M-1000

Candy Apple Red Satin

M-1000
$1,399.00

Guitars in the LTD 1000 Series are designed to offer the tone, feel, looks, and quality that working professional musicians need in an instrument. The M-1000 Candy Apple Red Satin is built to shred with neck-thru-body construction, an extra-thin U-shaped neck, and a compound neck radius for maximum speed and comfort. Designed to be incredibly playable for even your most grueling shows, it has a comfortable alder body, and a reverse headstock for excellent string tension even when downtuned. Its Macassar ebony fingerboard has black binding, 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, and offset mother-of-pearl dot inlays. Components on the M-1000 Candy Apple Red Satin include a Floyd Rose 1000SE bridge with stainless steel screws, Grover tuners, and a set of direct-mount Fishman Fluence Modern Humbuckers (alnico in the neck position, ceramic in the bridge), with a push-pull control to activate each pickup’s second voicing.

Construction Neck-Thru
Scale 25.5"
Body Alder
Neck 3Pc Maple
Fingerboard Macassar Ebony
Fingerboard Radius 300-400mm Compound
Finish Candy Apple Red Satin
Nut Width 43mm
Nut Type Locking
Neck Contour Extra Thin U
Frets/Type 24 XJ Stainless
Hardware Color Black
Strap Button Standard
Tuners Grover
Bridge Floyd Rose 1000SE
Bridge PU Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Ceramic Black Direct Mount *(Pull Tone for Voice 2)
Neck PU Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker Alnico Black Direct Mount *(Pull Tone for Voice 2)
Electronics Active
Electronics Layout Volume/Tone(Push/Pull)/3-Way Switch
Strings D'Addario XL120 (.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042)
Case Included N
Media
Comments
6ixTek

HOLY $|||7 this thing F'N rocks. I got mine yesterday and played it for about 7 hours in the last 24. 
When I opened the case I was like WTF this looks way better in person. The pictures do it no justice. Beautiful guitar

I was a bit disappointed at first with how it played, but I just needed an hour to bond with it. Once I got it dialed in I could not stop playing it, I had to force myself to put it down and go to bed last night. I tried the different voices and not liking it, but it just started coming to life, and I really like the pulled voice most, but I also like the push voice as well. The pulled out voice is very articulate and pleasing sounding. 

I was really surprised at much better it sounds with plugins on the PC. and it totally rocks on my half stacks in Stereo 6505II/Diavlo45 

This guitar does not disappoint,  I was going to put .10s on it, but I think I will play the 0.9s for a while as I'm really liking it. 

There are a couple of minor things I could pick about, but nothing to harsh I think. 
the pickup routing is a bit jagged and pickups are misaligned. 
My main gripe is the bridge is misaligned pretty bad, I'm hoping it just looks bad, and not actually setting crooked on the posts. 
it does have a catch spot where you have to flutter it to get it back in tune. It just barely comes close to touching the body on the treble side. I'm gonna give it a little time and inspect it more before retuning it, cause I really like it. 
Lacks quality control in my opinion for the full retail price

 

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Paulo Rage

This guitar is a dream come true. Not only is the Candy Apple Red Satin finish gorgeous, but the functionality and build superb! The Fishman pickups are very versatile. With the stainless steel frets and hardware, this will be my long term workhorse and will look amazing on stage for years to come!