Product: Dell Arte Manouche Latcho Drom D-14
Price Paid: USD 1800
Submitted
10/15/2009
at
12:31pm
by
drake baker
Features
:
10
Has everything: 14 fret join, D-hole, long (670) scale, first class tuners, tailpiece, all solid wood (ebony fretboard, german spruce top, indian rosewood bridge, body and ramped head), all wood binding (exquisite)...there is nothing this one lacks. also came with a great case.
Sound
:
10
best sounding gypsy guitar i've ever played, period. better than my dupont. better than yours. better than better. loud, full range; the combo of the D-hole and the long scale is IT--everything you'd want in a gypsy, cool for rythm and solos...EVERYTHING.
needs one thing: to be played. this one is gonna fly off the charts in a few years.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
perfect perfect perfect. and just right. perfect.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
new, so hard to tell...looks like it's built like a tank--without all the weight the crappy [saga/gitane, etc--the OTHER chinese stuff] has. made by one guy and looks it--a true luthier made gypsy guitar. don't be thrown off by its price (half that of a park and at least as good--my guess is, better) or the fact that it's made in asia. this is the real deal.
Customer Support
:
10
so far, so good--but i doubt i'll need any.
Overall Rating
:
10
i've owned several hundred guitars in my life--many for sale, many for playing, many to keep. this one's going nowhere. one of the half dozen best guitars i've ever played. worth twice what i paid for it.
