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Interesting, your experiences are just the opposite of mine. I have
and SX PJ Bass that I purchased in February and it is absolutely
beautiful. Fit, finish & sound are all top notch. I also have an Agile
2500 LP Gold Top with set neck & P90's that is incredible for the $199
I paid for it. I use it as my main guitar these days (I'm in a "Rawk"
band right now not a Surf band) it is much nicer than the Epiphone I
once owned. (Is your LP one of the older Essex/SX ones with the bolt
on neck?) My Agile IJ Cool Cat is the nicest playing guitar I have
right now
I did have to upgrade the pickups to GFS "Nashville" (Filtertron-like)
pickups on that one. It came with "PAF Style" pickups that just didn't
twang at all.
I had a Jay Turser 335 copy that buzzed or had miserably high action,
sharp frets (that actually popped out of the fretboard on occasion)
and extremely muddy sounding pickups.
I think what we can see here is that the quality control on these
Korean & Chinese imports can be a little iffy. If you get a good one
(and most of mine have been) it can be a jem.
Z
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:54:55 -0000, Roger <> wrote:
> Just wanted to put my review in as to the Rondo guitars:
> Specifically, I bought a gold top SX Les Paul w/ P90s. The P90s are
> loud and though I've never cranked my amp with them, the tones are
> very good. However, the machine heads are really poor and don't
> stay in tune very well and should be replaced with something more
> reliable and aesthetically pleasing (I can't stand the terms "retro"
> or "vintage" anymore - sign of aging). Also the neck was a big draw
> back for me - the frets weren't dressed and felt like little spikes
> as I would run my hand up or down the neck. I know, I know - for
> that little amount of money ($200) I should expect to lay out
> something for upgrading, but nevertheless I was disappointed. The
> inlay work is sloppy too and there are gaps between it and the wood.
>
> However, I CAN happily rave about my Jay Turser JT300 - strat copy.
> For $129.95 this is a great guitar. No problems with anything, good
> frets, machine heads, nice contour, "classic" (another overused term)
> strat sound and the whammy is pretty typical of strats. My finish is
> metallic gold and its just the icing on the cake. I have played lots
> of surf with it and its a keeper as far as I'm concerned.
>
