Back and sides are laminate. With the Westerly Collection guitars, if it starts with a 2, it's solid top, laminate back and sides. 1 is all solid. The new 3s are all laminate bodies. It should be noted that all Guild arch back flat tops, wherever and whenever made, have laminate backs.

Five years later... do you still have and play it? How has it held up? I'm looking at one of these or a Cozart Tele 12 string (for perhaps a P90 pickup swap) as an inexpensive instrument. Thanks for your video.

I wish you could tell me which one to buy.

Had this guitar for 20 years and it still plays great. It's in some of my vids tbh

Thanks for this...I sprung for one a few weeks ago and you described it perfectly. Bit of setup work and was ready to go. Surprisingly good sound for a small rig. I agree though..this is my 4 th HarleyB and they do punch well above, but not that high. Played a Martin mahogany 000 last summer and wow! But at 2100$ Canadian, that's for the next life...at least for us pensioners! :) Enjoyed your video very much...again, thank you.

would you happen to be from Dorset ?

What can you say about vintage (circa 1979) Japanese made Ibanez 350 classical guitar? I bought one recently but struggling to find anything about them.

Great review, and thanks for the reference to Julian Bream's documentary.

it has a truss rod?

Sit down and play it properly for those of us who want to hear the guitar.

Your a top man . I love your passion for guitars and honesty . Love that you are bigging up the Cort company sending love bro ❤

Saw your video on string spacing. I have been looking for a guitar with a slightly wider night and wider string spacing. I don't have fat fingers but I have arthritis in my knuckles which when playing doesn't allow me to bend my finger enough without touching the string below. I've been using a classical guitar that has a 48 mm nut but it is really too wide. If anyone could suggest a guitar that has a wider string spacing I'd appreciate it.

yesterday i bought this guitar from a woman,with all the accessories for 50 euros ,it is practically new ,greetings from Austria

Got mine home half hour ago and noticed the face of it warped like a couple of big "bubbles". Go China!

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Thrilled to see you reviewing Daniel. Enjoy everything you do. Wish you were still here in the US but I totally understand. I made a few fabulous purchases from you when you were here in the US. Hope that everything I going well for you and the family.

I have fingers like blind cobblers thumbs and cant play a guitar with 43 mm nut width. Keep pressing too many strings. My hands are not massive just fat fingers. Cant play E chord cant play A chord with 3 fingers. Going to try a Cort guitar with a 48mm

Love the guitar needs a floyd rose 😊

Washburn is a company and not a luthier making faultless guitars. They sell factory guitars and not individually made guitars.

well, if they do shoddy work, then I don't even consider them luthiers. I've never worked on any guitar just to get it done quickly, & I've given clients choices between more & less expensive repairs, but always explain the differences. The quality of your work is your reputation, & whether or not your name will be passed around by reference for future clients. The quality of your work determines future work

sometimes the guitar, even if nicked, is better than the seller. ;-)

I have my finger hovering over the buy button for the natural model. Wilkinson hardware for that price is a bargain. Will watch your follow up video now.

for the mono price, is it actual wood on the fretboard or synthetic? thanks in advance

I just bought the cutaway version , nice sounding guitar.

that's a lovely little classical. I have one, a Paul Beuscher that i picked up in a little guitar shop in La Rochelle while vacationing in France back in 2010. I like to string it with Savarez nylon 520R. They seem to offer well rounded mids & bass that I like when finger picking

he is NOT a classical guitar player since they do NOT look at the audience for approval.

There are ignorant sellers as well as buyers.... BOTH have to have a knowledgeable person educate them and some will refuse to listen.

I bought 2 of them just to get the super light bodies from them for my partscasters.

Question??? What gauge string does it come set up with?

I have a couple of Kremona's. A regular Romida, a custom built Romida 7 string they made for me and about to acquire another one (Solea). They are excellent value for the money. Private luthiers hate Kremona's because they are so great and affordable. And hand made in Bulgaria at their own private factory.

It's actually a 000 size isn't it?

Who is making the best sub $500 guitar right now?

In 2023 I happened to spot one of these, brand new at GC, discounted to an unadvertised price of $249. After 10 minutes of playing it I knew it was a steal. Bought it and now I like to play it tuned very low, almost like a baritone guitar, and it handles that range very well. Very comfortable, and the playability is outstanding. Looks nicest in the charcoal burst color.

Upgrade the guitar nut 25 eu and in 15 eu copper bridge spieces bax ,and it wil sound mutch better ,, rolling fretboard 5 minuts work sand paper,cheap upgrade ,it not worth spendiing more money

Nice video man! Btw I actually thought you were Matt Tuck from BFMV from the thumbnail 🤣🤣

That could just be a loose screw on the bridge, cheap bridge. I can see from here the high E saddle screw is sticking out. Snug Dow those screws and buzzing will go away but yes Gotoh bridges are made in Japan $24

Next time I can't sleep, I'm going to load this video.

Just picked up a James Neligan today, sounds and feels great, but the strings are a bit heavier than I'm used to

Very helpful information for me. Thank you for posting this. It deserves many more views.

Thanks for the great review. Do you think this guitar can handle steel strings?

These are amazing guitars but there’s serious quality control issues. I currently own two of them and both have the box coming apart. In one the top separated from the rest at the bottom near the end pin and other had the same issue with the back. Perhaps there’s not enough support underneath, they used bad glue or simply due to the lack of any kind of binding. It’s easy enough to fix with some good glue and clamps but definitely worth considering.

hei..what guitar model u use it on this video ?...did the wider frett ?..big nut width ?

300-350$ wouldn't pay over 400$ though. Couldn't they at least have made it different a little bit more different than a Les Paul changed the knob layout or something. Looks like they really focused on a Les Paul with creating it.

I prefer the bolt on necks tbh it’s a lot easier to get the neck repaired or replaced if something were to happen. I’m not just not a glue on neck type of guy but that’s just my personal opinion of course

Hello Daniel. I bought a cello, violin and viola from you back in Cincinnati. I’m still playing my bass. So happy to see you still working as a luthier

Around since 1943.Not so sure about original motives to invent it and produce it but probably nothing to do with ebony mimicry, guitars, and tree conservation. Seems a bit of a strange thing to do with paper and put time and effort in to the tooling and manufacturing without a money/ marketing insight.

Nice review of admira Malaga guitar.

I am a Martin 00015m owner, I purchased the Fazler brown w55 none electric, i popped a bone saddle and bone nut sounds very nice and really responsive. It's a really nice guitar and compered to the Martin well its on par. I love the large sound hole reminds me of santa cruse.i will do a demo of both soon. I also polished up the frets and oiled the board, the guitar sounds alot more than 69 quid now.

I kind of hate there's no volume adjustment ....

I find mine hard to play. The action is extra low, but it has seven courses x 2 strings and the pegs are a violin type, so tuning it isn't the easiest, and it is missing few strings and I was so far unable to find adequate ones. Great that you can restore your own instruments, I lack the guts. And I have plenty to be restored. My best guitar smells like a heaven and is as loud as a boomstick, but it is completely warped and cracked belly and back, but the body is Brazilian palisander, currently unavailable and in CITES, so I just play it with the huge action it has and I am extra careful about it. My oldest instrument is a bass viol cca 1500 and it is completely tragic, unplayable, I bought it because it was old. And my 4/4 double bass needs restoration too, someone glued a piece of wood with epoxy inside.