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I've been lurking here for a while as i am the owner of a Charvel Model 4.
This last Friday, i took the afternoon off. Weather was nice here in Montreal, sunny and warm. Perfect for a walk down town with my wife.
At the end of the day, we stopped at a store we have here. They have books, CDs, DVDs and a not too bad musical instruments department. Wife went for the books and i, you guessed it, went to the guitar section.
I tried a bunch of guits of various prices. I had NO intention of buying anything except the cheapo Behringer tremolo pedal but they had none in stock.
I've been dreaming of getting a Strat lately but after noodling with various Teles and Strats (none were a US model), which none impressed me (for the price they were asking), i headed to the Jackson section. They had not too many models. There was that red Kelly model hanging there that i could not reach and as i was about to leave and go back to find my wife, i finaly decided to ask the sales guy to get it down from the hanger for me.
I plugged it into a cheap small Marshall and definitely started liking it the first minutes i played it. The finish was quite good and was surprised that this thing was made in India and played so well.
A few minutes later, my wife appears and say: "Wow, nice guitar!". She was expecting a huge price tag and when she saw the price tag @ 295$us (including taxes) she said: "Does it play well? If yes, get it, it looks too cool to leave it here!". I was floored! I'm not used to such spontaneous reaction from her regarding guitar gear!
We got it out of the door for 256$us (including taxes).
It's not a perfect guitar. The tuners will have to be changed eventualy and i'm not too sure about the PUs. They are quite cool for leads with my Marshall DSL50. They have a "snappin' and poppin'" kind of tone. But for rhythm they sound a bit muddy and don't have the definition of the Duncan JB i put in my Charvel recently.
It's my first guitar with a fixed bridge. Palm muting fells a bit different with that bridge. I will have to get used to it. The action is as good as my other guitars, right from the store hanger. The metallic red color is super cool, i love it. And the shape of this guitar screams metal (for me at least). \m/
So, that's about it for now! Time to get back shreddin'!!!
Rock on everyone!
This last Friday, i took the afternoon off. Weather was nice here in Montreal, sunny and warm. Perfect for a walk down town with my wife.
At the end of the day, we stopped at a store we have here. They have books, CDs, DVDs and a not too bad musical instruments department. Wife went for the books and i, you guessed it, went to the guitar section.
I tried a bunch of guits of various prices. I had NO intention of buying anything except the cheapo Behringer tremolo pedal but they had none in stock.
I've been dreaming of getting a Strat lately but after noodling with various Teles and Strats (none were a US model), which none impressed me (for the price they were asking), i headed to the Jackson section. They had not too many models. There was that red Kelly model hanging there that i could not reach and as i was about to leave and go back to find my wife, i finaly decided to ask the sales guy to get it down from the hanger for me.
I plugged it into a cheap small Marshall and definitely started liking it the first minutes i played it. The finish was quite good and was surprised that this thing was made in India and played so well.
A few minutes later, my wife appears and say: "Wow, nice guitar!". She was expecting a huge price tag and when she saw the price tag @ 295$us (including taxes) she said: "Does it play well? If yes, get it, it looks too cool to leave it here!". I was floored! I'm not used to such spontaneous reaction from her regarding guitar gear!
We got it out of the door for 256$us (including taxes).
It's not a perfect guitar. The tuners will have to be changed eventualy and i'm not too sure about the PUs. They are quite cool for leads with my Marshall DSL50. They have a "snappin' and poppin'" kind of tone. But for rhythm they sound a bit muddy and don't have the definition of the Duncan JB i put in my Charvel recently.
It's my first guitar with a fixed bridge. Palm muting fells a bit different with that bridge. I will have to get used to it. The action is as good as my other guitars, right from the store hanger. The metallic red color is super cool, i love it. And the shape of this guitar screams metal (for me at least). \m/
So, that's about it for now! Time to get back shreddin'!!!
Rock on everyone!
I'd say your wife's a keeper, too. 
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