Very funny that this was posted. I just returned from Thomann and jammed out on a couple of Melody Makers. The price was very tempting, but the guitars didn't do a very good job of convincing me. I tried out 4 or 5 different ones and the setups were all horrendous. That was partially expected. Still, lots of string buzzing and intonation problems. On a couple of them, the tuners had too much play. You had to turn it nearly a half turn before the string tightened. The pickups didn't do much for me. I thought they lacked, uhhh, character I guess would be the word. Dark, definitely a pickup upgrade on the horizon. I certainly wouldn't order one and expect it to be perfectly playable out of the box.
Other than that, fairly light but decent build. I didn't notice any structural problems. To me, the guitar is not exactly visually stimulating. But, for the price it's not bad. Although, by the time you upgrade the pickups, tuning machines, and all the other things that might be unnecessary (I am a sucker for upgrades :oops:) I think you will wind up spending quite a bit more.
Strangely, it seemed that the lower level of a very expensive guitar brand(i.e. Gibson Melody Maker) did not stand up very well to the mid-upper level of cheaper guitar brands (i.e. Epiphone LP). I tried out several Epi LP's that actually played very well in comparison.
