Are JR Beck's good guitars

Answer 1

I picked up a Les Paul copy at a garage sale and was extremely impressed. Black body and neck with a sunburst flame maple top that fades in from black to red to amber. Gold hardware and knobs, better Gotoh like enclosed tuners and a tuneomatic with stop bar tailpiece. Body is slightly thinner than regular Epi les Pauls, and it has a tummy cut on the back. Guitar has a decent weight to it, not heavy but good heftiness, and the pick-ups are gold covered and sound better than decent- can get some good crunch out of them. The neck inlays are slightly overdone ( W looking and starting on the first fret-would have prefered dots) but all in all a sweet guitar that looks different enough from all the usual LP copies but still retains the basics in a better than average package. Although it has small pots and basic single strand wiring and a cheap enclosed 3 way switch, it plays quietly without any hum . The price was sweet and was in mint condition. I'm no great player, just a hack who enjoys noodling around, but this guitar is pretty sweet and all I could want for now. Way better than a Squier strat or any other $99 to $150 guitar out there.