Product: Epiphone AJ-15 L/HEVS
Price Paid: 470000 # (equal)
Submitted
12/31/2001
at
03:08pm
by
Marco Barbera
Email: marco1982<at>tin dot it
Features
:
9
Made in Korea,imitation of Gibson version,20 frets of which 14 are well playable. Good quality olid spruce top ,mahogany back and sides and rosewood bridge and fingerboard. This guitar has passive electronics with no any kind of controls. The pickguard has a metal letter 'e'. The body is dreadnought with curves that remember a jumbo guitar. Traditional tuners, it also features two button-straps.
A little crank so as to modify truss-rod is included.
Sound
:
6
For its price it suonds very well. I play many differents styles but most of all blues. It see to suit well for this stlye. I played with an amplifier few times but I can say that the plugged sound is not very different from acoustic. I prefer playing acoustic 'cause piezo system is very sensible to the touch. In general it has a warm sound but this change using different types of strings. 0,11 and 0,10 are good for ritmics and have a brighter sound on the whole tone instead 0,13 have a full warm sound, good for little solos. I like this guitar very much because let me to play very much kind of genres. The sound is not as Martin's or Tylor's
guitar but it's good for our ears.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
It feature 0,13 strings very hard to play. The bautiful fingerboard has low-profile frets that make this guitar harder to play with fat strings. Though the external side seem perfect in the internal I could see some imperfections in the wood working but not very important. The finish is a perfect,beautiful sunburst painted not only on the body but also on the neck.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
I have this guitar for some months and it didn't give me any kind of problems. The whole structure seem strong and made to resist.
Customer Support
:
8
It has a life-time warranty but I never needed to repair it.
Overall Rating
:
9
I play this guitar for 6 months and I can say that if I could go back in time I surely would buy it again. I love its beautiful finish and its pretty sound except for its frets that aren't very lovely.
This guitars can be surely compared with higher prices Yamaha acoustic guitars, I think it's better than those.
I wish I had featured fishman tone controls.
