[Zane]

I want to beging playing a seven string guitar and im looking for a good beginner Is the WG587 any good it dropped from 950 to 200 and got great reviews but i thought i would post here and see if anyone new anything about it.

http://www.music123.com/Washburn-WG5...r-i20396.music

[Firebeard]

I don't think those guitars ever sold for $950, EVER! I've played one in a store that actually based their prices off online music stores. I walked out laughing because the sales guy wouldn't budge @ $500 when they were on ebay occasionally for $300. They're nice guitars I say begin with what you want to and upgrade from there. If this is the guitar you want, you can't go wrong. I prefered the tune-o version over the floating trem version but thats just me.

Welcome to the board by the way!

[Metal Ken]

its about the best thing you'll get new for 200$.. i knew a guy that had one, and he bought it for 50$.. lol.

[Firebeard]

Has anyone checked out the Washburn X-17? It's $200 at Sam Ash but everytime I go in there they don't have any so I'm thinking it's a website only deal. If I can't get my hands on it somewhere I don't need it!

[bostjan]

Sam, go to the Sam Ash in Castleton, IN, they have a ton of the X-7's there!

Also, this is confusing, but there were two or more models of WG-587.

The original model was Korean, with a LFR, H/S/H w/ coil taps on the 'buckers. It plays and sounds like a dream. Then they made an Indonesian model with tune-o-matic and H/H, that is not nearly as high in quality. The original model was meant to compete with the Ibanez RG7420. I would highly reccomend this model, if you can find one. These did originally go for top dollar (more than RG7420), but the price plummeted when the Indonesian models came out, since there was a great deal of confusion over the price.

Hope this helps.

[Zane]

wow, i was wondering why the price whent down so far..cool
But looking at discriptions on the net i cant figure out if its the Korean of indonesian model. im Pritty new to guitars so if you dont mind me asking whats a LFR and a H/S/H,H/H Thanks

[Shannon]

Originally Posted by bostjan

Sam, go to the Sam Ash in Castleton, IN, they have a ton of the X-7's there!

Also, this is confusing, but there were two or more models of WG-587.

The original model was Korean, with a LFR, H/S/H w/ coil taps on the 'buckers. It plays and sounds like a dream. Then they made an Indonesian model with tune-o-matic and H/H, that is not nearly as high in quality. The original model was meant to compete with the Ibanez RG7420. I would highly reccomend this model, if you can find one. These did originally go for top dollar (more than RG7420), but the price plummeted when the Indonesian models came out, since there was a great deal of confusion over the price.

Hope this helps.

Well, there's that. But when Washburn discontinued them, Sam Ash bought the remaining stock which was about 700 of them. Since they bought in bulk, they can offer them at a low price.

[Ripptyde]

Originally Posted by Zane

whats a LFR and a H/S/H,H/H Thanks

LFR: Licensed Floyd Rose

H/S/H: Humbucker/Single Coil/Humbucker

H/H: Humbucker/Humbucker

[Zane]

Ok another Q what washburn is better the wg-587 or the x-7?
Thanks Ripptyde!

[bostjan]

Originally Posted by Zane

wow, i was wondering why the price whent down so far..cool
But looking at discriptions on the net i cant figure out if its the Korean of indonesian model. im Pritty new to guitars so if you dont mind me asking whats a LFR and a H/S/H,H/H Thanks

LFR=Licensed Floyd Rose Tremolo. This is the locking Bridge and Nut system that allows you to do whammy dive bombs without going out of tune.

H/S/H=Humbucker/Single Coil/Humbucker Pickup configuration. Humbuckers have two coils wired with reverse polarity and winding to cancel out low frequency noise, whilst Single Coil pickups have a brighter tone.

The coil taps I refered to, (which I've been corrected on before, I'm still not sure if the proper term is "coil tap" or "coil splitter," but the manufacturer says they are "coil taps.") turn the Humbuckers into Single Coils for a wider variety of tones.

EDIT: Someone beat me to it.

I'd prefer the 587, but I've tried three X-17's at Sam Ash. The guitars all had an awful set-up on them, so it was hard to tell what the quality was like.