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The body:
Full-size V, not a "Mustaine-KV-size". Graphic on top, black on back. Fine with me, though I'm sure some would want it to wrap around.
Still not a fan of stringthrough without a V-plate, but it works on a graphic. It's not too heavy, not too light.
The Duncan Designeds are ok - nothing special but nothing totally sickening either. I'll most likely put a Distortion in the bridge when I change the strings [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
And don't tell me that Mustaine uses a JB. I know that. I don't like the JB. I don't own a JB. It's getting a Distortion.
The neck:
Yes, it's as thin as the Mustaine KV Pro. While not as thin as the JTX neck, it's close. The rosewood board coulda been darker. Ebony shmebony.
This looks like heavily stained maple more than rosewood. Could be cedar for all I know, it's light enough [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
MOP-ish fins (could be MOP, could be pearloid, couldn't matter less).
No binding. This I'm not fond of. Is binding so difficult to work with and expensive that it can't be gratuitous?
Complaint Department:
How many times do I have to explain this? Strap pin placement of any guitar, particularly one of a radical design that is geared for things like Metal or other such styles that feature technical playing ability, MUST be done with the intent of making the guitar's neck tilt upwards into a comfortable playing position, not such that the guitar is perfectly level with the Earth.
Yes, friends, this guitar will lay flat out as soon as you let go of the neck, which means the strap pin is in the wrong location. Whatever happened to putting them in the top center of the neckplate, or on one of the neck bolts?
And whose idea was this? I love how the tuner casing are aligned on a slope. It makes no sense, but it's interesting. I'm just glad it doesn't interfere with the operation of the tuners.
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