Author Topic: maverick guitars (Read 15268 times)

matteo · « **on:** December 03, 2006, 09:34:48 PM »

i played one today!! Awesome! just wondered if anyone has any experience with them. they seem reasonably priced aswell.

could do with some bks though!! :twisted:

JamesHealey · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2006, 09:41:42 PM »

I think they're a great alternative to ibanez, the quality is reasonbly good and they've got some wicked looking designs and neon yellow colours.

they're uk designed, but not built in this country.. i remember the first series of them taking off and they were fantastic, i've not really been into the newer ones they've been churning out but it's good for mass produced stuff.

MDV · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2006, 10:02:16 PM »

Yeah, good stuff.

Always at least a very passable instrument, if not outright fantastic for the price.

dave_mc · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:12:47 PM »

yeah, i seem to remember the one I tried was pretty good too- the trem is the only downer that I could see- I'm not sure if it's as good as an OFR (or equivalent). EDIT: assuming you're looking at a trem model.

Simon D · « **Reply #4 on:** December 05, 2006, 02:58:59 PM »

Here's my two cents, for what it's worth.
They can be good guitars, but if you're buy, make sure you play it first.
I tried several of different Mavericks about three years back, and two of them had apalling quality control issues, including fretwork which left the edge of the fingerboard feeling like it had nails poking out if it.
It's possible I was just unlucky, and they may be way better now. Just thought I'd share.

matteo · « **Reply #5 on:** December 05, 2006, 05:15:57 PM »

i couldnt try the trem out as they said the bars are locked in the safe :roll:

it looked cool though 8)

dave_mc · « **Reply #6 on:** December 05, 2006, 05:43:10 PM »

^ that sometimes happens. if you are thinking about buying though, you let them know that you are seriously considering a purchase, but it's dependent on getting to try the trem or not.

problem is, even trying it in the shop won't really let you know how good it is, as if the knife edges are soft-ish, this won't become apparent for several months.

You can still normally tell if it's just not as responsive or doesn't feel as high quality as one of the good trems, but you do kind of need to try one of the good trems (original floyd rose or ibanez edge pro (not edge III or edge pro II) head to head.

I'd be wary. I work on the basis that trems are guilty till proven innocent.

Simon D · « **Reply #7 on:** December 05, 2006, 05:46:06 PM »

Couldn't agree more about trems, having been stung by some cr@ppy Floyd knockoffs in the past!

dave_mc · « **Reply #8 on:** December 05, 2006, 05:57:07 PM »

^ ditto.

and just to point out, proven innocent doesn't mean a 5-minute try-out in a shop, it means lots of people who've had them for years, used them for vai-type stunts, and they're still going strong.

:drink:

Simon D · « **Reply #9 on:** December 05, 2006, 05:59:33 PM »

Or not going strong, as in the case of my old Ibanez RG470 trem which was on its way out after about a year.
And I'm not a big whammy bar player.

dave_mc · « **Reply #10 on:** December 05, 2006, 06:01:40 PM »

^ I am, and my RG470 lo-trs was on the way out after a few months.

Simon D · « **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2006, 06:04:55 PM »

Yep, that's what I had. Kind of hard not to feel a little cheated isn't it?
Or am I being a bit naive in expecting a company like Ibanez to use good quality materials and components on their guitars? :?

matteo · « **Reply #12 on:** December 05, 2006, 07:29:19 PM »

its funny you mention bout the ibanez trems. ive been looking for a trem for my project rg270 and cant find one thats a direct swap. all the pivot posts are too big!! the guitars about 4 years old when i took it apart to prep the body i noticed the knife edge was completely blunt. you could see where it had worn down. i knew it wasnt playing right but didnt realise the extent of the damage.

guess you really do get what you pay

MDV · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2006, 07:46:59 PM »

Quote from: Simon D

Here's my two cents, for what it's worth.
They can be good guitars, but if you're buy, make sure you play it first.
I tried several of different Mavericks about three years back, and two of them had apalling quality control issues, including fretwork which left the edge of the fingerboard feeling like it had nails poking out if it.
It's possible I was just unlucky, and they may be way better now. Just thought I'd share.

Never played a bad one myself.

Thanks for the heads-up!

There are obviously some issues.

If I've played maybe 7 or 8 mavericks, been impressed by 3 and found the rest perfectly decent for the price, add to that james's and daves count, adn yours then we start to see how long it takes to get round to ones with overt flaws.

A middling to good amount of time. Especially as the models arent mentionned here (were the poor ones cheap models?). Better than Gibosn QC, so far!

Simon D · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2006, 08:13:30 PM »

The models I played (and bear in mind this was about three years back) were three F1s, one of which had the razor sharp fret ends, and a couple of F2s. On one of the F2s the rout for the pickup selector hadn't been correctly done, which meant that the bridge humbucker couldn;t be selected as the switch wouldn't go back far enough.
Needless to say, I didn't buy!