Peavey Raptor Junior Guitar Review

Peavey Raptor Junior Guitar Review - The Hardware

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Peavey Raptor Junior Guitar Review
The Hardware
setting up and conclusion
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The Hardware
the headstock
the headstock
For a guitar that costs 60 pounds the quality is pretty good. It has a very nice Maple neck and a Rosewood Fret board that unfortunately has a slight imperfection at the body end where it hasn't been rounded off and finished properly (its pretty rough).
The Body seems to be solid wood from looking at the pickup cavity and the rear electronics cavity, this is a nice surprise for such a cheap guitar as they are usually made of plywood sheets glued together. The paint job is also very good, it's very bright and vibrant, and I cant see a single smudge or error.
pearly gates
pearly gates

There's a decent chrome hard tail bridge (no tremolo/whammy bar), so it wont keep going out of tune like other tremolo equipped guitars in this price range. Unfortunately the saddles let the bridge down quite a bit as they are made of some very cheap chromed tinny metal which creates a lot of string buzz.
the rough fretboard
the rough fretboard
The pickup looks like a stock Chinese (the guitar is made in China BTW) Humbucker and does not sound that bad, it is not to my taste though as it seems very "hair metal", when the Seymour Duncan pickup I ordered arrives I will be swapping it out so its not of much concern to me. It's a decent pickup for a beginner guitar though, better than my first guitar by miles.
The Tuners are decent quality modern Die Cast Fender style ones which makes it pretty good for staying in tune as they don't seem to budge when the guitar is being played.
The Volume and Tone knobs are not very nice, they are made of plastic and feel very cheap. I ordered some round chrome telecaster ones from AxesRus to try and give it a nicer feel.
the stock saddles and pickup
the stock saddles and pickup
 The current knobs may be plastic to reduce interference when the knobs are touched but i have never
 experienced this since most of the metal knobs i use have plastic inside which insulates them from the actual Potentiometer.