AXL Badwater Eldorado Electric Guitar, Brown Review

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(More customer reviews)i was not sure about this guitar considering that i had never heard of AXL and it was so inexpensive.

a little back story about me, i've been playing guitar on and off since i was 13, so, about 15 years now. i moved to oregon from southern california about 5 years ago and didn't bring any guitar equipment with me, save for an acoustic guitar. i have some extra time on my hands now and a few extra bucks, so i went on a hunt for a nice guitar that wouldn't break the bank. i found that in the AXL eldorado badwater series.

i watched a bunch of videos on youtube featuring this and other AXL guitars and was impressed (even though i know that you can make a crappy guitar sound decent through a kickass amp). i was hard-pressed to find an actual customer review for this guitar, they were mostly written by guitar magazines, most likely being paid for a good review. i consulted a guitar geek friend and we decided that it could be a good buy!

so, this guitar has good action for me and a smallish build, which i like because i'm a girl and, generally, we're smaller than guys- whom most things are built for. it plays very nicely, i was pretty impressed. i may be biased though because i got used to the thickness of an acoustic guitar neck over all these years and the neck on any electric would probably feel nice. i played ibanez talmans in california and i think this one is slightly more heavy and has a slightly thicker neck, if that gives anyone a frame of reference.

the only things that i have to complain about are the placement of the top strap button and that there is a crack in the headstock. the placement of the strap button causes it to want to shift downward on the left, so i have to hold it up. i read the same complaint somewhere else as well. i think i could drill a new hole for it and fill the old one. should be fine. as for the crack, i'm not sure if it is due to the aging process that they put the guitar through to get the demolished finish (which is beautiful) OR if it's a legit crack that i should look into repairing. i think i'll err on the side of repair.

the downfall of this review is that i do not have a guitar amp or pod or anything currently so, i haven't hear this baby plugged in yet. i figured that there may be people interested in buying this guitar that would if only they could find more info, so i'm hoping to contribute to the base of info. i will update this review when my amp is delivered from california (a groove tubes soul-o 75).

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Product Description:
With a distressed body and antiqued hardware, Badwater Series guitars look and feel of ancient artifacts. These shocking guitars are equipped with EMG-designed pickups for hard rocking tones and clean delivery. Even the headstock and backplate have vintage distressing. No area was spared from the destruction. Badwater guitars have a one-of-a-kind style and excellent playability.The brown finish model has the look of a museum-quality guitar stored away for decades.The Badwater Series has received Guitar World's December 2007 Gold Award for Overall Value.

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