ever heard of lawson guitars?

[jclogston]

Hi everyone -

What do you guys think of this? Ever heard of these before?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=250107047283&rd=1&rd=1

Thanks

Jeff

 

[Philcguitars]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

I think this may be one of those cases of an Importer having their name put on a large order, hence the quite basic font and printing. It's probably Korean, or Chinese. If Korean, probably made by KHL, if Chinese probably the same factory that makes a load of the US market-edge brand Stratolikes. Don't panic, these can be very good guitars. It's the small factories you have to be ware of, not the guys with the $200,000 CNC tooled factories.

I keep a file of sites for Asian Mfr'd guitar sites. I'll troll through tomorrow, and see if I can spot whose range these came out of. If indeed that's what these are.

 

[jclogston]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

I think this may be one of those cases of an Importer having their name put on a large order, hence the quite basic font and printing. It's probably Korean, or Chinese. If Korean, probably made by KHL, if Chinese probably the same factory that makes a load of the US market-edge brand Stratolikes. Don't panic, these can be very good guitars. It's the small factories you have to be ware of, not the guys with the $200,000 CNC tooled factories.

I keep a file of sites for Asian Mfr'd guitar sites. I'll troll through tomorrow, and see if I can spot whose range these came out of. If indeed that's what these are.

Thanks -

I'm thinking about getting one for the hell of it - it only costs $160.

Jeff

 

[Philcguitars]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

Oh at that price I'm 99% sure I've hit the nail on the head.

I'll still check it out though.

 

[Philcguitars]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

OK,

I basically turned up nothing!

Well at least with that paint job, it isn't standard issue with any of the Asian companies I can find. But I swear I've seen one on an Asian manufacturers site, and I'm pretty sure it was a company in Hong Kong.

 

[jclogston]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

OK,

I basically turned up nothing!

Well at least with that paint job, it isn't standard issue with any of the Asian companies I can find. But I swear I've seen one on an Asian manufacturers site, and I'm pretty sure it was a company in Hong Kong.

Thanks for looking. I emailed a past buyer of one of these guitars and he said:
"Hi, you are the 3rd person to inquire. LOL I like the guitar alot. I had to lower the Floyd Rose tremolo all the way to make the action faster and I oiled the neck because it comes dry. Overall, a pretty decent guitar for the price. Hope that helped"

I emailed him again to find out if there were any fret overhang (sharp edges).....but so far all in all nothing a setup could fix...
stay tuned......

jeff

 

[bryvincent]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

no but i heard about lawsuit guitars:laughing:



just joking, sorry can't help it

 

[Philcguitars]

Re: ever heard of lawson guitars?

no but i heard about lawsuit guitars:laughing:

Always the Joker!