Product: Hofner HAS-12E
Price Paid: US $400.00
Submitted
04/17/2005
at
12:57am
by
Kodiak jack Montana
Features
:
8
New in 2004. Made in China. 20Frets. Dreadnaught, Top solid Spruce,
Back and Sides Rosewood, Probably Laminate. Neck Mohagany, Fingerboard Rosewood, Bridge Rosewood, Belcat Active pickup w/ 4graphic eq and tuner. Gold colored tuners. Finish High Gloss top satin. No included accesories. Neck width at nut is 2".
Sound
:
8
Sound is excellent for a guitar in this price range with these features.
I play this through a mackie dfx 12 mixer and yamaha mains and Ibanez TA-35 acoustic guitar amp. I play mainly w/o pics. It is loud and full.
Crispy highs and full bottom end. 8's are my highest rating for new guitars. It sounds better than a new $1300.00 Guild I played and not as good as an $1800.00 Taylor but played easier.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
A little glue residue and some builder markings were all I could fault
on this one. Spruce top could have been sanded a little more to my liking to a promote a smoother finish but that's just nitpicking.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
I will definately be using this guitar for gigs w/o backup. Finish is beautiful and holds tuning well.
Customer Support
:
10
I have delt with this company on another guitar I bought new and the neck started to separate about a year after I bought it. They replaced it no questions asked. I hang my guitars now. It used to sit in it's hardshell for months at a time strung. (Bad Idea)
Overall Rating
:
8
I've been playing for two years. I own a Hofner 12, a Dean Exotica DAO 6 string, A Suzuki Les Paul Copy, A Mackie DFX-12 Mixer, A Tosh Solo Pro 15 PA Main and a Tosh TE15H Monitor. My Guitar Amp is a Ibanez TA35. My Drum Machine is a Boss Dr 880 and Recorder is a Fostex VF 160EX. My next purchase will be for an Triton Keyboard Arranger for songwriting assistance. If lost I would buy another unless a vintage 12 turned up I liked more for the same $.
