Product: Harmonia Les Paul Copy
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
01/31/2007
at
03:12pm
by
Troy Santymire
Email: niceguytattoo at hotmail<dot>com
Features
:
4
The top is a Coffee sunburst finish with black neck and body. Basic Les Paul features (vintage style chrome humbuckers, bridge, stop tail piece, toggle switch, ect...) Parts are very cheap. Fake mother of pearl inlays, bolt on neck, chrome plated tuno-repro bridge and low grade tuners.
Sound
:
1
This guitar sounds terrible and does not hold a tune. The pickups have no low frequency and a lot of high. It reminds me of the sound you get from an AM radio. I use a variety of effects from digitech and Boss through a Peavy 100 watt tube amp and the sound is just not good.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
5
The neck wasn't bolted on correctly and needed adjustment. The bridge is so cheap, the strings slide off of it while playing. Body had minor blemishes in the finish but look impressive (as long as nobody picks it up and looks at it carefully). The Coffee burst is only on the top of the guitar, the rest is black.
Reliability/Durability
:
3
You can't play this guitar live. You're better off getting an epiphone les paul special if you want a good beginner's guitar. It appears solid, but only time can tell with the hardware. With some replacement parts it may be ok.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No idea
Overall Rating
:
1
I would not buy this guitar again and probably couldn't give it away if I wanted to. I've been playing Metal and blues for 10 years. I own a BC Rich Warlock with floyd rose, Ibanez artcore hollow body, and a Washburn semi-hollow. I have a list of boss and digitech effects pedals and a multi effects berringer rack processor (running it through my Peavey tube amp)
Product: Harmonia Les Paul Copy
Price Paid: US $100-200 used
Submitted
07/06/2005
at
01:34pm
by
Saul
Features
:
9
Recently made, probably in the last 5 years. I assume an Asian import, can't find much on the company.Nice arch top with a flame (red to black) finish. The guitar is beautiful. Hardware is chrome. Controls are 2 volumes and tone for the three way selector switch, set up just like a LP. I am pretty sure the body is solid wood with the flamed finish. Neck is rosewood, sounds great and plays fast. Its a Harmonia Les Paul copy.
Sound
:
9
I play mostly bluesy, rock, classic rock, jazz, this sort of thing. The guitar sounds great for what I tend to play. I am not much into heavy distortion, but did crank it up one day distorted and sounded good. I run it through a Marshall Valvestate, a 70's 2X12 Woodson, and a cheapo Squire practive amp. Of course with that many different types of amplification, it sounds different through all three. but all three sound great. not noisy at all, actually left the amp on one day and didn't even know it with the guitar plugged in. Very quiet guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
ACtion - action on this baby is very decent. Your not hugging frets and your not towering above them either. Very acceptable action on this guitar.
Pickups - pickups are right on, not bad for a less expensive guitar. They are not noisy, and have a great classic rock feel to them.
Flaws - None from the factory. No finish flaws, no noisy selectors, no poor saddling, no nothing, it was great. Mine had a few dings, nothing to mention.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Live playing - yes, easily. Of course with live play, you want to take a back up just in case. It's a tough guitar, it should take your heavy playing, bending solos, and more with ease. Hasn't let me down yet.
Hardware - Not $200 tuners, bridge, etc. They are all great, I see no problems yet. One tuner may need tightening, but it hasn't bothered me bad enough to even take a look at it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never had to deal with them, I can't find anything on the company any way.
Overall Rating
:
9
I've been playing for about 15 years, 5 years for 3-6 hours a day. I have a Hamer Phantom A5, Guild De Armond Starfire Custom, and an array of $300 guitars scattered through the house. This guitar is surely on my top five list of the guitars that I own. If stolen or lost, surely try to find another to replace it. It's a fun guitar to play.