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Crafter TC-035

Summary
Manufacturer URL http://www.crafterguitars.com/
Features 9.0 (1 response)
Sound 10.0 (1 response)
Action, Fit, & Finish 10.0 (1 response)
Reliability/Durability 10.0 (1 response)
Customer Support 10.0 (1 response)
Overall Rating 10.0 (1 response)
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Product: Crafter TC-035
Price Paid: USD 350
Submitted 07/15/2008 at 07:04pm by Loraine Washburn
Email: LWashburn70<at>comcast dot net

Features : 9
Nice looking guitar, easy to hold and handle, I have had studio's want to record on this guitar, the onboard tuner died after 5years so I put a fishman in it, but the tuner itself was great, and I miss it...i have had many many people tell me what a nice looking guitar it is...I love it

Sound : 10
when the studio's put down the Martins to record on this one, you know there is something there, I record all the time with this guitar, and play online shows, and constantly get compliments on rich and top quality sound.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
The action was great, the finish is sweet!

Reliability/Durability : 10
this guitar has seen me through many shows, it has always been consistant, hardly goes out of tune at all even after hours of playing, the tuners are awesome, I read somewhere that someones tuner nobs had started to flake??? maybe they took it to the beach one time too many and dunked it in salt water, I have not had that problem at all.

Customer Support : 10
BEST BEST BEST customer service ...I dropped the guitar, broke a tuning knob, I didnt want to put a generic knob on it, I sent an e-mail to customer service and they replaced it, and sent me a cleaning cloth, a new magazine and thanked me for playing their guitar, top quality customer service!!!!

Overall Rating : 10
I have been playing music for 20 or so years, I am a singer songwriter www.54life.com I play keyboard (yamaha) I own a couple of Ibenez guitars that I rarely play, a fender strat, and an SG, this guitar to me is the ONLY one I really care to play, if something happened to it, I would be heartbroken, nothing can replace it not even the same model LOL, I have a few character dings in it now, and that makes me sad, but ....I wouldnt take $3000 for this guitar seriously!!!!!


Product: Crafter TC-035
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 10/04/2006 at 03:22am by Harmen

Features : 9
Never had such a great guitar than this one. Great finish.
Mine was made in South Korea.
The neck is very strong.

Sound : 9
Amazingsound, so warm. Good guitar for worship! So it's a good pop-guitar. My electric sound from it (PI)is marvelous.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7
Just set up near the others.

Reliability/Durability : 9
I'm live playing over three years already and the guitar never failed and is still not boring.

Customer Support : 8
Never needed a reperation, few months ago the guitar is checked, and no failes.
The company was very helpful.

Overall Rating : 8
three years now. I have (almost) also a fender telecaster (made usa) and squier p (bassguitar).


Product: Crafter TC-035
Price Paid: #209 (GBP)
Submitted 12/09/2004 at 06:04am by dave

Features : 9
Got this new, 14 frets to body,engleman spruce top and mahogany back, good quality hardware, finished excellent.No case, but for #209 what could you expect.

Sound : 9
Great sound, lovely bass notes, using it thru pa and a marshall practice amp, using it for folky,norweigian wood sort of stuff. Picks and strums great, stays in tune and harmonics spot on.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
Low action, could play pretty much without adjustment, (may have been lucky).

Reliability/Durability : 9
I have had crafter boxes before, the korean build quality is very good and the guitars can take abuse.

Customer Support : No Opinion
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Overall Rating : 9
Played over 10 years, have Cort, Yamaha other crafter guitars.
I would replace it if lost.
It could do with a guitar strap peg, I dont like the strp attaching to the headstock. Other more experienced guitarists have tried this guitar and have been amazed with the sound and build quality for the money.


Product: Crafter TC-035
Price Paid: US $200.00 used
Submitted 08/06/2003 at 07:12pm by Anonymous

Features : 10
This is a Korean made small bodied Orchaestra Model size (14 frets from the body) guitar with rosewood back and sides (can't tell if it's laminated - might be), englemann spruce top, 1 11/16 nut, long scale (25.5 or so ) . Has a rough looking belly bridge where the pins insert, unidentifiable materials used for nut and saddle (plastic?) enclosed tuners which work pretty well, rosewood fingerboard, abalone rosette, gloss finish. This has an active pick up with on board EQ and a mute button. I bought this used and it came with a hard case, tuner, picks, polish, cable, etc...

Sound : 6
Sound is good for a cheaper guitar. It's smaller bodied so bass response is subtle, but it has pretty good mid / treble balance and response. Intonation is quite good. Best suited for fingerstyle in spite of the dreadnaught sized nut and string spacing, but flat pick is ok too.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 8
Bought this one used - about a year old, but the set up is good - relatively low action which I prefer. Workmanship appears pretty good, no big globs of glue inside the body, on the bracing (which is scalloped/shaved) or oozing out of the frets. The fret work is actually pretty impressive. There's some fancy stuff - abalone rosette, pearloid binding, etc... so it looks great. When using the pick ups the mids are under represented, but you can cretainly crank up the low end to compensate for the size. The high end is quite bright - shattering crystal, sending dogs into a frenzy bright? - I think not

Reliability/Durability : 5
Seems the finish will last because it's about an inch thick - maybe not an inch but it might as well be. I could use the sound board as a craps table if needed. The gold finish on the tuners is flaking off after a year - must not be solid gold. I don't gig, but I bought this as a beach guitar and if i were getting up on stage I'd choose something better.

Customer Support : No Opinion
No experience here

Overall Rating : 5
I've played guitars poorly for years and this is a good choice as for a better quality "beater guitar" given what I paid. I have a higher quality guitar for playing at home so as I've said this is a second.
I initially played it with ultra light strings so dead you couldn't tune it so buying it was somewhat a leap of faith. For the amount this thing sells for new( $500?) you can certainly do better with a Blueridge or a Seagull or look around and get something used like I did. The world is full of people with good intentions to play, but don't.

If it was stolen or destroyed I wouldn't get upset. I'd just go buy something used in the $100 - $200 range - whatever happened to sound decent and be small enough to pack around.

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