Babicz going out of business?

[miken]

I'm looking at the dramatic price drop for the Babicz Identity Series guitars at both MFriend and Music123. They're both selling them for $499. My recollection is that they were much higher before.

 

Babicz going out?

[guitarman]

That's an interesting guitar. Having the strings integrated throughout the left radius of the guitar probably gives it an increased fullness and a resonance but I havn't played one and I'm afraid I may rub my strumming arm on the extended strings.

 

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Babicz-Identity-Series-Jumbo-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=511832

[Vasco]

 

I'm looking at the dramatic price drop for the Babicz Identity Series guitars at both MFriend and Music123. They're both selling them for $499. My recollection is that they were much higher before. Babicz going out?

 

The identity series lists at $399 for many models. So, you may be mistaking this series with his solid-wood upper end models which are, of course, significantly higher.

[Hudman]

That's a great price for a solid wood guitar.

 

I'm not sure about the adjustable neck and the spread out string mounting points on the body. I never played one before.

[Tony Burns]

I played one about 5-6 months ago in Jamestown New york - i did not think they were very well made guitars -I was not impressed at all !

[Cripes]

I have looked at them but never played one. It looks gimmicky. McPherson also employs the use of an adjustable neck but their design isolates the neck from the soundboard. That does free up the upper bout soundboard to resonate without the damping effect of the neck. But, if they made an identical guitar soundbox with the neck conventionally attached then I might be able to tell if the detached neck produces a better sounding guitar. Without that sort of (empirical) test I can only assume it does.

 

Babicz, with their fanned out strings, I consider no different in that regard.

[guitarist21]

 

I have looked at them but never played one. It looks gimmicky.

 

 

I've played one and my conclusion was that it is a little gimmicky. It wasn't any better than a similarly priced guitar and it was remarkably heavy, which bothered me a little. It wasn't a bad guitar, but I certainly think you can do better for your $$.

 

Ellen

[miken]

Thanks all. Your opinions are appreciated.

[Chicken]

I have one of the Dread Identity in Rosewood.

 

The good...

It's all solid woods.

The rosewood back looks fantastic, much nicer than my rosewood back Yamaha.

The adjustable neck is unlike any other guitar I have, and makes it easy to adjust the action.

Fit and finish are great.

I won it on Ebay for a song from Babicz (pretty sure they won't ebay more).

 

The bad...

It lacks bass, and I prefer playing my $450 low-end Martin over it.

It lacks bass, and I prefer playing my $300 low-end Yamahas over it.

It seems a tad heavy (probably due to the neck mechanics) and somewhat unbalanced.

The spider string pattern could get in the way of sleeves.

 

To be honest, I haven't really played it that that much. My first impression was that it lacked so much bass that it just do anything for me. The last time I played it, I liked it more. I bid really low and didn't expect to win it. For the price I paid, it was certainly worth it, but I wouldn't pay $1,300 or whatever the "list price" is.

[Oldskool Texas]

 

I'm looking at the dramatic price drop for the Babicz Identity Series guitars at both MFriend and Music123. They're both selling them for $499.

 

 

MFriend and Music123 are now one and the same. Both are Guitar Center.