Members Jim85IROC Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Forward:I tested these guitars in 4 different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim85IROC Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 continued.... Epi Dot (new)After the Ibanez, I picked up an Epi Dot. This poor guitar must have been on the Guitar Center sales floor for a while because it was kind of beat. The knobs were loose, and one was missing. The neck pickup was brighter than the ibanez. The bridge was also brighter than the ibanez, very twangy, but a bit harsh. The body felt fairly resonant, though not as resonant as the Ibanez. The action was a bit higher than the Ibanez, I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim85IROC Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Continued... Overall appearance: 6/6. The first had a great flamed top, but too many flaws. The 2nd had no flaws, but had no flamed top either.Overall fit & finish: 3/8. The first was a disaster. The 2nd had 1 loose knob.Overall playability: 7/4. The first played well except for a lot of fret buzz that could have been fixed with a setup. The action on the 2nd was great with no fret buzz, but the lousy fretboard and lousy frets make bending very rough. On both, I absolutely love the neck. The Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim85IROC Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Beautiful, except that there's no flame: Nice artsy pic with no flash. Close-up of the body: some un-explained shiny spot on the fretboard & some filler around the inlay: flat frets beautiful flame on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invader.CC Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 I think you did a great job on the review but one thing you have to keep in mind is the price on the xaviere's aren't they only around 200 dollars ..You really can't expect perfection on a 200 dollar guitar ive seen 1,ooo dollar guitars with worse flaws for 200 dollars if it plays good and sounds good its a great bargin..Although i have to agree it is silly to have that great veneer on the back and the less attractive one on the front this had to be an oops at the factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geeter Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 A lot of work went into that post. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skatalite Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks for this informative comparison and review! Sorry to hear about the shortcomings of the Xaviere; but glad you were able to work around most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted February 26, 2009 Members Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thank you very much for taking the time and effort for such a great review and post!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raxus Prime Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Great review, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yes, thanks for the effort on that review. I've bought and sold two Yamahas in worse shape than that. Nice looking house. Perhaps you should've bought something far more expensive. Man that sounds {censored}ty. Sorry. But, still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Thanks for the reviews. I think the XV is beautiful, even without the flame. In fact I think I like plain top vintage bursts like that better than flamed... reminds me of the '60 ES-345 I used to have. I have an AS73 now ...an outstanding value for inexpensive semi-hollows. Congratulations on the new guitar! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Epi Les Paul Semi HollowThis guitar didn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 10 out of 10 for the post! One thing I hope GFS addresses in future batches is that horrible looking rosewood. All of the pictures I've seen of rosewood fretboards just don't look pleasing at all. Maybe if they just stained those white spots out it would be better, but it just doesn't look high-quality to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mielkea Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow - I was right on the fence about ordering one, and I'm gonna stay there for a bit. I can't really see the flat frets, and the plain top looks great to me. But the misaligned pickups in the first are really shocking. Very surprised that that shipped out. That said, the white and black hollowbody looks so great - and GFS just seems like a good company that wants to please, so that really goes in their favor (while Gibson and Fender seem to want to jack up prices - and I have 4 Gibsons and 3 Fenders.) Thanks for taking the time to do that! AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've bought and sold two Yamahas in worse shape than that. ...while in the course of reading that review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members saxcop2 Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 sounds to me like the jay Turser is a better guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zerostreet Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Excellent post and reviews! Thanks!...and that artsy pic is artsy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Those squared off frets would be the deal killer on the Xaviere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clonexx Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Even though this style of guitar is about as far away from my tastes as possible, this was an awesome informative post with a ton of time and effort put into it. Great job man and HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Wow, that is one hell of a good review. I actually find the less flamey top quite appealing. The incomplete fret level bit is puzzling, but after crowning the frets, and oiling up the board that looks like a winner. BTW, the guy who said these are about $200 is about a $100 off, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimboJ Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Nice review! I was torn between the Xaviere and the Ibanez AS73. I decided to go with thre Ibanez, and I'm glad I did. It really is a great guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members otis_rush_fan Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Yeah, that does sound {censored}ty, DC. So the fact that he has a nice crib means he has no right to expect better from a guitar seller who constantly compares/contrasts his own products to guitars "that cost hundreds more." Um, okay. C'mon, man. You're better than that. Yes, thanks for the effort on that review.I've bought and sold two Yamahas in worse shape than that.Nice looking house. Perhaps you should've bought something far more expensive.Man that sounds {censored}ty. Sorry. But, still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Whoa that as an amazing post!!!! We should all pay you for that lol Thanks for sharing your review with us, it really helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 Excellent post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhamnett Posted February 27, 2009 Members Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have to agree with the dry fretboard and crappy strings. I just got a XV-910 and it's in the shop getting a proper setup. I do love the flame on mine and the GFS P-90s are just amazing pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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