Review of a Babicz Signature Series guitar
by Stan Jay - Mandolin Brothers.

Review of a Babicz Signature Series guitar
"Personally handcrafted by luthier Jeff Babicz (pronounced Babbits) of Newburgh, NY, who is limiting production of his hand-mades to no more than 6 to 12 of these premium models. How premium? Well, it has highly figured Brazilian for the back and sides as well as the headstock front and back plate, gold plated hardware including Schaller tuners, and Mah-Stah Grade Engleman spruce for the top. The tone of this guitar is unequaled in its Sonic Purity and features the Patented "icZ" technology, a proprietary method that allows his guitars to send players, pluckers and pickers into orbit without any expensive chicken lunches with the Governor. Before we get into the extraordinary tone, there are plenty of features to discuss. The pretties include a master-grade mahogany neck topped with an ebony fretboard, bound in tortois(oid) and a border that's purfled in gold, a inlaid Abalone rosette surrounds the soundhole, a mother-of-pearl inlaid "Babicz" logo as well as top and side dots. The torque-reducing split bridge and retainer are made of ebony in a way that allows for lifelong intonation adjustments. These components are secured to the sounding board with a unique fastener design, which can be easily repositioned, while the saddle height never needs to be adjusted. The result is permanently enhanced tone and volume. Now let's talk about that Master Mahogany neck, built "by a musician for musicians." A key is provided for the back of the neck (you'll see where - there's a little gold plate) that allows you to adjust the action height from an as-low-as-you-can-go-electric feel, to a high in the sky slide without ever altering the scale length or the pitch - it stays in tune! Within the cavity, you can see the set screws that apply pressure to the internal mechanics of the patented neck lifting device.

But even with all these technical coolnesses, the first thing you'll notice is the string anchors. Spread across the bottom of the board like a bevy of bananas, lateral compression is created across the soundboard, increasing the strength inherent in the design, while allowing for a more delicate internal bracing - the result of this is increased vibration of the top, you know, a sonic poem! Oh, and did we mention the sliding-drop shaped matte-clear pickguard? Ah ha. I thought we had. You can have all of this - custom feel, constant balance, cool tone and the sonic poem!"