Advantages: great tone, superb action Disadvantages: None
screws on the tuners, two of them were a bit slack. They are unbranded tuners which look a lot like Wilkinsons.
The pickup is a bridge mounted open faced humbucker which delivers a powerful tone that totally belies the diminutive body mass. For such a small body the resonance and sustain is remarkable and the volume and tone controls are totally noise free.
Hofner have been making instruments since the 1880s and appear to have got the hang of it.
The shorty comes in a choice of three colours, red, black and blue. Mine is a turquoisey sort of blue which is very easy on the eye.
Playability is not at all compromised by the size, although I do recommend the use of a strap to aid support, even when playing seated.
For the price you can't fault this guitar. I would strongly recommend considering one of these if buying for a child ...
Advantages: Keeps you warm Disadvantages: A bit thin for winter surfing
Over all I was pleased with this wetsuit, its does the job and was redeemably priced.
COMFORT AND PARCTICALITY
A wetsuits comfort, whatever make it is will depend on wither it is a short summer suit or a long winter one. A short suit would be more comfortable when the water is warmer and you are spending more time on the beach itself, however if a short suit is too larger it tends to shift around much more giving you're a very sour neck. Most Circle One longies make good summer and winter suits because they are thin enough that you will not get too hot in the summer but it is still bearable in January/ February, however it is still important to get one the right size because wearing one which is too small will restrict your movement and one which is too large will rub on your neck and chest. If you do own one which is only slightly ...
Advantages: you have warmth Disadvantages: easy to grow out of, same price as a secondhand drysuit
therefore hiding most of your suit
There is a new silver lining that is designed to keep the wear warmer by heating up the water that is trapped inside the suit. It works, trust me. I had a wetsuit one year, did a dive in about 15 degrees at a lake, got on alright, rather cold though. Came back with the semi dry, almost the same conditions and I was kept warm. Also whilst waiting on the side for the next dive the semi dry kept me warmer and it was less prone to feeling the cold.
As with all semi dry suits they can be expensive and, if you are still growing then it can be a costly investment. However I have dived in the winter, bout 9 degrees water temp and about 8 degrees air temp, and the suit kept me warm. I could undress in stages, rather than have to take it all of and freeze. On saying that, if you waited and saved up about a hundred ...
