Chapman Guitar Review - ML2 Modern 2019 - White Dove
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2019
- Chapman Guitar Review - ML2 Modern 2019 - White Dove
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The Chapman ML2 Modern is a great mid-level budget guitar. Clocking in at just under $500 US (as of October 2019) it’s a very versatile a high quality instrument for its price. Its coil splits and 25” scale make the guitar very versatile for blues, rock, country, hard rock, and even metal if you’re into that. The Les Paul shaped body is much thinner, making it fairly light. Its neck has 24 frets, satin finish, rounded fretboard with volute, and its neck joint allows very easy access to the upper frets. A very comfortable guitar. Recommended!
“Dirty” demo - 0:03
Basic features - 0:55
Special features - 1:30
- Neck - 1:36
- Pricing new/used - 3:15
- Body - 3:26
- Scale and neck radius - 4:16
Clean tones - 5:05
- Neck humbucker - 5:15
- Neck coil split - 5:53
- Middle humbucker - 6:30
- Middle coil split - 7:10
- Bridge humbucker - 7:36
- Bridge coil split - 8:05
Dirty tones - 8:30
- Neck humbucker - 8:36
- Neck coil split - 8:58
- Middle humbucker - 9:10
- Middle coil split - 9:24
- Bridge humbucker - 9:37
- Bridge coil split - 9:50
Soulful, clean demo - 11:00
Basic features - 0:55
Special features - 1:30
- Neck - 1:36
- Pricing new/used - 3:15
- Body - 3:26
- Scale and neck radius - 4:16
Clean tones - 5:05
- Neck humbucker - 5:15
- Neck coil split - 5:53
- Middle humbucker - 6:30
- Middle coil split - 7:10
- Bridge humbucker - 7:36
- Bridge coil split - 8:05
Dirty tones - 8:30
- Neck humbucker - 8:36
- Neck coil split - 8:58
- Middle humbucker - 9:10
- Middle coil split - 9:24
- Bridge humbucker - 9:37
- Bridge coil split - 9:50
Soulful, clean demo - 11:00
Would this be considered medium jumbo frets? I have a Mitchell with extra jumbo and I like it. I'll play something a little smaller but i like longer frets
@@mikeb8654 I haven't measured, so I don't know for sure. They're just called "Jumbo". "Medium-Jumbo" usually means a little shorter with slightly less width. These claim to be (and seem to be) Jumbo.
Great review. I appreciate that you kept the first half clean without effects so we could hear the guitars true vintage clean tones. Plus your review comes across as a very honest opinion. 👍
Thanks Steven. I actually really enjoy playing this guitar. It has been over 2 months since I've had it and I still have it out.
I own this guitar and it’s indeed a steal for the price I have paid it.
Love the solo at the ending..you really have put your soul into it! Greetings from UK 🇬🇧👏👏👏
Thank you! I liked mine too ... past tense. Nothing wrong with it, but I just have too many darn guitars. It needed a good home. Glad you like yours and I still endorse what I say in this video. Great neck on these guitars and extremely comfortable to play!
Which guitars have you kept? @@MarkZabel
Hi Mark. Great review. Thanks very much. Great, melodic and restrained playing in the outro..
Thanks Geert! I had fun with it. Nice to improvise over.
Thanks for the great review, Mark. Don't mind the scoffers, there's a lot of internet hate for Rob Chapman out there. I have a Chapman modern t style and its an excellently made guitar.
Thanks brother! Appreciate the feedback.
Good review. Thanks Mark.
Thanks Joe Mac!
Mark - Thanks for posting this review. I am looking at a Gretsch for the same price. Then that lead me to an Epiphone Les Paul Pro III. Then that lead me to...anyway, Chapman is new to me, but I see some other reviews of the same model that have favorable reviews. Now, I have one more reason to be confused. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. They have weight.
Hi Phil. Those are good guitars to too. I like the Epiphone 339 type guitars; 339 Pro and Casino Coupe in particular. It's good to try a number of them. I was actually quite surprised with this ML2. The neck and body are quite good, and I thought the pickups sound decent. Very versatile too.
Basic features - 0:55
Special features - 1:30
- Neck - 1:36
- Pricing new/used - 3:15
- Body - 3:26
- Scale and neck radius - 4:16
Clean tones - 5:05
- Neck humbucker - 5:15
- Neck coil split - 5:53
- Middle humbucker - 6:30
- Middle coil split - 7:10
- Bridge humbucker - 7:36
- Bridge coil split - 8:05
Dirty tones - 8:30
- Neck humbucker - 8:36
- Neck coil split - 8:58
- Middle humbucker - 9:10
- Middle coil split - 9:24
- Bridge humbucker - 9:37
- Bridge coil split - 9:50
Soulful, clean demo - 11:00
Love the guitar! As a HUGE PRS fan, it looks like it would be a nice addition to my pack!
BTW, the exit music was amazing! So much feeling-You really made it cry! 👍
Thanks Kevin! After having it for 2 months now ... 1) Still *love* the weight and the neck and the contouring of the body. Super-playable. Still love the versatility (having the coil splits). The pickups will probably be replaced at some point. The 24 frets are great too. Still gets a thumbs up from me!
Mark Zabel Sounds like my kinda fiddler!! 😊
I really like the way you play. Nice feeling. Congratulation!
Thanks a lot!!
Wow Mark!!! What a steal for $350, even $500 is cool... I also like the sound of the weight, and the contours of the body... I have a Gibson LP Studio, that I really like... I have asked several other UA-cam guitarists that are reviewing LP's about the knobs that you can pull up... They are usually reviewing their prized vintage LP's, and could not answer my interest, as they say the older LP's don't have this feature of the pull out knobs.. Maybe in a future lesson, you could give us a short discussion as to what the use of this is... You said something about coil splitting, and I could tell the difference in tone as you did it... It is still all Greek to me.. Thanks so much for the video... Take care Brother....
Sounds good Bruce. Coil splitting (usually accessed from a push/pull knob) is essentially turning a humbucker pickup into a single coil pickup by disabling one of the coils. So it thins out the sound. Some guitars do this well, some don't. This one does it pretty well IMHO.
This is a very nice guitar for $500. Another great one for more or less the same price is the PRS SE 24 Standard (or the PRS SE 22 Standard ... 22 frets vs 24). Many of the same features as in the Chapman ML2.
Looks great. I liked the middle in split best.
The coil split on this is very good. I also really like the middle coil split.
Great Review man! Greetings from argentina
Glad you enjoyed it! Greetings from NY, USA
I like the dirt on the tone! Hello Mark my amigo, how are you today?😁
Hi David!! Always great to hear from you. Life is good. Busy, but a very good sorry of busy. I'm enjoying life more lately!
Hope you're doing great and the family is well. Thanks for "stopping by"!
Is that the one Riff City had? I wanted to get it, but it got snagged before I could.
No. I got it off of Reverb. Riff City had some ML3s I was interested in, but waited and they were gone.
Mark....looking for a C shape Fender style neck on a single cut. Les Paul necks are too fat for me. How does that neck compare?
Hi. This neck is as thin as a Fender ... BUT it's wider and it's much flatter. This has a 14" radius instead of the 9.5" radius. Hope that helps!
@@MarkZabel Thank you Mark. Great playing as usual. Thanks for reaching out. I may need to grab one...they are priced right...amd would be fun to mod.
@@thorpenator9148 thanks! Good luck and have fun.
Un comparisson to ltd ec1000 which you recomend?
I've never played the ESP LTD 1000, but it's $500 more (or so, depending on where you buy it) than this guitar. So I'd hope it's better. The ESP LTD-256 is about the same price. I've heard it's good, but I don't know.
This one is very good. Very comfortable and light, decent pickups (not great, but ok), and fantastic neck and playability. I put a high emphasis on the neck and comfort of the guitar, because if it doesn't have that I don't even play it - it won't matter how it sounds. I can always put in new pickups ... and usually, with almost any guitar, I can find pickups I'd rather have in there. That's true of even my highest priced guitars.
So I have no problem recommending the Chapman ML-2, but I don't know how the ESP LTD-256 or 1000 compare. Hope that helps!
@@MarkZabel thank so much for your Time.
@@ricardosalinas5827 You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
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This or yamaha revstar?
I've never played a Revstar, so I don't know. Sorry. They look nice though.
Mark....dude....take 10 of your 500 buck guitars and go buy a nice core PRS. You will be way ahead of the game...335, nice strat and great PRS. Bingo
LOL! I have enough keeper guitars; 335, LP, Pete Anderson PA-1, CP Thornton Strat and maybe my American Standard. I like the idea though and love PRS, so maybe ...
None of the U$500 guitars are really going to stay around for good. As long as I travel and play in disreputable places I need a couple of "beaters". But yeah, these aren't really meant for keeps. Gotta say though, this one is pretty interesting and fun and very comfortable to play.
@@MarkZabel ok pick ur fav beater. Lose the rest. I have one- an old Taylor solid body. Great guitar but bot so cheap I do not care what happens. PRS core, good tele, 335, strat, maybe LP, maybe Gretsch....u got the world covered. Oh wait I just listed what I own. Haha
@@scooterc2006 LOL!
I've tested a few of the Chapman range and don't see what all the fuss is about. Every single one I've picked up and plugged in has felt cheap. The pickups are your usual mass produced stuff, quite possibly Chinese made. No real balance between bridge and neck, the latter is muddy and dull hence why I'd guess they're Chinese production as it follows the trend of what comes out of that market. I wouldn't put these above £200 at retail. I've played more squier and epiphones which superseed the chapmans
Odd. I felt quite the opposite. The construction of the one I reviewed is on par with the PRS SE line of guitars. Much better features and craftsmanship that any Epiphone near that price. Plays much better, lighter. Much better neck. Feels cheap? Yeah, the feel of the guitar is better than the $1000 Gibsons and any Epiphone LP I've picked up, but not as good as the $4000 Gibsons. If that's cheap, well okay, it's cheap.
The pickups aren't Seymour Duncans, but ... we'll, you heard them. Not at all muddy. Quite bright actually; especially compared to stock Epiphone or Gibson. I wish manufacturers would charge $200 more and drop Seymour Duncans or Lollars or Fralins or MojoTones into their guitars. It rarely happens except with boutique guitars.
Can't say anything about the Strat and Tele style Chapmans, so I won't compare to Squiers, which are, IMHO, quite decent for the money.
I bought this with my own money. If I thought it was shit I'd say it.
@@MarkZabel I'd have to disagree. For a guitar that retails around the 500 mark the quality just doesn't reflect its price. Fair play, you got it at 350 but even then I'd say that was over priced for what it is. You could buy a second hand zakk wylde epiphones LP for less and that is a much higher quality playing and sounding guitar. I think the Chapman sit in a huge part of the guitar market but unfortunately don't match what's already out there or has the reputation. I'm not a lover of jacksons either but I could easily put a handful of models forward both new and second hand that would surpass the quality and playability of any Chapman model
@@vintageandmoderneffects We just must like different guitars. I wouldn't want a Zakk Wylde Epi for any price ... for various reasons. Same with inexpensive Jacksons.
Either I got really lucky, you've gotten really unlucky, or we just have very different ideas about what makes a guitar playable and sound good. It's most likely the latter. Thanks for your opinion.
You definitely have a V2, and Chapman upgraded the pickups pretty heavily from the first version to the second, and they moved factories so QC is much improved, from what i hear.
It's pretty nice IMHO. I may eventually put in different pick-ups, but they sound decent to me.