jerome_travis

The hofners are now made in china. Having said, the neck is pretty comfortable, but it has playability issues for me, i suspect a bad nut job to blame here. They sound a tad brighter than a semi should, but could be due to the Vox I use to test it on

I'd go with the viking Why people don't like the Viking as much? my guess would be it doesnt even stand a chance in the cosmetic department. The Casino trumps all in terms of vibe, it has every combination right for a winning "old faithful" look. I let my casino go as well, as much as I love it, sonically there's not much that I can do with it except blues and jazz! The limited fret access to me was a bit of a bother as well. The Viking on the other hand has the winning combination of a versatile guitar - semi hollow construction, easy fret access. Ric, There are no elitists in Singapore. Perhaps try www.soft.com.sg. the classifieds page, one or two may pop out occassionally.

Vikings of the past hahaha are definitely finer instruments. It really depends on the genre you play. I love mine, but it didnt suit my styles of playing so i let it go. It's a real beauty. But for harder rock, gotta look elsewhere.