Section for the review of Robin Gtrs..

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I have a Robin Medley Standard that has custom graphics on it, the guitar basically looks like an American Express card! It has a humbucker in the bridge and two single coils in the middle/neck position. My Medley has a 24 fret rosewood fretboard on a maple neck, the neck feels almost identical to my Jackson USA Dinky DK1's neck, except it doesn't have the shark tooth inlays. The fretboard is thick, over 1/4", the peghead is V shaped with 4 tuners on the upper side and 2 tuners on the lower side. The peghead is attached to the neck using a scarf joint and is angled back.

I bought this guitar in the mid/late 80's and have played it a good amount (I have alot of guitars so for one to get played a good amount means it plays well) The guitar has an original Kahler locking tremolo on it and came with 09's when new. I bought it at a dealer in Lombard Illinois called Music City and had them set it up for 10's but when I went to pick the guitar up they screwed the setup so bad I almost didn't buy it. Luckily I have a good luthier that I trust and he adjusted it and set it up the way I like my guitars rigged. I contacted Robin a few times prior to buying it and they where great. It was made in Texas and it sounds excellent. I would not hesitate to buy another one, except I can't find any dealers locally (Chicagoland area). Music City went belly up.

I was a guitar tech for Kitaro back in the 80's and his guitar player used a Robin Guitar. I thought it was a nice well made instrument and American made which was cool. His was Deep Burgendy with two humbuckers,Floyd Bridge and strat like body. It remeinded me of a Jackson clone but of better quality.

Hattrick

i own 3,& they are all great guitars.a local store
carried them for a few years.the first one i bought was a revival(strat style).i wasn't looking
for a strat,but i went in the store,& found this beautiful guitar.it was a '94 model,& the sales rep brought it there to show the new features the 94 models would have stock.it has a mega-flamed
maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard,light-weight ash
body in see-thru blonde & a red shell guard.it also came w/ their new rio grande vintage p/u's.after i played it,even though i wasn't in the market for a strat-type guitar i had to have it.& i got it @ the '93 price.i would compare it to any strat type guitar that costs twice as much.
how much do i love it?early '95 they came out w/ the wrangler, their version of a tele,w/ 2 strat p/u's & a tele bridge p/u.i ordered a flame
maple/rosewood neck,& vintage style p/u's.i had the ash body finished in tobacco sunburst.when it
arrived it was so awesome i ordered another wrangler w/ an all maple fretboard,see-thru blonde
on the ash,vintage rio grandes & a parsons/white
b-bender. & a red shell guard w/ matching bender
cover.when it was almost ready the owner called,&
said they were waiting on tele bridge p/u's, but i could have a red shell covered one,@ no cost!what
a beautiful guitar.& they cost about 1/2 of a new
fender custom shop guitar(@ least @ that time).
they are a small company,& all guitars are pretty
much handmade 1 @ a time.
& their les paul & hollow-body guitars are really nice too.if you can find them used,because
they don't say fender or gibson,they can be found for even more ridiculous prices.except my 3,they
are not, & will never be for sale!

anyone interested in robin guitars: check out
vintage guitar magazine.they are doing a 2-part
history of the company & the models.in the march
2004 issue,they start w/ part 1:the beginning &
their japanese imports. the april issue continues w/ part 2:the u.s. models ,through the
present.the stories might be online on vintage
guitars website...?
& in the feb. 2004 issue of 20th century guitar magazine there is a full-page review & a
picture of the robin wrangler.they give it a big thumbs up.i have 2( see my review above) &
although the price has gone up a bit since i bought mine they are still very reasonable.
i hope this helps anyone interested in a great
small,handmade u.s. guitar company( & their pick-ups: rio grandes).