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Published on 05/18/09 at 08:43
Semi-hollow guitar jazz scale semi-manufactured in Germany.
Carved solid spruce, back and sides flamed maple.
Channel 24 frets maple neck, ebony fingerboard.
Bridge, tailpiece, knobs and pick-guard Ebony.
Mechanical Shaller gold plated.
Micro floating Kent Armstrong.
Case ultra luxury hygrometer.
In short it is beautiful, classy and a superb finish more than a Gibson ES175.
Only drawback for my taste: not very pretty head.
PS: the guitarist playing a Gibson ES175 has me so I can compare them.

UTILIZATION

Okay well it is obviously playing the Jazz. I have not tried something else too.
I played on a Roland AC60 and a Fender Blues Junior, if not on a pedal Digitech RP500 on the sound system.
A dream that could handle him the envy of many other more expensive guitars (Although it is not given, luckily I got it half price on eBay).
One of the rare guitar that I had a utilisaton that is as spontaneous, you feel good immediately after the fingers run over. In any case higher than the ES175 in this area.

SOUNDS

Honestly there were two periods with this guitar.
First period: the other guitarist had a shovel I taierais name and I was in heaven, I found my sound superb, although very distinctive sound, clear and well defined.
Second period when this sad individual has brought with her ES175 and there it was terrible because compared to his guitar I could not find my bearings with my Hofner. I found my sound too dry, too much noise, not the grain that makes the charm of the Gibson.
I changed my strings, I changed my amp, nothing did.
I put 8 because it may be me who does not know about it.

OVERALL OPINION

It's a guitar he must try before you buy.
Lutherie of madness and his very distinctive.
The ideal for me with regard to the use that I do, would be his violin with the sound of the Gibson, it must surely exist.
I sold the sick at heart by telling me that I was maybe something stupid, that maybe I should persevere.
But all that this is only my humble opinion.