I have an Albatross coming in for a demo!

jzucker · #1 05-10-2011, 09:16 AM

These are Japanese, hand-made semi-hollow instruments made from very high quality woods and on par with Sadowsky and other high end Japanese Luthiery.

Very reasonably priced too. Retail is around $1600

DEVISER.Co.,Ltd. - Guitars from Japan.

• Body Top : Spruce
• Body Back : Mahogany with Maple Center Block
• Neck : African Mahogany 1P
• Fingerboard(Radius) : Ebony(310R)
• Width at Knut : 1.7
• Scale : 24.6
• Tuning Key : GOTOH/SD90-SLB
• Pickups : SeventySeven/AL255 x2
• Bridge : GOTOH/GE104B&GE101A
• Controls : 2VOL.1TO.SW
• Finish : Top Lacquer

mangotango · #2 05-10-2011, 10:48 AM

Really nice looking guitar. And perfect for playing Fleetwood Mac instrumentals.

OK, I can't help myself here.

"Do you get wafers with it?"

mr. beaumont · #3 05-10-2011, 11:16 AM

Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About my neck was hung...

jzucker · #4 05-10-2011, 12:18 PM

haha, nice one guys! I expect this to be a great crossover instrument for everything from blues to jazz to fusion.

NSJ · #5 05-10-2011, 12:31 PM

I know Asians can be real quaint with English language brand names ("Lovely Jewelry Store" etc), but they may want to rethink that name, perhaps. "yeah, I need a good strap to hang this Albatross on my neck".

marketing aside, that is a huge, strange looking pick guard. I'd be curious how it compares to the Sadowsky semi.

RonD · #6 05-10-2011, 11:17 PM

Looking forward to your review Jack.

jzucker · #7 05-14-2011, 07:51 PM

Just got this in a few days ago. Really sweet guitar. Well balanced and great jazz and fusion tones. I'm hoping to get a demo up this weekend.

jzucker · #8 05-15-2011, 08:21 PM

YouTube Video

Ric Lee · #9 05-15-2011, 09:28 PM

Where did you purchase it from?

jzucker · #10 05-15-2011, 09:33 PM

got it from the guy selling them on ebay. He's the US distributor.

NSJ · #11 05-15-2011, 10:55 PM

That was a great demo, it seems the playing was infectiously filled with joy, and there was was some "bite" to those lines. Thanks for posting that, here!

I would also like to hear that guitar as clean as possible, too. There is something to beautiful jazz lines played clean on a semi, with some nice sustain to them, as opposed to the usual notes that decay right away.

Ric Lee · #12 05-16-2011, 10:11 AM

I didn't want to hear you stop playing!
Thanks for the response. When I'm looking for a semi I'll give them a try.

Would you say it compares well with the Sadowsky Semi-hollow and the Soloway Gosling Hollow Body?

jzucker · #13 05-16-2011, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric Lee

I didn't want to hear you stop playing!
Thanks for the response. When I'm looking for a semi I'll give them a try.

Would you say it compares well with the Sadowsky Semi-hollow and the Soloway Gosling Hollow Body?

It's got a little more organic quality than those guitars and is more mellow than the soloway. I really liked the soloway but the combination of the alder and/or ash and the maple neck made it a little too spanky for my tastes. The sadowsky is a great tweener guitar but doesn't quite get as "nasty" for fusiony, chickin' pickin' types of things.

Jabberwocky · #14 05-18-2011, 02:48 PM

Hi Jack,

On your other demo video, what stompbox did you use for that wet signal? I like the way it fattens up the sound.

Are you keeping the 77 Guitars Albatross?

kris · #15 05-18-2011, 02:56 PM

Albatros--looks like new jazz box at good money.
very interesting sound!!!

kris · #16 05-18-2011, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jzucker

These are Japanese, hand-made semi-hollow instruments made from very high quality woods and on par with Sadowsky and other high end Japanese Luthiery.

Very reasonably priced too. Retail is around $1600

DEVISER.Co.,Ltd. - Guitars from Japan.

• Body Top : Spruce
• Body Back : Mahogany with Maple Center Block
• Neck : African Mahogany 1P
• Fingerboard(Radius) : Ebony(310R)
• Width at Knut : 1.7
• Scale : 24.6
• Tuning Key : GOTOH/SD90-SLB
• Pickups : SeventySeven/AL255 x2
• Bridge : GOTOH/GE104B&GE101A
• Controls : 2VOL.1TO.SW
• Finish : Top Lacquer

Jack,
What is your favorite guitar?
Regards
Kris

Jabberwocky · #17 05-18-2011, 11:17 PM

OK. It's a Zendrive.

Stringbean · #18 05-20-2011, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jzucker

The sadowsky is a great tweener guitar .

What do yo mean by "tweener", if I may ask.

jzucker · #19 05-20-2011, 09:21 AM

tweener means a cross between a jazz axe and a rock axe. Most semis are tweeners.

Stringbean · #20 05-20-2011, 09:34 AM

Ah, ok... so many new pop words these days, i can't keep up, lol

ESCC · #21 05-20-2011, 10:42 AM

I'll repeat Kris's question -

Jack, what is your favorite guitar . . . or is that an impossible question to answer?

Thanks for the demos - equipment and playing.

jzucker · #22 05-20-2011, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESCC

I'll repeat Kris's question -

Jack, what is your favorite guitar . . . or is that an impossible question to answer?

Thanks for the demos - equipment and playing.

My 2 favorites are my Ibanez PM120 (pat metheny) and GB10 (George Benson). Those are the ones I've kept over the rest. The Albatross is close to being a keeper but I'm going to try their spruce top 335 style guitar first...I really need some type of semi for fusion and loud jazz playing...