danglybanger
ReelItInologist
So for all the trouble of helping my sister move all her sh!t out of her old apartment, I got my pick of some of the junk she no longer wanted and couldn't be bothered to haul to her new place. Which, among a bunch of coasters from an adult bookstore, included this 
It came in a very nice case, which contained extremely old strings, a strap, a Niel Young unplugged chordbook (that's my sister), and some instructional material from when my sister took lessons.
Bad first... the tuners are miserable, cheap plastic things, one of which disintigrated in my hand (substituted later by a pair of vice grips). Two of them are not quite as crappy (but still crappy) adjustable tuners. The strings had to be 20 years old, and the high e was replaced with a nylon string (that's my sister for you once again :smack: ) the top is caved in about 2mm... so I was reluctant to tune it all the way up, I've got it tuned 2 steps down now (with medium strings). A peeling pickguard was remedied by doublesided tape
Now for the best part of the axe... the back. Apparently quilt maple sandwiched between rosewood I guess... the axe actually has nice binding throughout.
Anyone heard of Hikare? Apparently "Made in Korea, Designed in Hawaii" according to the label. It has an illegible model name added in blue ballpoint pen.
Funky adjustable bridge, (like on my takamine, except uglier, with gratuitous plastic dots.) It's made of I think rosewood, cleverly painted black to look like ebony.
Same with the fretboard. Also has Gibbo quality block inlays in the worst use of the word, but Hikare didn't have enough money to splurge on filler The frets are rough.
disintegrated tuner and 2 replacement tuners, apparently the others already exploded. They're all crappy.
As for how it sounds... not bad actually! Nice, mellow and rounded, which granted is not how I like my acoustics to sound (I like more open, chimey axes) but hey it was free.
I might actually see a luthier to see how much clamping the top and setting it up will cost... It plays nice too, bends are nice and slinky (though rough from the frets) and I don't think it's just cause it's downtuned...
So that makes five acoustics in my possesion, two of which have caved in tops, none of which are good enough for me not to GAS for something else :smack: My old 76 Takamine comes closest to cutting it (it's in remarkable condition considering how old it is...) but I hate the neck (tapered... uggh)
The worst part... my hands are so sore from moving all her sh!t I can't even play it :smack:
Slade
It came in a very nice case, which contained extremely old strings, a strap, a Niel Young unplugged chordbook (that's my sister), and some instructional material from when my sister took lessons.
Bad first... the tuners are miserable, cheap plastic things, one of which disintigrated in my hand (substituted later by a pair of vice grips). Two of them are not quite as crappy (but still crappy) adjustable tuners. The strings had to be 20 years old, and the high e was replaced with a nylon string (that's my sister for you once again :smack: ) the top is caved in about 2mm... so I was reluctant to tune it all the way up, I've got it tuned 2 steps down now (with medium strings). A peeling pickguard was remedied by doublesided tape
Now for the best part of the axe... the back. Apparently quilt maple sandwiched between rosewood I guess... the axe actually has nice binding throughout.
Anyone heard of Hikare? Apparently "Made in Korea, Designed in Hawaii" according to the label. It has an illegible model name added in blue ballpoint pen.
Funky adjustable bridge, (like on my takamine, except uglier, with gratuitous plastic dots.) It's made of I think rosewood, cleverly painted black to look like ebony.
Same with the fretboard. Also has Gibbo quality block inlays in the worst use of the word, but Hikare didn't have enough money to splurge on filler The frets are rough.
disintegrated tuner and 2 replacement tuners, apparently the others already exploded. They're all crappy.
As for how it sounds... not bad actually! Nice, mellow and rounded, which granted is not how I like my acoustics to sound (I like more open, chimey axes) but hey it was free.
I might actually see a luthier to see how much clamping the top and setting it up will cost... It plays nice too, bends are nice and slinky (though rough from the frets) and I don't think it's just cause it's downtuned...
So that makes five acoustics in my possesion, two of which have caved in tops, none of which are good enough for me not to GAS for something else :smack: My old 76 Takamine comes closest to cutting it (it's in remarkable condition considering how old it is...) but I hate the neck (tapered... uggh)
The worst part... my hands are so sore from moving all her sh!t I can't even play it :smack:
Slade
