I've been playing acoustics for 30 years and I've owned probably 20+ guitars over the years. Had a few epihones, about 8 fenders, Jack and Danny, Yamaha's etc ranging from £100 to £500. When I saw the 120NT at £58 I thought it might turn out to be just another Chinese copy of poor construction and sound so I read all the reviews which stated the opposite so I took the plunge and bought one. First thing I did was remove the plastic nut and saddle and replaced them with bone which I do with all acoustics. Set the action at 2.5mm on the 11th fret and .75mm on the first fret.
The build quality is fabulous and I can't find any flaws anywhere either in the finish or the wood grain. I've had the camera inside and its immuculately put together, flawless again. I've spent 3 days trying to find the catch, because there must be one at the price but I can't find one.
How does it play? You'd need to spend £200+ to get the same sound or even more if I'm 100% honest. It's loud, the overall sound is similar to an Epi Hummingbird but much better than an Epi AJ200 because it has better sustain. The rest of the guitars I've had can't even approach it, not even close. I'm so impressed I've ordered a set of Grover tuners in gold plate and a set of abalone dot inlays just to bring the looks closer to the sound its making. It sounds like a solid top, the camera inside was inconclusive as to whether it is or not but I can't see any plywood layering on the profile of the sound hole but it sounds better than many solid tops I've owned so I suspect it is.
How Thomann have done this has got to be one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century. Get one.
