2005SUBMARINER Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 hey guys whats up ! this is a continued thread of fake guitars ! . my friend gio turned me on to this china website that sells rep everything . iv been wanting for a long time a eddie van halen kramer guitar ! but those things are almost 3k ! to much mula for me man ! .. anyways to my amazement i saw a replica of this guitar on dhgate.com & bought it for $367 shipped ! so today it arrived my 1st impression was wow awsome ! .. the guitar body is solid wood , it did need setting up , wich iv had to adjust the truss rod , floating bridge , & all i have to do is tweek the intonation . but amazingly the dam thing stays in tune .. the china pick up is a lil animic & i will replace it was dimarzio tonezone ! . once i finish setting her up & laydown a lil vid for you guys .. heres some pix . my gen jackson & ibanez
catchthecat Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 So when are you going to set up the RGG? (Replica Guitar Group)? Course we'll also need a Replica Guitar Collector - RGC and of course the replica-guitar.info board. Maybe guitargeek? Great looking axe, I'm heading there now to see what kind of treat I can find?
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Posted October 15, 2007 So when are you going to set up the RGG? (Replica Guitar Group)? Course we'll also need a Replica Guitar Collector - RGC and of course the replica-guitar.info board. Maybe guitargeek? Great looking axe, I'm heading there now to see what kind of treat I can find? thanx dude ! good idea rgg .. man im so glad they have these replica guitars ,last year i almost bought a $2k evh guitar .. happy shopping man they have everything replica in that webpage ..
Guest watchbuff Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Sweet rep VH axe. Personally the Jackson is the DEAL! Reminds me of Satriani's custom jobs.
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Posted October 15, 2007 (edited) Sweet rep VH axe. Personally the Jackson is the DEAL! Reminds me of Satriani's custom jobs. oh yea the jackson sounds nice n clean with those emg's & down mean & dirty when i drive the hell out of it Edited October 15, 2007 by 2005SUBMARINER
hyster Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 Where's the site you saw the guitar? Do they do the red white and black frankenstein one? Looks great.
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Posted October 15, 2007 Where's the site you saw the guitar? Do they do the red white and black frankenstein one? Looks great. yes they have the red/black & white evh 5150 guitar .. dhgate.com
hyster Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 What is the hardware like, trem, machine heads etc, decent quality? I wonder how well the frets are finnished too. I suppose if the neck is good and the body is reasonably resonant you have the makings of a nice guitar when you have added the di marzio. I'm bloody jealous now.
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 What is the hardware like, trem, machine heads etc, decent quality? I wonder how well the frets are finnished too. I suppose if the neck is good and the body is reasonably resonant you have the makings of a nice guitar when you have added the di marzio. I'm bloody jealous now. the hardware is ok not as solid as my gen jackson / ibanez but within time i will mod this mother , to be just as solid as her 2 big brothers .. ill get jackson hardware on ebay & slowly mod it .. the main thing is that the body is solid wood & not plywood .. the 1st mod will be swapping PU'S , the dimarzio tone zone will be installed in the more expensive ibanez & the ibanez infinity 2 pu's will be installed in the evh kramer rep . .. but thats after i finish setting her up & take her for a test drive ..
The Mentalist Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 That looks sweet. I'm still trying to get them to make me a leftie Sambora. Hope it looks as good as that badboy.
rbscott Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 Awesome! Just listened/watched your You Tube deal.....I'm impressed.....I grew up listening to Van Halen.....I don't play guitar, but I thought I'd let you know that sounded great.... Cheers, rbscott
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 Awesome! Just listened/watched your You Tube deal.....I'm impressed.....I grew up listening to Van Halen.....I don't play guitar, but I thought I'd let you know that sounded great.... Cheers, rbscott thanx man that was fun ! once i get the rep kramer tuned up ill lay down a short vid for you guys , see the rep in action .. thanx for the compliment
chris5264 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 I have the same ibanez without the inlays, also, that jackson looks great,,,thanks,,,I may look into ordering one of these,,I mean, If I can take a watch apart I should be able to set up a van halen rep,,,byw,,,,,this totally reminded me of some point in the 80s when I took different colored tape and made my guitar look like eddie's
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 I have the same ibanez without the inlays, also, that jackson looks great,,,thanks,,,I may look into ordering one of these,,I mean, If I can take a watch apart I should be able to set up a van halen rep,,,byw,,,,,this totally reminded me of some point in the 80s when I took different colored tape and made my guitar look like eddie's thats exactly how he did it , tape & krylon spray paint , he didnt even use clear coat on his guitars .
UB7 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 Awesome dude, the axe looks great!! Glad to see that everything worked out for you, cant wait to hear how it sounds! Enjoy and play it in the best of health!
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 (edited) Awesome dude, the axe looks great!! Glad to see that everything worked out for you, cant wait to hear how it sounds! Enjoy and play it in the best of health! thanx bro ill post something up soon .. what a great hobby rep watches & geeeeetars thanx to the mother land ... Edited October 16, 2007 by 2005SUBMARINER
Faber Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 amazing guitar...who was the dealler on dhgate...right now just crazy to pull the trigger on an es 335...
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 amazing guitar...who was the dealler on dhgate...right now just crazy to pull the trigger on an es 335... the dealer was cckk .. good luck & ask lots o questions pertaining to the materials of the guitar ..
giorgio Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 Awesome guitar, congrats on your purchase! I'm glad the guitar's solid and it shipped in a reasonable amount of time (unlike some of my watches!). I'm going to have to put some pennies together now and look into getting me a PRS. Can't wait wait to hear how it sounds (might be nice if you laid something down "out of the box" then played the same thing again when it's fully set up and modded using the same effects to get a before and after). ...and, in to keep it in true RWG style: Have you spotted the flaw(s) yet?
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 Awesome guitar, congrats on your purchase! I'm glad the guitar's solid and it shipped in a reasonable amount of time (unlike some of my watches!). I'm going to have to put some pennies together now and look into getting me a PRS. Can't wait wait to hear how it sounds (might be nice if you laid something down "out of the box" then played the same thing again when it's fully set up and modded using the same effects to get a before and after). ...and, in to keep it in true RWG style: Have you spotted the flaw(s) yet? thats a very good idea , im gonna try to lay something down out of the box & then after the mods very good idea gio ! . flaws are the paint job is a lil off , but evh did many racing stripe scemes with many guitars he put together but im very happy with it my friend . the neck is not as solid as my pro models guitars althought i can easily change that . the pro is that the body is solid & i can build from that . the pick ups are china very low range & animic & i will replace those assap . amazingly the replica floyed rose trem stays in tune very very well . i will finish setting her up tommorow & probably lay something down ..
giorgio Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 Glad you're happy with it. I think you might have just created a little spike in guitar sales on DHgate. I hope the quality of yours is a reflection of the general quality of the rep guitars coming out of china now. p.s. I like the headstock. If your fingers get tired from shredding you could turn it over and fire a couple of pucks around to relax, lol!
2005SUBMARINER Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Posted October 16, 2007 ,,,,,,,,, GUYS BEWARE i imagine rep guitars are like rep watches , so they will be guitar reps with quality of canal st reps & some may be like our beloved swiss reps .. so be carefull i just think i lucked out .
By-Tor Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 Nice. I probably don't have to ask if you're going to see the new Van Halen tour with DLR. Personally, I always liked Hagar more. I saw DLR's solo gig once, and he totally sucked (and was drunk as a pig). But then again, I'd love to hear a bootleg from this new VH tour... the fans will probably love it.
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