Product: Landola C-65
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
12/09/2008
at
05:33am
by
Bob
Features
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No Opinion
Made in 1984. Classical with extra wide neck. Solid top - busy fixing some cracks. Blonde top (not sure of wood) - Body looks to be mahogany
Finish is satin
Sound
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No Opinion
Nice bass sound
Action, Fit, & Finish
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No Opinion
good action and intonation
Reliability/Durability
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No Opinion
great guitar for taking out to the bush camping
Customer Support
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No Opinion
doing repairs myself
Overall Rating
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No Opinion
beeen playin about 35 years - also play strat as well as Martin d 15 and have a collection of others including Gibson J40, Ibanez Tallman series, gibson SG
Product: Landola C-65
Price Paid: 20 (GBP) used
Submitted
05/19/2006
at
06:26am
by
Vinny
Features
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No Opinion
Guessing made in 1970s
19 frets
Looks like a solid top, as grain seems to go all the way through. I think its Cedar
back and sides look like mahogany
Sound
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10
Bought to learn basic classical, finger style Jazz, bossa nova, and to try Flamecno strumming.
Its very bassy, has a warm, mellow woody tone, possibly due to its age.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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No Opinion
Action spot on, neck a little thick and possibly the fretboard a little narrow for a classical
Reliability/Durability
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10
This guitar is old and has been bashed. It was kept in an airing cupboard by its previous owner for 20 years, and the lacquer has crazed as a result. Apart from that, its pretty tough and solidly built
Customer Support
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No Opinion
never even tried on an old beat up guitar like this!
Overall Rating
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10
Plyed for 20 years, rock blues stuff, and a couple of years ago wanted to learn something a bit more sophisticated, so a cheap classical was the order of the day. Rather than buy some cheap shoddy plywood, I bought an old unloved vintage Landola
Also own an El Maya, Admira Virtuoso and a Vintage Super Jumbo
I bought this guitar for messing around on, not realisein its actually a real quality instrument, and did not deserve to live the life it has lived. Because I only paid #20 for it, I did not mind fitting a pickup and drilling a hole for a jack. Now I know more about it, I regret doing such a thing.
