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KEPMA GUITARS SOLID TOP SERIES - F1E OM NATURAL electro-acoustic guitarThe Kepma F1 OM is an Orchestra sized guitar that does something quite unexpected: it combines a compact and playable guitar size with huge, jumbo sized sound. Sounds like a contradiction, but believe us, it works! It features African Mahogany back &sides and an HTT (High Temperature Torrefied) A+ solid Alaskan Spruce top, which has been custom tapered and patiently hand tap tuned" (*) for perfect frequency response and tonal balance. The F1 OM (for
The Kepma F1 OM is an Orchestra sized guitar that does something quite unexpected: it combines a compact and playable guitar size with huge, jumbo-sized sound. Sounds like a contradiction, but believe us, it works! It features African Mahogany back &sides and an HTT (High Temperature Torrefied) A+ solid Alaskan Spruce top, which has been custom tapered and patiently hand tap tuned" (*) for perfect frequency response and tonal balance. The F1 OM (for Orchestra Model) provides you with an amazing level of playability and "electric-like" action, impeccable high-precision build and simply amazing sound for a smaller body guitar. But wait, there's more! Another highlighting feature - besides the premium built and sound - is the use of the PLEK PRO state-of-the art technology. Latest innovation in guitar manufacturing, PLEK is an entire process that helps achieve the optimum playability of each instrument: with the help of a computerized machine which scans the whole fretboard (all the work performed on an instrument is done under simulated string tension to reproduce exact playing conditions), it files and cuts the frets accordingly, resulting in precise intonation and buzz free playing right out of the box! But wait, there's even more! Paired with the DOUBLE S1-PRO pickup, preamp and FX system, the acoustic-electric F1E OM model is unmatched: when playing acoustically (meaning not plugged into an amplifier or mixer), you get stunning Reverb, Chorus or Delay right from the guitar, no effects pedals necessary! When you plug into an amp or mixer, the S1-PRO provides you with an undersaddle piezo pickup PLUS an onboard condenser microphone with a blend control. You still have the effects available as well, so you can take total control of your sound right from the guitar preamp control center. It's truly the best of both worlds, all for an amazingly affordable price. Comes standard with a Deluxe nylon padded bag. (*) Hand "Tap" Tuning Each top is hand "tap" tuned to measure the overall balance and frequency response of the top. If the frequency profile is not precisely "matched" to the desired profile, then the top is put back into the tapering CNC for additional refinement until the response perfectly matches the desired response profile of the instrument. BODY Body Style: OM (Orchestra Model) Top: HTT Solid A+ Sitka Spruce HTT treatment: High Temperature Torrefied top = increased strength + stability Back &Sides: African Mahogany Finish: High gloss Bracing: X Sound hole Rosette: ABS Binding: Black and White ABS Bridge: Walnut Bridge pins: ABS Saddle: Bone, Triple compensated Pickguard: transparent NECK Neck: African Mahogany Thickness: 21 mm - 22 mm (1st Fret - 9th Fret) Width at Nut: 43 mm / 1.7" Neck Finish: Smooth Satin Neck Binding: ABS Neck Reinforcement: Dual Carbon Fiber rods Truss Rod: Bidirectional Nut: Bone, 43mm x 6mm Fretboard: Rosewood, 400 mm radius Fretboard Inlay: Acrylic Number of Frets: 20 Pleky: computer-assisted setup for optimum fret dressing Scale Length: 647.25 mm / 25.48" OTHER Strings: Elixir Acoustic Phosphor Bronze NANOWEBy Coating (.012-.053) Tuning Machines: Silver K High-End Series 18:1 Electronics (F1E models only): DOUBLE S1-PRO - Piezo pickup Volume (push/push for preamp on/off) - Tone control - MIC (condenser microphone level) - Reverb selection (Room or Hall) and effect level - Delay ou Chorus selection and effect level - USB charging port - Multifonction indicator (green: on / yellow: low battery / red: please charge) Kepma Deluxe "High-End Guitar Bag""Shipping Notes
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★★★★★ 5
Thought Provoking
Format: Kindle
I bought this book after I heard the author on a podcast. Growing up in the US we have been inundated with the story that the collapse of the Soviet Union was an inevitable triumph of liberal, Western values. I had my doubts. Even poorly run dictatorships can muddle along for years. What the author did was center Gorbachev in the story. He was the eye of the storm. It was the terrible combination of Gorbachev’s ambitious idealism and gross ineptitude that led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Unlike much of Marxist historical narratives which emphasize the forces of history; the author shows that it’s individuals who shape events and are shaped by them. A different person than Gorbachev could have turned the tide in a different direction and left us a different world than we have today. This is a history book that teaches lessons not just about the Soviet Union but about human history in general.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2025
★★★★★ 5
A compelling account of the fall of the USSR
Format: Kindle
Zubok describes blow by blow the series of decisions that sent the USSR towards disaster. Gorbachev, widely hated in Russia, comes across as principled but indecisive, ignorant of economics, and incapable of translating his worship of Lenin into coherent action. The book reads like a thriller despite the density of facts. Zubok is a pessimist, but his thesis is convincing.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Fascinating, an against the grain account of the perestroika era
Format: Kindle
Gorbachev is hailed as a hero in the West but the book tells the story of a meek, naive individual that precipitated the fall of the Soviet Union creating suffering and an a!most unprecedented calamity.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2025
★★★★★ 2
A masterfully falsified history of the late Soviet developments
Format: Paperback
This book represents academic propaganda, providing some interesting insights into important events. Some details are true, but some crucial details are omitted. It represents a sanitized version of Russia's modern history. It provides misleading information about Gorbachev's constitutional reforms, aimed at partitioning of 15 republics into 53 confederation entities. Originally, the targeted republics were Kazakhstan, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, etc. Those conflicts were manufactured by the Soviet center to discredit "nationalists," facilitate the partition of national republics, and grant Moscow right to protect ethnic minorities. According to Starovoitova, Bakatin, Yakovlev, and a few other primary sources, the Soviet security services led special operations in the Caucasus and Central Asia to provoke those conflicts. Zubok avoids citing those parts. Using the imperial approach of "divide and rule," Moscow attempted to become a peacekeeper in the conflicts it created between different ethnicity.
In addition to fragmenting the republics with well-developed national identities, Gorbachev's new constitution would revoke their right to leave the USSR, written in Lenin's 1922 Constitution (Shakhnazarov, 1992). Zubok does not explain any of it. His book is an effort to protect the truth and conceal facts with Russian myths and lies about nationalism (also referred to as Nazism). Notably, Zubok does not recognize non-Russian republics and describes them as "territories." He mentions Pitsunda as a resort on the Black Sea, not as Georgia. For lying about the genocidal ethnic cleansing conducted by the Russian military against the Georgian population of Abkhazia, Zubok owes apology to the victims of conflicts and wars initiated by Gorbachev and carried on by Yeltsin.
The story about "the hardliners coup against Gorbachev" is also a big fat lie. American scholars, Amy Knight, John Dunlop, and William Odom provide more accurate insights. For Russian sources, read Marshal Shaposhnikov or Aleksandr Lebed's memoirs (1995) and listen to Gennady Yanaev's interview (2009). According to Mitrokhin archives (original), the August 1991 coup was an active measure the KGB developed per Gorbachev's request. The so-called coup was part of Gorbachev's constitutional reform, which would lead to the removal of unfriendly leaders (including Yeltsin) from the republics. It failed because the Soviet military brass, foremost Pavel Grachev, had defected to Yeltsin earlier in 1991. When you read a book by a seasoned Russian propagandist, like Zubok or Trenin, take it with a grain of salt, because it will always contain a mix of lies and truth.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023
★★★★★ 5
An important work and worth the time.
Format: Hardcover
Real scholarship addressing difficult but important topics in history, economic history, and development. What every economist should read to think much more deeply about how institutions, culture, and human agency interact. At the same time, scholars like the three co-authors demonstrate that there still remains the possibility of doing work that isn’t larded with ideological or activist posturing. Highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2026