Art & Lutherie Cedar

The Cedar Black model has a beautiful finish. Mine is about 7 years old now, and still plays, and looks great. Cedar Body, rosewood fingerboard. Mine has no pickup from the dealer, but I had a fishmann installed.

I Play some praise stuff and blues/rock. This guitar sounds great. It's got good tone on the low end, but still cuts through with the higher frequencies. Even with ultra-light strings, it's got good bottom end. I think the older it gets, the better it sounds. Definitely plays in well.

I bought this guitar from a store, and found the set up ok. I've had the action lowered a little, but that was a personal thing, wasn't really necessary. All of my buddies say it's one of the nicest playing guitars they've seen.

The guitar does scratch easily. The black satin finish doesn't hide anything.
I've carried it across Canada and have had no problem at all. It stays in tune while playing live, and really needs only minor adjustment between sessions.

The store was great. I've had no dealings with A&L directly.

I've been playing for a while, and this is one of the nicest playing and sounding guitars I've seen. It's cheap, but could compete with the Martins and Classic Gibsons easily. I think it's a great guitar. It has been excellent from the time I began playing, until now.

Rich full sound that compares with or outshines many $1k+ models. I lost so much commision when I worked at a guitar shop because I couldn't bring myself to not show people this guitar when they were looking at taylors. There are better guitars and if the attack isn't set up when you buy it it will buzz on the low E string. Can't comment if this is fixed on the newer models as mine is 14 years old.

The tuning machines were really nice when I got them. Still haven't changed them in over ten years and stays tuned. Period. I mean, I went on an 8 month deployment and besides having dead strings they were only off by 10 cent. Wow. But the attack was dreadfully high when I got it. I had to have the attack lowered. I've changed string weight and set up so many times I couldn't comment on if I had to set it up when I got it. I also had to install a strap nut on the top of the guitar but many grand plus guitars don't have them either. The finish did wear off the neck after 8-9 years but I would expect that. It has a nice hand polished look to the top of the neck now.

It has a good finish that has lasted over ten years. I got this guitar when I was 12 and now that I'm 26 it has lots of dings and scratches but still sounds great. It withstood a clumsy 12 year old, numerous camping trips, plane rides, and several falls on concrete. (Yikes) It just looks like a well worn and loved guitar. It has outlasted 2 heavy duty cases.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 14 years and all of them on this guitar. Love this guitar. It's finally getting old and losing some of it's beautiful sound. Not to say that it sounds bad it just doesn't have some of the qualities that I loved in it anymore. Although you wouldn't notice the loss at a concert. I'm only considering getting another one because it is so beat up after 14 years and I don't want it to go the way of the buffalo. I've grown quite attached over 14 years and want it to last another 30 but I need a knock-around guitar for that to happen.

Chech review (check 1st review 30/9/06 and 2nd review 1/7/07)

Sounds still very good till today. The only thing is the 1st E string is buzzing as the neck might have bend a little.Adjust the neck and the buzz might not be there anymore.

I have been using it to play in church when i am on duty and it never fails me till today.

My guitar have been scratch quite often, but it depends on how deep is the scratch. if it guitar pick scratch, you can polish and the scratch marks will be removed.

so far none used

i would still reco this guitar as it is a good guitar. If lost i would try to get this guitar again unless i decided to get another new guitar.Guitar stays tune for quite some time.

Been playing guitar for about 8-9 years when i got this for my birthday. I did tonnes of searching. This thing is made like some of the nicest Taylor, Maton, Fenders etc...Dreadnought shape. looks nice.

Unbelievable, you don't expect to hear this sort of tone for under a grand. Rich bottom end for a nice rocky tone. Truely amazing tone!

Very nice. Finish is matte, which looks much nicer IMO.

only had it couple months.

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Best guitar in the price range. Get one as a back up even or camp fire. you will probably find your self playing it more than your exy guitars tho!

Beautiful cedar solid top dreadnought acoustic. Nice looking natural body and rosewood fretboard. Quality instrument.

No cut away and no factory electronics on my model.

These features are available for about $125 more. Did not have the cash to buy the extra features.

Right out of the box this is one of the best acoustic guitars I have ever played.

I bought it with no features otherwise I would give it a 10.

I play acoustic guitar, song writer, hobby, open mic nights and some recording.

This guitar has a perfect acoustic sound.

The sound is just as good as my Martin but just a little brighter sound, but nice all around

Perfect action right out of the box. no adjustment required tuned it and played.

Brand new have not had a chance to bring it anywhere but looks good all around.

no problems yet.

I have been playing good many years and this guitar is fantastic.

It is just as good as my vintage Martin but much cheaper.

came with godwin pick-up and rosewood fretboard and mahogany neck cedar face e.t.c. made in canada. it was cutaway and easy to play higher than the 15th fret. not laminated.

i play a variety of rock to blues and found that it covers all ranges. it is nice to pick after the action is lowered and when plugged in sounds reasonably bright but quite warm and rich when not plugged in.

i found the action a little bit high personally but that soon was fixed. the cedar wood looked superb and a really nice colour. the saddle was slightly high but i replaced it and now i have a spare. it was unscathed and immaculate when i got it.

the cedar wood is not very and it would seem that it would not last a heck of a lot of playing on stage if you are strumming hard. i myself never had the opportunity as my sister put her foot through it and i was going to replace it with another but i live in New Zealand and were out of stock so i replaced it with a DEAN QSE Key Largo. it scratches very easily and suggest not to go on stage with it.

it came under warranty for 12month and am trying to repair it service was friendly but i do live in NZ and i didn't buy direct from manufacturer.

i have been playing for about five years and i do not have the money to buy an extremely expensive guitar and this guitar really takes the cake. when not plugged in it sounds nice and warm yet it seems bright when played harder. definately worth the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and

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It really sounds good till today.It sounds good when you are plucking it on slow songs.Good sound when you are strumming it too.

Well I did the same as Isaac.I had to lower the saddle so that the neck wont bend and it will be alot easier to play. If you dont want to lower the saddle, get lower tension strings so that the neck wont bend (not guranteed). For another safety, get a new saddle so that you can keep the original saddle that comes with the guitar.

This guitar scratches very easily. Dont even try knocking the guitar a single bit. Fix a pickguard if you dont have any on the guitar.

Dont know as I havent deal with them and I dont think i got a warranty.

This guitar is a nice guitar to play with. It sounds good BUT it scratches easily and the saddle is too high. So it is really up to you all if you want to buy this guitar.

Solid cedar top, looks like a mahogany neck, wild cherry laminate back and sides. Truss rod at the nut, seagull tuners, inlaid white binding rosette. No frills, but it looks pretty clean.

OH MAN, does this sound nice. Full, but not bottom heavy, sustain for days, lots of complexity. Not crispy, but it does have detail in the high end. Harmonics sound beautiful.

EUGHHHH! The original setup was awful. The nut was cut well, frets dressed evenly and the finish was nice, but the saddle was WAY too high, and the neck was bowed like crazy. My rating is for the guitar AFTER I adjusted it. Prior to my adjustment, I'd say it would have been a 4. I'm guessing that at least a few of the "warped" neck reviews are actually just bowed to oblivion. Not that it makes it any better. The dealers should adjust these when they come in. A&L says that humidity is to blame, but even so, that's cold comfort to the people who don't know how to work on them. And there's NO excuse for the saddle that I had to take almost a 1/4 inch off of. I've seen Dobros with lower action. However, I am pleased to report that after some adjustment, it plays wonderfully. Absolutely worth the elbow grease.

The raw materials are very solid. Absolutely a workingman's guitar.

HAHAHAHAHA! Good luck with these canucks! You might get a reply back from santa at the north pole first.

I have to say, the store I work at used to sell these, and from what I can tell, they change the models at the drop of a hat, And the stock setup is awful on these (but the cheaper Wild Cherry models are ready to go out of the box - go figure). They're more solid than most chinese imports (and sound better) but they always need initial attention.

If you have basic guitar tweaking skills, this is an excellent choice. Otherwise, buyer beware. I have to say, though, if it were lost, I'd definitely replace it with the same.

Brand New, not sure what year it was made
Solid Cedar Top
Tuners work fine, not out of tune yet.
Pickguard
21 Frets
Godin EPM Quantum 1
Hardcase (Extra Being paid, rm210),strap (free), String(free as the string has rust on certain part)
Single Strap Button (Crap) Need to get a planetwave quite release strap.

I play Praise songs and jazz.Sounds good when unplugged but when it is plugged, it can be abit bassy and there is a need for tuning before you can really play live. At times when strumming too hard will cost a buzz..But it is worth getting as there is a rich sound when it is being played.

Finish was superb and i made sure that the guitar was clean from the inside and the outside. Other things like tuners, saddle was all fine as i check the guitar many times before i bought it.I am very particular of finishing as i am paying for it. I did ask the shop to adjust the neck for me as i want it for more comfortable playing.

Not really sure as this guitar is still new. The bottom strap button is solid (tested)..I am not sure if i will use it on a gig, but will try it out during christmas and let you all know.

Never Deal with them yet as i just bought my guitar. The shop told me if i have any problems, i can bring it back to the shop.The shop told me that the guitar dont have warranty which confuse me.

I have only bought this guitar for a 4 days and so far the guitar is ok. I love the sound of this guitar when i tested it. I did test other guitars like Seagull S6 and Seagull S6+sprunce,but i still love A&L guitar more. If the A&L guitar u buy dont have a pickguard, please help yourself by getting it fix. It wont cost much. You will really need it as the guitar can scratch easily. I will repost once again after 5 months and there will surely be some updates.

average, unremarkable

Guitar is missing a lot of the lows & highs. Goes out of tune very easily, terrible guitar. I've been playing for 12 years, a friend of mine bought this guitar as a beginner. This guitar is terrible. We are exchanging it tomorrow.

Action on the neck is not bad, actually. Perhaps it would be worth sanding down the bridge and putting the strings a bit closer to the neck,

very bad. in 2 months this guitar has gotten a warped neck.

don't know.

Hunk of junk. Not worth the money!