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Re: does anyone know anything about mako guitars

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Posted by TJ (from: ) on September 17, 2002 at 23:04:06:

In Reply to: does anyone know anything about mako guitars posted by jeff on December 31, 2001 at 16:23:01:

I have a Mako Les Paul copy. A friend gave it to me without a case. I have no idea how old it is, but judging by condition, etc, it's probably late 70s or 80s. It has a beautiful orange sunburst maple top. Unfortunately, the top is a VERY thin veneer (One can tell by tapping across the top, portions sound like they're coming away--must not have used enough glue!). Absolutely gorgeous flame, though.

The rest is mahogany with a mahogany set neck (which is very comfy and straight). Since there were crap pickups HOT GLUE-GUNNED(!) in place when I got it, I can't speak to the quality of the Mako electronics. I've got a reissue Gibson PAF in the neck and the neck pickup out of a friend's mid-70s Yamaha SG2000 (the fool "upgraded" the pickups) and the sound is simply delicious. Of course the pickups are nice, but even the sound of the guitar acoustically. Wow! I can't believe no one knows anything about Mako. I've never even seen an ad for the company in old guitar mags...

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: I have a Mako Les Paul copy. A friend gave it to me without a case. I have no idea how old it is, but judging by condition, etc, it's probably late 70s or 80s. It has a beautiful orange sunburst maple top. Unfortunately, the top is a VERY thin veneer (One can tell by tapping across the top, portions sound like they're coming away--must not have used enough glue!). Absolutely gorgeous flame, though. : The rest is mahogany with a mahogany set neck (which is very comfy and straight). Since there were crap pickups HOT GLUE-GUNNED(!) in place when I got it, I can't speak to the quality of the Mako electronics. I've got a reissue Gibson PAF in the neck and the neck pickup out of a friend's mid-70s Yamaha SG2000 (the fool "upgraded" the pickups) and the sound is simply delicious. Of course the pickups are nice, but even the sound of the guitar acoustically. Wow! I can't believe no one knows anything about Mako. I've never even seen an ad for the company in old guitar mags...

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