Product: Brook Guitars TAVY
Price Paid: 1500 (UK POUNDS)
Submitted
02/05/2003
at
01:58pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
8
NEW 2002, LARGE JUMBO SIZED ACCOUSTIC, FLAMED MAPLE BACK & SIDES (BOOKMATCHED) SOLID SITKA SPRUCE TOP, MAHOGANY NECK WITH EBONY FINGERBOARD. FINISHED WITH WALNUT VENEER HEADSTOCK & BINDINGS, GLOSS LACQUERED, GOTOH TUNERS.
PICK UP FITTED UNDER BRIDGE (EXTRA), HISCOX HARD CASE SUPPLIED.
THIS IS A STAIGHTFORWARD ACCOUSTIC WITHOUT UNECESSARY EXTRAS.
Sound
:
10
FULL, RICH SOUND WITH BASS AND TREBLE BEAUTIFULLY BALANCED. EACH STRING RINGS CLEARLY IN CHORDS, BOTH STRUMMED & PICKED.
SOUNDS CLEAR AND CRISP WHEN PLAYED AMONG OTHER GUITARS IN A GROUP, WITH LEAD PARTS CUTTING THROUGH NICELY.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
ACTION IS INCREDIDLE - VERY LOW AND EFFORTLESS TO PLAY ANYWHERE ON THE FINGERBOARD. INTONATION & HARMONICS ARE PERFECT THROUGHOUT, FRETS HIGHLY POLISHED AND EBONY FINGERBOARD FINISHED TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD. FLAMED MAPLE & HIGHLY FIGURED SITKA SPRUCE LOOK STUNNING, THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE FINISH IS SUPERB.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
THE QUALITY OF THE WOODS AND FINISH ARE SUCH THAT I HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT PLAYING LIVE WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR BACKUPS.
Customer Support
:
10
I MET ANDY, SIMON & THE STAFF WHEN I WENT TO DISCUSS MY PRFERENCES & CHOOSE THE WOODS FOR MY GUITAR. THEY WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL, AND SPENT A MORNING WITH ME WHILE I TRIED THEIR RANGE OF GUITARS AND LOOKED AROUND THE WORKSHOP.
BROOK ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO AND DEVOTE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO THEIR CUSTOMER CARE. THE FIRST SET UP IS FREE AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL WHEN I HAVE RUNG THEM.
Overall Rating
:
10
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 20+ YEARS & OWN AN EPIPHONE FLAT TOP.
I HAVE TRIED MARTIN, GIBSON & LOWDEN GUITARS PREVIOUSLY, BUT THIS IS THE BEST SET-UP & FINISHED OF ALL OF THEM. IT HAS BEEN ADMIRED BY EVERYONE WHO HAS PLAYED & HEARD IT. BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE THE WOODS FOR THIS GUITAR MAKES IT SPECIAL, AND THE OVERALL LOOK & SOUND ARE SUPERB. IF I EVER HAD TO REPLACE THIS ONE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH ANOTHER BROOK.
