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Review by
a visitor on Mar 12, 2007
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Applacian Bluegrass, Caton's Ville, MD a highly recommended vendor. They will not let a bad or out of adjustment guitar go out of the store.
$289.00. Solid Top Cedar Dreadnought antique burst finish.
Why I bought it. Good reviews, price. It triggered strong guitar lust in me when I saw it that got stronger when I played and heard it. I've been learning on a yard sale chinese model and I wanted a fingerpickin bluesy guitar. It sounds great. Warm, crystal clear and when you bend a string it sings. Great sustain. Nice voice for strumming and outstanding mid and high range for picking and finger style. I have short fat fingers and the 25" scale coupled with the 1.75 nut are perfect for me. Great fret work down the board as far as no buzz or dead spots, but I'd like the edges to be finished a little more nicely. My old chinese and both of the other nice acoustics I play have bound fret boards. One doesn't appreciate that until one does not have it. Spot on intonation,by a tuner, not by ear. almost perfect action. My brother has a professional grade Alverez and he has serious technical skills performing his own setups. My son has a mid grade Taylor. I thought the Alverez was the best acoustic action I'd ever felt and it is still a little better than mine, but that guitar, used. cost over twice what I paid for mine if you can find one. Mine is every bit as nice as the taylor, except for a solid mahogany body, The taylor new checked out at about twice the price I paid several years ago. The sound hole binding looks great, but upon close inspection it appears to be glued on rather soft plastic. I imagine it serves the purpose (preventing checks from getting too far from the sound hole for those of you who were guessing) and it looks good until you notice your stabilizing finger nail actually makes an impression in it while you are finger picking.
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Sound and action are very nice. And that is what you want one for. I do not play that well, but I've handeled a lot of guitars and this one will not dissapoint. Several with with more expensive guitars and better skills than I have commented favorably about it. It's pretty and with the cherry laminate body it should be fairly durable. In the mid range it has the projection and sustain of more expensive solid wood mahogany and spruce guitars. The low range is a little quite unless you hammer it. The edges of the frets could be nicer and the sound hole binding is gorgeous at ten feet and disappointing when you touch it. No controls just a basic acoustic dreadnought. It is a fraction of an inch thinner and narrower than a lot of dreadnoughts which may have an impact on volume but sure makes the thing nice when you are sitting with it in your lap. |
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Action is nice and consistant down the fret board. It sounds good in my hands and great in the hands of a professional. My practice is more enjoyable and my playing has improved since I've bought it. I'm going to put extra light strings on it, but that is a personal preference generated by my novice status and desire to fingerpick. |
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I've played a few guitars that have a definite edge over this one in sound and a few that have a slight edge over this one in playability, but I have never played one for this price that sounded or handled nearly as well. I have been shopping for four months. The only guitar that I liked better was a nicely set up Gibson Song Writer and that would have been a foolish waste of money for me. I was willing to and could afford to pay twice as much as I did. Nothing I touched for under $1k impressed me as much and the other guitars for under $300 didn't come close. I spent 10 minutes with it in the store asked for a chromatic tuner to check the intonation and bought it. |
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I've had it for a couple of weeks. It seldom needs tweaking. I'm not very agressive in my style, but my brother can beat the heck out of a guitar and actually get people to pay him for it. He strummed it for a couple of hours playing rythym to classic rock and blues with no complaints. Solid tuners, solid and neat construction, solid gurantee. One question to the company via email and a response back in less than 24 hours. |
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Best buy for the money. Absolutley no buyers remorse. I'm convinced I'd have to jump over $5oo in price and be choosey to get anything significantly better. I'm positive folks are regularly shelling out twice what I paid for guitars that are not nearly as good. Men want it, chicks dig it. You should try it. |
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Review by
a visitor on Feb 1, 2005
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ProSound, appx $325,
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Features |
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STRONG - sound is very smooth and clear its not all "twangy-hillbillyish" - it also sit right on your body "like a glove" - electronic controls and cord input is in a good convent spot
WEAK - theres not alot of electronic options (volume, bass, treble) |
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very comfertable fret are perfectly spaced and the back of the neck is the right size(not to bulky) |
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i can play what ever i want and have it come out clean but around the 12th fret on the low E sting only it has some "fuzzy-viberting"(where it hits the other frets) sound - amp sound is great too |
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i never need to tune it, once in two or three weeks |
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VERY GOOD all around just a couple of little mistakes |
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