Product: Brook Guitars Lyn 015
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
12/10/2008
at
01:49pm
by
HarrySausM
Features
:
10
Made in Devon, England
19 frets (12 to the body)
Model Lyn 015
Sitka Bearclaw / Rio
OO-sized
Scale 630mm /24.75"
Nut Width: 45mm
no pickup
Waverly Tuners
Sound
:
10
Beautiful for fingerstyle or singer/songwriters stuff.
Nice ringing trebles but also very balanced sound.
Very long sustain.
Extremely good projection and very responsive.
For a guitar of that size it is very loud.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
The wood quality is absolutely stunning.
The bearclaw top has a very regular pattern - beautiful! (Which can not be said about every bearclaw top you find - in my humble opinion.)
The Rio is not highly figured, but seems high quality - looks very nice.
Bound headstock and fingerboard (Koa)
diamond and dot fingerboard markers
Waverly 3-on-a-plate tuners with ebony buttons (slotted headstock)
abalone top border and rosette
Very low action but no buzzing.
In two words: Perfect Craftmanship!
Simon, Andy and their crew are artists in my view!
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
Can't say much about it yet. It's brand new.
Customer Support
:
10
Very good. Couldn't be any better.
Every question, on any issue was answered within 24 hours.
Photographs of building stages were sent by e-mail.
Very friendly and personal service, even at the weekend!
Overall Rating
:
10
The price for a high-end, hand built guitar with master grade tonewoods like this and a phenomenal sound is absolutely adequate!
If it was destroyed/stolen I would try to have them build a similar guitar, but as this one is so unique, I would still need lots of "I don't know what" to come over it!!!
Product: Brook Guitars Lyn 015
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
04/13/2008
at
01:02pm
by
matt keen
Features
:
No Opinion
2008 made in Devon, England
Joined to body at the 12th fret
Solid wood, Engellman spruce top and Brazilian Rio Rosewood back and sides, also with rio veneer to front of a slotted headstock. Open Waverley tuners.
Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard and bridge.
Abalone round the body and round the sound hole
Dual mic and bug Highlander rig fitted.
Hiscox case
Sound
:
10
This is my second Lyn the first was a sitka and walnut Taw (OM style really) - which is still a great guitar BUT I paid yet another visit to Deven and played a couple of Andy and Simon's 12 fretters. One of them was a Lyn
The rio makes a lovely difference as does the 12 fret join.
The sound is sublime, more complex than my 14 fret Taw, with a distinct and fabulous bottom end.
I use this guitar exclusively in the C modal tuning (that is C G C D G C) which is really Csus2 and it fits this Lyn perfectly.
There is nothing I dislike about this guitar it is simply beautiful, in looks and sound. The best I have ever had. Just to give you an idea I have owned 2 pre CBS strats, 2 Les Pauls - one of them a 56, Guild acoustics and have extensive playing experience of Martins, Sobells and Fylde's - so thats what its up against.
The Highlander rig is fine, but to be honest all rigs like this are a compromise as far as I am concerned more of a necessary evil - but having said that the Highlander is one of th best rigs there are.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Brook's (believe it or not) have tendency to have actions that are tooo low - not that they buzz, Heaven forfend! So I have mine highered slightly
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This is a top flight guitar and will last accordingly I am sure, my Taw is nearly 5 years old and has done plenty of gigs with no problems at all.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
You only get personal, polite, highly skilled, individual attention from Brook.
Overall Rating
:
10
`stunning - as good as it gets.
Mind you, if you want to play and own a top quality acoustic and you live in Britain (I'm sure the same is true for the States from what I hear), you are in heaven, as there has never been a better time to buy a hand built guitar. Simon and Andy at Brook are the boys for me, but David Oddy, Alistair Atkin and many others all make great guitars.
