Product: Hohner EBAE
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
12/28/2007
at
01:17pm
by
TIM
Features
:
8
THIS IS THE EBONY SERIES CONCERT CUTAWAY MODEL. SOLID SPRUCE TOP, LAMINATED EBONY SIDES AND BACK. EBONY AND PEARLOID ROSETTE AROUND THE SOUND HOLE. EBONY FRETBOARD. GOLD TONE HARDWARE, MUSHROOM TUNER HEADS.MAHOGANY NECK.GLOSS FINISH.CAME WITH A HARDSHELL CASE. SHADOW ELECTRONICS.
Sound
:
10
MAN, LET ME TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A QUALITY ACOUSTIC SOUND AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO RUN ACROSS THE DREADNOUGHT VERSION IN A STORE, TRIED IT OUT AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED. I COMPARED IT TO SEVERAL HIGHEND GUITARS THERE AND THIS GUITAR WAS BETTER THAN ALL OF 'EM. SO I FOUND A GOOD DEAL ON A NEW ONE ON LINE AND BOUGHT IT. (CONCERT CUTAWAY)
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
EVERYTHING ON THIS ONE WAS FINE EXCEPT FOR THE CLEAR COAT.THE SIDE/UPPERBOUT WAS FOGGY, OR, THEY DIDN'T CLEAN THEIR EQUIPMENT BEFORE APPLYING THE CLEARCOAT SON IT HAD A LITTLE BROWNISH HAZE IN THE CLEAR.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
SEEMS TO BE A WELL BUILT INSTRUMENT. TO ACHIEVE THE SOUND IT PRODUCES, IT HAS TO HAVE A PRETTY THIN TOP BUT IT SHOULD HOLDUP WELL FOR YEARS TO COME UNLESS MISTREATED. ALL THE HARDWARE SEEMS TO BE GOOD QUALITY. WOULD CERTAINLY USE IT IN A GIG BUT ALWAYS BEST TO HAVE A BACKUP.
Customer Support
:
8
COMES WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY AND HAVEN'T HAD TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE. DID HAVE TO SEND BACK THE ORIGINAL GUITAR THEY MAILED OUT TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS THE DREDNAUGHT VERSION AND NOT THE CUTAWAY. BUT ALL GOOD.
Overall Rating
:
10
BEEN PLAYING FOR OVER 25 YRS. HAVE 32 GUITARS AND VARIOUS AMPS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SOUNDING ACOUSTIC I HAVE. EVEN BETTER THAN A 'GIB' AND A 'TAY'. WOULDN'T MIND HAVING THE DRED AND THE CLASSIC VERSIONS ALSO.
WISH IT HAD A BUILTIN TUNER. ALSO WONDER HOW MUCH BETTER IT MIGHT SOUND IF IT HAD SOLID SIDES AND BACK. GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW. I COMPARED THE DRED VERSION TO GUILDS, TAYLORS, TAKAMINE, IBANEZ, AND OF COURSE MY OWN GIBSON, TAYLOR, ETC. I'M AFRAID IT BEATS THEM ALL AND COSTS LESS THAN 400 BUCKS. I'VE BEEN TEMPTED TO SELL THE GIB AND TAYLOR BUT DECIDED TO HOLD ONTO THEM BECAUSE THEY DO SOUND GOOD PLUGGED IN. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IF YOU SHOULD COME ACROSS ONE OF THE EBONY SERIES BUY IT! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID.
