Recently I wrote about guitars that are made in Russia. Usually this is custom production at a very high price. But now there is a batch production at a low price. And on October 11 a video was published, where they try to play on one exemplar. For this, a model with an unusual body design was chosen - Katana.
On video you can hear guitar sound. Amplifier is Randall RG50TC. Video in Russian. For those who don’t know Russian, I will shortly describe its content.
Guitar body is very like a strat. First thing you can pay attention to is texture of tree. It's made from fraxinus and is covered with oil, which is typical for very expensive instruments for 2000 - 2500 USD. Price of this guitar is 450 USD.
Guitar body is processed by a method of brashing and due to it on body such drawing turns out. Neck is made of three pieces of maple. It's covered with a polyurethane matt varnish and pleasant to touch. Neck is connected to body with bolts. Head is a continuation of neck. It's not glued, which is typical for such price. Frets is high, when you do bends, you don't creak on fretboard. Hardware from China. Korean accessories are put on more expensive instruments. Machine heads keep the tuning well, without backlash. Pickup - Tone Rider. Very well underlines the attack. Potentiometer is very well located - it can't be accidentally touched. Also on it's written "Made in Japan".
Also included is a case for this body form. But author of video says that it turned out to put this instrument in a case from the strat.
Strike the strings can be felt with a belly, which speaks well of resonant qualities of tree. Readability and sustain are very good. Guitar is good for heavy metal - you will not get lost in the mix.
