Author Topic: Richwood Guitars (Read 7750 times)

plastercaster · « **on:** May 15, 2006, 09:00:17 PM »

saw these whilst browsing ebay for tokais
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Deluxe-Les-Paul-Style-Electric-Guitar-w-case-7-Colours_W0QQitemZ7414842887QQcategoryZ33040QQcmdZViewItem
and they made me dribble. mahogany body, quilted maple top, set maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, gold hardware, 24 ¾" scale. But are they rubbish? or should I still get a (not so pretty) tokai? maybe save for an LS80 for £100 more, I dont know. any ideas?

38thBeatle · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2006, 09:21:34 PM »

I think that Phil King bought one and was reasonably impressed- whoever it was on the forum, the electrics were not great but general build was ok. I am sure whover it was will chime in.They look good from the pics but that is no guarantee.

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2006, 10:35:19 PM »

I bought one last year for £200 loosely based on Slash's colour. Out of the box it's shite! It's going to get some Cold Sweats when i can get around to going to Feline guitars for a pimp job. The frets need looking at and as Mr 38th pointed out , all the electrics will need replacing. If your after a good quality low priced guitar Ben TO has just aquired a Agile LP replica at a good price have a look at http://www.rondomusic.net/electricguitar-ss5.html

crispsandwich · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2006, 10:43:14 PM »

I have a Richwood Strat and if it's anything to go by, you'd grab a real bargain. Mine plays beautifully and sounds incredible with the BKPs in (a Trilogy suite neck, Mother's milk middle and Nailbomb bridge). I don't know how well it would stand up to a real Strat but seeing as you can get them for 114 quid, I'll be buying a few more and BKPing them ;). Amazing guitars. Mine is actually unbranded but it's a Richwood, it was from an unmarked batch. Anyway, my summary is that Richwood guitars (the Strats at least) are incredible value for money.

indysmith · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2006, 12:09:53 AM »

i'd go for something more tasteful :P they are the height of tack! lol. Sorry - but i'd prefer a tokai - they're more modestly designed, and more tried-and-tested

Brow · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2006, 01:00:43 AM »

Some of the cheaper Richwood Strats and Teles etc are well worth getting and pimping with BKs etc, but for the price of the 1 you mentioned, I'd look into a (used maybe?) Japanese Tokai or an Edwards. As I'm sure either of those would be an overall better quality guitar than the Richwood :)

PhilKing · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2006, 12:35:04 PM »

I have the Explorer but only paid 110 quid for it! I had to rip out all the electronics and I changed the bridge, tailpiece and machine heads too. I know it was a lot of work but the guitar is solid mahogany (I know because I needed to open some of the routing a bit more!). I put a Warpig/MQ set on it and it is great. It is the guitar that convinced Ben (TO) to get the Agile.

But at the price that the LP is I wouldn't get it - look at the incremental costs - for me the hardware was about 100 dollars (I had some things around), the pickups were about 200 quid and then I spent about 2 hours changing everything. But I have all the tools, if you had to get it done outside you would be spending even more.