2020s Fox Guitars Kalamazoo KG-14F "Tribute" 00-Size Guitar

Overview: In recent years, Fox Guitars must have bought the Kalamazoo name rights because they've been importing their own take on "tribute models" of these Gibson-made guitars of the '30s. This KG-14F model approximates the "real deal" but has x-bracing in place of ladder bracing, a truss rod, and decent tuners. It sounds a lot like a pretty good L-00 which is a good thing but it's not the same as the barky, ladder-braced KG-14s. The Waterloo WL-14 models with ladder bracing are much more accurate copies of those, in their own way. So is it a Kalamazoo? Well, sort-of! Is it Gibson-sounding? Well, sure!

Tone: It's got a punchy, midsy, woody sound just like an L-00. You can lean into it and it doesn't compress much so that's nice for a heavy-handed picker.

Feel: It handles like an L-00 but the neck is faster -- with a mild-medium C shape.

Interesting features: Aside from looking like a Kalamazoo KG-14, there's not much else to write about, here -- it's got a nicely-sprayed finish (and apparently nitro), solid red spruce top, and (reportedly) solid mahogany back and sides. The nut and saddle are bone.

Repairs included: It received a good setup and is ready to roll.

• Weight: 3 lbs 13 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 3/4"
• Neck shape: medium C
• Board radius: 16"
• Body width: 14 5/8"
• Body depth: 4 5/8"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: mahogany
• Bracing type: x
• Bridge: rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: mahogany
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium

Condition notes: It's essentially new with just the mildest usewear in evidence. Everything appears to be original on it.

It comes with: It has a gigbag.

Consignor tag: DDM