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02-06-2011, 09:50 PM
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Played a Crafter.....(my review)
I live in the land of crafter. Everywhere on tv, all the celebs here are playing that instrument.
So it piqued my interest, I decide to start from the top and play the rose model one. solid englemann top and solid indian rose wood with dragon/fish looking inlays. it looked pretty good..... (looked like a mix of a taylor body and with takamine head stock) the sound was actually that surprised me. It sounded pretty darn good. I was thinking it would suck, but for it's price. I was pretty floored. I played some other models and they all pretty much sounded decent to very good. None of them I would consider bad at all...... If I was looking for a flashy looking, cheap, solid all wood guitar I wouldn't hesitate to get one. These are like 1/4 of taylor prices and their top models barely breaks the century mark. I played the cheaper chinese counterparts, and well they sounded very thin to me. The guitar came with LR-T Pro(Tuner) Preamp with L.R.Baggs Element Pick-up. No barndoor. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else heard or this brand before?
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02-06-2011, 09:57 PM
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I have a Crafter D7 with a Solid Cedar Top, and Laminate Mahogany B/S. I think it is an excellent guitar for what I paid for it. I bought it for a beater, and it plays that roll very well. I cant complain at all.
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02-06-2011, 10:06 PM
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I see them sometimes in the States, but they are all over the Pacific Rim countries I visit. North American guitars are extremely expensive in that part of the world, to the point that I wouldn't buy one, but the Crafters seem to be pretty much a bread and butter guitar there. They and Cort are probably the two best guitars in that region/price range.
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02-06-2011, 10:36 PM
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I'm in the States. I discovered Crafters quite by accident a couple or three years ago, and have had one ever since. I play a 000-size Martin copy, one of the TA models. It holds its own with various Martins, Santa Cruzes and vintage archtops, and when I headed to France last year for a concert, that was the one I took. They are good guitars.
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02-06-2011, 11:56 PM
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A local place is carrying them. One of the standard dread models I played was excellent. It played great, seemed well made and sounded like a keeper.....very resonant and lively with good low end.
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02-07-2011, 07:23 AM
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I own a Crafter 12 string.
Very nice tone and spot on intonation. The only thing that I see wrong with my Crafter is the attention to detail. There are some rough gouges inside the body along with some excess glue. I like the headstock and pick guard. It's a very nice looking guitar. I had narrowed my choice down to the Crafter or a Yamaha 12 string. The Crafter sounded better and looked better. The price was within a few dollars of each other.
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02-07-2011, 08:18 AM
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I had a lower end Crafter a few years ago and really liked it for the price. Kinds wish I hadn't traded it. Nice action and quite good sound.
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02-07-2011, 11:25 AM
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I own a Crafter Twinbird anniversary model. When I was looking for a steelstring in this pricerange it played and sounded best to me. First I fell in love with the dread model GLX 2500 but then I found out it would be too loud for playing in my home.
And still I haven`t found any other brands in this pricerange with such a good feel on the neck and a sound with warmth and sustain.
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02-07-2011, 12:16 PM
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02-07-2011, 05:58 PM
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I have a Crafter dread with solid Engelmann top and solid mahogany back and sides (DV/200NV). It's a nice little guitar, more of a fingerpicker/strummer than a cannon. Considering the price, it has been well worth having. Nice full-feeling neck (D shape?) with a 1 3/4" nut. Great note separation. I would liken it to a Masterbilt in terms of build and materials. However, they are not in the same league with Blueridge or Eastman. Still, not a bad little guitar for the couch or the office.
Last edited by docsuds; 02-07-2011 at 05:59 PM. Reason: Content
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02-07-2011, 09:01 PM
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Don't much like them
I had a D-7 and it was quite thin sounding. I also bought a TA060 from Elderly and it looked great, but the sound wasn't there. Sold them both on eBay and the buyers were happy. Maybe they were deaf?
I think for the inexpensive guitars, Silver Creek and Walden are my favorites.
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02-07-2011, 09:35 PM
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i believe that rose model with the dragon fish is laminant rosewood back and sides
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02-08-2011, 03:34 AM
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it says solid englemann top and solid indian rose wood. http://www.crafterusa.com/products/search.asp?pclass=1 Either way, I think those guitar are better than takamines for sure. The inlays are pretty cool, and price really good. NO WAY, I wouldn't trade my taylor for it, but if I was starting out, and I want something pretty decent, I would be proud to have a crafter.
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