Ok.
Didn't get a chance to take any pics, but...nice guitar! The top is really sweet, I'm glad I got a natural.
It's a short guitar, much more so than my Ibanez (24fret) or my Squier M-77. The latter has almost the same exact neck, but twice the square inches of body.
Even with the chambered body on the M-77, the MK weighs only about 2/3 as much or less. Same materials.
Nice neck, I'm not that knowledgeable about neck radii but it's a nice wider, thinner D than a strat. Not as thin as a Wizard.
If I could have found an Valor Custom in Natural (or maybe Amber) for around the same $$ I would have grabbed it...just for the Tonepros wrap around (this model has the wrap around bridge w/o any intonation adjustment). Also the pickups that come with the Customs are supposed to be worth leaving in. These MK PAFs were also made by Rockfield but the SWCs in the Custom are supposed to be much nicer. I'll play with it as is for a bit, but I have pickups ready to go in that will knock these PAFs out. The dual push-pull coil split works pretty good.
Out of the box the intonation was on, but the strings were the wrong gauge; MK Valors are setup for 10s, and this came with 9s. Slight truss rod tweak and a string change to 10s made a big difference.
The very minimal heel gives more access to the highest frets...but unfortunately the lower cutaway just isn't deep enough. If I played a lot on the 21st and 22nd frets (especially in EAD) I would have to come up with a new method.
Then again I have huge hands, all palm.
All in all, for around $400 it's a beautiful guitar, and to get as nice a looking guitar that plays this well and sounds good out of the box you'd probably have to double that if you were buying new. This MK is new and other than a pickup change (and the dealer having put the wrong strings in) I'm pretty happy. :rockon2:
Pics to follow in the next day or so.
