A true jazz box, the Fame SE Series Big Boy Black offers the sound, look and feel of traditional archtop guitars. Built from classic ingredients and to a proven recipe, the hollow-body electric guitar features a voluminous body that adds airy, warm, semi-resonant character to the sound of two Tron-style humbuckers played with versatile switching on the amp and is ready for any fun from jazz to
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Fame Big Boy BlackI needed a Gretsch style hollow body guitar for a specific sound required for a project.
The Fame Bigboy SE, looks the part from a distance, and certainly has the right sound.
The build quality isn’t great; I had to clean up the fretboard (sharp metal inlays cut my fingers), and the volume pots are next to useless.
The guitar should be fine for the project tour, but is unlikely to survive much longer than that.
The guitar is visually perfect (mine is White). Upon playing, a few minor faults appeared.
1. Frets - several had rough edges - simple file dressing was all that was necessary
2. Tuning - Bigsby tremolos are notorious for losing tune and this is no exception. I have ordered a roller bridge and Gretch tuners in the hope it will fix the problem. I will also lubricate the Bigsby when installing the new parts . Even with the extra parts cost, the guitar is about the same price as the Harley Benson equivalent. Overall, great value for money and will be a super guitar when fully updated.
Nice guitar for the price looks good, good sound from pickups tremelo arm a bit dodgy but most bigsbys are any way treat it gentle seems to be the answer a lot of mates are impressed with how well it looks and for the price well a really good guitar
Really pleased with this.
I was not expecting such a lovely sounding guitar for the price paid.
The service from dv247 was also very good.
Highly recommend this guitar and dv247