Luther-ing morning

One of my friends gave me 3 guitars (In which I am going to mention 2). All of the guitars are actually replica guitars (No, I DO NOT ENDORSE REPLICAS). However, the DIY bug in me wanted some free guitars to work on and hence, I took all 3 guitars home. So, finally, I decide to spent the whole morning and half an afternoon doing luther work on these guitars. The evident thing about China Replica guitars is, it's either a hit or miss thing. And those that he passed me, are pretty much misses. First up is the Jackson Kelly replica. First off, since it is a floating tremolo guitar, the stock floating tremolo honestly is a piece of crap. Not even worth salvaging. Hence, it's replaced with a Korean Floyd Rose licensed. One thing to note, if you ever want to buy a China Replica guitar (No, honestly, don't buy them), do not buy guitars with floating bridge. This guitar took off extra hours off even after I level the frets. It's honestly hard to setup as well, thanks to the poor craftsmanship. I nailed it in the end though.

Second up is a Gibson Flying V copy. Now, the copy is bad. Really bad. One look and you can tell it's a fake. But besides that besides the point, I did fret leveling on this guitar and added a shim to it. This isn't as hard to setup compared to the Jackson Kelly copy though. All and all, these guitars gave me an eye opener on Chinese copies. Could have swore that my Al Di Meola copy wasn't that bad.