Product: Harmony 01018 Jumbo
Price Paid: US $ 140.00
Submitted
08/02/2005
at
03:16pm
by
moosewings
Features
:
8
2005 China made JUMBO acoustic. 22 frets, solid mahogany top, bookmatched 2 piece back with herringbone divider, neck, sides and a mahogany stained gloss finish. This guitar is a full size jumbo [16 3/4 inch lower bout], no cutaway, full 5 inches thick, dark rosewood fret-board with pearl dot markers, rosewood bridge with plastic saddle and nut. Grover look alike tuners that stay tuned. Thin but wide neck with jumbo frets.The finish has a few very small blemishes and a few interior glue overuns.
Sound
:
9
Sound is what I expect from a guitat of this size, LOUD!!! If you need a lot of voice and don't like amplification get this guitar. Very balanced for such a LOUD guitar with bright trebels and boomy bass'. With medium- heavy strings you will fill up the room with this guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
Action a little higher than I liked from the factory but with a few turns on the truss rod and a little sanding on the saddle the action is more friendly to my fingers. As mentioned earlier a few finish flaws and glue overruns.
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
Haven't had it long enough to test reliability. Plan to play this one regularly in church so I'll put it thru the test, but so far so good. Harmony guitars are built like TANKS so it will probably outlive me.
Customer Support
:
10
Company a pleasure to deal with. Very helpful with all questions and any problems.This is the second guitar of this model I've owned, the first had a broken truss rod and was replaced without question.
Overall Rating
:
8
Been playing 30+ years and own several other giutars including 2 other Harmony's. Some more expensive some not.For the money I think Harmony's are really hard to beat. If something were to happen to this guitar I'd get another but with a blonde finish. I love BIG JUMBO guitars with BIG voices and this one fits the bill. JUST wish it were a SUPER JUMBO with a 18+ inch lower bout.
