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Seville Explorer Seville
Good old beginner guitar

‎05-13-2011 04:38 PM

Overall Rating: Very decent student guitar.  At the time it really stood out compared to all the very pricy and not particularly special name brand models.  It was a stunning guitar compared to most of the low end junk that used to be made. Features:...
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Very decent student guitar.  At the time it really stood out compared to all the very pricy and not particularly special name brand models.  It was a stunning guitar compared to most of the low end junk that used to be made.

Features:

I have a Seville that is very different from any I find mentioned online.  Mine is an explorer shape with an explorer hockey stick type headstock probably going back to the 70's sometime.  Its a bolt on neck.  The neck is not maple it seems softer like mahogany. The color seems different but maybe its the finish.  The body might actually be mahogany. The body seems smaller that a real gibson and the neck is a jumbo fret with a fat round neck carve.
I think it used to have a nice cherry sunburst finish but I stripped it off.  The neck shifts in its neck pocket now but I think it used to be fine and its probably something dumb I did to it back in the day.  The fret job seems a bit of a hack with some divots where the fret ends were done but the frets are level and the neck plays great.  I need to shim the neck up and get it back to playing.

Sound Quality:

Always sounded good and felt great.  I think the original pickups were unpotted so they would feedback at extreme gain.

Reliability/Durability:

The neck pocket is the only issue and I think I caused that.

Ease of Use:

Playability was always great.

Reviewer Background: Performing long time beginner
Purchased From: Jim's House of guitars
Price: $120.00 USD USED
Dean vnxmtbk Vendetta XM Electric Guitar
Vendetta XM

‎03-05-2009 12:00 AM

Overall Rating: Been playing 25 years own american 70's 80's strat, V, LP and cheap guitars like this and Johnson and let me tell you if I was Fender or Gibson I'd be sweating bullets about my cheap competition. This and its tele brother the Evo are ...
Overall Rating: Been playing 25 years own american 70's 80's strat, V, LP and cheap guitars like this and Johnson and let me tell you if I was Fender or Gibson I'd be sweating bullets about my cheap competition. This and its tele brother the Evo are the best of the budget competition.
Features: Strat type dark stained satin finished Paulowinia wood. Jumbo or near jumbo frets. 24 frets. Got everything it needs. The tuners are working well and seem decent. The body is crazy light. No one picks it up without noticing. That does make it neck heavy but only slightly. Its fine sitting down and works standing with any strap except a skinny nylon one. This is the nicest cheap guitar I know of and I keep a look out. At $160 check out the squire std cherryburst but at $129 or less its the bust out winner. I thought I was a hardwood sustain type guy but this soft wood unit really sings out and plays very well unplugged.
Sound Quality: Seems like a shredder guitar and probably can be but it feels very vintage to me. I play blues and classic rock and this guitar works great for that. I think these pickups are pretty good. Well designed for moderate clean through gritty blues into classic metal and friends agree.
Reliability/Durability: The damaged few I saw did imply a delicate guitar. Very light wood very easily dented. I suspect a very hard hit could do permanant damage but normal wear and a few drops should be fine.
Price: $60.00 USD
Ibanez TS7 TS7 Tubescreamer Pedal
TS-7

‎09-08-2007 12:00 AM

Overall Rating: I really have not used it enough as guitar effect but its great as a science experiment. Sound Quality: Its been debated already. I can't comment on on how "original" it is. Last time I played an original ts9 was when they were new 20...
Overall Rating: I really have not used it enough as guitar effect but its great as a science experiment.
Sound Quality: Its been debated already. I can't comment on on how "original" it is. Last time I played an original ts9 was when they were new 20 years ago. I can say it sounds great specially compared to my boss df-1 super dist and feedback. The boss is a toy by comparison. I'm not fooled into thinking I have a tube amp but the ts-7 is a well voiced pedal. I bought this as an inexpensive pedal that I could modify but after playing it I'm going to hold off any changes. I'll modify the boss instead. If I hurt it there's no loss.
Reliability/Durability: It seems to be built like a tank. Its obviously metal and should last a long time. I want to comment on something I haven't seen mentioned here. I opened my ts-7 up and looked inside. It has the famed JRC4558 chip although it makes sense that the diodes that do the clipping may make the most difference in the sound. As I dug in I was amazed at the build quality. 4 or 5 component boards and very hight quality wiring all in detachable harnesses. The 1/4" jacks are not connected to the metal chassis but to metal brackets inside that are screwed to the chassis. Frankly it looked over engineered and overly complicated to build but its so reasonably priced I must assume it was designed for automated assembly. Its not hard to get into. I see they could have built it with a single pc board by mounting all jacks and pots on the board but that always causes broken solder joints. I took it half apart and it went well. Very high quality but it does use self tapping screws into the chassis so if you were to take it apart too many times the screw holes would likely strip out. Also the push-in pots are a great gimmick. Possibly useful but certainly more costly than simpler ones.
The insides may not matter to most users but there are many who may want to modify their ts-7 into an 808 or ts-9. There are many hotrod tips on the internet and the price makes it affordable to play with.
Ease of Use: Very straight forward and most settings make a good sound.
Customer Support: If they make it work this well and this solid then it seems their job is done.
Price: $30.00 USD
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