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[paperlungs]

ok maestro! try mo din yung mga greg b. baka mataypan mo..

i saw some lefty models on their website. any chance they'd be available in lazer stores too? i'm gassing for the avion lefty model. 

[paperlungs]

just bought my royale kanina sa sm north. sinamantala ko na habang may onting oras ako.

parating na raw yung ibang series! yeyeye...i can't wait for the LaSalle model!

hey bro, did you see any lefty models? how's the tone? been trying to get my hands on a lefty model.

[paperlungs]

wala akong napansin sir. marami EMG pu's.  talagang nagpapalit na sila ng mga binebenta. tawag ka lang sir sa kanila, hanapin mo si Jhun kung sa sm north. ok yun, maasikaso.

tone ng royale? ito ang aking initial impression: gusto ko yung middle at neck position. buong-buo. kapag todo ang tone, blues rock ang dating. kapag nakababa, nagiging jazzy. bridge PU...ang nipis. parang naka single coil e.

unplugged, mas crisp ang tunog kaysa artcores. pero parang mas malakas ang mga ibby na semi-hollow kapag unplugged.

ganda ng treble at mids nito, IMHO. yung bass, ok lang. not too muddy and not too boomy.

so far ito ang mga GBs na ok sa akin: ultramatic, fastback, at royale.

sabi nila ok din daw ang torino...pero sobrang gaang. para tuloy di sg clone.

so how does it compare to an RJ axe quality-wise? pulido ba?

I'm gassing up for this baby over here...



can't wait for the stores to have this stocked.

[farleysbeat]

so how does it compare to an RJ axe quality-wise? pulido ba?

I'm gassing up for this baby over here...



can't wait for the stores to have this stocked.

pogi nga nyan sir. 

construction-wise...hmm...let me put it this way: i have a friend/classmate who's an indonesian. according to him, the guys who make vantage guitars are the same guys who make samick/greg bennett guitars. and not surprisingly, these vantage guys are the same guys who make MII ibanez guitars.

siguro nga sila rin gumagawa/gumawa nung iba pang MII na gitara (dame, squier, epiphone, etc.).

so there. i think GB guitars are solidly constructed. i also think you can't get more "sulit" than these: grover tuning pegs, duncan designed PUs, wilkinson bridges, solid wood construction, and GHS strings. 

[glasgow]

wala akong napansin sir. marami EMG pu's.  talagang nagpapalit na sila ng mga binebenta. tawag ka lang sir sa kanila, hanapin mo si Jhun kung sa sm north. ok yun, maasikaso.

tone ng royale? ito ang aking initial impression: gusto ko yung middle at neck position. buong-buo. kapag todo ang tone, blues rock ang dating. kapag nakababa, nagiging jazzy. bridge PU...ang nipis. parang naka single coil e.

unplugged, mas crisp ang tunog kaysa artcores. pero parang mas malakas ang mga ibby na semi-hollow kapag unplugged.

ganda ng treble at mids nito, IMHO. yung bass, ok lang. not too muddy and not too boomy.

so far ito ang mga GBs na ok sa akin: ultramatic, fastback, at royale.

sabi nila ok din daw ang torino...pero sobrang gaang. para tuloy di sg clone.

I also share these opinions about the royale. sobrang ok sya, fast neck profile for a jazz guitar. ang downside nga lang sa royale na nakita ko po sa SM north ay wala po tayong access sa electronics nya. naka-lock na po ang mga volume & tone pots nya sa body pati ang pick-up selector. mahihirapan ka talagang mag-upgrade at mag-repair ng guitar mo but i love its tone talaga.

They are all fine guitars but i settled for the black Ultramatic. I bought one last Tuesday. Katatapos ko lang sya ma-setup... pick-up heights, intonation at ang action and I'm tellin you guys, THE GROVER TUNERS REALLY DO THEIR JOB keeping my guitar in tune. Power Chords, string bends, heavy downstroked riff... you name it.. naka-tono pa rin talaga!

The pick-ups are OK rather than great and you have to find the sweet spot of your amp settings at ang tamang set-up ng mga pedals mo. Just a dash of overdrive keeps the tone sweet but rockin. I use a Marshall MG50DFX and a Boss OS-2 for my pedal. Ito pa lang pa lang ang set-up ko and it's quite well suited for classic rock tones.

 My only gripe is that the neck is quite too thin for my taste but then.. i bought so i cant complain! hehe!Simple lang ang set-up nya. Talagang super sulit sa price na less than 7k. You can later decide what to do with

[paperlungs]

I also share these opinions about the royale. sobrang ok sya, fast neck profile for a jazz guitar. ang downside nga lang sa royale na nakita ko po sa SM north ay wala po tayong access sa electronics nya. naka-lock na po ang mga volume & tone pots nya sa body pati ang pick-up selector. mahihirapan ka talagang mag-upgrade at mag-repair ng guitar mo but i love its tone talaga.

They are all fine guitars but i settled for the black Ultramatic. I bought one last Tuesday. Katatapos ko lang sya ma-setup... pick-up heights, intonation at ang action and I'm tellin you guys, THE GROVER TUNERS REALLY DO THEIR JOB keeping my guitar in tune. Power Chords, string bends, heavy downstroked riff... you name it.. naka-tono pa rin talaga!

The pick-ups are OK rather than great and you have to find the sweet spot of your amp settings at ang tamang set-up ng mga pedals mo. Just a dash of overdrive keeps the tone sweet but rockin. I use a Marshall MG50DFX and a Boss OS-2 for my pedal. Ito pa lang pa lang ang set-up ko and it's quite well suited for classic rock tones.

 My only gripe is that the neck is quite too thin for my taste but then.. i bought so i cant complain! hehe!Simple lang ang set-up nya. Talagang super sulit sa price na less than 7k. You can later decide what to do with

cool! now i'm drooling for these GB axes even more! though i'm quite worried about the "locked" pots that you mentioned, but for the price? you can't beat that! how i wish i'm a righty! dami choices! hehehe! i'm really hoping they would cater more to lefty guitarists dito. sobrang limited choices ko sa guitars eh.   

[mikeiow]

hi...meron na bang naka bili or na testing ng greg bennett fast back...i love the look...para kasi syang music man axis na dream guitar ko...

greg bennett fast back


musicman axis

thank you...

[paperlungs]

hi...meron na bang naka bili or na testing ng greg bennett fast back...i love the look...para kasi syang music man axis na dream guitar ko...

greg bennett fast back


musicman axis

thank you...

i think the greg bennett headstock fits the whole look of the axis body shape better than the original, IMO.

[mikeiow]

i think the greg bennett headstock fits the whole look of the axis body shape better than the original, IMO.

yeah plus may volume and tone controls pa unlike sa axis volume lang...got a glimpse of it sa sm north dami kasi tao nakakahiya mag testing d naman ako bibili...

[paperlungs]

i'm gonna go to SM north tomorrow and check these guitars out. hopefully i'll get to test a lefty! yahoo!

[tedi]

Last night I brought 2 Greg Bennett Guitars in Fiorcafe Timog which is the new jam site ng mga aldogs. I let the guys there to test the Royale(RL-1) and the Ultramatic (UM-1).
I handed the RL-1 to Anton aka “psychic sushi” and  UM-1 to Tini aka “deaconblues”.
The two maestro started  playing straight jazz. Anton’s solo worked really well in his strat but when he used the royale it released the Tal Farlow in him. On the other hand Tini the jazz guru gives the intensity and the exceptionality of its chord harmony. Both sounded great!  The only comment they could say was that the GB guitars were unbelievably cheap in terms of its price tag but rich in tone and its well crafted instrument. Maybe next sat we’ll be seeing each other in the jam site… I’ll bring the Torino and the Fastback… God Bless and Happy gear hunting!

[Deacon Blues]

Hey tedi,

Thanks for bringing over the two Greg Bennetts last Saturday night.

What a treat! I must confess I was looking forward to hearing the Royale (RL-1) more than the Ultramatic since it was a semi-hollow.

I tried the RL-1 first, then the UM-1 much later. After playing the UM-1, I must say that I loved it more than the RL. There's something about the Ultramatic's neck/fingerboard that lends itself to effortless playing.

Playing the RL-1 was a bit more of a struggle, maybe because of the low fretwires.

But back to the UM-1 .. Most of the time, I just played using the neck pickup, and even on relatively low levels (3-4), you can get a very warm, jazz tone.

What I also noticed that these pickups seem to have a slightly hotter output compared to my guitar. I'm figuring the neck pickup output alone should have a DC resistance reading of more than 10k. But that's just a wild guess. I would've loved to toy around with the bridge pickup, but wasn't able to do so coz of time constraints.

I'm imagining how the UM-1 would sound like with the guitar volume at full bore, blasting through an overdrive pedal through a good tube amp .. 

If I may add, I'm not that surprised to hear how good the Ultramatic sounded, as I already had previous experience with another friend's Ultramatic 3 - which I immediately fell in love with the first time I heard it.

It's good to know how Greg Bennetts seem to have that same tonal consistency and superb craftsmanship.

You know how it feels when you play a guitar the first time and everything just 'feels right?' ...  No amount of intensive scrutiny or analysis needed to justify it.

The Ultramatic is one such guitar - for me at least. And best of all, it comes at an incredibly great bargain ..  Can't wait to get one, and try the higher models in the near future.

So, with such amazing features, you can have your cake and eat it too. Best of all, you don't even have to 'bake' it .. 

[mikeiow]

Last night I brought 2 Greg Bennett Guitars in Fiorcafe Timog which is the new jam site ng mga aldogs. I let the guys there to test the Royale(RL-1) and the Ultramatic (UM-1).
I handed the RL-1 to Anton aka “psychic sushi” and  UM-1 to Tini aka “deaconblues”.
The two maestro started  playing straight jazz. Anton’s solo worked really well in his strat but when he used the royale it released the Tal Farlow in him. On the other hand Tini the jazz guru gives the intensity and the exceptionality of its chord harmony. Both sounded great!  The only comment they could say was that the GB guitars were unbelievably cheap in terms of its price tag but rich in tone and its well crafted instrument. Maybe next sat we’ll be seeing each other in the jam site… I’ll bring the Torino and the Fastback… God Bless and Happy gear hunting!

Wow can't wait for the reviews for the fastback...eheheheheheheh. rakenrol  

[vegetablejoe]

Hmmmm.... i wonder if the top horn could be chopped/shaved off a bit for a less-"horny" look? 

[tedi]

Hey tedi,

Thanks for bringing over the two Greg Bennetts last Saturday night.

What a treat! I must confess I was looking forward to hearing the Royale (RL-1) more than the Ultramatic since it was a semi-hollow.

I tried the RL-1 first, then the UM-1 much later. After playing the UM-1, I must say that I loved it more than the RL. There's something about the Ultramatic's neck/fingerboard that lends itself to effortless playing.


Playing the RL-1 was a bit more of a struggle, maybe because of the low fretwires.

But back to the UM-1 .. Most of the time, I just played using the neck pickup, and even on relatively low levels (3-4), you can get a very warm, jazz tone.

What I also noticed that these pickups seem to have a slightly hotter output compared to my guitar. I'm figuring the neck pickup output alone should have a DC resistance reading of more than 10k. But that's just a wild guess. I would've loved to toy around with the bridge pickup, but wasn't able to do so coz of time constraints.

I'm imagining how the UM-1 would sound like with the guitar volume at full bore, blasting through an overdrive pedal through a good tube amp .. 

If I may add, I'm not that surprised to hear how good the Ultramatic sounded, as I already had previous experience with another friend's Ultramatic 3 - which I immediately fell in love with the first time I heard it.

It's good to know how Greg Bennetts seem to have that same tonal consistency and superb craftsmanship.

You know how it feels when you play a guitar the first time and everything just 'feels right?' ...  No amount of intensive scrutiny or analysis needed to justify it.

The Ultramatic is one such guitar - for me at least. And best of all, it comes at an incredibly great bargain ..  Can't wait to get one, and try the higher models in the near future.

So, with such amazing features, you can have your cake and eat it too. Best of all, you don't even have to 'bake' it .. 

Tnx Maestro!  See you on saturday at fiorcafe... I'll bring the torino(sg style GB)
and the Fastback...   

[tedi]

Hey guys! If you want a specific Greg Bennett model acoustic , electric or bass guitar just post a picture  in this thread like Mikeiow did. There’s a lot of models to suit your style and taste. Kindly click the link below to compare Lazer’s price to a major US based market. 
http://www.guitareast.com/basses.html
http://www.guitareast.com/electrics.html
http://www.guitareast.com/acoustics.html

[juan sinko]

Hey guys! If you want a specific Greg Bennett model acoustic , electric or bass guitar just post a picture  in this thread like Mikeiow did. There’s a lot of models to suit your style and taste. Kindly click the link below to compare Lazer’s price to a major US based market. 
http://www.guitareast.com/basses.html
http://www.guitareast.com/electrics.html
http://www.guitareast.com/acoustics.html

nasa sm north lazer ka ba lagi? balita ko may emg na kayo jan ha hehehehe

[tedi]

nasa sm north lazer ka ba lagi? balita ko may emg na kayo jan ha hehehehe

every fri and sat lang ako dun dude.

[juan sinko]

every fri and sat lang ako dun dude.

baka friday dropby ako dun baka  dun ako bumili ng string ng rotosounds na 8's sa branch niyo hehehehe

[mikeiow]

sir tedi, tanung ko lang yung ibang available colors ng fastback?  Blue lang kasi yung nakita ko eh...tnx 

[paperlungs]

help! can't seem to find any lefty greg bennett guitars. if anyone would stumble upon one, pm me! thanks sirs!

[psychic_sushi]

had the pleasure of trying both at fiorcafe, with deacon blues. (thanks for bringing them over tedi!)

the semi-hollow, es335-cum-tele looking thing was the rl-1, right? i thought i sounded and felt fine, for the price, just a few minor tweaking would make it a killer semi hollow.

or better yet, instead of modding it, getting the higher model should be well worth it. as tedi explained to be, that one has the monoframe design and all the other appointments that puts it higher up. that i'm looking forward to get my greasy fingers on! to sum it up, the RL-1 is more than a good entry level semi-hollow, its got classy looks and gets the job done.

as for the ultramatic, tinnie and I are in the same accordance with how it sounded. the neck was fantastic, not too thin, a nice flat radius, and very responsive. its indeed an impressive instrument. spent more time on that one! hehehehe. hot pick ups too, but just right for me.

methinks greg bennett should be giving other makers a run for their money. if anyone's in the market for an axe in the price range, such as squire or ibanez, i recommend you give the greg bennett's a try first, and get back to the thread 

solid!

[marzi]

may pricelist ba?nangangati ako ngayon eh...mukang GAS yata ito...

[soryano]

had the pleasure of trying both at fiorcafe, with deacon blues. (thanks for bringing them over tedi!)

the semi-hollow, es335-cum-tele looking thing was the rl-1, right? i thought i sounded and felt fine, for the price, just a few minor tweaking would make it a killer semi hollow.

or better yet, instead of modding it, getting the higher model should be well worth it. as tedi explained to be, that one has the monoframe design and all the other appointments that puts it higher up. that i'm looking forward to get my greasy fingers on! to sum it up, the RL-1 is more than a good entry level semi-hollow, its got classy looks and gets the job done.

as for the ultramatic, tinnie and I are in the same accordance with how it sounded. the neck was fantastic, not too thin, a nice flat radius, and very responsive. its indeed an impressive instrument. spent more time on that one! hehehehe. hot pick ups too, but just right for me.

methinks greg bennett should be giving other makers a run for their money. if anyone's in the market for an axe in the price range, such as squire or ibanez, i recommend you give the greg bennett's a try first, and get back to the thread 

solid!

Yup, the semi hollow and the solid body greg bennets are bang for the buck guitars. For nearly 7k, the quality of both guitars exceeded the price, IMO. The solid body type reminded me of Robben Ford's custom Fender. 

[bendedbeam]

Sir Tedi, may RL3 na ba sa Lazer North Edsa? Comment lang sir, yung mga Greg Bennett nasa may authorized personnel area. Parang hindi receptive sa testing ng walk-in potential buyers. I was there some 2 weeks ago on a weekend, magta-try sana ko kaso lang kahiya magtanong...

Thanks,