Overall Rating: This is one of my prettier hollowbodies and with replacement pickups, it sounds very nice, (think british invasion). i record with it, but for touring i would prefer something more solid. i guess in the end it's pretty similar to an es-330 or epiphone casino, but a little funkier looking.
Features: 70's Japanese guitar, 22 frets, this one's shaped like an es-335 but is fully-hollow kinda like an es-330.
it has a cheap version of the bigsby vibrato tailpiece that's flaky(not as responsive as a bigsby, and goes out of tune easily).
the neck joint is bolted on, and it is not seated very well. two single coil pickups (no pole pieces), four knobs (gibson configuration) and one selector switch.
even so, it is a very pretty guitar, with nice appointments like 4 ply binding around the body, three ply binding around the neck, and three ply mounting plates for the selector switch and pickups. also it has rectangular block fretboard inlays.
Sound Quality: The pickups that came with this guitar are pretty bad. lo output and lots of noise, squelchy and muddy at the same time (muddy bass, little midrange, lots of highs). i replaced the pickups with seymour duncan mini-humbuckers, which helps ALOT. the body itself is pretty resonant, and once you replace the pickups the guitar has a great full-bodied jangle. (less sustain than an es-335 tho').
Reliability/Durability: This guitar is reasonably solid, but minor things like the crummy neck seating and the cheap vibrato tailpiece will make it go out of tune if you're the type of person who bounces around alot when you play. since it's a fully-hollowbody, it will make a low howling feedback if you're at high volume.
Price: $275.00 USD USED
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