Crafter guitars

[s p a m**@hotmail.com Mark Lawrence]

I'd love to buy a 335 but the they're pricey if you didn't know :) I've
played a few copies over the years and it always seemed that the Epiphone
dot was probably the best of the bunch, but recently I stumbled across a
Crafter 335 copy.

Now, I'd never heard of Crafter before and wondered what the feeling out
there was for them. This one was Korean made with a maple back & front and
a (chunky (too chunky?) and deep) ebony neck. Grover tuners. Can't remember
the pick up's... It sounded good through the George Dennis amp I was
using - nice and bassy on the neck but with a really cutting tone when on
the bridge p/u. Rolling off the tone really made it sound beefy! moo

The other thing I wanted to ask was this: it it really a case of "you pays
ya money, you takes ya choice" when it comes to "jazzy" guitars? Do you get
a grands more than just the name on the headstock? Or am I just being a
skinflint? For instance, the Yamaha f-hole thing sounds pretty good to me.
My Godin LG is the creme imho, _much_ nicer to play than any Les Paul I've
tried and with a more versatile range of sounds. But I digress...

I know much is down to personal taste, but without having played loads of
guitars and not being so hot on the technical aspects of guitars (woods,
etc) I hope that you might give me a few pointers

thanks guys,
Mark

[OASYSCO]

Mark,

I have not heard of Crafter, but if you are asking whether a "cheap" guitar can
sound as good or better than an expensive guitar, my answer is a resounding
"YES"!

Of course, my house is becoming a home for cheap, wayward archtops as I speak.
I tenderly care for 'em, play 'em, and when they have grown up a little, I sell
'em.

I believe in cheap archtops, originaly under $1,000 and now under $500. Then
again, I'm not sure how much the guitar has to do with it when compared to the
fingers that play it.

With that said, I do understand that for top/pro players a better/more
expensive guitar gives them a slight edge that only their skill level can
appreciate and make use of. And for those folks, the expensive guitars truly
make sense, but not for folks at my level.

Greg

[s p a m**@hotmail.com Mark Lawrence]

One thing that I was surprised at was that the guitar apparently had 12's to
53's on ( I always thought it was 52's, but there you go) although the guy
told me this after measuring the string thickness with some tool... I play
11's but these felt like 10's! Price was about £430, so about $650 I guess.
cheers
Mark

OASYSCO wrote in message <20001129090253...@ng-cs1.aol.com>...
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[peatea]

I have always considered American guitars as the best. In the 60's and
70's I bought several Japanese archtops and they were all very poor. I
still like American guitars best but with the global market and the
internet I am becoming aware of many excellent guitars that I never heard
of. I have been programmed through the years to believe that Gibson is the
best. But I am having secnd thoughts lately. There are some excellent
little known brands of guitars out there as well as some really bad ones.
I try not to consider where it is made as a factor to its quality and
playability. But it ain't easy.
Pt

[icarusi]

Mark Lawrence <m_jkl***no s p a m**@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9755028...@igateway.postoffice.co.uk...

> Now, I'd never heard of Crafter before and wondered what the feeling
out
> there was for them. This one was Korean made with a maple back &
front and
> a (chunky (too chunky?) and deep) ebony neck. Grover tuners. Can't
remember
> the pick up's... It sounded good through the George Dennis amp I
was
> using - nice and bassy on the neck but with a really cutting tone
when on
> the bridge p/u. Rolling off the tone really made it sound beefy!
moo

One thing to try with 'unknownish' new guitars is to try and find the
same model in different shops to try. If they are equally good or bad,
it's some indication of quality control, plus if one is a lot better
than the others it's worth a closer look to see why and could be worth
taking a chance if the price is good.

I quite like the look of the Crafter mandolins, shaped like a small
bowl-backed single-cutaway flatop, but a bit pricey for my standard of
mandolin playing!

Icarusi
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[Brett Cooper]

In article <9755028...@igateway.postoffice.co.uk>,

"Mark Lawrence" <m_jkl***no s p a m**@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd love to buy a 335 but the they're pricey if you didn't know :)
I've
> played a few copies over the years and it always seemed that the
Epiphone
> dot was probably the best of the bunch, but recently I stumbled
across a
> Crafter 335 copy.
>

> Now, I'd never heard of Crafter before and wondered what the feeling
out
> there was for them.

Mark

I've got a Crafter Electro Acoustic which I have strung with D'Addario
Chromes 13's and I think it's a great guitar, cost me £300 from a
little shop in Tooting, South London in 1996. It has a 3band active EQ
on it and it sounds great acoustic and through my 40w Fender Hot Rod
Deluxe.

I emailed the company who produces them around 2 years ago to find out
more information about the guitar, the reply was signed from the
president of the company told me exactly where and when the guitar was
made and I now get a e-Christmas card from them every year :)

Brett

--
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Eric Morecambe - I'm playing all the right notes but not neccessarily
in the right order.

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