking fulcrum tremelo Grover tuners
Sound
:
8
Tried 5 of these guitars before buying one, most were noisy this one was pretty quiet. I play through a Fender Deluxe an original (65)Witha Zoom processor for efx. This a Strat on Steroids, the guitar is xlent for both clean and dirty sounds. it feels almost as good as a Music Man Axis for 1/4 the money
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
In the 70s this guitar would have cost at least 600$ this one was set all right but I did make some adjmnts to the bridge ,pickups sound great!!! I will replace the nut with Graphite , as on all my guitars. the action was a little low wich made for a little too much buzz .thats corrected now . Intonation is better than all my past Gibsons
Reliability/Durability
:
8
Its made as good as any Guitar Ive had in the past. I always try to have a backup just because its a Tremelo equiped gtr
Customer Support
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No Opinion
N/A yet
Overall Rating
:
10
Ive been playing for about 29 years on and off Gigged for 9 years and do a lot of open mic blues for fun and free beer I rate this gtr very high for 200$ I own an old Ibanez RS 2 440 And An Epiphone special that i have modified. Guitars that i have had in the past include 3 Gibson Les Pauls A 68 Gibson SG A Washburn Double cutaway (Similar to a Les Paul) A Yamaha With a Warmouth Body and an early 70s Swamp ash Strat. Next to my Ibanez this is my fav. I have always liked the styling of the BT series as I am bored with strats and pauls, I would replace this gtr in a quick minute if it were stolen and this one played better than the American Made one For 700$ less. one more thing , I will do a little work on my frets ,but thats relatively common for me on my gtrs
