Cdwillis
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I've been jonesing for a Flying V since I played my friends USA King V a while back. Unfortunately I don't have the kind of cash at the moment for a USA made guitar so I started looking at lower prices imports.
I played one of the JS32 Rhoads guitars at Guitar Center. I was impressed, but I didn't want to deal with a cheap Floyd. Of course the Floyded Rhoads was the only V they had in the store so I started looking online. I prefer the look of the King V to the Rhoads and once I saw a red one I was sold. I remember playing the cheap JS series guitars years ago and let's just say I was less than impressed. I don't know what happened to make them step their game up. These are great guitars.
There are a couple issues. The frets don't have any sharp edges, but they could use a polishing. The neck is straight, but there's a slight gap in the pocket. It's just enough that I can slide part of my pick between the neck and pocket. Plus the edge of the pocket looks like a tiny bit on the end chipped off. And the soldering job on the volume pot looks sloppy. No issues with the pot, I just noticed how sloppy it was.
Other than those issues it's a great guitar. This Chinese guitar is on the same quality level as some of my old Korean import guitars. I haven't had it an entire day yet, but I am sold on the V shape. It's very comfortable. This one has a very light basswood body so there is a little bit of neck dive if you let go of the neck. It is super comfortable regardless. I think I might have become a V guy.
I played one of the JS32 Rhoads guitars at Guitar Center. I was impressed, but I didn't want to deal with a cheap Floyd. Of course the Floyded Rhoads was the only V they had in the store so I started looking online. I prefer the look of the King V to the Rhoads and once I saw a red one I was sold. I remember playing the cheap JS series guitars years ago and let's just say I was less than impressed. I don't know what happened to make them step their game up. These are great guitars.
There are a couple issues. The frets don't have any sharp edges, but they could use a polishing. The neck is straight, but there's a slight gap in the pocket. It's just enough that I can slide part of my pick between the neck and pocket. Plus the edge of the pocket looks like a tiny bit on the end chipped off. And the soldering job on the volume pot looks sloppy. No issues with the pot, I just noticed how sloppy it was.
Other than those issues it's a great guitar. This Chinese guitar is on the same quality level as some of my old Korean import guitars. I haven't had it an entire day yet, but I am sold on the V shape. It's very comfortable. This one has a very light basswood body so there is a little bit of neck dive if you let go of the neck. It is super comfortable regardless. I think I might have become a V guy.
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