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Joined: October 2008 Posts: 639 Location: NW of Philadelphia | My new Baby, a 2003 Michael Kelly Patriot Q ... and she is CLEAN! There is one minute blem you can barely see only if you are looking for it. She weighs in at 9 lbs. The tarnish on the pickups cleaned up with some Maguires, the Gotoh tuner knobs are slightly pitted and the Gotoh bridge and tailpiece have lost some gold finish, but polished up great. Electrically she is sound. The overall sound is very good. The neck pickup is excellent clean and crunches up nicely at around 8. With the tone pot up (single coil) she looses some volume but has a twangier (is that a word?) sound. The bridge pickup is somewhat muddy at lower volumes, but when turned up comes through OK. Again dirties up at 8. With the tone pot set to single coil, it loses volume, and cuts the tone but not as much as you would think. Did I mention the sustain? OMG! This little girl just rings on and on... unbelievable. All in all... I LIKE IT! I can't wait to get my Bradley in the shop just to compare them, then decide which gets upgraded. The strings were DOA and all I had was a set of Dean Markley Blue Steels in .009s. Too light for my taste and for the Q as well. The intonation is good everywhere but the D, its just a little flat and I ran out of bridge. A set of .010s or .011s should solve that. Otherwise, I am VERY happy. Not too bad for $275 with OHSC (TKL).         Specifications: ------------------- YEAR MADE: 2003 MADE IN: Korea BODY COLOR: Faded Transparent Black CONSTRUCTION: Set-neck BODY: Mahogany TOP: Quilted Maple NECK: Mahogany BINDING: Five-ply white and black FRETBOARD: Rosewood INLAY: Abalone block FRETS: 22 medium jumbo SCALE: 24-3/4” BRIDGE: Gutoh Fully adjustable hardtail TUNERS: Grover 102G's PICKUPS: Michael Kelly PAF-Plus (G&B G-113s - Korean made) ELECTRONICS: Two Volume, two tone - coil tapped KNOBS: Black Speed knobs HARDWARE: Gold Note: After talking to MK Customer Service, they think its the D string. The Blue Steel .009 strings were 10 years old, but in an unopened pack. I'll replace them with a set of .010s soon. | ||
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