Maverick Review: F3

History:

Purchase: Bought this guitar from Marks Music in cambridge for the bargin price of £499...i aquired this guitar two years ago and i havn't looked back since. I bought it because i had been playing for 6 years and needed to upgrade from my squirer(ouch). Seeing as i am mainly into metal/hard rock this guitar seemed ideal for me with its HSH pickup config and its fast neck

What I Like About This Maverick F3: It's gorgeous! The body is based on a standard strat shape but has been made more aggressive and its super sexy (i would sleep with it!). The new model i don't like as much with its chrome pickup mounts but each to their own....the neck is the best and fastest i have played....i have played a gibson les paul studio (£1500) and a mark knoffler fender strat (£1400) and neither of them compare to this one....the action on this guitar is good but not quite the best in the world....the floyd rose is a great tremolo system when u have it set up and in tune....the pickups give a powerful sound which is well suited to grunge and music like blink 182 / lost prophets....the flat roll volume controls are superb!

What I Do NOT Like About The Maverick F3: the pickups sound a bit "muddy"....they dont quite wail like i wud want them to....floyd rose is a pain to restring and tune (floyd rose's fault not mavericks)

Maverick F3 Quality Rating: since i bought this guitar i have had no problems with the build quality save for a screw breaking one the floyd rose twice....maybe i was doing it too tight?! but that is once again not mavericks fault

Review Summary: Great great value....if u have £500 to spen and u want a guitar for and type of rock this is the one for you!! fast, reliable, gorgeous and the pickups sound nice! the only other £500 guitar i could suggest would be an ESP M-200 which wails a bit more but the neck and action arent quite as good

Rating of this Maverick product: 5

This Maverick F3 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Prune Of Doom

Review Date: 2004-11-25