Product: Suzuki W-35 Hillbilly
Price Paid: 350 (eur) used
Submitted
05/04/2006
at
03:23pm
by
willem
Email: willemrijpstra<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
9
Built in Japan ,1974 i think ,20 frets solid spruce top, rosewood
sides and three-piece rosewood back ,mahogany neck , very good tuners
not shure which brand or wheather they are original,nice gloss finish
dreadnought MartinD35 style body .
Very nice abalone body-binding and fretboard inlay. It's a player
and a looker.
Sound
:
10
I play all kinds of styles ,but in the band I usually play rhytm and
use a Dean Markley Soundhole-pickup , works fine for me.
The pure acoustic sound however is remarkable , not exactly like a
MartinD35 ,but it's getting close .
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Very well built , when I got it some time ago it was perfectly set-up,so except for a few minor dings , this is a perfectly maintained
guitar.I can't believe my luck , because I bought it off Ebay and had it shipped over.It even had new strings .....
Reliability/Durability
:
10
This is a 30 year old guitar , still nothing wrong with it , allready
used it in a gig (with a backup) and next time I will use it again.
Never went out of tune .
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I think the Kiso Suzuki Violin Company has gone out of business
in the eighties , afterwards the brand reappeared , but these
guitars were made in Korea,or worse ,in China and Indonesia.
Overall Rating
:
9
I've been playing for more than 20 years and I own quite a few other
acoustics ,Takamine F341 , Yairy DY-73 ,Takeharu WK-150, Alvarez AD70S
EKO Ranger electric etc. This one can be compared to the Yairy , sounds different but quality is equally good.
If it was lost or stolen , I would not know where to begin to look for another one ,because there are only a few around.
