Product: Admira Classical
Price Paid: 25 (english pounds)
Submitted
01/02/2002
at
02:11pm
by
Tim Emmens
Email: temmens at triumf<dot>ca
Features
:
6
Standard classical configuration. Cedar top and mahogany sides and
back. Fabricado en espagna. so says the label inside. The top appears
to be solid. I bought it in 1977, Salisbury England.
Sound
:
7
It has a slightly muffled tone on the top three strings, possibly due
to the nylon, but the wound strings have a good ringing bass.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
6
Action is nylon standard, fairly high. The finish is godawful and
reminds me of mid 70's Ducati gas tanks. No dead fly stuck in it but
there could have been. The neck is actually very good and its the
reason I bought it.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
Bought in '77 for a backpacking trip around europe for 3 months, and
it survived unreal temperature, humidity, and rough handling situations, to continue to function well today. I use it any place
where a sane guitarist would fear to bring a guitar. The beach, the
mountains, christmas carolling at below zero temps. etc.
Customer Support
:
4
The guy at the guitar shop in Salisbury sold it to me cheap with
no warrenty because of a cosmetic flaw in the top. a dent. it was
regular 50 lbs and I got it for 25 lbs. (about 50 dollars.)
Overall Rating
:
7
It was cheap and nasty and exactly fulfilled my need. Playing
Colours by Donovan on the beach under a full moon in Corfu to some
cute german girls was why I got it. other gear I have is 8 other
guitars ranging from a Larivee classical to a gibson les paul lite
and a bunch of steel string acoustics. If it was stolen or lost I would forgive the thief and wish him well with it. I've been playing
for about 40 yikes! years.
