Overall User Ratings

"TRADING A MARTIN FOR A GIBSON?? ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!"

Feature:
ACTUALLY ITS A 9-10....ITS A DONE DEAL. ITS A GIBSON. THERE REALLY ARENT / WEREN'T ACCESSORIES.BUT ALL IN ALL.... ITS A GREAT GUITAR. WELL WORTH GETTING ONE, NOT JUST FOR "WHO USED THEM".... THEYre GREAT GUITARS.

Quality:
I BOUGHT THIS GUITAR USED... AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT PER SE...MY ADVICE IS TO KEEP IT TUNED, IN A WELL MONITORED ENVIRONMENT, (USE A HUMIDIFIER AS WITH ANY WOODEN STINGED INSTRUMENT),AND IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL. ITS A GIBSON. ALL THE MORE REASON TO "MAINTAIN" IT....ID TAKE IT ON THE ROAD..(IF I HAD 2 or THREE OF THEM).. BUT SINCE I DONT, I WONT.. DEPENDABILITY, I RATE IT !0...THE WORST ASPECT IS LACK OF VOLUE AS AN ACOUSTIC. ITS NOT BAD, BUT COULD BE BETTER:FULLER,RICHER....IF I TAKE CARE OF IT, WHICH I DO... IT'LL LAST ANOTHER 44 YEARS... PLUS!!!!

Value:
I TRAED A VIRTUALLY "NEW" MARTIN D-28 HP FOR THIS GUITAR.... ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE PRICE. ITS A GIBSON

Desirability:
WELL, THIS MODEL WAS USED BY THE BEATLES ON COUNTLESS RECORDINGS.... AND IN CONCERTS & MOVIES..AND IT PROBABLY SOLD MORE THAN ANYTHING ELVIS EVER USED....AND HE WAS "SUPPOSEDLY" THE KING , SO DO THE MATH: SEX APPEAL:10+++++++++++++ AND AS MANY ELVIS "FAKES" AS THERE ARE, AT LEAST THE "FAKE BEATLES" HAVE TO "ACTRUALLY" PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS.

Sound:
I OWN A 2001 EDITION OF THIS LEGENDRY INSTRUMENT. I LOVE IT!!!! 42 YEARS OF WANTING ONE, AND I GOT IT. I TRADED A MARTIN D-28 ('88) FOR THIS GUITAR. IM NOT SORRY. MAYBE A BIT MORE SOUND AS AN ACOUSTIC.I PLAY IT THROUGH A FENDER "FRONTMAN 65R...IT HOLDS UP VERY WELL.GOOD CLEAN GENUINE TONE... I ALSO PLAY IT THROUGH AN OLD SUNN AMP,SPECTRUM 1...NICE SOLID SOUND. AND, IN KEEPING WITH "LEGEND", I USE IT WITH A VOX CAMBRIDGE 30 R...AND GUESS WHAT,IT REALLY SOUNDS GOOD.IT WORKS.EVEN THOUGH THE CAMBRIDGE IS KOREAN,"IT WORKS". ITS GOT THAT "SUEDE MILKSHAKE" SOUND. THAT "JANGLE". THE PLAYABLITY OF THE J160-E IS AWESOME...VERY EASY TO PLAY ALL THE WAY UP THE FRETBOARD. ITS AS CLOSE TO THE ONES OWNED BY LENNON & HARRISON AS IVE SEEN.....MY ONLY CRITIQUE.. MAYBE A BIT MORE VOLUME AND FULLER SOUND IN THE MIDS AND LOWS.. AS SIDE FROM THAT.....ITS RREEAALL KEEPER!!!!

Ease of Use:
AS FAR AS COMPATABILITY WITH WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT... AS LONG AS ITS USED IN THE MANNER IT WAS INTENDED.. ITS GREAT.PLAYABILITY: 10!!

Support:
THE PEOPLE AT GIBSON WERE VERY HELPFUL...AND PATIENT..(I ASK ALOT OF QUESTIONS..). THEY GOT BACK TO ME QUICKLY.

Overall:
I EXPECT (BARRING FLOOD OR ROBBERY ETC) TO OW THIS J160E FOR THE DURATION..(FOREVER). I WOULD REPLACE IT IN A HEARTBEAT WITH ANOTHER EXACTY LIKE IT. IM A "BEATLE-HAULIC". I LOVE THEIR SOUND.. THEIR SOUND HELPED ME DEVELOPE "MY SOUND".THIS GUITAR DOES THAT FOR ME. IF ANYTHING, ID ADD MORE "BEATLE" GUITARS TO MY COLLECTION:( J-200), MAYBE A LES PAUL.I OWN A '68 SG..(like theirs) I LOVE THAT ONE TOO.WHAT I LIKE BEST: THE PLAYABILITY, THE FEEL, THE COLOR, THE WHOLE PACKAGE. MY ONLY COMPLAINT (if there is one), MORE MIDS & LOWS UNPLUGED.