The most brutal guitar plug-in

Previously, extreme bands recorded guitars on the classical scheme - studio, amplifier, microphone, guitarist. But in the processing such a result it takes a very long time to hide errors. Or they made perverted experiments in the process of re-amp - only most popular (vintage and similar) amplifiers and pedals exist in VST format. But now there was a plug-in that allows you to get a very brutal sound.



Nice job. The result you can hear is that this sound is very suitable for the deathcore or djent. Comments are superfluous.

Currently, this plug-in is not available for purchase, only pre-order is available. But for those who have pre-ordered, access will be 2 days earlier than for general public.

DIY guitar from garbage

In one of my entries, I discussed a video that guitar can be made from garbage. But in this video of the garbage consisted only of body and bridge. Is it possible to make a guitar completely from garbage? In this video, one simple solution was suggested.



Author begins the video with criticism of a similar video, and then goes to dump. At this time, a crossover-thrash plays against the background, which is very good for picture. As a result, it was possible to collect the following loot: a bottle (this will consist of a bridge), several pieces of pressed sawdust, some wires (and author notices that copper wires are a rarity in garbage dumps), magnets (with their help open / close doors on cabinets or nightstands). String could not be found, so it was decided to use a guitar string. At first the author crafts a pickup, simultaneously explaining theoretical basis. Author spent three days on the craft pickup and result turned out bad, but destination was achieved. Further assembly process is shown at an accelerated pace. At the end of video, author tries to play djent. Signal is very weak - few coil turns. Author also understands this and therefore put great emphasis on gain.

As you can see, it's pretty simple.

Djent stick by Vaganych

Grab the pole from shovel and use it to modify the guitar. Do you think this is impossible? In Russia everything is possible.



Here you can see that bass guitar is being reworked. It's not entirely clear why - scale length remains the same, but there is no truss rod. Distortion can be put on bass. Nevertheless, pole from shovel excellently enters the docking area, which is very encouraging to author of video.

Actually, this can be played and sometimes even music is produced. This is suitable for djent and progressive music. Well, we wish the author success in working with this device.

Wireless headphones: Sven vs JBL

"Portable electronic device for audio data playback" - is that we say after word "headphones"? No. Headphones today are not just another device. It’s more like a separate philosophy. It’s not difficult to guess that now the lowest segment (up to 99 USD) is very saturated and it's very easy to make mistakes here. There are also frank shit and quite good models.

Today I decided to compare 2 pieces of wireless headphones worth up to 99 USD. For this I chose Sven AP-B450MV and JBL T450BT. These are pretty strong opponents.

Sven AP-B450MV

Peoples from Finland don't have a mad desire for luxury. They believe that luxury is a medieval fun for degrades person. For this reason, all products of Finnish companies - this is maximum quality at lowest price. No bells, no whistles. No extra charges for letters on package. As for the company SVEN, I have known them for a long time. On keyboard from this company, millions symbols were printed, and thousands of hours of game sessions were held. On one keyboard. And now, when the mass market can offer wireless headphones, I will choose this company.

Price - 1900 rub (30,8 USD).



JBL T450BT

Is there a good sound on the membrane at 32mm? Five years ago I would call it blatant lies, but now it's possible. It's not that much to say here, since large companies are big because they do everything and always are good. As for this particular example, I really liked the idea of ​​"dressed and pressed". No unnecessary movements. He dressed, pressed, and listened.

Price - 3500 rub (56,8 USD).




So, I already compared the design. And now I will compare the sound of these models. I will compare the sound of low, medium and high frequencies, as well as the timbre of the most commonly used instruments in metal music. For this I alternately play several different tracks on phone. Here is the list.

• Absolute - Instinct Of the Beast (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal)
• Longinus - Evil & Blood (Heavy/Power Metal)
• Light Bringer - Noah (Symphonic/Power/Progressive Metal)
• Rie Aka Suzaku - Last Enemy (Speed/Power Metal)
• Aldious - Eternal Delusion (Thrash/Power Metal)
• Horrific Disease - Lord Of Avengement (Thrash/Death Metal)
• Infernal Revulsion - Contra-Mi(Nation) (Brutal Death Metal)
• Each Of The Days - This Burning Blood (Metalcore)
• Nocturnal Bloodlust - Malice Against (Deathcore/Djent)

At once it’s possible to tell, that for price sounding of both models excellent. But there are some differences.

Headphones from SVEN

Advantages:

• Interesting design.
• Excellent price / quality ratio.
• Uniform reproduction of all frequencies. No problem.
• A 40mm speaker is a very good solution.
• Versatility. Suitable for many tasks. Listen metal or watch movie - these headphones will always be gorgeous.
• You can connect two devices at the same time: one by BT, the other by 3.5.
• Several buttons are combined into one. Play, pause, next track, previous track, increase volume, decrease volume - this is all one button.

Disadvantages:

• The case needs to be cleaned often.
• Manufacturer claims that the battery lasts 10 hours. In the actual case, charge lasts for 6-6.5 hours.
• Very sensitive to radio noises and sudden movement of coupled device. It's not recommended to move quickly during use.
• It's also not recommended to move quickly because of the very fragile structure. Yes, in our time, any electronics is quite fragile. But here some headband parts of are made of very thin plastic, which significantly increases the likelihood of breakage.

Headphones from JBL

Advantages:

• Minimal design. It's simple - put it on his head and pressed the button.
• Design makes it possible to very fine-tune the device under your head.
• Very pronounced upper range parts.
• Radio noises does not matter.
• They also need to be handled with care, but not as with the previous model.
• Manufacturer claims that the battery charge lasts for 11 hours and it's very close to reality.

Disadvantages:

• Lower range part is poorly audible. Yes, manufacturer claims some "special" sound, but good hearing can not be deceived.
• The 32mm speaker has a good sound, but I can not say that its use is a good idea.
• Not suitable for music with a high-intensity rhythm section. Even when listening to thrash, power or speed metal, something is already being felt. And extreme music in these headphones turns into an violent mosh.
• No wired connection - can not be used when battery power is off.

Well, earlier I stated that these are very strong opponents and choice is not always obvious. But my choice is made. Guess which one?

Virtual Guitar Processors: POD Farm vs Guitar Rig

Not all people are owners of a large living space - to keep the amplifier and a large number of effect pedals, everyone can not. But everyone, who plays guitar, want a good sound. Virtual processors can help here. I compared two popular virtual processors and today I'll tell you about results.

POD Farm from Line 6

Manufacturer of guitar equipment has now entered the virtual space. For comparison, version 2.59.0 (build from February 14, 2017) is taken.

Advantages:

• Very high-quality emulators with very little CPU resources.
• Very simple setup: you choose the elements and play.
• It's impossible to make a mistake. You just choose the elements of your sound and play.
• Emulator cabinet contains an emulator of 4 microphones (can be used only separately), as well as a simple tool to adjust room size.
• Can be divided into two channels and used separately or together. For example, this can be useful for rhythm (emphasizing low frequencies, more gain) and for solos (high-frequency underscores, less gain).
• Can be used as a vocal processor.
• It's not necessary to connect via a professional audio interface. To connect the built-in audio card on your computer.

Disadvantages:

• Quality is lower compared to the next.
• There is no possibility of recording. It's possible to make friends with sequencer, but for this you need to copy *.dll files to folder "vst plugins".
• A lot of similar elements of the tone block. I never saw the difference between the "modern" and "vintage" delays.

Guitar Rig from Native Instrument

When it comes to Native Instrument, comments are always superfluous. For comparison, version 5.1.0 (build from March 22, 2012) is taken.

Advantages:

• "Made in Germany" and "Quality" are synonyms. And this product is no exception.
• A very convenient CPU usage monitor. At the time of exceeding 100% the program is automatically turned off.
• You can switch between low and high quality.
• You can very fine tune your tone. Immediately is a huge number of well-known instruments for forming a tone.
• There are very rare and specific effects. For example, UFO effect - this sound can not be described.
• A lot of extra tools. For example, you can export your result as wav file. Or import the previously recorded riffs and see how it will sound.
• Also there is a very convenient metronome, in which you can even test your sense of rhythm. So convenient that I decided to highlight this as a separate item.
• For each amp, there is a separate cabinet emulator and two separate microphone emulators (condenser or dynamic). But the company's emulator cabinet contains emulators of 8 different microphones, which can be used both together, as well as separately.
• Compressors / limiters are just fantastic.
• Opportunity to divide into two channels. There are three types of separation: from side and in middle, from below and from above and also the classical division into two channels.
• Volume pedal can be controlled by any external device. I did it for this purpose to customize the gamepad for PS2.

Disadvantages:

• This is not a toy for beginners. It's very difficult to learn and adjust.
• It's very easy to make a mistake. Elements are from top to bottom.
• It behaves inadequately when connected through the built-in sound card on computer / laptop.
• Realism is good, but only up to a certain point. If guitar is not connected to computer, then all the time you hear a rattle and crackling.
• It's impossible to make friends with sequencer. However, this is compensated by the possibility of recording.
• It requires a lot of CPU resources. That is, if CPU has less than 4 cores and the clock frequency is less than 2.0 (Intel), then forget about it.
• Divide into two channels is possible, but this requires a very long time to set up. And it's not always what I wanted.
• Only one amp for bass, and bass sound is tuned in a very specific way.

I think choice is obvious.

9 string guitar vs bass

Previous blog entry made me ask myself another similar question: why not just take a bass instead of a 9 string guitar? This video perfectly shows the difference.



Great job. You can see that guitarist and the bassist are playing in unison. But sound of instruments is different even if you apply the same tone.

On video uses guitar Schecter Hellraiser C9 and some bass (they are not much different). Scale length of this guitar is 28 inches (baritone), scale length of bass is 35.5 inches. This implies using a different strings set. That is, for these reasons, oscillations (and, as a consequence, the timbral coloring) will be very different. Also pickups construction is slightly different. Therefore, pedals or processors always indicate for which instrument they are intended. I even saw a pedal specifically for extended range guitars or with a dropped tuning (Ibanez 7th heaven).

Well, this is not a review, so we'll finish this.

8 string guitar vs 6 string guitar with Digitech Whammy

Let's imagine this situation: you want to play on guitar with very low tuning. But you only have a six-string guitar with a standard E tuning and a regular string set. Having a more guitars is too expensive, each time changing the strings is too expensive, and also long. Here this device can help. It costs 200 USD.



Great job. You may notice that the sound is very different, although the notes are completely identical.

Theoretical explanation is quite simple. Imagine several units of some material of different sizes. A similar attack force is applied to them. The sound will be different in frequency and something else. This "something" is called "timbre" - the coloring of sound, reported to it by overtones, resonances, ect.

It's the same with strings. After attack, not one frequency is formed, but a whole set of frequencies, at the peak top there will be exactly that frequency that you wanted. Who does not understand about "peak" - google "Gauss distribution." Actually, difference in sound is due to construction features. 7 and 8 strings are thicker than 5 and 6, that is, the oscillations will be different. And, if we can lower the basic note, then we can not affect the oscillations (overtones, resonances). Yes, there is deeper processing of frequency, but this is another topic.

So, let's sum up. Advantages of 8 string guitar:

• Sound is more natural.
• Wider range.
• You look very cool with this.

Advantages of a 6 string guitar with Digitech Whammy:

• Less weight.
• Frequency changes in real time - it's very suitable for experimental music.
• You don't need to have several guitars with different tunings.

What to choose? You decide.

Breakdown Composer - mobile app for metalcore musician

If a metal has the main thing - it's a guitar solo, then a metalcore (and its derivatives) is a breakdown. Like any element of a musical composition, it's very important. But sometimes it's hard to compose. Nevertheless, a program has already been invented that can generate random breakdown. Title is Breakdown Composer.

Interface is minimal. No bells, no whistles, only the most necessary elements.

Advantages

• Compactness. Application size is 22 megabytes.
• Generating a random breakdown. It helps a lot when there are absolutely no ideas.
• You can change measure size, tempo.
• A good choice between elements of drum set. Here are a few snares, two bass drums, two rides, Chinese, crash, hi-hat (open, closed). For a small application, this is a good variety.

Disadvantages

• Guitar has only three notes that can't be used simultaneously in one track.
• A similar situation with drum set. Only three tracks can be used. The first - plates, the second - a shot, the third - a bass drum.
• Defective editing. You can't change note length.
• There are no harmonics and hammer-on/pull-off. These are coolest sounds in breakdown, but here it's absent.
• Only Wav and Png files can be exported. Midi can't be exported.

This is suitable for rough drafts, not for full-fledged work.

Virtual bass: Fodera Yinyang VS Scarbee pre-bass

I really love playing guitar, but I don't have other instruments. Therefore, writing rhythm section for a long time was a big problem. The solution was the use of VST plug-ins in sequencer. Tried several pieces and decided to compare the most interesting. Today we considering two virtual instruments. First is Fodera Yinyang from Ample Sound. Second is Scarbee pre-bass from Native Instruments.

Fodera Yinyang  

Let's imagine this situation: we will give two different people headphones with an ideally accurate frequency response and ask for opinion. The first is usual average people, which does't see any reason to pay for headphones more than 2 bucks. The second is a person who has good hearing and extensive knowledge about sound (musician, sound engineer, etc.). I think you can imagine what they will say.

Approximately the same thing here. It would seem, four strings, standard tuning, two pickups, well, what can you think of yet? However, from very beginning, you understand that this is something unusual. Then we googled the title of this instrument and see that the same device uses Victor Wooten. A specialist of this level can't take bullshit.

Advantages:

• Suitable for soloing and non-standard ideas. Perfect sounding of hammer-on/pull-off, natural harmonics, slap, tapping and scales. Very soft glissando.
• There are many different instruments for forming a timbre. There is a distortion here - you can feel like Cliff Burton.
• You can choose between active and passive electronics.
• Sound is completely processed - there are no unnecessary resonances, noises.
• Significantly shortens running time without losing sound quality - many elements are automated. Just write or import midi file into track, select elements of timbre and enjoy result.
• Also here is the function Riffer, which makes it easy to compose parts or generate random.
• Interface is well thought out - very convenient arrangement of elements.

Disadvantages:

• Apply this instrument to a usual rhythm section - it's like digging a garden in a tuxedo. Yes, this plugin has a very interesting sound, but to pull the fourth string under the bass drum is better to choose something else.
• It requires a lot of CPU resources.
• Automation erases some shades. For example, here is a strange (for real instrument) algorithm for switching strings, but it can't be done manually.

Scarbee pre-bass 

Sound of legendary Fender Precision Bass '72 is now available in VST format. Further description is pointless: this instrument has been showing excellent sound for decades. Users are given a clean sound. Absolutely clean - sound was recorded in a line.

Advantages:

• A raw sound that can be finely tuned in accordance with your artistic task.
• Extensive possibilities: suitable for soloing and rhythm section. Everything depends only on your artistic task, your knowledge, your imagination and the resources of your cpu.
• Strings can be switched manually. This is very important: one note can be played in different ways, but usually only one sound is recorded.
• Composer not only hears, but also sees the process. Below the neck there is a text footnote that displays the last note and the last used articulation.
• Minimum interface elements is only what is needed.

Disadvantages:

• Bad suitable for non-standard ideas.
• The need for fine-tuning sound is a lot of time spent. Add an cabinet emulator, remove resonances and noise. Not everyone likes this. And also the whole process of processing can take much more CPU resources than previous plug-in.
• Do you think that simplicity is a small amount of CPU resources? This is not always true. This plugin is just part of one large Kontakt platform, which is very demanding on CPU.

Here are such interesting opposites.

Unique guitars - Villanizer

I think you saw a lot in terms of guitar body design. But designers don't cease to amaze. On Internet, I noticed an interesting guitar - Villanizer.

Yes, steampunk style is very attractive because it allows creating very illogical designs. And sometimes you can even stick a few gears and proudly hang a label "steampunk." Nevertheless, an interesting approach is evident here. Protrusions, imitating rivets, create impression of an iron construction. Image of rust and abrasions is always a good solution. Bronze hardware are also an interesting solution. Also in the gap, you can see something that gives feeling of an iron frame. Another interesting solution is placement of a pressure meter on one of edges. Designer thought out the concept of steam machine well.

On video you can see how it looks in work.

Guitar pedal handmade

In Russia, people are always looking for opportunities to do something themselves. For example, a guitar pedal: in Russia it's very expensive. Yes, there is a company Yerasov, but this company has a very small production and can't fully satisfy the great demand.

On YouTube, I found two videos that describe process of self-manufacturing guitar overdrive pedal.





Diagram shows that technically this is fuzz, but sound will be overdrive. Author of video claims that this device is costs 200 rub (3.37 USD). Price includes only components of chip and knobs - the rest is free. Case is made of a candy box. But instead of a printed circuit board, cardboard is used. Also, instead of a button, a simple switcher was installed. Therefore it's impossible to call it a pedal - switching is done by hand (not by foot). Also, author did not attach power socket (beginners usually don't have a power supply), instead there is a place for connecting a "PP3" type battery.

First video shows the scheme and build process. Author did not comment on installation of each element, but only highlighted it in red. Also an important detail: negative must be connected to case.

On second video you can hear sound that this device creates. It's impossible to play serious concerts with this, but for an beginner's level it's a great option.

Unique guitars - Hockey stick

Do you like winter sports? Author of this video is so fond of ice hockey that he made a guitar from two hockey sticks.



Process of creation reminded me of fragment from South Park:

1. Take a hockey stick
2. ?????
3. PROFIT!

Nevertheless, sound is good, but some peculiar.

Unique guitars - Djent Stick (Russian Edition)

Those who follow music channels on Youtube can know Jared Dines and his djent stick. He has already told a lot about this device, so there's no point in talking about him. Today I want to write about a similar device, which is made in Russia.



On this video you can see very rough work. Several pieces of wood are connected together, creating a kind of body and a recess for pickups. Bass pickups are installed here. I have not been able to see where the electronics are, but obviously it's outside the body. Also a strange solution to solder the wire to bridge. I could't see for what it was done.

Video lasts just a minute. Sound like a guitar for 150-200 USD. But you can notice that the base is fairly simple to manufacture.

Inspector Maniac - Guitar for metal

There is a popular opinion that all achievements of Russians are due only to Europeans. And if Russians start doing something on their own, then it turns out to be complete nonsense. Nevertheless, something Russians are doing well. For example, guitars.



On video you can see guitar "Maniac" from company "Inspector". Guitar body has an asymmetric "arrow" shape. Body is made of walnut (there is an opinion that its properties are similar to mahogany) and covered with glossy varnish. Neck is made of three pieces of maple. This is fixed to the body with bolts. Fretboard is made of palisander. Frets have high height and medium width. Hardware from Wilkinson. Pickup from ToneRider. Potentiometer is very smooth and made in Japan.

Next, author of video tells about features of body structure. Guitar is very light - 3 kilograms. Body is made very well - a cut at junction of neck and body allows access to upper strings. Guitar body is compared with Jackson King V - body is symmetrical and widens from place of neck attachment. This does't allow access to upper strings. Also from 9:51 the behavior of guitar on strap is compared. Maniac is perfectly balanced. Again, compared with Japanese Jackson King V.

And, finally, the main advantage: price of guitar is 31000 rub (530 USD). But usually this sound is cost 1500 - 2000 USD.

Unique guitars: the Cobra

After a long time playing guitar, you want something special. But in Russia custom production is very expensive and very inefficient. Well, if you want to do something good, do it yourself.



Don't afraid sad voice of narrating person - Russian people has few opportunities for realize. The case took place in 2010. Initially, there was a project "Skeleton" - a stick with two mini-humbuckers, which were made in USSR. Author of video claims that it sounded good, but very specific. Author decided to use neck for something else. And he was not mistaken. Later, a guitar was made, which he called "The Cobra".

Neck is made of a single piece of wood. Truss rod was made of a regular metal spoke. But the way of planting is very interesting: author did't have a special milling machine, so he used an ordinary drill to make holes along the entire site. Drill was wrapped with a painting tape to show depth of dive. Using a chisel, an even trough was made. The whole construction is closed with a usual wooden strip. Neck is connected to body with bolts.

But author did not stop there. He made a rock climbing. This is when small roundings are made between frets. There is an opinion that this allows you to develop a greater speed game. I can't say it's true or not. But author argues about interesting feelings during the playing.

Guitar body is also interesting: it's made of four boards, each of which has gaps spaced for electronics and wires. Shielding of electronics is done using conventional foil. This design of guitar body reminded me of Killer Guitars signature model of Akira Takasaki. Strings go through the body. The fastening point is strengthened by a small metal patch.

From 6:50 author begins to play on this instrument. Korean pickups create a good sound. As you can see, making a good guitar is pretty simple, if not considering the stage of painting.

Unique guitars: the skateboard

There are quite popular claim that the structure of guitar body is very important. But this video refutes this. Guitar can be made from garbage. Really. And if there is a good pickup and a good guitarist, then the sound will be good. For example, a guitar can be made from an old skateboard.



Among foul language and vulgar jokes you can hear a lot of interesting things. For example, you can only consider one parameter - length of scale. Here it's a Fender's scale - 25.5 inches. Bridge can also be made of any material that is softer than strings. A tin can fragment can be a good patch. Shielding and special wires are not needed, it will be enough ordinary wires from washing machine. Electronics can be left "as is" - so that in the event of a breakdown it can be quickly repaired. Practicality. Most convenient strap fastening system is "EZ Screw" system. You can repair machine head with a coin. And using a coin you can customize a volume.

As you can hear, background music was created on this instrument. Do you like this sound?

Virtual guitars: Ample Metal Eclipse vs RealEight

Technological progress does't stand still and it gives composers more opportunities. First, recording studio became virtual. Now instruments have become virtual. No, not only synthesizers, but also high-grade guitar / bass samplers, sound of which almost does't differ from real instruments.

Today I want to compare two virtual guitars. First is Ample Metal Eclipse from Ample Sound. Sound of real ESP Eclipse guitar is now in a small application. Guitar has a Drop C tuning and it's very suitable for modern sound. Second is RealEight from Musiclab. It's hard to say what kind of guitar is this - fashion for lowered tuning gave a start to production of a large numbers extended range guitars.

So, let's begin.

Ample Metal Eclipse

Black body, black fretboard, black pickups and only strings, inlay, frets and machine heads glint with evil glint. It looks very cool.

Advantages:

• And it sounds very cool. Very high quality, deep, rich sound.
• Drop C Tuning. The usual six-string, but it fits well with modern sound, where an extended range is required. Also, this is a rarity for this company - usually this is standard E or Drop D.
• Ease. You don't need much knowledge. A few clicks - and guitar part is ready.
• Humanization. You can make a guitar sound very close to what you get when playing a real guitarist on a real guitar. But unlike the next example, this happens automatically.
• Several options for writing guitar parts. In addition to standard "Strummer" you can import guitar tabs in GP format. Also there is an excellent function called Riffer. This feature makes it easy to create riffs. It's also possible to generate a random riff: you only need to select measure size, key and chord.
• You can create a timbre. In "FX" tab there are most popular pedals: compressor, overdrive, equalizer, chorus, phaser, delay, reverb and wah-wah. 

Disadvantages:

• Despite the long development, plugin is still unstable. Can refuse to work at any time.
• Plugin requires a lot of CPU resources. That is, you need a very powerful computer.
• He sees only Cubase / Nuendo and only 8 and higher versions.

RealEight

At first it's difficult to focus on one thing: there are not only many strings, but also many elements on control panel. In a few minutes, poking at random begins to understand more.

Advantages:

• Installing the plugin, you can immediately two instruments: guitar and bass.
• Wide range. There are additional strings - seventh (B1) and eighth (F#1). Bass is an octave lower.
• Thin settings. You can form almost any sound. Probably, for this reason, this was called "Real."
• Requires little CPU. Suitable for weak computers.
• Any sequencer sees it.

Disadvantages:

• Sound can't be called qualitative. Usual Chinese eight-string for 150-200 USD.
• Sound has a very turbid attack.
• Requires a lot of knowledge. At first it may seem that it's intended for beginners who have a weak computer. But this impression is deceptive. This is very difficult to understand.
• Difficulties don't end there. This plugin sees only standard patterns. Non-standard patterns with this - it's a real misery. Importing custom MIDI files to working directory does't give anything.

It turns out these are interesting opposites.

Inspector Katana - Guitar for metal

Recently I wrote about guitars that are made in Russia. Usually this is custom production at a very high price. But now there is a batch production at a low price. And on October 11 a video was published, where they try to play on one exemplar. For this, a model with an unusual body design was chosen - Katana.



On video you can hear guitar sound. Amplifier is Randall RG50TC. Video in Russian. For those who don’t know Russian, I will shortly describe its content.

Guitar body is very like a strat. First thing you can pay attention to is texture of tree. It's made from fraxinus and is covered with oil, which is typical for very expensive instruments for 2000 - 2500 USD. Price of this guitar is 450 USD.

Guitar body is processed by a method of brashing and due to it on body such drawing turns out. Neck is made of three pieces of maple. It's covered with a polyurethane matt varnish and pleasant to touch. Neck is connected to body with bolts. Head is a continuation of neck. It's not glued, which is typical for such price. Frets is high, when you do bends, you don't creak on fretboard. Hardware from China. Korean accessories are put on more expensive instruments. Machine heads keep the tuning well, without backlash. Pickup - Tone Rider. Very well underlines the attack. Potentiometer is very well located - it can't be accidentally touched. Also on it's written "Made in Japan".

Also included is a case for this body form. But author of video says that it turned out to put this instrument in a case from the strat.

Strike the strings can be felt with a belly, which speaks well of resonant qualities of tree. Readability and sustain are very good. Guitar is good for heavy metal - you will not get lost in the mix.

Unique guitars: the shovel

When I pick up a shovel, sometimes I imagine that it's a guitar. But then I stop doing it - prosaic reality puts everything in its place. But later I learned that a guitar really can be made from a shovel. The first in the world to full-scale production came up with leader of band "Krasnaya Plesen" Pavel Yatsyna.



Video shows manufacturing process. Comedy style of narration is typical for this band. And even now he adheres to this style. At 2:50 author of video tries to play on this instrument. And sound is better than for cheap sticks for 250-300 USD. This fact makes you think. Also on the video there is a second guitar made of a shovel. Also on the video there is a bass guitar made from a shovel. As you can see, human ingenuity is unlimited.