Product: Arbor Shark
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
07/31/2006
at
12:22am
by
lloyd
Features
:
10
This guitar is loaded and they don't make them this well, anymore. Glossy, Black Nitrocellulose finish that you can see the grain of the wood through. Double cutaway, Strat style Mahogany body with a Maple Top. Vintage style 21 fret, 25.5 inch scale Mahogany neck with an ebony fretboard, Abalone Logo and Label on the headstock. All hardware is smoke black, including the bridge. Tremolo with a solid chunk of metal in the block works really well and stays in tune. Japanese craftsmanship at its finest... You would have to get a custom shop guitar to match the materials a work on this guitar. Look for the abalone logo on the headstock when you find an Arbor. That means it is a high end model. Other Arbors I have played are okay, but not in the same league as this one.
Sound
:
10
This is an 1980's made in Japan guitar with a nitrocellulose finish. Two Alnico V Humbuckers that scream and have a warm, fat sound. Tons of sustain from a tremolo with a fat, steel block and a mahogany body. All of the features and quality craftsmanship make this guitar a bargain even at the price I paid...
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Nitrocellulose finish, Mahogany body and bolt-on neck with an ebony fretboard. Superb craftsmanship and quality parts. I took the neck off and the body was made so well that when i took the screws out of the back plate the neck just sat there and didn't move. very tight neck joint probably helps the sustain, no doubt, which is endless.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This guitar is superior to well-known guitar makers of the time. I would gig with this guitar, but always have more than one axe on hand.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
This guitar is a hybrid mix of the best features of the Les Paul and the Stratocaster. I've been playing 12 years. This guitar has been in my collection for only a few weeks. Belonged to a friend, who didn't play it much. he'd let me play it, but wouldn't sell it to me for years... This is the best 25 1/2" scale guitar I own. The neck is faster and much easier to play than my 1980's Japanese Fender Strat.