Esteban Burswood Acoustic

Yep, it's made in China. So what? My wife was made in china and she is faithful, beautiful,and an all around great person. The guitar doesn't have as many nice features as my wife, but it is still a good guitar. What's with all the Esteban bashing anyway?

Sounds better than I expected considering the reasonable price.

Maybe some of the flamers of this instrument are just that, flamers. Maybe the guitar has improved over the first ones produced. I don't know. All I do know is I'm very happy with mine. I suspect that some of the flamers are competitors, and hope by flaming this one their brand will sell better?

I've only had it a few months, but so far so good.

I haven't needed customer support, so I can't say one way or another.

I'M 59 Been playing since I was 8. Toured Europe with a blues group, still play nightclubs. Love this guitar. Bought it the first time for a friend's grand daughter, was so impressed I bought another for myself. For the price it is basically "disposable" not to worry if it get damaged or stolen. Never heard of Esteban before. Don't think I would like him if we met. He's the kind of person that makes me want to puke, but I do like his product.

i dont know whats wrong with people- either they thought they were talking about a different guitar or they just wanted to leave a bad review!! This guitar is the best guitar! It comes with a hardshell case, a 12wt amp that would cost 5o bucks seperately (it is so reliable i use it with my electric guitar)strings and extra strings that really sound just like Martin&co. Darco, a cord for the amp, two dvds that literately taght me everything, more than 15 songs including greensleves and my favorite,house of the rising sun. the dvds also taught me a whole bunch of chords and scales! a strap (it should have came with the button so u could use it though)and chord book!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sound fits any style!!!!!!! seriosly! when u do greensleeves it sounds sad and like its supposed to then go to a country song like wildwood flower it switches to country mode!!!!!!! any style u like this has it if it sounds good ill play it and everything sounds best on this! The variety of sounds depends on what song u play it sounds like anything it has wiked clear, bright but smooth sound. It is rich and has absolutly NO FRETFUZZ!! when i played this guitar i forgot what fretfuzz was! also when u plug it into the amp it has an overdrive button that suprisingly makes it switch to sound like Ted Nudgent!! OR AC/DC! any rock!! (bsides korn because korns like death metal and 5000000000000wt speakers and really is just alot of screaming THINGS MUST DIE)!!!!!!!! (they kick ass though)

it was set up set up so good!!!!!! when it came some retarded people reviewing this guitar said it came broken and the strings were all broken. DUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how stupid r u?? its called the strings are just put on u have to tune them!!!! Have u ever seen a guitar brand new before? It came so unbelievably shiny and bright! AND IT WAS DEFINATELY ALL WOOD!!!! dur! some people were complaining it's made in china WELL NOTHING IS MADE IN AMERICA! ibanez is made in china, stagg is made in china, Fender and squier are made in mexico What the hell is the difference! Everything was in exact order- the neck was gorgeous, nothing is wrong with the frets, NO loose controls

The guitar is Extremely durable! well i admit that since it was my first guitar that i had a lot lot of uh,ohs and oops and CRAP!! or even some F&*% u guitar!! GET OUT OF MY WAY!!! Its been able to handle all of those "beatings" and shows up with an unoticable tiny scratch on the back of the neck!! I've had the guitar for a year now and it still smells like brand new finish! it still just as shiny and the finish never even started to were off. I can definately depend on it!! there is never any geto scenes that u have worry about this guitar having right when u r in a concert or any thing. And the strings that came with it- u dont have to worry about breaking. the stock strings lasted 2 months and they still didnt break after me playing it everyday and i just got board of the strings and wanted to replace then! I would definetly use it on a gig with no back up unless u have really cheap strings and they break thats your fault The strap button is plastic but big whoop! its not like it hurts any thing besides hard steel or bronze ones will probably break the strap!

I'm proud to say that iv never had to get the guitar repaired because of it's superb quality and duribility. I'm so stupid i don't know how long the warrenty is, but it doesn't matter because i deeply think that this guitar is gonna last a life time!!

I've been playing for a year but exceled as much as a 5 year experience. I own a yamaha acoustic that was 150 used with no case, amp, or electrical output. The esteban kills that guitar with its brighter tone and way better deal. I love everything about it and i dont hate anything. The only thing i wish it had was better picks* If it was stolen or lost i'd definitly buy a new one but black.My favorite feature is the price. But this thing isn't a cheapy, no, its not like u get what u pay for its like u get 10 times more than what u paid for. Also if u are a collector of vintage guitars, i have i 1964 Ventura Brund acoustic guitar. It's pretty rare. But i'll be honest- since back then they made them with plywood, it sank a little bit inside itself so the high E sounds weird, but it is fixable. I'll give to any one one willing to pay some where starting around 50 bucks. Email me at Yoshiparty5@aol.com. I'll send u a picture.

Features? This thing is made in China. Fake wood "instrument", bridge that falls off, sharp frets, those are the features.

Sound? It sounds like this: KABFFT KAWMP KABWANG! because I smashed it.

The fake wood (it's cheapo enough to be fake) is ugly, and the finish stinks of glue. Or Esteban's jizz.

The bridge fell off and broke, and I broke this thing, so it didn't last.

Well, it's smashed. I didn't smash my Squier Bullet Special, so that says a lot about the crappiness of this thing. Get any other instrument than an Esteban.

Features?? What features! It's an acoustic.
The only feature that I see is that you have to get a file, and some sandpaper to try and make this thing playable.
I had to file down the nut, and the bridge to TRY and make it so that I can maybe play this THING!
I took the strings off and sanded down the fretboard a little,
and after sanding off some of the finish on the back of the(guitar? is that what this is)? neck, I see that the neck is made of wood, and the fingerboard is also.
The neck actually looks like a cheap grade of maple, not sure.
the fretboard I can't tell as I did not take off enough to look at the grain, (if there is any).

Once that I filed down the nut, and the bridge, the sound is not that bad, It needs a good set of strings though.
I would not run out and buy one for the sound,
all I'm saying is the sound is not all that bad.

The action sucked, the finish on the body was ok, the fingerboard and the neck suck.
The intonation was poor, and there is no adjusting that on this acoustic without replacing the bridge.
The tuning pegs were not that bad, They actually keep somewhat in tune,
I still will replace them with some better ones though.
The frets are horrid!! I am going to have to hand file them to try and get them to be decent.

This axe is not for gigging at all, at anytime, anywhere except maybe in your house, all alone, with the doors and windows shut tight so no one can hear.

Never dealt with the company, I think that Estaban should at least get a better axe, with some better quality, this thing is horrible,
even though it may have one,or two things that are ok, it has numerous bad qualities.

I am going to tell the truth here, no reason to fabricate, you don't know me and never will, so the truth will prevail here!!
I got into a bad accident 5 years ago, and was struck by an un-insured motorist, leaving me with over $350,000.00 in medical bills.
I had to sell everything off, (an L-5, an ES 335), and an axe that was handmade for me, among other items.
So being as I was broke! I decided to give this a try as I could pay on time.
What a mistake!!
I would rather not play at all, than have to play solely on this piece of crap!
I am 60 y.o., and started taking lessons at age 7, so you do the math.
I graduated Berklee School of Music in '67, and played and taught professionally for many-many years.
Including being a studio musician for three major recording studios.
I am not going to get into the depth of my experiences,
suffice it to say, I have a tremendous amount of experience to justly give an opinion on this so-called guitar!
Although the axe has a couple of good qualities,--- overall, PLEASE,PLEASE, PLEASE, save your money and buy something better, anything is better than this, believe me.

I bought the Esteban Granada cutaway classical acoustic electric from HSN. I loved it. I have been playing for 30 years and have 11 guitars, Gibsons, a Fender strat, a guild 12 string, an Ovation etc.
however, I thought this might be too good to be true when I saw the commercial, and was quite nervous while waiting for it to arrive. When I got it.....I loved it so much I bought another. Anyone expecting something grand for $235.00 is a fool. It is worth every penny. The acoustic sounds from this guitar are mediocre, but it sounds great when played through the cool little amp that is included. This guitar isnt made in Madrid with the quality of a Cordoba or something. It is meant as a starter guitar for students! It is a good value for the money!! It stays in tune reasonably well, however I probably will invest in better tuning keys for it.Even a new gibson les paul comes from the factory with crappy tuners that must be replaced if you want to gig with that guitar! I dont understand why anyone has trouble with returns at HSN. As long as you ask them within the first 30 days they will replace. One of my Eseban guitar cases had a loose seam and was coming undone.............so I called HSN and was told to expect a new one in about two weeks. If it doesnt come in, I will let you all know. My hat goes off to Esteban for putting a decent, affordable guitar in the hands of new players. I support that idea because due to this rap trash that is being put out these days by morons with no talent....one day , actual musicians will be a dying breed. Maybe Im old fashioned but I think that for something to be classified as music, it should be made by an actual musician.....not some mouth-breather who just rhymes spoken words to (someone else's) records! OK im off my soap box now. Mmarksm404@apl.com

I bought the Burswood Classical from HSN. It was made in China. This guitar is strictly a first guitar for someone who doesn't know if he is serious about learning. I've had steel string guitars, but this was my first classical.

The strings sucked - had to replace them immediately. The tuners were okay - it did stay in tune.

Note that my ratings are for an entry level guitar.

The sound was okay - I've heard worse. After a few months however, I knew that I needed a new guitar with volume and a deeper, richer sound.

Action was actually very good - and there weren't any obvious flaws with the instrument. It was a cheaply made instrument though.

The guitar would not stand up to serious, long-term playing. I mainly got it learn classical guitar. This is strictly a beginning guitar. Never even think of playing this guitar for a gig.

Didn't need any.

After reading some other reviews, I must have been one of the lucky ones who got a fairly decent guitar. It all really depends on what you want to pay. Remember, that you will get what you pay for. Don't expect a fine musical instrument for $130.

After a couple months of playing, I realized I needed a better sounding instrument and ended up purchasing a true student quality spanish made guitar. I paid $700 for it, but the enjoyment of playing it made it worth the extra bucks.

I purchased this guitar for Christmas 2005. It is the 2005 cutaway model and arrived with a non-working amplifier. The amp is totally dead. The guitar falls out of tune within minutes, even after a week of re-tuning. The wood really smells--reminiscent of the fiberglass factory in Taiwan that custom made our boat. Just not happy with it and YES...I had to pay return postage to HSN. HSN would not even listen to the fact that it arrived broken. Never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The amp came totally dead.

I'm not a musician, so how do I know. I just know the wood is crap.

Every time I tried to tune it, I would hear the neck "ping".

HSN was non-sympathic.

Played it 2 weeks. Gave up. I just wish something about it was worth the effort so I don't feel like a total fool for ordering it.

Look, at first when I heard that my dad ordered ANYTHING from home shopping network, I told him immediately that we were returning it and he said "No just give it a chance". Well, I got it today, and not only did it arrive broken, it doesn't stay in tune, its made of plastic and wood and you could probably make a better guitar out of tissue boxes and floss. We are sending it back and the only thing worthy of keeping is the guitar bag that it comes with. The guitar itself is a waste of time and money. It goes to show that you should NEVER buy something without playing it. Listen to other reviews and take advice when people say its a piece of crap.

It sucks. Any other guitar is better.

People, people... please. It is a guitar that sells for 'x number of easy payments' over a cable-channel shopping network or an late-night 'infomercial'. What on Earth are you to expect? It was made by Chinese child labor in a slave-hold somewhere. The absolutely cheapest parts and paints and glues were used to construct this rip-off. Anyone with only one name, like 'Esteban', should not be trusted to sell you anything that you cannot try before you buy. TV shopping is the electronic equivalent of buying from some guy's trunk, or from a guy you met on the train to work 'who knows this guy'. I cannot feel sorry for the suckers who get taken in by these TV hucksters and their unconscionable lies. You truly do get what you pay for. I have never, NEVER paid less than $100 for the INSTRUMENT ALONE, BEFORE SHIPPING/HANDLING OR A SINGLE ACCESSORY and still gotten a guitar worth a damn. By the way, 'Esteban' must be related to 'Marcos', the hat-and-shades-wearing Hispanic-looking guy responsible for the "learn to play harmonica in 10 minutes" crap. Why is it that the purveyors of such imported garbaggio all have to wear big hats and dark glasses...?

It is quiet, with no bad notes or buzzing. No intonation problems, no trouble with the tuners. That is because I picked it up once at a flea market, took one look, and dropped it like a hot potato. It is quiet because I will never play it, so it sits mutely in someone's pile of second-hand junk for sale in a parking lot in south Jersey.

My geeky cousin who literally wears a pocket protector and Coke-bottle glasses has more action on a Friday night than this POS. Bookmatched top? How about I put a lit matchbook on top of this plywood monstrosity and do the developing third-world nation's slave population a favor? Where is the Che Guevara of today to rescue these poor slobs from having to manufacture this manure? Harmony Central asked and answered their own question: Did the guitar contain any flaws? YES: misaligned bracing, poorly filed fretwire,
finish flaws, poor quality wood, rusted or oxidized hardware, loose tuning pegs, poorly cut nut, poorly fit saddle, noisy pickup selector, loose controls, etc.

Will this guitar withstand live playing? This guitar would not withstand the only thing I would do with it, which would be to drive over it with my vand and then set the scraps on fire.

Does the hardware seem like it will last? If you can find it at the city dump where I would throw it, go and check for yourself.

Is the finish good enough to last? I have seen Tammy Faye Bakker wear makeup that will last longer than this spray-paint. There is graffiti in NYC that has lasted longer.

Are the strap buttons solid? They might be, but not when they are screwed into this balsa-wood rattle-trap.

Can you depend on it? Yes... to sound like garbage and be worth $0.

Would you use it at a gig without a backup? I once found a guitar on the side of the road. The body was split along 40% of the top seam. I used, so help me, ELECTRICAL TAPE to bind it up, then I HOT-GLUED an old guitar pickup into the soundhole. I used a convenient chip in the bottom bout to hot-glue a jack into the thing, and I played that jerr-rigged, ugly freak of a thing for a solid year. It held up better at its worst than the Estupido TV Special.

You have got to be kidding. A guy in a big hat and dark glasses who goes by a fake name puts the aforementioned fake name on a useless/worthless piece of crap, and you want the nameless drones who answer the phones at HSN for 6 bucks an hour to actually help you? Anyone who tries to tell you that there are things that can be repaired or improved about this guitar should be arrested and shot.

I have been playing for 15 years. I have taught guitar and have been the owner of just about every major brand of guitar there is: Gibson, USA Fender, Rickenbacker and so on and so on. I have never had the guts to treat anyone so badly as to offer them a rip-off like this. I could not sleep at night knowing I had encouraged someone to spend their money on a plywood nightmare like this 'Excrement'. For the same money, and even less, I could send you to a store in New Jersey where the imported instruments are ten times better in quality, and where the prices and customer service are better than Guitar Center, Sam Ash or any other chain store. By the way, a little caution to the prospective buyer from/victim of EsteBUM: The book/video he hawks with this pile of crapola contains songs like Malaguena, House of the Rising Sun, Red River Valley and so on. ALL OF THESE SONGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THAT MEANS THAT THE PUBLISHER OF THE BOOK DID NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYONE ROYALTIES FOR THESE SONGS. WHAT PERSON WOULD BELIEVE THAT A REAL MUSICIAN WITH SOME PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY WOULD BE PLAYING CONCERTS FEATURING THIS CRAPPY GUITAR AND SONGS FROM AN ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL MUSIC BOOK? Save your money, email me and I will get you a deal from the store I shop at that will make EsteBUM look like the crook he is.

This was made in 2003 in China. It looks like it is maybe a wood top, but it could be a composite. I have never seen wood behave this way. It came with a little amp and 2 dvds.

After using my exacto knife and sandpaper on the nut and bridge to get the strings in some semblance of proper height and location, I realized it vibrated seperately from my strum, it was like a ghost was inside of it. It has a wooden sound I think. It resonates loudly, but with no precision. I have not heard a worst sound in a guitar I dont think, but even still it sounded better than a washing machine.

There were some areas that glue was explosed. The wood was stained but not properly lacquered or the lacquer did not stick or the chemicals overall were bad. Stain cames off on my left hand each of the 5 times I have played it. The Bridge was properly placed but whoever set the height was wrong. All I can think of is that it is designed for giant margins of errors on the other end of the frets. The wood does not seem to actually be stained as much as painted. All the string string tightners were looser than they should be. I can't imagine how it holds a tune.

It was broken when I got it and something else has broken on it each time I have played it.

I have played since I was 12 years old, this makes 35 years now. I have a Taylor 910ce and Seagull S6. I wish I had asked how many were returned. This guitar cannot be stolen or sold, I reworked the face on the guitar and made it into a toilet seat for my outhouse at the cabin. The rest of it I am ashamed to say I put in the trash. I was afraid of the chemicals they used would poison me if I used them in the fireplace or used as mulch. This was an impulse purchase for a cheapie guitar for the cabin. All I wanted was a cheap cheap guitar. This thing is better as toilet seat than it ever was as guitar.