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- MacFearless
An unexpected gem
Published on 05/27/14 at 01:19 (This content has been automatically translated from French)"Designed in Germany", but assembled in China I think.
In excellent workmanship! The finishes are really impeccable and very successful sunburst.
The maple smells good living, robustness and provides a very original sound, even when the guitar is unplugged.
The basic settings were relatively ok, however the passage in the luthier is required to get the best.
Pearly finishes are superb.
UTILIZATION
Lacquered handle is very comfortable to touch. I, who am not a fan of typed sleeves Gibson, Fender fan, I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of playing that gives this guitar.
Even if the body is by definition "very thin", very thin and light, I have to feel any discomfort w…Read more"Designed in Germany", but assembled in China I think.
In excellent workmanship! The finishes are really impeccable and very successful sunburst.
The maple smells good living, robustness and provides a very original sound, even when the guitar is unplugged.
The basic settings were relatively ok, however the passage in the luthier is required to get the best.
Pearly finishes are superb.
UTILIZATION
Lacquered handle is very comfortable to touch. I, who am not a fan of typed sleeves Gibson, Fender fan, I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of playing that gives this guitar.
Even if the body is by definition "very thin", very thin and light, I have to feel any discomfort while. The guitar does not sting the nose and personally, I find it well balanced.
Access to acute is easy but, as mentioned above, to make the most of this guitar, especially in the treble, we must take it to a luthier to make the standard settings.
Personally I play with strings 011/048, lighter reduces the stamp of this marvel.
SOUNDS
Very eclectic, I play blues, gypsy, lofi, indie ...
His unusual and unique sound adds a grain, a very special bracket.
The range of sounds available is wide, any remaining time Etoufee slightly (very light).
I play with a VOX AC100 Plugge a cab VOX V412, and it sounds not dégeu.
I love what it offers in the bass, unique sounds that surprise me every time.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a year now and you'll understand, I'm hooked!
I have a small collection, ranging from 72 to telecaster custom Jaguar HH special, and this guitar has everything a strangely large for a low price.
If you find one, jump on the opportunity, this guitar is a gem.
If I had to buy this guitar for one reason or another, I would do it 1000 times.See less110 - Mick LUIS
Good guitar
Published on 03/04/14 at 16:41 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Made in Germany ... to confirm what was said by a previous user!
I was endorser by them in 2008/2009 and I went visited the workshops. Their work is outstanding and are listening to their customers! Only electronics comes from Asia.
I remain, despite the fact that I was endorser by them Oblectif!
I changed the neck pickup for a microphone at Duesenberg .. but the difference is not obvious, the original microphone does a good job .. if so!
The guitar are very good especially for the price!
UTILIZATION
Its size a little bit too much bother and balance may also disturb when door with strap .... You get used to it
SOUNDS
For blues, Jazz, The Rock!
Guitar wi…Read moreMade in Germany ... to confirm what was said by a previous user!
I was endorser by them in 2008/2009 and I went visited the workshops. Their work is outstanding and are listening to their customers! Only electronics comes from Asia.
I remain, despite the fact that I was endorser by them Oblectif!
I changed the neck pickup for a microphone at Duesenberg .. but the difference is not obvious, the original microphone does a good job .. if so!
The guitar are very good especially for the price!
UTILIZATION
Its size a little bit too much bother and balance may also disturb when door with strap .... You get used to it
SOUNDS
For blues, Jazz, The Rock!
Guitar with a round, even in acute she keeps a slight roundness not bad at all
on a tube amp, it sounds great, with a good distortion, it sounds fabulous!
Pickups origins are a little weak but nothing too bad on some widely play with!
OVERALL OPINION
I play with for 6 years now and I do not séparerati! and yet I have other guitars type strato U.S. Gibson and despite everything I love playing with my beacoup "Verythin!"
the + Sound (really nice)
the - form a little too big for my taste but nothing too annoying
Value for money?? GOOD ...!
Of course I would do the same choice! Moreover, they have other cheap and very interesting models!See less62 - BigB
Excellent case for half the price
Published on 05/26/13 at 12:08 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Chinese violin (yes bin a half box at this price huh) but with a schedule of charges and serious quality control quite Germanic.
Maple or spruce top (the specs are contradictory ...), maple neck, central beam spruce, stopbar tailpiece and bridge tune-o-matic, quite standard configuration (2 humbuckers each with its own volume and tone controls and a 3 positions). What is not standard is the body thickness, thinner than most solidbody, which provides playing comfort despite the size of the box.
The neck profile is a C hair a little thicker than the profile "slim type" Gibson, 1mm over, it's enough to make a difference but not enough to turn the handle log, instead it makes my more co…Read moreChinese violin (yes bin a half box at this price huh) but with a schedule of charges and serious quality control quite Germanic.
Maple or spruce top (the specs are contradictory ...), maple neck, central beam spruce, stopbar tailpiece and bridge tune-o-matic, quite standard configuration (2 humbuckers each with its own volume and tone controls and a 3 positions). What is not standard is the body thickness, thinner than most solidbody, which provides playing comfort despite the size of the box.
The neck profile is a C hair a little thicker than the profile "slim type" Gibson, 1mm over, it's enough to make a difference but not enough to turn the handle log, instead it makes my more comfortable taste and CUNE friend of mine who has very small hands is just perfect.
The violin is of good quality (it feels and it is), very clean finish - in fact almost flawless (a tiny defect on the binding inside a horn on mine, but even knowing where I see it is not the first time, it's really brief history of nitpicking) - the frets are leveled and do not exceed, in short, as I said earlier, even if the Asian manufacturing quality achievement breathes seriously.
Setting mine (purchased from Thomann) was pretty dismal by against, but half an hour later (time to change the strings, check the curve and adjust the action and intonation) the guitar was in perfect condition. The hardware is not high end but nonetheless done his job - no problem adjusting or tuning stability, just horrifying bzz small wire that holds the screws on the bridge saddles.
UTILIZATION
In use, the handle is very comfortable, with a good grip without making log, the only flaw in my opinion is the poly varnish "gloss" that deserves a little frosted (I make the most of my guitars anyway). The fine box (more than Tele) is also very practical, despite a slightly higher than an area ES was not that feeling of having "open arms", they found contrary to their natural position.
The guitar is very light and well balanced, it is soon forgotten (physical huh <g> ), And requires only a few seconds of adaptation from a solid body - in fact the main "trap" (for me) is the largest distance between the strings and knobs. Access to acute is excellent, almost as good as a SG.
SOUNDS
At the point of his view, has the qualities expected of a semi-hollow, this side both deep, warm, a little "woody" and lively, with a bit more gloss and responsiveness to attack on the type ES guitars. The pickups are quite correct for the price (see below for what I mean), and the most versatile guitar you can not think, of course we can go from jazz to blues to rock to indie big rock that task, but also, and in a much more brutal register (hard rock, grunge, stoner ...), where they do not necessarily expected. Obviously you have to manage the feedback but it is in this case much easier than an ES-like, and it quickly became a "feature" of this guitar more than a problem.
NB: the grade with the microphones and the bridge of origin, see below ...
OVERALL OPINION
It's been a year and a half I use this guitar, and to my surprise I was able to use in a situation where I did not expect (oriented punk / grunge / stoner group). I had long wanted a semi-hollow and toured that fell within my budget (Epiphone, Hagstrom, etc. Ibby), without finding anything that really satisfies me, I bought this one in without Thotho be able to try it in advance and waiting for me to return half of the week ... frankly I do not regret it, I honestly think this is the best current half body in this price game - the hardware and pickups are generally what you would expect at this price point, the violin enough above competition, and she has a personality that is lacking in its competitors.
Now make no mistake, for this quality at this price, even with an Asian production need to save somewhere, and as usual it is on the hardware and pickups. Not that Hofner is below this alternative point of view, but it is not over, in fact it is exactly the same as on a Epi Sheraton (bling-bling gold less) or Hagstrom Viking reissue, but the quality of the violin well justified upgrades, including the bridge, the capas and microphones.
For my part I upgraded mine with an easel tone-pro, the Russian PIO capas and a pair of Bareknuckle RiffRaff (to accentuate the brilliant and biting of this guitar, I could choose to Stormy Mondays instead increase vintage side) - knobs (alpha) is in my opinion (after a few weeks of testing) of sufficient quality to be preserved - and even if this guitar was already perfectly usable and very nice before, the quality of violin is really revealed after this mod, knowing that BKP pickups do not forgive anything, just as they magnify the defects that the qualities of a guitar. From this point of view, except make it a little more obvious one or two "dead spots" on the handle (but there are very few guitars that do not have this problem, I met him on LP Custom Shop 4000 + €), guitar passes the test with flying colors.
NB: I put a 7 for the previous chapter, but after upgrade it deserves a 8.5
To summarize: no, of course not as good a guitar that upscale ES (or vintage Gibson Custom Shop, Greco 80s etc), but in my opinion (after testing a bunch of half -cases) and by far the best in this price range (with perhaps some Ibby but I can not hang with, I find too clean and "neutral", I prefer shovels with character), and unlike Epi (dot and sheraton - which is ultimately a dot "gold-plated") justify largely invest in upgrades. In addition it is beautiful, it does not hurt.
See less100 - Vrouam
beautiful finish
Published on 01/14/12 at 14:23 (This content has been automatically translated from French)made in Asia probably saw the price, but whether it is in China or Korea ... I could not tell.
As the name suggests it is very fine more than 335, a Sheraton, Riviera, ... the shape is slightly different but ultimately has a side by side, I prefer the Hofner.
the table also is a bit thinner than 1mm or 2mm and flamed maple is beautiful.
rotten fittings to change. Tune O Matic 4mm screws are then selected by a thread, yuck!
UTILIZATION
C-profile neck or too thick or too wide. good grip.
light weight, no shrink beyond, necessarily very accessible in the high ...
the wiring is especially I do not know how it is done but when you are in middle position and you cut the volum…Read moremade in Asia probably saw the price, but whether it is in China or Korea ... I could not tell.
As the name suggests it is very fine more than 335, a Sheraton, Riviera, ... the shape is slightly different but ultimately has a side by side, I prefer the Hofner.
the table also is a bit thinner than 1mm or 2mm and flamed maple is beautiful.
rotten fittings to change. Tune O Matic 4mm screws are then selected by a thread, yuck!
UTILIZATION
C-profile neck or too thick or too wide. good grip.
light weight, no shrink beyond, necessarily very accessible in the high ...
the wiring is especially I do not know how it is done but when you are in middle position and you cut the volume of a micro volume it cuts the other also. This is the only guitar that I like that works but it is not a problem.
progressive pots and easily dosable.
Although the mechanisms is slightly fuzzy, they take very good agreement, but personally I'll end up changing them for something nicer to live up to instrument making.
SOUNDS
resolutely indie guitar rock in my opinion. It comes off very well the other instruments thanks to its harmonics.
the micro bridge has a very good offense, like a 335. The neck pickup lacks a little mellow but coupled with the easel is a wonder. Even clear the bridge pickup is at the limit of saturation is very enjoyable to play.
Of course no one buys a "semi acoustic" without knowing what it starts (risk of feedback and lack of definition in some configs, ...)
It's really a very melodious guitar.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall ... I love it. it's been a few days I have but five months of research I tested:
-Lots of all vintages alike sheraton
-A marathon
-Riviera
-Dot
Custom 77-Needles & Pins 2.0 (but then its super huge. Unfortunately finishes fair. 575euros but the damage to V1 are much better)
A.-Ibanez.
none of the latter are both finite. The only problem is the hardware.
Basically, I was looking for a Samick Sheraton plants but one finishes are not constant and two microphones are changing and three prices start to buckle.
Still hesitate to change the neck pickup for a slightly more bluesy sound, but I fear it does not fit as well with the bridge.
Sure I would do this choiceSee less100 - Optim Guitare
Very good violin
Published on 10/25/11 at 12:41 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Made in China
At this price ....
44mm round, two humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, a selector
Light guitar, no central beam
UTILIZATION
Channel pleasant
Good ergonomics
Light guitar
SOUNDS
Sounds more correct for this award
Electronics a little cheap
OVERALL OPINION
I was looking for a guitar style ES335 budget conscious ... the choice is quite broad, and above all I chose for her Verythin handle 44mm wide at nut, a little wider so that the standard often revolves around 42/43mm.
Level violin is really good value. Almost perfect finish, a sunburst of good taste and very successful, and flamed maple gives it a really key class. The look differs fr…Read moreMade in China
At this price ....
44mm round, two humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, a selector
Light guitar, no central beam
UTILIZATION
Channel pleasant
Good ergonomics
Light guitar
SOUNDS
Sounds more correct for this award
Electronics a little cheap
OVERALL OPINION
I was looking for a guitar style ES335 budget conscious ... the choice is quite broad, and above all I chose for her Verythin handle 44mm wide at nut, a little wider so that the standard often revolves around 42/43mm.
Level violin is really good value. Almost perfect finish, a sunburst of good taste and very successful, and flamed maple gives it a really key class. The look differs from Epiphone DOT and other copies of 335, I really like. Even the pickguard which I found rather ugly in photo (from the pickguards Hofner ca is not their forte!) Goes better in reality.
The neck is slightly wider than the average to the nut, which I like. The profile of the handle is quite a modern C, not too meaty, I also appreciate. Straight handle, frets well finished ... really nothing wrong side of violin making.
The guitar is light body "very thin" obviously. Besides the ca stung a little head, the balance is not perfect the shot.
The pickups sound good after an adjustment rather high, I'll have to compare it directly with references to Gibson or Heritage for example ....
For plots against some adjustment pickups are crappy, they are screwed / unscrewed when they are not running, they seem to run into space, bizarre and not too reassuring ...
Fittings and overall is not terrible mechanics are pretty with pearl style buttons, but do not well agree. We feel that the bridge is a little cheap and will not withstand many settings over time. The knobs are also buttons IRONMONGER. The nut appears to be plastic. The new electronics are OK, but given the rest of it is questionable if ca will not crachouiller quickly.
But good violin making is remarkable for this price why not, and deserves to receive an upgrade in equipment ... one hundred dollars costs and I guess we should get a nice little scratch for a very reasonable budget stillSee less80 - JazzystèmePublished on 04/28/09 at 17:46 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Manufactures hand in the workshops of the family Hfner, prs luthiers since a century and a half spcialiss origin in the violin. They have long s'intressent issues lctrique guitar (Paul McCartney, among others).
Caisse Saddle Flamm rosewood, 22 frets.
With 2 humbuckers, custom made, hand, and directly by Hfner, sparments used, and in mountains SERIES simultaneously in their use.
2 volume knobs, one for each microphone, and 2 knobs bass / treble, micro Obviously - SERIES mounting allows great variability of composition possibilities of sound.
A microphone slecteur three positions, as in logic.
The quality of violin is absolutely glare for a guitar of this price (indeed, even f…Read moreManufactures hand in the workshops of the family Hfner, prs luthiers since a century and a half spcialiss origin in the violin. They have long s'intressent issues lctrique guitar (Paul McCartney, among others).
Caisse Saddle Flamm rosewood, 22 frets.
With 2 humbuckers, custom made, hand, and directly by Hfner, sparments used, and in mountains SERIES simultaneously in their use.
2 volume knobs, one for each microphone, and 2 knobs bass / treble, micro Obviously - SERIES mounting allows great variability of composition possibilities of sound.
A microphone slecteur three positions, as in logic.
The quality of violin is absolutely glare for a guitar of this price (indeed, even for three times the price, it will remain glare! - Which certainly n'tonnera nothing to those who know the brand hfner).
UTILIZATION
The handle is trs enjoyable playing for a jazz guitar ... It is more enjoyable (personal preferences) than the gibson same format.
Access in acute is smooth, and allows tural VLOC (thank you cutaways) - although Obviously, the format of the guitar is not optimum for playing the hard rock bottom balloons by double tapping the top of the handle ...
The ergonomics are excellent, the guitar is extremely good balance is the knowledge of Hfner!
IMPORTANT: The format of the body, from the makers of the research mentioned above, is indict (I know): the table is very much larger than the gibson 333 (5 or 8 cm Diameter ), and the body is much less than Paisse guitars usually in this format (about 2cm in thickness only Hfner).
Which tends Confre him a velvety rare, if not found, even playing empty.
Note: This spcificit poses no problem rigorously for holding the balance, and the game (sitting or standing). To be honest, I did glimpse at the time of having to search for a flight ...
The variability of the sound of this guitar, and the sensitivity of his pickups, may involve a little time to find your sound - but, as a kind guitar, it sounds right now ...
SOUNDS
I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, which I changed all the lights pramplification with NOS and a combination of 12 personal and 12 AX7 AT7 (and I can not tell you how the amp littralement is transformed into the canal as saturque Whereas I personally as unusable, as in the clean channel! - well, it's irrelevant).
We can (must!) If possible use this guitar with a good amp trs lamp - again, do not look the price of the guitar, it is in-com-dr-hen-sible ...
The sounds are kind Hfner: it - that we do in the soup but in a clear soup, which the notes are distinct even in agreements trs tr s rich. This is the big diffrence trs my experience with Gibson, who are more than pchues Hfner, but the good trs Gibson (old ..), the rich sound arrangements and narrow search - the magic o Hfner dcoupe with the rare distinction and a great soup!
You can play a clean sound (jazz, and other adventures), we can make cruncher with great happiness, you can play the blues without difficulty - knowing that it sounds much more smooth (though trs of distinct, cf. above) a good old single coil strat! APRS is a matter of got - I also love the electric blues with this guitar!
Personally, twenty eight years of technical and musical rflexion (which have simplified my pedal board normment) do I use the fawn follows:
The signal comes into my prampli, then I DDouble its signal, the APRS prampli, thanks to a BOSS LS2 (simple), to maintain a cot a signal without any change and the other, a modified signal only in that I added a chorus, only on medium or low frquences guitar.
For the crunch (the blues or jazz rock), I add in the loop of a chorus distrotion Msa Boogie, lamp again, and pedals ... which I have also replaced lights - if! - So I always mix with the original sound without saturation, which I gre intermingled with the pedals with the volume and intensity of the attack.
All returns to the power amp, and before Dcibel and finesse!
NB: to find your sound Do not hesitate to play on the volume knob on the guitar to change the stamp if! (I mean down the volume of the guitar, and increase that of your amp, you will increase the softness of the guitar ... and, yet, let the fever to the max, and you will increase the distinction of his ... QED, Magic Hfner!) The gibson dtenteurs well aware of that! But here it seems to really have to be part of the design of microphones (again made to measure in Hfner).
I amplify well in order to maintain, even in saturation, clarity and natural distinction Hfner guitars.
Hard rockers and fans of big distos, go your way with no regrets! Do not look here "slamming" of the stratum, or large saturations, this means! It is not for you! But I do think that even for the pop in his clear, she did more than his office, if you search anything that sounds trs clear and sometimes shallow, some acoustic guitars or lctriques simple ... For jazz, and blues, modern and openings to ... anything else, so that a smooth hope it REALLY is a guitar rve!
Rverb is the TC Electronic (all bte beautiful and G Sharp)
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about a year.
To be honest, I am the dj trs, trs dtenteur a happy New Chancellor of Hfner (Jazz Guitar, ES 175 type, 4000 euros) - I was looking for the an era gibson and silent prt to 10k in a guitar (it's not every day Sunday!).
APRS moult test, an old friend told me about this luthier guitars Hfner, all I'm trying in Germany ... and I divided my budget by more than two, for a guitar (New Chancellor) I n'changerai not a gibson, even though age - and I know these guitars trs well ... it's ruthless, and it is also a matter of go t. ..
Veloute, boise, electrical, and distinction of harmonics - that I think, in the Contents of crdo Hfner lctrique hollow body or body (toutes!): guitarists Charlie Mingus dj used these guitars ... A word ...
For the guitar at hand, I bought it without trying, convinced of the quality of his violin APRS seeing the chancellor, and the price (very low for a Hfner) : I wanted to take away the frets in order to make a fretless guitar. Telling me that if would not have o, well, only 430 of Lost ...
I also m'tais prpar change the pickups, to have a REALLY high quality and began searching for ... I turn towards the VIRTUAL HOT PAF in Di Marzio , dj mountains on other guitars, on seeing me they are no longer manufactured (!?).
Not at all! The pickups have absolutely no need to be changed, they are impossible to replace even if you're not deaf, and if we apprcie the characters (smooth wooden distinction ) of this guitar (except Obviously ...)!
And balance sheet, so she finds her place in the new chancellor complment (cash), and it is so unique discrtement (size of the box, and microphones!) And balance (r quality manufacturing equivalent Ellement the new chancellor, except Obviously the wood are not aged 12 years to manufacture and that it is not solid spruce ...), that I care as, and I just ordered a second, to subject him to express my personal ...
So in vrit with exprience, I dj this choice again.
COVER NOTE: I have not found a bag for this guitar, which is shaped a little particulire - if you buy, be sure to have a tui hfner, available in a few suppliers (German particular - Musik Schmidt, and Thomann).
To see a test video of this guitar, crunch, by Chuck aioli - I repeat, this is the guitar SERIES, without modification, with a good amp:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0LWqtYeaA
How to say, even three times the price, I still not hsiter achter!
Not too much to circulate this message ...See less42 - JazzystèmePublished on 04/28/09 at 17:42 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Handmade in the workshops of the family Höfner, luthiers for nearly a century and a half, originally specialized in the violin. They have long been concerned with issues of electric guitar (Paul McCartney, among others).
Fund flamed maple, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets.
With 2 humbuckers, custom made by hand, and directly by Höfner, used separately, and assembled in series in their simultaneous use.
2 knobs volume, microphones, and 2 knobs bass / treble, micro course - the series arrangement allows great variability of composition possibilities of sounds.
A three-position switch microphone, as in logic.
The quality is absolutely stunning violin for a guitar of that price (actua…Read moreHandmade in the workshops of the family Höfner, luthiers for nearly a century and a half, originally specialized in the violin. They have long been concerned with issues of electric guitar (Paul McCartney, among others).
Fund flamed maple, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets.
With 2 humbuckers, custom made by hand, and directly by Höfner, used separately, and assembled in series in their simultaneous use.
2 knobs volume, microphones, and 2 knobs bass / treble, micro course - the series arrangement allows great variability of composition possibilities of sounds.
A three-position switch microphone, as in logic.
The quality is absolutely stunning violin for a guitar of that price (actually, even for three times the price, it will stay brilliant! - Which certainly will not surprise those who know nothing of the brand Höfner).
UTILIZATION
The handle is very comfortable to play for a jazz guitar ... It is nicer (personal preference) than gibson the same format.
Access to the treble is smooth, and allows true velocity (thank you cutaways) - although, of course, the format of the guitar is not optimum for playing hard rock as loud as double tapping the top of round ...
The ergonomics are excellent, the guitar is extremely well balanced, the knowledge of Höfner!
IMPORTANT: The format of the body, using research luthiers mentioned above, is unprecedented (to my knowledge): the table is pretty much bigger than the gibson 333 (5 or 8 cm in diameter), and the body is much thinner than on the guitars usually in this format (only about 2cm thick in Höfner).
This tends to give it a velvety rare, if not found, even played open.
Note: This specific poses no problem for the strictly required, balance, and the game (sitting or standing). To be honest, I do have noticed that when having to find a flight ...
The variability of the sound of this guitar, and the sensitivity of his pickups, may involve a little time to find your sound - but, as a guitar typed, it sounds right now ...
SOUNDS
I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, which I changed all the preamp tubes with NOS and a combination of 12 personal and 12 AX7 AT7 (and I can not tell you how the amp is literally transformed in both the saturated channel, which I considered personally as unusable, as in the clean channel! - hey, that's irrelevant).
Can (must!) If possible use this guitar with a good tube amp - again, do not look at the price of the guitar, it is in-com-pre-hen-sible ...
The sounds are typed Höfner: that is to say that one does in the soup, but in a clear soup, whose notes are very distinct even in rich arrangements. This is the big difference that I saw with Gibson, which are more punchy than Höfner, but on very good Gibson (old ..), the agreements rich and tight sound messy - where Höfner cutting the magic with a rare distinction and a great soup!
We can play a clean sound (jazz and other adventures), we can make cruncher with delight, one can play the blues with no problem - knowing that it sounds infinitely more mellow (though very dis-tinct- cf. above) a good old single-coil strat! Following is a question of taste - I also love the electric blues with this guitar!
Personally, twenty eight years of technical and musical thinking (which have greatly simplified my pedal board), do I use it as follows:
The signal into my amp, then I splits its signal after the preamp, through a BOSS LS2 (simple) to keep one side, a signal without modification, and the other a modified signal only in that I added a chorus, only the midrange or bass guitar.
For the crunch (blues or jazz rock), I add in the loop of a chorus distrotion Mesa Boogie tube again, and pedal ... and I've also replaced the bulbs - if! - So I always mix with the original sound without saturation, which I manage the mesh with a volume pedal and with the intensity of the attack.
All returns in the power amp, and before the decibels and finesse!
NB: To find your sound, please play the knobs on the guitar volume to change the stamp if! (I mean turn the volume on the guitar, and increase that of your amp, you will increase the cream of the guitar ... and, yet, let the fever to the max, and you will increase the distinction of his ... QED, Magic Höfner!) holders are well aware that gibson! But here it seems to really have to be part of the design of microphones (again made to measure in Höfner).
I amplify this in order to maintain, even in saturation, clarity and the natural distinction of Hofner guitars.
Hard rockers and fans of big distos, go your way without regret! Do not search by "slamming" of the stratum, or large saturations, this means! It is not for you! But I really think that even for the pop in his clear, she did more than his office, if you search for something that sounds very clear, if sometimes shallow, some acoustic guitars or electric single ... For the Jazz, blues, and modern overtures to ... anything else, so that a soup is desired, it is really a dream guitar!
TC Electronic reverb is (all magnificent beast and G Sharp)
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about a year.
To be honest, I'm already very, very proud owner of a New Chancellor of Höfner (Guitar Jazz Standard ES 175, 4000 euros) - at the time I was looking for a gibson, and was ready to € 10k a guitar (not every day Sunday!).
After much testing, an old friend told me about this luthier guitars Höfner, I've been trying in Germany ... and I split my budget by more than two, for guitar (New Chancellor) I n exchange it with a gibson, even aged well - and I am very familiar with these guitars ... this is ruthless, and it is also a matter of taste ...
Velvety, woody, electrical, and distinction of harmonics - that is, I think, in terms of creed Hofner electric hollow body or body (toutes!): guitarists Charlie Mingus already using these guitars ... A word to the wise. ..
For guitar at hand, I bought it without trying, convinced of the quality of his violin after seeing the chancellor, and its price (very low for a Hofner): I wanted him off the frets, to make a fretless guitar. Telling me that if it would not, well, it's only 430 € for lost ...
I was also prepared to change the pickups, to have really excellent, and began to look ... I turned to the VIRTUAL HOT PAF in Di Marzio, already mounted on other guitars , noticing that they are no longer manufactured (!?).
Nay! The pickups have absolutely no need to be changed, they are not impossible to replace if you are not deaf, and if you appreciate the character (smooth, wood, distinction) of this guitar (except of course .. .)!
And balance sheet, so she finds her place in addition to the new chancellor (in cash), and is so discreet single (size of the fund, and microphones!) And balanced (manufacturing quality substantially equal to the new chancellor, except obviously that the woods are not aged 12 years prior to manufacture and that it is not solid spruce ...), I have kept as is, and I just ordered one second, to subject it to my personal experiments ...
So, really, with experience, I've redone this choice.
COVER NOTE: I have not found a bag for this guitar, which has a shape a bit special - if you buy, make sure you have a case Höfner, offered at a few suppliers (Germans in particular - Musik Schmidt, or Thomann).
To see a test video of this guitar, crunch, by Chuck aioli - I repeat, this is the guitar series without change, with a good amp:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0LWqtYeaA
How to say, even at three times the price, I buy it again without hesitation!
Not too much to circulate this message ...See less21 - stanleaPublished on 01/02/10 at 15:21 (This content has been automatically translated from French)Then: Opinion: I Vienda to buy, so the following application be confirmed (or disproved in some time.
First, do not rvons, this guitar is not made in Germany ... only the original sries are, but we dbourser 5 times more expensive ... This is a classic Asian manufacturing, according to the specifications of home Hfner. For about 450, is in the range of other Epiphone and Ibanez beginners range, but with a character inherited both the original era of Verythin.
The "trim" is impeccable, very well produced, glue, mounts. A handle without default, a credit very well finished, flawless varnish (not a bubble). For hardware, there is drinking and eating. The most cheap, so slecteur pickups an…Read moreThen: Opinion: I Vienda to buy, so the following application be confirmed (or disproved in some time.
First, do not rvons, this guitar is not made in Germany ... only the original sries are, but we dbourser 5 times more expensive ... This is a classic Asian manufacturing, according to the specifications of home Hfner. For about 450, is in the range of other Epiphone and Ibanez beginners range, but with a character inherited both the original era of Verythin.
The "trim" is impeccable, very well produced, glue, mounts. A handle without default, a credit very well finished, flawless varnish (not a bubble). For hardware, there is drinking and eating. The most cheap, so slecteur pickups and knobs of rglage: no big problem, they can easily change.
The pickups have a more than adequate, it will see their performance over time. No vibrato, and so much better.
For the rest of details, see Previous review.
UTILIZATION
Channel off lightly, but fawn all I do not intend to attempt speed records with my small fingers thick and short, round Acun not really suit me. on the other hand it is comfortable, the hand slides very easily. The key is superb (visually) and very well finished, the frets are perfectly aligned and polished.
The balance is quite special, because the fund is relatively lgre, but not at the tipping point when playing, do not worry. Say it a habit to take, do not pull the handle too.
Accs very acute to correct for a guitar of this form.
The box as empty, non-amplified guitar sounds a little more than a solid body, not enough to enliven the evenings by the fire, but enough to work Fawn pleasant.
SOUNDS
For sound, I still have aps and explored further. Combinations of microphones and rglages offer lots of combinations. For pop, rock, blues or jazz seems to me perfect.
I plug my console connects either on my computer so I can have all sorts of effects, either on a small lamp Pignose G40V amp, the sound is nickel trsdtaill effectively. on the other hand, we must put prvoir reduced string clong clong than those with books, for a more mellow tone. Aparente, what kind of guitar, nets dishes are wonderful, but I have not tried.
With a flanger and a little reverb, it happens very quickly sounds very psychedelic.
OVERALL OPINION
I just acqurir ... after you tried the same price range of Ibanez, Epiphone, which, without being dsagrables does not convince me. I did not feel like trying other guitars most prestigious, having any budget ncessaire not fawn.
The price quality ratio seems very good for a guitar type (and still pretty nice).See less31