Hohner Eclipse or AXIOM/Woodware-roundbacks?

realCop Posted 2009-12-29 3:53 PM (#384903) Subject: Hohner Eclipse or AXIOM/Woodware-roundbacks? Joined: December 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Germany Hello to everyone, does anybody know something about these woody roundbacks compared to Ovation? For a few years the manufacturer (www.spaxmusic.com) built some of the Ovation-guitars there (Korea)... Difference in sound, volume and tone? Thank you... Old Man Arthur Posted 2009-12-29 6:09 PM (#384904 - in reply to #384903) Subject: Re: Hohner Eclipse or AXIOM/Woodware-roundbacks? Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR I have never tried a Hohner Eclipse. They used to turn-up on my evilBay Ovation searches until somebody might have mentioned copyright infringement. I would really like to try one, cuz the backs look Great! Unfortunately, the top looks confused and fugly! Even if you buy the hype about the "Cross-Woven Spherical Alder for its back." It is still Plywood. I would like to try a used one for $150... But I doubt that I could re-sell it. You gotta give them credit, they even ripped-off the Five Piece Neck. "Strings and Things" in Salisbury, MD has been trying to unload these things on evilBay for a long time, but I haven't got $330 to experiment. But! When I went to the Hohner website they don't have anything about the Eclipse. Leads me to believe that Hohner has not manufactured them for a long time, and the ones that I see are just old-stock that they are still selling.