Customer Experiences
Aug 18, 2018
James Warner
Verified Buyer
When you buy a Backlund, it's for the little boy inside who dreams of rocket ships and rock stardom. The designs are always spectacular (though in this case, I wish the checker board effect on the brushed metal from the original Katalina design had been retained). However, there is sometimes a (small) price to pay for the extravagant shape. The Katalina is great for standing up and playing, but there are issues when you want to play sitting down. The bulge in the lower body naturally should sit in your lap, but this is not easily done as the jack needs to plug in where your right leg presses against the body of the guitar. I have tried a few positions and some right-handed playing options are: 1. Play cross-legged (left over right) 2. Brace the guitar body between your right leg and right arm 3. Where the guitar strap and play sitting upright I would also suggest using a dog-leg shaped jack rather than a straight one. The thing is, this problem could have been avoided by having the jack socket on the front of the guitar. Sound wise, while my guitar arrived with a fair amount of fret buzz on the lower end of the lower three strings, this was solved with a neck adjustment. The tone is bright and crisp with the kind of strat sounds you'd expect from a three single-coil pick-up set up. There is little bottom end on this, even on the neck pick up with the tone turned right down you get as far as a warm, softer feel. So for smooth, full-bodied jazz licks, you may want to use another guitar. If you want to play spikey rock chords and crystal-clear solos, though, this will do the business.
Jul 9, 2018
Steve Manifold
Verified Buyer
I wanted orange... but the band's colors are red and black. I think it worked out well. What? About the guitar? Oh yeah... The Katalina is a finely crafted instrument, with excellent quality and attention to detail. Its a very expressive guitar both sonically and physically. The set up from the factory was close to what I like so very little tweaking was necessary. The lipstick pickups chime or roar as needed. Position 2 and 4 provide nearly silent noise canceling. I'm really digging on the pickup selector placement, I thought it would be weird, but turns out I love it. I had been eyeing up all the Eastwood offerings for some time, but when my hero Todd Rundgren took the Backlund 100 on tour it really lit the fire. (With G.A.S.
May 21, 2018
Reginald Manning
Verified Buyer
This is an update. I wonder if I’m the only one who has this lovely guitar.Ordered a Fender back in dec still waiting.This came in a week.Now sorry I ordered the fender The cosmetics flawless And those lipsticks!3D sound. .Thank you Eastwood.
May 2, 2018
Reginald Manning
Verified Buyer
I was just sitting home last week,having some cognacand herbs.Just happened to see these oddball ,centric guitars.Gee I said not a Fender or Gibson or clone.I checked out EASTWOOD and went#$%^&!.Then I saw Backlund? Wtf.Ctook out the card and bam.All week long I was like what did I do till I got the kat.Wow just wow!...Even though I only ordered a gig bag ,Eastwood gave me a custom case at same price. I’ll be back
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