Another Guitar Fetish question....

[Gascat]

Hi guys, this is not a building question but because there has been a fair bit of Guitar Fetish talk of late I thought I would ask the question.

A mate of mine is keen to buy a Guitar Fetish Xaviere model Strat.

http://store.guitarfetish.com/xvdocusobo.html


Anyone know the build quality of these things or know of anyone who has bought one and has comments on it?

Would appreciate some comments.



cheers...Wayne

[Whirly]

I have one of the Xaviere XV-870 strat-ish guitars. It's the only strat-like guitar I've ever owned, so I can't really compare it to anything, but I thought it was good enough to write a review on Harmony-Central (now lost apparently). I thought it was good enough that I purchased an Xavier XV-900.

It's a $169-$174 guitar. It looks exactly like a guitar. What more do you want? Watch out though. It was gateway guitar to my G&L Tele. Have I mentioned my G&L is perfect? I guess I have.

[mgdesigns]

I have another model, not sure which one, but it's about a 5 year old-ish 335 wannabee, black with very high gloss finish, and triple layer bindings, and split coil taps on push-pull tone pots. Sweet guitar for the $165 I spent from a lady on ebay. It has a reverse Zemaitis headstock with large metal badges and truss rod covers. Excellent fit and finish, but sort of jumbo frets. Filled the GAS of the moment.