Musoo Guitars (China)

Amigo · October 2020

What do you know about them? Very little information on the 'net.

longjaw · October 2020

Amigo said:

What do you know about them? Very little information on the 'net.

Nothing.

usedtobe · October 2020

Vaguely aware of the name, but that’s all...

Headphones · October 2020

Sounds like a west country dairy farmer calling his cattle.

Amigo · October 2020

http://www.musooguitars.com/

They cropped up on Amazon UK, silly prices, but not much about them. Their website is not confidence-inspiring, but then again not many chinese companies' websites are.

rossi · October 2020

Some say if you change the pickups on the Les Paul model you get very near an R8 or even a Harley Benton with a pickup change .

JezWynd · October 2020

rossi said:

Some say if you change the pickups on the Les Paul model you get very near an R8 or even a Harley Benton with a pickup change .

and twelve months later they turn to rust and die.

Kittyfrisk · October 2020

Nah, rust never sleeps.

GrahamG · October 2020

I've never seen rusty wood

poopot · October 2020

Rusty wood?

made some great blue films in the 80’s

SlopeSoarer · October 2020

I bought a Musoo LPJ (see here) and asked for some modification. Basically they said show us what you want and we will make it for you... but you need to trust them and pay up front. They sent crap photos at various stages and it took about 10 weeks for delivery.

Initial impressions on delivery were excellent but on closer inspection there were issues. the big one being control holes in the wrong place otherwise perfect. There was a point where it looked like a router bit had caught the body near the neck pocket and they had repaired it (repaired well).

In fairness I think I paid about £135 plus some import duty perhaps another £20-25 can't exactly remember the figures but all in all even with the faults it seems good.

The neck... is full, think baseball bat but seems straight and flat though some crowning is needed.

The neck joint is a great fit and pocket angles seemed accurate.

They had drilled the machine head holes in the headstock and they were all over the show. I ended up plugging them and re drilling.

I thought about selling the kit recently as we have sold our house and a move is imminent but I decided to put it it together and am currently in the process of finishing it. Glad I kept it.

This where I'm up to.

I'm tempted to go back to them for another but really would spell out to them what I wanted, even send plans and I think they would pull it off.

Mine will go off for a proper setup when complete and I think it will be a good but not accurate guitar. I strung it prior to starting finishing and it was very resonant with good sustain... I'm hopeful I'll enjoy it in the end:-)

The lady I frequently contacted was Susan. (musooguitars@163.com)

Great practice before spending a lot of money IMO!

Amigo · October 2020

I did see that thread, thanks a lot. I was thinking more about the ready-made guitars, as I do not have the inclination, nor the skills to undertake such a task as you set out to do.

SlopeSoarer · October 2020

Yeah, I only picked that up later when I read you post again. If you do go through with one I'd be interested in your experience.

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