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Fender Heartfield RR-58 Review

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From gonyc

What is the manufacturer/model of your guitar?

Fender Heartfield RR-58

Is the guitar electric or acoustic (or both)?

electric

How much did you pay for the guitar? New or used?

$500.00 CDN (used)

Guitar tone.

fairly dark, fat sound nice rich jazz tone in neck position hard to get a real "classic rock" sound

Guitar build quality.

humbuckers, so the pickups were relatively quiet. workmanship seems quite good. neck straight as an arrow... no intonation or fret buzz problems ever. I got the guitar used, so the instrument was already set up properly. Don't know how it came from the factory.

Advice

  • Pros: Nice tone wide neck feels comfortable price is right nice looking guitar, and it's not a common instrument.
  • Cons: Not extremely versatile. You won't get a truly vintage blues or classic rock sound out of this guitar. I ended up adding a mid-boost tone control to the guitar, and added two EMG's I had laying around. Worst mistake I ever made. Wish I never made the change.

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