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The instrument was made in the 1960's (not sure of the exact date because the marking vanished over the years) and it was made for traveling purposes as it is very compact. It has either spruce or laminated top with laminated back. Since it's a pretty small guitar and not made of fine wood it has a bit of box-like sound(kind of like an ukulele). The neck is glued and non-adjustable but it works fine for me. Tuners are worn but still working with the exception of the one holding the 'G' string, that's a bit wobbly. Floating bridge makes it fairly easy to intonate(if you know how to do it). Overall it serves the purpose it was made for I really like that it fits in my backpack(with the neck poking out of course) and it was real cheap compared to the ones on ebay. I would recommend buying a thing like this if you're into traveling and compact instruments.
It's a classic thing I don't think it needs explanation.
Not sure what's causing a clanky noise when I crank it but since I've bought it for like stupid cheap I really don't want to brag about it. Might fix it up one day but probably will go for a new amp instead.
First of all I love how it looks. The finish is flawless, there are no dents or chips on it although it was dropped a few times due to clumsiness. While I'm at it I should point out that it's very sturdy too. The neck is pretty comfortable but I would prefer a 'D' profile over the 'C' as it somehow works better for me. But that's just my thing. The humbuckers deliver a decent sound especially for warmer toned stuff. There's two volume knobs for each pickup, same for the tone knobs. The pickup selector switch is in quite a stupid position(it's right under the handle) but since I'm not really playing around with the switch during jamming I really couldn't care less. Tailpiece is similar to a Bigsby B3(I believe it's licensed by Bigsby) which doesn't keep the guitar in tune really good if you're twanging it like a maniac. One of the rollers in the saddle began to buzz just recently which bugs me a bit. Might have to change that someday. The tuners are alright. Basically that's it.
This was the first guitar I've bought. The neck is not too comfortable but I've played worse. Actually you can get used to it. The pickups are alright, obviously they're not the best but for the price you can get a pretty wide range of tone. Humbuckers are bucking hum, single coils sound bright as fuck. 5 way switch works fine. Knobs as well.Tuners are quite crappy, doesn't really stay in tune. Tailpiece has tremolo system which I don't really use. It detunes the crap out the instrument. Though I have an Ibanez Artcore AFS75T which is way better than this I still use it quite a lot because I like it's bright sound.

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