Product: Washburn D43
Price Paid: USD 450
Submitted
07/26/2009
at
05:29pm
by
bacchus39
Features
:
9
solid spruce top. Mahogany back and sides, neck, rosewood fretboard. walnut bridge I believe. neck is bolt on which was very helpful for the reset.
Sound
:
9
just had the neck reset. I have not played it too much due to the neck but now that that is corrected, it sounds great. I have a Washburn Golden Harvest which is fantastic but the D43 will be my travel and backup guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
its a 96 so I don't recall but now that its been repaired, its awsome. I'll give it a lower rating since I had to have the neck reset.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
time will tell. I definitely will be using it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
haven't used them.
Overall Rating
:
9
this is a USA made guitar seems to be of relatively good quality at the time. I doubt you can get a US guitar for under $1000 anymore. seems to have had very limited production. almost no info on the guitar on the net. at the date of this posting there is one going for $610 at Guitar Center used products I see.
I think the price at MF was around $750 and this was a blowout sale and got it for $450 I think.
Product: Washburn D43
Price Paid: USD 265 USED
Submitted
06/19/2008
at
07:50pm
by
Undead
Features
:
No Opinion
Dreadnaught - Satin Finish "Made in USA"
Sound
:
10
This guitar sounds more like something out of the 1920s/30s. I was looking for something with a sound similar to a friend's Leo Fender Hand-made prototype acoustic, when I came across this.
I use it for playing everything from 1920s Popular Standards, to Country, to Rock'nRoll and it records well.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
The action is easy all the way up the neck. I never liked an acoustic until I played the aforementioned Fender prototype.
There's a 'ding' on the lower bout, but aside from that it's flawless. The front and back binding is imitation tortoise shell.
I didn't buy it for its looks. I was 'looking' for a particular 'sound'.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
It definitely feels solid enough, and I've used it at a few local gigs, but since most soundmen don't seem to comprehend mic-ing an acoustic, instead of plugging in an 'acoustic pickup', I opt for one of my electric archtops for most live gigs and save this for more intimate settings.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
I've been playing for 37 years...professionally about 34. I've accumulated a good-sized collection, from an 1861 Vicente Tatay (handmade), to a mid-1920s Bruno archtop... up to three 2004 D'Angelico 'Excel' Prototypes.
I can't find any record of this guitar having been made. Apparently, it's a one of a kind, and though the label bears a hand-penciled Serial #; the "inspected by" line is blank.
