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Post by roberto on Aug 23, 2018 7:54:20 GMT
I have received, just some days ago, an HB JA 60 SB.
The guitar for the price is really nice, it's equipped with Roswell P 90 pick-ups that sound good to my ears. When you buy a guitar for 130 euro you know that you can't get a wonderful guitar, but you are hoping to get a playable and comfortable tool with decent action and look and HB JA 60 it's this kind of guitar. It's impossible to know where it was made: there's nothing in the palette about place of construction (so I don't know if it was made in china or vietnam or other places).
PRO Nice vintage look (the sunburst of the body it's quite similar and well refined like my Strato USA '83)
The weight of JA 60 is enough light to play it for hours. The P90 sound well enough ( I've tested the guitar with a killed preamp AMT SS 20 with clean and with distorsion) in all positions (the guitar need a good amplifier to play at best).
CONTRO
The freatboard needs lemon oil out of the box but it's ok. The set of the action must be medium (impossible low action for the buzz). The machine heads seem cheaps but they works good enough and the guitar remains in tune.
The guitar for this price it's perfect for students, amatorials and semiprofessional guitarists and maybe collectors.
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Post by DerAlex on Aug 23, 2018 10:13:39 GMT
Without pictures there´s no new guitar. What is the weight btw? I am always looking for more lightweight guitars.
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Post by roberto on Aug 23, 2018 11:12:03 GMT
Without pictures there´s no new guitar. What is the weight btw? I am always looking for more lightweight guitars. Ah,ah I will soon post pictures for your pleasure
I suppose that the neck it's the more lightweight part of the whole guitar.
I don't know the right weight but it's very very comfortable and in total it's more lighweight than my Strato usa and ibanez semihollow. Today morning i've played with it and with other guitars of mine and I really like it ... the sound it's good ... for me that love jazz and blues it's sounds very close to that types and the playability it's very cool. I really liked it especially for the money i've paid because the price it's very affordable.
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Post by DerAlex on Aug 23, 2018 12:31:47 GMT
Thanks, this sounds quite good with the light weight.
Is the neck thicker or more modern/slim?
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Post by roberto on Aug 23, 2018 13:28:07 GMT
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Post by roberto on Aug 23, 2018 13:40:25 GMT
Thanks, this sounds quite good with the light weight. Is the neck thicker or more modern/slim? I think not so thicker not so slim ... I think that it's less fenderish and more gibson style (but I consider only the Harley Benton model that I know through very few models ...sic ...)
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 24, 2018 2:33:22 GMT
Without pictures there´s no new guitar. What is the weight btw? I am always looking for more lightweight guitars. Cory Mura reviewed one that was 3.1 Kg. It is quite smaller than the original it is inspired from. Here they are at scale: The new Fusion are 3.2 Kg, by the way.
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Post by DerAlex on Aug 24, 2018 7:47:27 GMT
That neck pocket looks really good. Those tuners though look like the ones on the TE-52 which I found to be rather stiff. But for the price maybe adequate.
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 24, 2018 8:07:26 GMT
That must be because it is a massive guitar. Here it is next to the usual suspects:
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 24, 2018 8:26:14 GMT
Do they fit in a standard case? If not, that's a reason for me to rule out a particular model.
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 24, 2018 9:51:04 GMT
I've never found a standard case LeoThunder . It's one of the reasons I don't buy 'em. The other is that it's bad enough storing the buggers in racks and hangers as it is without tripling the space I need with an axe coffin. I'll call standard anything that stores something a little larger than a Strat like my Aria Pro II, which is a little longer than normal without having extra protuberances to accommodate. And since I agree with the pointlessness of keeping all guitars in cases when you already have a stand, a rack or a hanger in the wall, it's all the more important to have them all fit in the same which can be used when they have to be taken somewhere. If one doesn't, it means one extra gigbag to buy and store away for that shape, although I'm pretty sure a Jazzmaster would fit in a bass gigbag. It is one of the reasons I didn't buy a Thunderbird, by the way, knowing they require their extra thing. Thinking about it, they look awkward to play anyway.
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