A new guitar just arrived from Rondomusic!

[crozzfire]

I ordered a SX from Rondomusic few weeks back, just for fun and cause I happened to have that extra moolah. And it arrived today.

I got this: http://www.rondomusic.com/sst57p90.html

I'm not using this as a main guitar. I'm just seeing how far S$225 can go. I have to say I'm rather disappointed though. But, it looked pretty good though!

Alright, here goes:
- It came with a nicely protected box. But thats not the main point.
- Finishing was pretty good. Can't find any flaws with it though!
- The neck pocket was.. disturbing. It looked as if it wood has been scraped off to allow the neck to fit. It was very messy.
- The pickup selector was wired wrongly.
- The volume knob had an obvious black stain on it. But the pots were fine, they turn nicely.
- The tuners were helluva tight! The ratio seemed insane man..
- Intonation wasn't set properly. Plus the 16th fret wasn't hammered properly. Argh, disturbing.
- Pickups were weak, but that's ok, I'm not expecting anything fantastic.
- Neck joint is pretty solid.
- This is the worse. It came with a missing saddle! Oh, and did I mention that the bridge looked as if it would give way any second?

So probably.. Later this week I'll bring this guitar down to Peninsula for a neck swap, pick up swap, bridge swap, or whatever I have to do to get this guitar fixed. Perhaps this may prove to be good to mod!

For that price.. Nah. I think I could have gotten something better though. Oh wells, perhaps I'm just unlucky and gotten a bad one. Heard the QC varies between every guitar. Anyone else who ordered from Rondomusic care to share your input?

 

[b33r]

sounds like you got a lemon. unfortunately, i don't think overseas customers can return it, cuz that's what other people do. they send it back and get a new one FOC.

the flaws on my bass were mostly in the finish. a few bad spots here and there, a crack around the neck pocket, but nothing too severe. the other thing was that the intonation was out, but i corrected it myself.

other than that, for only $240, i'm really satisfied.

 

[Breen]

Sounds extra lemon with sugar cane man.

Maybe they bully little known international orders. But that don't seem right. Rondo has a good rep based on chatter on the web.

It will be fun bringing it up to par!

 

[wadthefish]

From what i am seeing it seems like its quite a gd idea to stay away from rondomusic based on the QC received

 

[van_halen]

why don't you just buy sx from davis? cheap and good.

 

[Reindeer]

timbre from sv would be a better choice than sx.

 

[floydfloat]

Swing from SV is also a better choice.

 

[AzNjT]

idk man, timbre sucked pretty hard even for the price...

 

[superpotato_30]

idk man, timbre sucked pretty hard even for the price...

Not the first time i heard this.

 

[Cavett]

Have pics of it?

I believe u shld take some pics of it and email it to Rondo and see what they have to say. Most of Rondo business are based on internet chatter and recommendation, so any bad rap on them will certainly have an effect, even if slightly, on their business.

 

[crozzfire]

No pics at the moment though. I'll take some over the next few days. Handphone pics just don't do justice.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that Rondo really suck balls or what not. I'm actually suspecting that there was some mishandling during the shipping or something. Do I get to claim from Rondo in this case?

Actually there is one thing about Rondo that pleases me. The shipping was pretty fast though I would say. And, the build of the guitar was very sturdy, very good. But I'm still pretty sore about the fact that it came with a missing saddle arghhhh!