Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

[DoronEsh]

Been GASing for a 335. Found this on eBay. Anybody play one?

Detailed Description [from the Crafter site]:
MODEL NAME - SEG 48TM/VTG-V
BODY STYLE - Semi acoustic
TOP - Tiger Maple
BACK - Tiger Maple
SIDES - Tiger Maple
NECK - Mahogany
WIDTH AT NUT - 43mm
FRETBOARD - Indian Rosewood
SCALE LENGTH - 25 1/2" [!!]
NO. OF FRETS - 22
MACHINE HEADS - Grover Gold Diecast Tuners
BRIDGE - Indian Rosewood adjustable ( !?)
HARDWARE - Gold
ELECTRONICS - 2 x humbucker each with volume & tone + 3 way pickup selector [HB's are Wilkinson AFAIK]
COLOR - Vintage burst
FINISH - High Gloss
UNIQUE FEATURES - Abalone position marks

Looks pretty. Wonder how it plays. Couldn't find a YouTube Review Vid...

[LtKojak]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

Been GASing for a 335. Found this on eBay. Anybody play one?

Detailed Description [from the Crafter site]:
MODEL NAME - SEG 48TM/VTG-V
BODY STYLE - Semi acoustic
TOP - Tiger Maple
BACK - Tiger Maple
SIDES - Tiger Maple
NECK - Mahogany
WIDTH AT NUT - 43mm
FRETBOARD - Indian Rosewood
SCALE LENGTH - 25 1/2" [!!]
NO. OF FRETS - 22
MACHINE HEADS - Grover Gold Diecast Tuners
BRIDGE - Indian Rosewood adjustable ( !?)
HARDWARE - Gold
ELECTRONICS - 2 x humbucker each with volume & tone + 3 way pickup selector [HB's are Wilkinson AFAIK]
COLOR - Vintage burst
FINISH - High Gloss
UNIQUE FEATURES - Abalone position marks

Looks pretty. Wonder how it plays. Couldn't find a YouTube Review Vid...

It looks very good. Hell, even the pickguard looks amazing!

It's a 25.5" so it should be twangy and snappy.

A Seymour Duncan Seth Lover set plus a new harness with good components will turn a so-so instrument in the perfect all-'round guitar that will play anything but Metal.

HTH,

[sosomething]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

It looks very nice.

The electronics will suck, but that's hardly a concern if you're a member of this forum. Easy enough to correct. The pickups might be ok-ish but again, same solution.

I find that a lot of those overseas manufacturers can be a little... liberal with their specification disclosure. Even the higher-profile companies like Epiphone are guilty of this. Specifically, I'd be very surprised if the top, back, and sides were actually made of solid flamed maple. Much more likely that it's a laminate of some kind (which is fine) but the potential for not actually knowing what the guitar is made of would concern me.

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

It sure is a pretty one...I gotta give it that....

[DoronEsh]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

It looks very nice.

The electronics will suck, but that's hardly a concern if you're a member of this forum. Easy enough to correct. The pickups might be ok-ish but again, same solution.

I find that a lot of those overseas manufacturers can be a little... liberal with their specification disclosure. Even the higher-profile companies like Epiphone are guilty of this. Specifically, I'd be very surprised if the top, back, and sides were actually made of solid flamed maple. Much more likely that it's a laminate of some kind (which is fine) but the potential for not actually knowing what the guitar is made of would concern me.

Since it's a 335 clone, it SHOULD have laminate front, sides and back. Gibson makes'em with a composite maple-poplar-maple laminate.

Still,

Has anyone ever seen this thing in real lfe, held it in their hands, played it, whatever ?

DoDo

[sosomething]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

Since it's a 335 clone, it SHOULD have laminate front, sides and back. Gibson makes'em with a composite maple-poplar-maple laminate.

Still,

Has anyone ever seen this thing in real lfe, held it in their hands, played it, whatever ?

DoDo

I know! My ES-339 is a laminate body... so was the ES-137C I had a while ago. Certainly have no problem with the construction method.

But the way they list the specs makes me skeptical about what the thing actually IS made of.

[ginormous]

Re: Crafter SEG 480 - ES 335 Clone

The US website lists some pointys, some LP and strat clones, hollow jazz big bodies, and acoustics. The one you're looking at is listed $1099.

That thing about the "rosewood bridge" may apply to their ES-175 clone; it has a wooden adjustable bridge.

edit: from the international website, I gather that they're made in Korea.