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Disclosure - I am an endorser for 77 Guitars.
This guitar is gorgeous and sounds amazing. I think I like it even better than the Deep Hawk Standard I already have. The maple neck and ebony board feel and sound beautiful. With this neck, it gets a slightly brighter pick attack but still has that characteristic, dark thunky sound we all know and love with the 175.
Videos coming soon. Maybe even a comparison video.
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10-09-2017 07:45 PM
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Congrats Jack. Can't wait to hear it!
Their SB's remind me of old school sunbursts. Love it!
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Those are so cool. I haven't seen any in the states with p90s, but they're absolutely beautiful. I see that they can be had for the equivalent of $1400 in Japan. Add import duties to that and you've still got great value.
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They are a bit more than $1400 , a new one is in the $2200 range. A P90 version will be a bit more but not much. There is the single P90 one at TanTan guitar shop in Japan for roughly $1400 plus shipping and fees but its a floor model and a sale price, its a killer deal for that kind of dough. Bob
Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
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hey bob, do you have a website? Should I put people in contact with you or Eiichi who are interested in buying one?
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They can check my Reverb store "Bobs Fine Guitars" if they like. Eiichi is the distributor , I am a dealer. Either of us can help them out. Thanks again. Bob
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Beautiful guitar Jack. Enjoy it well.
John
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Congrats!
Best
Kris
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Beauty. Enjoy it.
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WOW sweet axe ! The build quality looks flawless. Make her sing like a canary Jack.
May I ask the price of these beauties ?
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Roughly $2250 shipped to the lower 48! Bob
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A comparison Video would be great...
I am not supposed to be swayed by appearance but man , that Guitar is beautiful.
Looks like it has some nice beefy Frets .
I am also very curious about the Hawk Jazz ( the thinner slimline )-( edited for correct Name )
It still seemed to have a lot of depth on Demos for a thin Guitar though I suspect that it would benefit to have the Fingerboard PU closer to the neck ( on Hawk Jazz Thin ) than the Fat Models.
I wish the Mahogany neck on the Fat Hawk was 3 piece though to resist long term warping...Last edited by Robertkoa; 10-17-2017 at 06:44 PM.
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I know what you mean Bob, however my '63 Kessel and '89 175 have very straight 1 piece mahagony necks! I'd also love to try one of the thinner ones. I'm going to do a comparison video soon. Still getting my new computer setup...
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Thanks Jack- I love your Reviews as I'm sure many do.
Looking forward to it ...hopefully Seventy Seven will send you a Jazz Hawk (non fat lol) to Review...( for Others- that's a Thinline Version ) soon also - if you don't mind ..
I don' t mean/ presume to book all your time haha.
Thanks for the Info on the Mahogany 1 piece necks...
I am pretty excited about these Guitars.
Even the back of the neck is beautiful on the Fat Jazz Hawk .Last edited by Robertkoa; 10-28-2017 at 12:48 PM.
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By the way, "Standard" is not the denotation of the thinline. The blonde single pickup I have is a standard.
One thing that's really interesting is how different the hawk standard and the hawk jazz are. It's sort of apples and oranges since my standard has a single pickup but the difference between the two guitars is pretty big. The hawk jazz has a much thicker tone with a brighter attack due - i think - to the 5pc maple neck and ebony board. The single pickup model with mahogany neck and rosewood board is much more delicate in tone. There is also a difference in weight.
The hawk jazz is 7.2lbs, the standard 6lbs
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Some more miscellaneous ramblings...After more playing between the standard and the jazz, the difference in sustain is remarkable. The standard with the single pickup has sort of a typical vintage archtop sustain whereas the hawk jazz has a full note bloom. I'm not sure if this is the maple/ebony at play here but it really makes a difference in sustained phrasing. It reminds me a bit of Kreisberg's 175 tone. The standard with it's single pickup is definitely a more lively sound in terms of top vibration but the hawk jazz has a little bit of 335/355 in its blood.
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Very Interesting ...is the Jazz Hawk neck heavy or still nicely balanced ?
Edit- 7.2 lbs is nothing to me ..the Koa Superstrat is use is well over 10 pounds and with blocked trem is as loud unplugged as a 335 , but deeper sounding .Interestingly it also has Maple Neck Ebony Board but not bright .
Also long ago I had an ES 347 Maple Neck, Ebony F.Board also heavy weight dark sounding - the ' liveliness'; came back somewhat in Single Coil Mode ( not the same as livelier top , but still the 'Stringiness' comes back).
I had already asked about the possibility of coil cuts on a Seventy Seven Hawk.
Seems like any time Seventy Seven uses 'Jazz'
in the name - it is a Phatt Sounding Guitar on ANY model.
The Exrubato Jazz sounds like a deeper 335 or deeper 330 to my ears ..really cool sounding so another Model I am interested in from Seventy Seven ...
I like the sound of the Hawks best from demos though ...so far .Last edited by Robertkoa; 10-20-2017 at 10:54 AM.
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it's balanced nicely. I've played and owned a few maple neck 175s , a 775 and now this hawk jazz and none of them were neck heavy. The drawback is that the maple is heavier than mahogany so the overall weight is higher. I remember reading that the reason the Les Paul was mahogany and maple is that when Les Paul made the first all-maple Les Paul it was 15lbs Originally Posted by Robertkoa
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Would love to see a comparison video. My next guitar might be one of these. I think a P90 version would be killer!
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i will get to that soon. Maybe tomorrow! Originally Posted by TN Pat
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FYI, my '89 175 is heavier than the hawk jazz by about 1/2 lb
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