Aaron Mendonca from Honolulu, HI
Subject:
Great for the price!
Reliability:
I've recently bought it so not sure yet.
Overall:
Great little guitar for the price. The v-neck is a bit hard to get used to but after that it's fun to play.
Playability and Feel:
Fine once you get used to the v-neck.
Tone:
Well balanced but more on the bright side. Not a lot of low end bass as expected.
Finish:
Fine. Be warned it's an "antiqued" finish.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Do you own this product?:
Yes.
Jimi Vini from LaGrange, Illinois, USA
Quality:
The Quality is fantastic.
Reliability:
I think it is very reliable and built well.
Overall:
I think this guitar is well made.
Playability and Feel:
It feels great to play. The neck is great.
Finish:
The finish is excellent. They did a great job of making it look like a guitar from the late 1800s.
Action:
The action out of the box was fantastic.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Do you own this product?:
yes
Date submitted:
12/17/2010
Blues Boy from MI USA
Quality:
Not well made. Not dependable. Sloppy tuners. Laminated top. No volume, no bass. Awful neck.
Reliability:
I've owned this guitar almost a year, a tuner went bad. The bridge started to rise up due to no glue between the rear of the bridge and the FINISHED top - revealing Laminated spruce, although it is described as Aged Look Spruce Top, not mentioning the lamination.
Overall:
This is junk. The inlays are crooked, the sound is similar or less than a kid's cardboard guitar. The top is thin plywood. Mine has the worst glue job I've ever seen on a guitar, places where the stain did not take and insufficient glue under the bridge.
Playability and Feel:
The V neck is really too sharp to be comfortable. I guess it looks old timey but it's impractical. The action was OK. I say WAS because mine is now unplayable due to the glue letting go under the bridge - and I only used light strings!!
Tone:
It just doesn't get it.
Finish:
The finish is supposed to look "Aged" I guess, meaning someone in the shop banged it up on purpose with a screwdriver or something. The worker knocked an inlay right out of the bridge and this passed inspection.
Action:
OK
American Musical Supply was good to me when early on, I decided to keep this thing. They gave me a discount due to the misplaced and crooked inlays. However, Washburn has unfortunately surprised me. In time, as I stated, the bridge came up due to poor assembly. My Washburn 12 stringer is a beauty but this Parlor Guitar is nothing but a 500 dollar wall hanging.
Do you own this product?:
Unfortunately