Product: Jeff Senn Guitars Pomona Single Pickup
Price Paid: USD 2,650.00
Submitted
11/27/2007
at
10:39pm
by
Rich
Email: rgalassini<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
10
Original Senn Pomona (Single Pickup)
Classic T style design
Light weight Swamp Ash body
Hand shaped 1 piece Hard rock Maple neck and fretboard with medium rounded V profile (ala late '56) Radius (As you like)with vintage fretwire (Dunlop 6230)
Hand-cut and polished Bone nut
Early Broadcaster style compensated steel saddles
Vintage style hardware
CRL switches
CTS pots
Paper in oil capacitors & cloth wiring
Vintage Gotoh tuners
Lollar Vintage single coil pickups (Bridge 7.03k)
Bakelite Black 1 ply pickguard
Nitro cellulose finish in mid 53 style Butterscoth Blonde
Weight 6.4 lbs.
The guitar has "tons of features" as you can see from the genreal description here. However, 1 pickup, a volume and tone knob with a 3-way switch is definitely just a few features. Simple is beautiful.
Now, here is the fun part. Jeff can "relic" a fine guitar that he just built as good as or better than anyone in the luthier business. Whether you are a fan of this relic concept or not, all you have to do is visit the website . . . or better yet, to actually hold this sexy and try it visually to
Sound
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10
Have you ever played a vintage '52 Fender Esquire? I never had, but when I was a kid I saw Jeff Beck ala' Yardbirds making glorious music with one and now, 40 years later, I still don't have one :-P But....I have something just as precious -- Jeff Senn's recreation/homage of/to this classic guitar.
My amps???? 1936 Webster Electric (formerly the PA system in a theatre), 1946 Stromberg Carlson AU-33, Vox AC-50, Red Bear MK-120 Lead, mostly run through a 2x15 Cab with Vintage JBL speakers.
The Pomona is like the essence of everything that was good about the early electric guitar. I'm a hack, but it makes me sound good. Imagine what it sounds like in the hands of true musician like it's creator, Jeff Senn, or maybe you. What does a 3-way switch do on 1 pickup anyway? Well, it shifts the signal through a capacitor for a dark to bright tone shift. The Lollar Special Design single pole pickup is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!! POWERFUL!!!!!! subtle . . .discreet. I don't want to even mention the word "TWANG". . . a rubber band twangs. This guitar sings!
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
Flawless, exact, not a sign anywhere on this guitar of Jeff taking a short-cut just to sell another guitar. Highest quality of workmanship. Check it out! It's on the homepage of Jeff Senn Guitars website as of this writing.
Reliability/Durability
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10
Nothing "Unreliable" or "Lacking in Stamina" about any Senn creation that I can see and I've been playing nearly 40 years. Certainly this particular guitar is as reliable as any of the finer instruments that I have had the pleasure of owning or playing in my time.
Customer Support
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10
Jeff Senn is a busy man these days, but he would never stiff one of his customers or refuse to stand behind his work. Absolutely.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have 10 electrics and this is my main guitar. Well worth the wait to get an Original Senn
