Product: Suzuki No. 5
Price Paid: 70 (au) used
Submitted
04/26/2006
at
08:54pm
by
bertie
Features
:
8
small bodied, steel string guitar (parlour type). unknown woods - good craftsmanship but lightly braced. 16 frets 12 to neck. open peg head. reinforced neck. strung from tailpiece over non-fixed rosewood bridge. fake mother of pearl, green pick guard
Sound
:
9
great open sound, good string separation. good for picking. can sound like an open backed tenor banjo when tuned to a c. not to everyone's but is to my liking
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
great craftsmanship for the presumed cheap orig price however after 40 odd years the minimal bracing whilst giving a great sound has meant some scallopping under the bridge
Reliability/Durability
:
7
had to reglue the bracing to the top - has improved the hollowing out. overall, treavelling reasonably after all this time
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
minimal web info on early suzuki violin co guitars
Overall Rating
:
9
great little old timey guitar without having to pay big bucks for old kalamazoo etc
