Hot or Not? Look Ma....no F holes!

[Lerxst]

Pure Salem Guitars

ELEVATION
$920.00

TECH SPECS
Semi-Hollow / With No F-Holes
Body Material : Maple Top, Side and Back.
Center Block : Mahogany
Neck Material : Mahogany with Binding and Block Inlays
Rosewood Fret Board
24 3/4 Scale Length
42.75 Nut Width
2 1/16 String Spacing
Modern C Shape Neck / Light Satin Finish
12 Inch Radius
Grover Tuners
Stop tail piece bridge
Custom Wound Mendiola” pickup in neck
Custom Wound “Mendiola” pickup in Bridge
Vintage style cloth wiring
3 Way Toggle With two Volume & Two Tone
Med Jumbo Frets
Dual Truss Rod

http://www.puresalemguitars.com/models/elevation/

 

[Coralkong]

I like that.

I say "Hot".

Looks like the fit/finish might be a little suspect (paint bleed on the headstock, for example), but for that price....well.....I dig it.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

What's a nice looking girl like you doing in a dump like this?

/winks
/offers to buy cocktail

 

[Grant Gross]

I wonder how heavy it is.

 

[GilmourD]

Didn't the Pure Salem guy used to spam HCEG?

 

[Chad]

I'll take it in a 339 size.

 

[JC777]

Like

 

[Lerxst]

Didn't the Pure Salem guy used to spam HCEG?

AFIK they've only been around since like 2013 or so

 

[Lerxst]

I like that.

I say "Hot".

Looks like the fit/finish might be a little suspect (paint bleed on the headstock, for example), but for that price....well.....I dig it.

FWIW, made by Mirr in S. Korea
Same outfit that makes Duesenberg & Reverend guitars

 

[DFB]

I like it.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Headstock is Fano-esque. I wonder if that could be a problem.

 

[bsman]

Not too shabby. I've been sort of thinking about a 335-ish guitar (perhaps one of the new Korean Guilds) and this appears to scratch a similar itch. However, I might decide to spend a bit more and get a used Heritage instead.

The thing that concerns me are the Custom Wound “Mendiola” pickups. Replacing pickups in this sort of guitar might be a nightmare, and I wouldn't take a chance unheard at something like this.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

That's not bad.

 

[gtrjunior]

S'ok...

 

[bsman]

A little research shows that they have been served with C&D letters from Gibson -- interesting reading: http://www.puresalemguitars.com/puresalem-vs-gibson/

 

[Lerxst]

A little research shows that they have been served with C&D letters from Gibson -- interesting reading: http://www.puresalemguitars.com/puresalem-vs-gibson/

What's the cost of a stamp?

IIRC the cardinal was a firebird-esque guitar and as @dougk can attest, there are plenty of Gibson C&Ds to go around these days.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

If you don't protect your trademarks, you lose them. Gibson does a lot of awful stuff. Defending trademarks isn't one of them.

 

[Lerxst]

On a related point you see with a lot of companies like Puresalem that most, if not all, of their product is a riff on existing designs. Not many companies can get buy on being totally original in a market that heavily values traditional designs.

 

[PunkKitty]

I like it.

 

[Tiltsta]

I dig the guitar. I think it looks pretty cool with no f holes. I'd give this a try if I didn't just buy an amazingly great es335.