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Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

4 / 5
Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

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Specifications

Product features

Number of frets
21
Number of strings
6
Body depth
Full size
Bridge type
Tune-o-matic + tailpiece
Centre block
No
Sustainable product
Not specified
Pickup configuration
HH
Pickup type
Humbucker (passive)
Neck connection
Set neck
Wood type (back)
Linden (basswood)
Fretboard wood
Poplar
Wood type (soundboard)
Maple
Wood type (sides)
Linden (basswood)
For what genre?
Jazz
Includes cover
No
Includes case
No
Colour
Wood/natural
Country of origin
China
Left-handed
No
Body material
Maple
Scale length
24.75 inches (629mm)
Body type
Hollow-body
Set
No

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight
4,2 kg
Dimensions
111,0 x 53,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

  • finish: high gloss
  • top: flamed maple
  • neck: hard maple
  • neck profile: C
  • string nut material: synthetic
  • truss rod: yes
  • bridge: TOM-style
  • tailpiece: trapeze
  • hardware finish: gold-plated
  • machine heads: sealed, self-lubricating
  • pickguard: black with white edge
  • pickups: 2x humbucker
  • controls: 2x volume, 2x tone, 3-way pickup switch

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Specifications

Product features

Number of frets
21
Number of strings
6
Body depth
Full size
Bridge type
Tune-o-matic + tailpiece
Centre block
No
Sustainable product
Not specified
Pickup configuration
HH
Pickup type
Humbucker (passive)
Neck connection
Set neck
Wood type (back)
Linden (basswood)
Fretboard wood
Poplar
Wood type (soundboard)
Maple
Wood type (sides)
Linden (basswood)
For what genre?
Jazz
Includes cover
No
Includes case
No
Colour
Wood/natural
Country of origin
China
Left-handed
No
Body material
Maple
Scale length
24.75 inches (629mm)
Body type
Hollow-body
Set
No

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight
4,2 kg
Dimensions
111,0 x 53,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

  • finish: high gloss
  • top: flamed maple
  • neck: hard maple
  • neck profile: C
  • string nut material: synthetic
  • truss rod: yes
  • bridge: TOM-style
  • tailpiece: trapeze
  • hardware finish: gold-plated
  • machine heads: sealed, self-lubricating
  • pickguard: black with white edge
  • pickups: 2x humbucker
  • controls: 2x volume, 2x tone, 3-way pickup switch
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Product information

Product no: 9000-0043-3605

General

Fazley's FES418 is a good-looking, attractively-priced semi-acoustic guitar from the Vintage series. It has a flamed maple top, gold-plated hardware and comes equipped with two humbucker pickups that deliver a warm, classic sound to your amplifier that can be tweaked using the set of dedicated tone and volume controls and a 3-way pickup switch. This model is great for playing styles like blues and jazz.

The FES418: Construction & Sound

The FES418 has a basswood body that produces a well-balanced sound in combination with the maple top and neck, along with the poplar fretboard. The overall tone is full, bright and well-defined with accentuated mids and trebles. If you're looking for an attractive and affordable semi-acoustic guitar to add to your collection, Fazley's FES418 is a good choice.

Bax Music Warranty This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

Reviews (14)

4.0
14 reviews

Rating

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2 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Arrived today..very quick delivery.
Stunning looking guitar...but on closer inspection....quite a few lacquer runs and flat patches on the bodywork.
As for playability out of the box....not good..

Fret buzz on 5 of six strings from bottom to top of the neck...shame really because it is a beautiful looking guitar...also there was no Allen key supplied for truss rod adjustment.
Seems to have a nice tone to it.
I'll know more once I've sent some time on it to make it playable...must have been QC'S day off
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5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Very pleased with this,my first archtop guitar. Although cheaply priced,a well made and lovely finished guitar.I had to remove the nut,and reduced the height of it with sandpaper, but apart from that the setup was excellent. Sounds great,and is very easy to play.
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4 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Further to my original review, I would like to add that, as it came, the frets really did need a polish, but other than that... happy:)
Rich UK
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5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

This lovely little guitar is much more than I thought it would be! It's very well made, and as it came it was set up more or less like I prefer. I do all my own set-ups, and am pretty particular, but I had little to do. The string height was pretty close (1.7mm 6th string,1.4mm 1st string at the twelth.). The intonation was about spot-on, but the nut slot height was way out. No problem, just a little careful re-cutting solved that one. The finish is very good, just a couple of finish sags on the sides, but nothing to be bothered about. The frets were well finished, no sharps there. The sound of the pickups is rather nice, better than I'd imagined, nicely balanced and smooth. The tone controls work! It's a nice instrument to play, and I feel will only get better. The rather bright look to the finish will fade somewhat with a bit of light exposure, in time. all in all, a very useable and pretty guitar - one thing though, two days after I bought mine, the price dropped tp £207!!!! But I'm happy :)) Rich UK
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4 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Not had it long but well pleased with it's build quality, it has quite varied warm tones through my 1970s WEM / Watkins tube amp I might well swap the bridge over for a roller type as I feel it is a little bit sticky on tuning up but overall I like it.
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5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

My son loved this guitar, great sound, comfortable hold and stunning scheme.
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5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

It's rare for me to buy a guitar without first trying it out. In this case I don't regret my choice.

I was attracted by its classic archtop look and colour. I can remember seeing this type of guitar from way back and they were always out of my price range.

These days you could buy a classic archtop and it might cost thousands.

This guitar comes with a 2.5 mtr lead, allan key and a screwdriver.

It has roundwound strings, I think they are 10s. I will change these to flatwound 10s.

The body work finnish is excellent. The action is also excellent. I think the intonation will need some adjustment but I will tackle this when I change the strings.

The sound is mellow without being muddy and I guess the neck or neck and bridge combined positions are my favourite sounds.

Overall it's not possible to be negative about this instrument especially at the price.Great buy.
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Reviews from other countries

5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Dingue ! Bon, il faut changer les cordes car elles vibrent, mais j'avais hâte jouer, donc je l'ai accordée, elle est restée accordée depuis (5jours) ! Rien à régler, impeccable, très beau bois, en fait rien à redire. Excellent rapport qualité prix !
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This review was automatically translated from French.
5 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

1ere expérience avec Bax Music
Très agréablement surpris.
La guitare que j'ai reçu est parfaitement réglée.
Rien à faire dessus.
Belle guitare,bien finie et très agréable à jouer.
Je conseille juste de mettre des cordes en 11/42 pour avoir plus de rondeur.
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This review was automatically translated from French.
1 / 5

Fazley FES418NT Semi-Acoustic Guitar (Natural)

Celle que j'ai reçue est pleine de petits défauts : vibrations dans le chevalet, micro chevalet fixé de travers, manche écorné côté micro...
Dommage, elle est très agréable à jouer et plutôt chouette. Mais celle-ci n'a du passer par le contrôle qualité. Je l'ai renvoyée et recommandée, car elle me plaît, en espérant que celle que j'aurai en échange sera sans défaut. Je compléterai alors mon avis.
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This review was automatically translated from French.

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