Product: Jolana Iris
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
01/21/2003
at
10:09am
by
nocki
Email: nocki_k<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
7
I traded this guitar for a Washburn flying V wich I painted... I didnt do a very good job and I lost interest so thats why I traded it.
there isnt a lot on the net to find about this guitar. I think it is a 1974 model made by jolana in tjechowhatever and it has two single coils 1 volume, 1 tone and 1 pickup controll switch. the pieckup controller switches back and forth to neck, both, tail... and it has 8 ways to select this... dont know whay but there is a small change of sound when you experiment...
the tremelo arm is missing and the tunning pegs are in a bad shape.
fortunatly is stays in tune for a long time...
I looks like a telecaster and it has a good bridge wich makes intnating easy...
it looks kinda good (for a old eastern europe product) except for the head stock...
She isnt worth a lott of money but I think'I'll keep her for gigs where there is a treat to my gibson. like outside or in rough bars... if we have any in holland... :-)
Sound
:
6
it is mainly a rock, rockabilly guitar but some clean stuff is handled quite good too. I play this on my mesa boogie and solid state amps. it is very noisy and thats a part of her sound so its not annoing...
I like the way I can still fine tune and alter the settings on her. she is older than I am and still everything works... I did a neck job and it has nice low action in the way I like it.
she invites me to play new styles.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
poorly painted. it has tabacco sunburst with a lot off faults...
there is a piece of paper or somthing to protect the single coils wich came off at one of the pickups.
it is a poor man's guitar and still in good shape..
Reliability/Durability
:
7
this guitar will not withstand anything...
nice thing is the strapbutton on the top sid4e of the guitar. you can turn it loose and when removed it has a srewdriver on the end so you can make little adjustments wihout searching for a screwdriver...
only let down here is that not all the screws on the boddy can be removed with this screwdriver...
Customer Support
:
10
people who build this guitar are propably dead by now...
I heard the factory wich made my guitar makes ephiphone's now...
Overall Rating
:
10
this is a very good guitar and I will NEVER sell it to anyone for any price.
FOR SALE!!! JOLANA IRIS ell. guitar. 150Euro :-)
