Rocktile Pro L-200OHB E-Gitarre Orange Honey Burst - Retoure (Zustand: sehr gut)

Good sound, scho'n processed, class!!! Certainly recommendable. Thank you Kirstein!

I already had two Rocktile Les Paul kits, with amazingly good quality. For only a little more, there was now (with coupon and as a return) this beautiful guitar in Orange Burst.

The guitar was delivered only in double cardboard box packed with styrofoam and plastic wrap. But was still undamaged.


Appearance: as expected, great paint color, nice gold pickups and tuners, bridge and tailpiece. If you look closely, you can only see the lower quality of workmanship due to the price at the fret hems on the neck binding and a tiny clear lacquer drop at the base of the neck. But this does not disturb while playing. Unfortunately, my copy was completely misaligned: the pickup magnet screws turned way out, the bridge and the tailpiece much too high, the pickups themselves set too low (possibly by the previous owner of the return?). So: everything adjusted and new strings (D'Addario XL) put on. The existing strings are not particularly high quality, the e1 broke on me immediately. Tightened the wings of the tuning machines and connected the guitar to VOX VT15. The sound was really convincing and the guitar plays great. I had initially planned to replace the pickups with higher quality ones, but I'll leave that for now. I like the sound. Especially from the bridge pickup.
Have the knobs against Gibson gold knobs and the pickguard and the switch plate against a cream-colored exchanged - pure matter of taste.

If I assume that the guitar is normally delivered correctly adjusted, a top offer, especially for beginners. The point deduction's only for the necessary adjustment work and the strings.

Condition as described: Very good
After some additional tweaking, the guitar produces a very good sound.
If beginner, please note: A manual/description is not included

ordered this guitar as a holiday present for myself, and it arrived after the holidays. it's fine, i understood that there were delays and i knew that my order would be delayed. but this isn't about that.

been looking at this guitar for months, i was quite intrigued about it and wanted to know if the finish was true to what was shown in the pictures. i didn't like the black and gold, but the body color is what attracted me to it. so i ordered it, and waited for it to arrive. was pleasantly surprised when i unboxed the guitar and saw it the first time. i can definitely say that the pictures don't do the guitar justice at all, it looks so much better when you're holding it.

when i unboxed the guitar, i was stunned with the finish, and wanted to immediately tear down all the gold hardware and black plastics and replace them with nickel and cream respectively. what i had in mind is something close to a 59 Les Paul in orange burst like this one (https://guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Epi-Les-Paul-59-Andertons5-696x523.jpg).

talking about the wood, the body is made of several wood planks on my guitar, topped veneers on both the front and the back and adorned with binding ala LP custom. it is also quite light, but does not seem to be chambered or relieved. it doesn't sound hollow, and it does resonate when you play it. the top is finished in an orange-ish color with a very slight amount of burst, almost unnoticeable. the back, sides and neck are done in a lighter, amber-ish hue. the grain on the guitar is quite visible under the finish. although the flames on the top isn't as clear, it's fine as the finish is still quite superb for me.

the neck is (i think) similar to a 59-60 Les Paul neck profile. not thick and very comfortable to play. the fretboard is quite dry, which needs a bit of oiling to give it some moisture. some of the fret markers on the side of the neck are not centered in between the frets, but that's something minor and does not affect playability. the frets, particularly the ends, are laid down well, i only had to do a very minimal amount of work with the leveling and crowning. i did not encounter any sharp fret ends, which made my work easier.

as i said, i didn't like the gold pickups and gold hardware, i replaced them with nickel ones i had in my spares bin. took out all the black plastics and replaced them with cream ones for the selector switch, pickguard, pickup rings and the jack plate. replaced the black speed knobs with gold top hat knobs, and that was all i needed.

i knew i made the right choice when i finished setting the guitar up. looks-wise, it fit the bill for me. but what about the sound, you ask? since i had to replace the pickups with better ones, it also ended up sounding the way i wanted it to. added push-pull pots to give it coil splitting. the wood was really light but very resonant, so i knew that it'd be quite suitable with what i wanted to play. natural sustain is surprisingly good considering the wood used for a guitar of this price point, which added bonus points for me.

some points to look out for would be the nut and the neck. on this guitar, the nut does not sit flush to the head and the end of the fretboard, and is also a bit too high. the slots aren't the best on this one, so it does require quite a bit of filing down, or a replacement. however, the sides of the nut are lacquered into the finish, so you have to be very careful when replacing it. also, be careful with the head. although it is bonded to the neck via a scarf joint, there is no neck volute that should add extra strength to the joint. neck setups like these are even more prone to breakage than those with volutes, so be careful if you plan to travel with this guitar or if you plan to play it in a live setting like gigs.

overall, i'd say it's a good buy. it's a good platform for modding, the guitar simply asks you to do it. along with quite a superb finish and exceptional tonal characteristics, i'd give it 4 stars. the missing star is for the bad choice of lacquering the nut to the neck finish, and the volute-less neck design. still, great value for the money for anyone interested in getting this guitar.

This guitar is real value for the little money it will cost. The touch and the sound gives a good LP feeling. The instrument only needs slight adjustments. It may be recommended to give harder strings to it , but this definitely depends on the user"s taste and skill. Any such changes must be followed by readjustment of the neck.