Product: Antoria Pro-star
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
03/27/2007
at
07:09pm
by
ken
Features
:
10
Lovely 1976ish Les Paul style solid body guitar.Made in the Fuji-gen factory in japan where they also made Ibanez,greco CSL models I was told.Weighs a ton,two black twin coil humbuckers look like super70s,tune-o-matic bridge,normal Les Paul controls.orange and brown sunburst finish,black pick-gaurd.No model or serial numbers so can tell the exact age This was and is a superb guitar.
Sound
:
9
very good gibby 70s sound,suit most styles.not as bright as a strat but it is not meant to be.Great for Queen, Stones,or power cord stuff when you whak it up or george benson sound when you turn it down.Good mix on middle setting.The sustain is endlessssssssssssssssss.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
The quality of finish on this 30 year old Pro-star is amazing,after ajusting the bridge a little and a new set of strings (9s) the action was low and fast,this was helped by the thin neck and lovely fretting on the bolt-on neck.Now 30 odd years on, I still would rate it 10/10
Reliability/Durability
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10
This guitar is built like the forth bridge,solid as a rock,I would play it anywhere without backup, unless it got run over in the car park first.The finish shows no sign of wear at all,it stays in tune,no cracks anywhere,everything works as it should after 30 years.Does not get better than that.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Antoria are no more since the 1980s,should get most parts for Ibanex as they are almost or are the same ?
Overall Rating
:
10
If this guitar was lost or stolen I would have to replace it somehow,on ebay or friday add,as you can't buy a new one.Any Antoria Les Paul copy may do as the japs knew how to make them in the 1970s.The only difference I can see is the shape of the headstock. mine has a slight point to it instead of the open book gibson style, prehaps to do with the lawsuit problem.If you see one going for a song BUY IT.
