Well I've been playing on my new Edwards E-SA-125LTS (ES-335 clone) for the past 5 days or so and I must say, I am extremely impressed. To call it a "clone" seems unfair to this guitar but as it is indeed a rather detailed copy of a 335 I suppose that is what it is. But this is a terrific guitar in it's own right. It is amazingly well constructed. I can find nothing wrong with it cosmetically/structurally and it plays like a dream.
I have to say that this is my first semi-hollowbody so those who play them regularly would be better able to offer comparisons. All I can say is that it reminds me of a ES-335 I played on (and fell in love with) 20 odd years ago. Now I finally have that semi-hollow thing for myself and I couldn't be happier with it.
As for how it sounds, I haven't had the opportunity to crank it up as my Marshall needs a tube, but it sounds great on my Vox Pathfinder 15R. My wife (violin) and I played Japanese folk tunes at a convalescent home this past weekend and I brought this guitar. Plugged it into a Line 6 Micro Spider on "acoustic" and it even sounded great on that. The Seymour Duncan SH-2n/SH-14 pups seem a good combination.
The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the Edwards logotype on the headstock. Looks like some Irish folk font which doesn't really fit the guitar, but this is a petty complaint. It would also be nice if they would offer the option of a figured top, but actually this plainer version is growing on me. Cool that they used book-matched maple and for such a price.
To put these impressions in perspective, you should know that they are coming from a hack and not a pro. Still, I know what I like and look for in a guitar and I couldn't be more pleased.
For Spudman (who requires photographic proof of purchase) and anyone else who cares to see my actual guitar you can see pics here:
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I will try to put up a recording or two sometime soon in the new year as well.
That's it for now. Oh, and a few specs below:
BODY (Top/Back) Soild Hard Maple (Side) Hard Maple (Center Block) Mahogany
NECK Mahogany
FINGERBOARD Rosewood, 22frets w/ White Binding
RADIUS 305R
SCALE 24.75 inch (628mm)
NUT Bone (43mm)
JOINT Set-neck
TUNER GOTOH SD90-SL, SG301-01(CH)
BRIDGE Old Type Tune-Matic & GOTOH GE101Z
PICKUPS (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n
(Rear) Seymour Duncan SH-14