Product: STROUP 18 INCH ARCHTOP
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
03/17/2009
at
08:22pm
by
JOHNNY LACH
Email: JOHNNYLACH<at>AOL dot COM
Features
:
10
MADE 2008.,18 INCH SOLID SPRUCE TOP-MAHOGONY BACK AND SIDES..MAPLE NECK..25 INCH BD, EBONY BD HAND MADE(BEAUTIFUL) AND PICK GAURD AND TAIL PIECE.UNBELIVEABLE...SOLID NATUAL TOP BACK SIDES SOLID COLR MAHOGONY..WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASK FOR??? REAL WOOD MAN,NO LAMINATES,THICK SOLID WOOD REAL SPRUCE REAL MAPLE, REAL MAHAGONY..
GROVER TUNERS-CHOME.--MATCHED NICELY WITH COLORS OF GR.MAHOGONY AND SOLID SPRUCE.REMEMBER EVERYTHING IS HAND MADE BY A HUMAN BEIN OR AN AMERICAN MAN SHALL I SAY...
Sound
:
10
IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER SOUNDING GUITAR -SOLID WOOD-HAND CRAFTED -WITH ALL THE FETURES MENTIONED I RECOMMEND BUY SEVERAL.! THIS BIG BOY RELLY DON'T NEED AMPLIFICATION ITS THAT ACOUSTCIALLY SOLID AND LOUD,,,WHEN PLAYED ELECTRICALLY WITH ITS KENT ARMSTRONG PU THRU A ROLAND CUBE 30 OR 100,FORGET ABOUT,UNBLEIELVABLE GREAT JAZZ ONE,I SEARCHED MANY YEARS AND DECADES TO GET THAT COMBINATION
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
I OWN SEVERAL STROUP GTRS AND ALL HAVE ARRIVED AT MY DOR SET UP READY TO GO..I HAVE YET TO GET 1 BUZZ IN ANY OF MY GTRS WICH INCLUDE 16 INCH-17 -18-INCH....THE LUTHIRER ALWAYS ADVERTISES THAT HIS FINISHES ARE NOT PERFECT..KNOWN UP FRONT THIS IS NO PROBLEM FOR ME..THIS GTR HAD MINOR FINISH FLAWS,NOTHING EARTH SHATEERIN..GARY STROUP I FEEL GETS BETTER WITH EACH GUITAR,,..LIKE ANY ARTIST R,,,RIGHT???.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
this is a professional and serious instrument to be compared with archtops costng thousands more...solid,mahagony, solid spruce top,maple neck, ebony bd , ebony pick guard, ebony tail piece...COME ON MAN WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
Customer Support
:
10
A BEAR OF A MAN KHOW'S HIS BUSINES...HIS WORD AS AR S I AM CONSCERNED IS AS GOOD AS A LEGAL CONTRACT..IF YOU LOOK UP HISYy BIO YOU WILL SEE THAT NOT ONLy IS AN AMERICAN HERO, HE IS HAS ALSO A BUILDING CONTRACTOR WHO HAS RAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES..IF HE CAN'T BUILD GUITARS NO ONE CAN,,,I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE MET HIM ON THE NET AND HAVE NEVER BEEN LET DOW,,EACH OF HIS GUITARS TELLS A STORY AND ARE CONVERSATION PIECES....I AM 55 YRS OLD AND I BELIVE GARY STROUP IS LIKE 65..IF WE WERE NEIGHBORS HE WOUD BE A BEST FRIENS AND A SWINGING GTR MATE..I HOPE TO MEET HIM ONE DAY JUST TO SHAKE HIS HAND TO LETHIM NO KNOW HOW VERY HAPPY HE HS MADE ME WITH HIS DREAM OF BUILIDING GUITARS..MY ADVICE IF IF YOU DEAL WITH ANY LUTHIERS TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT,BUT PUT TOUR TRUST IN THEM,,IF YOU PUT YOUR TRUST NAD GARY STROUP QND LET HIM BUILD I GUARNATEE YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPONTED..
Overall Rating
:
10
been playin and tryind diffent gts for over 30 yrs.i am a serious student of the instrument who has studied with some of the finest teacers in the world..to date the teachers who have seen my stroups are blown away and can't believe the deal and price i paid...if it was stole i wouldn't have to worry because i own two others...ONE WARNING THOUG MAN-IF YOUR OE OF THE CATS HO HAS TO GE THE LTEST AND GREATEST ASIAN INPORTS FOR UNDER 1K,IF YOU PLAY A STROUP ALL SOLID WOOD GTR YOU WILL NEVER PALY THOSE OER GUITARS AGAINT...PLS CALL ME IF YOU NEED MORE INFO..I LIVE IN LONG ISLAND,NY,IF YOU EVER WANT TO TRY ONE OF MY STROUPS COME ON OVER MAN,,,JOHNNYLACH@AOL.COM...
