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Good, but needs work
I bought this guitar as an alternative to miking an acoustic up and it does a pretty good job. It's feedback-free at high volume and sounds pretty true to an ovation.
There were one or two issues out of the box. The fretboard was very dry and needed a lot of oil to rehydrate it and the frets were very scratchy, but if you spend an hour polishing them the results are good, there were no deep scratches, only superficial roughness.
Also, the action was quite high 2.5mm at the top 'e' and 3mm at the bottom 'E', I had to remove the bridge (it came out without problem) and sand it down to my preference.
After I had set the guitar up it played well and it's a nice easy playing good-sounding instrument, especially at this price point.
If you have the know-how it's quite easy to get this guitar to a good standard, if not, you may have to spend a little more to have a decent playing instrument.
For the price, I'd recommend it.
There were one or two issues out of the box. The fretboard was very dry and needed a lot of oil to rehydrate it and the frets were very scratchy, but if you spend an hour polishing them the results are good, there were no deep scratches, only superficial roughness.
Also, the action was quite high 2.5mm at the top 'e' and 3mm at the bottom 'E', I had to remove the bridge (it came out without problem) and sand it down to my preference.
After I had set the guitar up it played well and it's a nice easy playing good-sounding instrument, especially at this price point.
If you have the know-how it's quite easy to get this guitar to a good standard, if not, you may have to spend a little more to have a decent playing instrument.
For the price, I'd recommend it.
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L
Nice guitar
I like the style and design of the guitar (like an Ovation), I’m an at home player with family for my audience.
The only thing I can say negative about the guitar is the sliver left in my finger from somewhere near the sound holes.
Tuning and staying in tune, I find it to be like most of my prior purchases of HB electrics. It holds tune well, typically 5 out of 6 strings are fine.
I will say I’m not a big fan of the round back, that’s on me not on the guitar. It doesn’t affect my playing but it does feel a little off and less stable sitting on my leg, but that’s something you never know until you try it. I can assume/hope it will get better as I get better, play it more and become more accustomed to the round back style.
I have only used the electronics a couple of times and found no issues and it sounds great. At least to my untrained ear I should add.
If you want a nice guitar and don’t want to pay the big $$ this is certainly a great option.
The only thing I can say negative about the guitar is the sliver left in my finger from somewhere near the sound holes.
Tuning and staying in tune, I find it to be like most of my prior purchases of HB electrics. It holds tune well, typically 5 out of 6 strings are fine.
I will say I’m not a big fan of the round back, that’s on me not on the guitar. It doesn’t affect my playing but it does feel a little off and less stable sitting on my leg, but that’s something you never know until you try it. I can assume/hope it will get better as I get better, play it more and become more accustomed to the round back style.
I have only used the electronics a couple of times and found no issues and it sounds great. At least to my untrained ear I should add.
If you want a nice guitar and don’t want to pay the big $$ this is certainly a great option.
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PM
Looks great, sound is tinny
The guitar looks very good and would fool any musician not familiar with guitar brand names. Due to it's shallow plastic back, it doesn't have much low end and sounds very tinny. But this is common with guitars of this style and could be an interesting feature to some users.
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Almost perfect
I love the sound, the play. The acoustics and electronics. There is only one issue with the frets. They were too long and it scratched against my index finger. My luthier polished them and now they’re fine.
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Great round back for the price
This cost me around 115 dollars US. It looks great, feels great. Did need some frets filed, had some buzz going on. But outside of that, it's cool. the neck feels great, had it a year so far and it still sounds good.
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