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Post by rob on Sept 21, 2017 11:16:42 GMT
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Post by bobcarter on Sept 22, 2017 7:33:52 GMT
Hi Rob. Yes, I've had one for a couple of months (bought from Oasis in Ringwood) and like it very much.
I'm primarily a steel string player but like many of us wanted a nylon for variety. I had a cheap Ibanez before but wanted to upgrade.
I'd definitely recommend trying one. Things to note are:
- I've seen on a number of shop sites that there seems to be an error in the product description. Most importantly, the pickup is not a Fishman Rare Earth Blend - at least mine's not and as that's partly magnetic I don't think they work on nylon strings anyway. The pickup is a Fishman Sonicore undersaddle but sounds very nice with the Ink+ preamp especially if you cut the mids.
- It's not all solid. The sides are laminate. Not that that matters really at this price.(update - maybe I'm wrong about that, I see JHS' own text says solid sides - other descriptions I've read have referred to solid back only)
- It comes with a great hard case.
- I like the 12th fret join and cutaway.
- I'm no nylon string expert but both the unplugged and plugged sounds are very usable.
- The neck width is perfect. Wider than the Ibanez I had before but narrower than a standard classical.
- I did have to take it back once to get the action lowered, which (maybe combined with needing a string change - now fitted with high tension strings) was causing the intonation on the G string to be badly out above the 5th fret. It's fine now.
Hope that helps!
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Post by rob on Sept 23, 2017 15:14:53 GMT
Thanks for your thoughts, going to have to get the motor out and travel around a bit, theres no decent guitar shops around stoke on trent anymore... Thanks again Rob
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