Chapman ML-1 Hot Rod Electric Guitar

Oh man! What can I say, I couldn't be more psyched about owning this guitar. It's an absolute beast and is pretty much my go-to guitar, since it arrived (and I own 5 other guitars). Love pretty much everything about it. The body shape is as standard start-ish as it gets. The swamp ash is very light and feels great to the touch. The unfinished look and feel is incredible, trust me, I have glossy guitars and they tend to stick a little, this just slides along against your clothes and skin. Seems pretty tough, it won't be easily damaged. The neck profile and finish are just awesome for shredding, it just calls out to you to solo as hard and for as long as you'd like. The tremolo system is pretty amazing actually, it won't go out of tune even if you dive-bomb it all the way to hell!! I guess the grover tuners also play a big part on the tuning stability, since I have 2 other guitars with grover locking tuners, I pretty much knew what I was getting with this and they're as solid and stable as money can buy. The ebony fretboard is outstanding, I already owned another guitar with an ebony fretboard and loved it to bits, but I love this one even more. I admit I don't miss the neck markers right on the front, the dots on the top are pretty much all you need not to get lost and I guess not having to inlay anything into the fretboard will also keep the cost nice and low like we all want it. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for: the pickup. I have to say I was worried at first that only one pickup wouldn't be enough. I played it with my headphones on the first day because it was night already when I got to try it, but on the next day... I nearly went deaf. That is such a berserker waiting to be unleashed on the world! With a little hint of mids and highs to really bring out the high-end and lead sound, that just cuts right into your soul. It's coil-tappable to give you tone variety. It fattens up the tone a little, I'd use it for slightly bassier passages and rythm work, but pushing that wonderful tele-styled volume knob, you're bringing a snarling monster to life again. It plays everything from 80's to metal, just as advertised. I'm totally inlove with this thing and if you want one and you're not buying one, you're being a fool because they're a limited run. It's pretty much like a beast doomed to extinction, you should get while it still lives :)

Son, sustain, qualité et jouabilité excellents, au delà d'une EVH ou d'une PRS... pour un prix modéré. Lutherie de grande qualité. La réputation des chapman est justifiée. Leur popularité relative reste incompréhensible quand on a joué sur une chapman!

Couldn't be happier, this thing's a beast!!

A lot of guitar for the money! Built better, plays better than guitars costing double.

Love the ML1 hot rod quality guitar.

They guitar plays extremely well and came very well set up out of the box. very good value for money.

Excellent quality built and setup.

This is a very nice guitar. Very well manufactured from high quality materials. Many have said it feels like a much more expensive guitar, I can only echo this. I am very impressesd. I own much more expensive guitars also but this is right up there with them. I will buy Chapman again for sure.

Just can't find nothing roung with this guitar I 100 % recommend every guitar player get a chapman guitar