Product: Suzuki F-180
Price Paid: US $140
Submitted
09/08/2003
at
08:18pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
7
12 String full size with spruce top, rosewood fingerboard. Matched back with custom inlay, double bound edging. Highly polished. No electrics although sound hole has minor damage from previously mounted aftermarket pick up. Top is slightly warped from being stored with strings under tension (when will people learn!!) Suzuki 6-in-strip open gear tuners. Suprisingly thin finger board for 12-string, but has a fat neck to make up for it.
Sound
:
9
Beautiful warm full sound when strummed, clear and bright when picked. Suits country-rock, blusey-rock.(The Band, CCR etc) Doesn't like being thrashed. Much nicer sound that most other 12-string Jap made guitars.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
6
Set up is just fine. The bridge could be better. As I said the top is slightly bowed, but sounds fine all the same. The action is good, and guitar would be better when new.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
It seems to be up to the task. Previously used for gigging by a singer-song writer who sold it to buy a Guild. The finish is simply awesome, and the guitar seems very durable except for that damned slightly bowed sound hole!!
Customer Support
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No Opinion
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Overall Rating
:
9
Better than most other 12-strings. No idea how old but awesome quality wood and a great sound. I would be stupid to sell it as I'd never get anything with half as good a sound even for 5 times the price. I also own a no-name Jap Gibson E-175 double cut-away copy from the 60/70's that sounds suprisingly good, has a Bigsby tremelo arm as well. Has the most absolutely shit pick ups for that authentic bluesy sound.
