I received the Z840E guitar at my workplace. Co-workers & I became so excited and anxious to open. First off, the hardshell case is "the bomb". It is a wonderful "tweed" type but the color is a perfect vintage hue. As we opened the case our eyes jumped out of our heads due to the beautiful finish and the wood tone as well as the abundant abolone inlay and binding onof the guitar. Looks so impressive - like Aztec Jewerly!. I named her Abolonia.
Strummed just a few chords to here the crisp clean tonality of the wood. Crystal clear. Now its time to allow the guitar to acclimate to my environment. I do need to say the action was all too high for my preference. So I left it out of the case for the remainder of the day until tit was time to go home. At home I placed the guitar on a stand and allowed her to become accustomed to my home.
I had her for close to a week now. I made a minor adjustment to the truss rod and lowered the saddle (string action) to my liking (0.75 Low E / 0.65 Hi E) The neck is straight with the perfect relief. (After 55 years of guiatr & bass playing and set up knowledge, these adjustments were 2nd nature and preformed flawlessly.) Now the guitar plays like a dream. I rubbed some F-One conditioner onto the rosewood neck and POW it opened right up. The neck is fast & smooth & is very comfortable in my hands, a nice subtle shallow 'C' shape It feels very well made and solid. Action allows her to sing crispily... whether finger picking with or w/o a thumb pick and soft strumming with a medium gauge pick there are no dead notes anywhere! And she stays in tune pure thanx to the locking tuners.... I havent strummed her too hard as of yet, but in a few days I will give it a complete whirl.
There is only one flaw that I have found. Only one! The 10th fret high E string (D note) the outter fret is lower than it should be and buzzes up on the 11th fret. -Just on that one note only. Not on the entire fret. Hmmm, I have addressed this situation once before on another more costly acoustic and I was able to file and dress the fret for a proper suitable solution so I am not in peril at all -
Over all I compliment the builders of the guitar as it will be a definative "player" in my stable.
