Product: Gibson J-185 Custom Shop Koa
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
12/21/2008
at
12:21pm
by
G.A.S. GOT IT BAD
Features
:
8
Natural blonde finish Tight grained Solid spruce top solid Highly figured Koa back and sides Ebony fretboard and bridge gold open back tuners built in electronics volume control inside sound hole endpin jack. Parrelegram inlays short scale neck Bone nut and saddle
Sound
:
10
perfect for my style of music unacompanied solo work. Sound is between maple and rosewood initially bright but themore its been played has gotten a richer more complex tone. Great for strumming fingerstyle and great single strin definition for subtle voicings.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Bought this off ebay used but not a mark on it. everything is cleanly put together and I can find no flaws
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
To soon to tell
Customer Support
:
1
Gibson could not give me any info on this guitar makes you wonder why bother putting serial numbers on these guitars if they cannot tell you about the #s in the run etc...
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
been playing over 20 yrs own gibson emmy lou harris Type1, Gibson j100 xtra, Gibson limited edition AJ Custom shop walnut, epiphone masterbilt ef500R 2 Maruha archtops epiphone BB king lucille. Always wanted Koa wood guitar and Like the shorter scale of the J185 Its smaller than a jumbo and way cooler than a dreadnaught.Added Plus Koa has a great smell to it!
