Comments on: REVIEW: Aslin Dane’s Bohemian

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:43:56 +0000

Where can I buy Aslin Dane guitars in the USA? something wrong with their website.

By: Karl L. Aynedter

Karl L. Aynedter — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:22:09 +0000

The only modification I have made on mine is I insulated the cavity with copper foil due to a lot of static hum. I got mine a few years ago from maker for $499.00. Love it-plays great now

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:15:46 +0000

So where can you get one of these? I live in Tokyo.

Thanks.

By: Cary

Cary — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:13:09 +0000

Hey Dan,

Not being a Luthier or Guitar Tech I can’t say there was anything I would have filed down or shaved off ; ) but if I owned one of these myself I would probably ultimately upgrade the tuners to something with locks.

That said, part of the charm of the Bohemian is definitely its vintage funkiness, so while those plastic pickup sliders may be rather cheap (you know, the little black square ones like you used to find on electronics back in the ’70s) they really help make the guitar what it is, and I wouldn’t feel any need to replace them.

Of course, it’s all subjective… I try hard to keep in mind an instrument’s price-tag when writing up a review (ie, so I’m not comparing apples & oranges… or Squiers & Fenders, so to speak)

With that in mind the mini-humbuckers didn’t put out quite as much juice as the Seymour Duncan’s on my ESP, but they were still pretty spunky. That said, they worked passably in tap mode, but could have been better. Once again, for the price they sounded great.

Hope that helps. I wouldn’t purchase the bohemian looking for an $800 guitar, but it felt like a steal at $350.

By: Dan Shubin

Dan Shubin — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:04:31 +0000

Cary,
Did you find anything that you would have upgraded, filed down, shaved off…you know the drill…? And did the pups seem to have decent harmonic output, you know, lively?
Dan

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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:43:26 +0000

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