Made To Deceive

This guitar was made in Japan. That is the only marking or label anywhere on the guitar.

It was made to deceive. Even brand new, this guitar was a fake and could not be tuned to pitch. It is 100% laminated construction.

• Top is laminated with paper thin spruce.
• Back and sides are dyed laminated white wood.
• Neck is very soft luan (cousin of balsa wood)
• Fret board is dyed softwood
• Neck to body joint is approximately 1/8-inch deep and not a dovetail.
• Bridge is walnut
• It does have nice inlayed fret board, but that is just icing on the poo cake.
• Those are vintage Grovers, USA made, but of recent installation. Not original. They are frozen solid.

The head looks pretty fancy.

The big problem with this guitar is the laminated top. The super thin spruce "coating" is so poorly adhered that any stress on the bridge or any where else, such as with tape, causes the spruce layer to peel off. They did not even use bolts to secure the bridge.

Another construction technique showing intent to deceive is careful machining around the sound hole. The edge is so thin that you can’t see the laminations. Break off a chunk with your fingers and the laminations become visible.

I would not give 5 cents for any guitar with this icon on the head stock.