Zager ZAD-80CE

All solid wood - Cedar top, rosewood back and sides. Grover gold tuners - Abalone inlay - Fishman electronics with tuner. Dreadnought, cutaway. Made in the USA. Easy Play

Just play for personal entertainment. The sound is clear, crisp and full. Sound is equally as full when connected to the amp.

Guitar was set up perfectly from the factory with their "Easy Play" low action system. Found no flaws in this guitar.

I believe it will be very dependable and last many years if properly cared for. My friend plays the same guitar in a church band.

This gutiar carries the same lifetime warranty as other top brand guitars. They have much customer service through their web site. Most questions are answered in a very short time. They are willing to help with all problems. It is a small family business and they have the time to personnly address any concerns. If not completely satisfied after the sale, they will reimburse all costs including the return shipping.

I have been playing guitar for over 30 years. I started with a Silvertone, which I still have, Epiphone acoustic, Garrison G20ce. I like all for their various tones. I decided to order this guitar because of their Easy Play system, which is an easy playing guitar. The garrison has a little softer tone but a little hard to play. -- One would have to pay twice the price to get a guitar of this quality and sound. It was purchased directly form the factory. Super quick delivery. Is very comparable to my friends Taylor 714CE.

the finih high gloss dreadnaught cut away nice rosewood fret board with fancy inlays, grover gold tuners, nice fishaman clearwave 50 preamp with tuner. solid cedar top rosewood sides and back, beautiful.

great for all type music, acousticly or pluged in sounds amazing. fender acoustic amp and sound board mackie. rich , full delightful sound pluged in or not. I love the way it frets and the string spacing on it.

set up is amazing , denny knows what he is doing when he does his eay playing paten on them. no flaws came tune up and ready to play.Play for hours without fatigue.

This guitar is built as good or better than any made. nice solid hardware finish great stap button solid i can depend on it and denny for any thing. alway gig with back up.

lifetime warantee, great people to deal with .talked to them several times, could not ask for better support and perfossionalism

playin about 45 years, if stolen or lost diffently would want another one. I love the way it plays, sounds, and looks. I have a music shop so compared alot of different ones, and tell you this will bet most high end guitar without any problem. If you have not tried one you should.

Made and purchased in 2006. Electric acoustic dreadnought, cutaway, rosewood back and sides, solid cedar top, abalone binding, abone around sound hole, gold Grover tuners, on-board eletronic tuner with equalizer.

I mostly play unpluged and the sound is rich and full. The guitar produces brighter higher tones simular to the Taylor guitars.

Although I wanted a good looking guitar, I bought the guitar for the action and set up Zager advertized, and I wasnt disapointed. The guitar arrived flawless. The action is low. The neck is thin and it is a very easy guitar to play. Zager uses lighter bracing so he can get big sound with extra light strings. The extra light strings are easier to bend and therefore help make it easier to play.

I have owned many guitars and this guitar seems like it will be durable and reliable. Zager shipped a chrome and gold strap button to be installed by the user since there are many opinions as to the best place to have a strap button. I installed the gold button to match the gold tuners. Zager has a video at their site that recommends the button to be installed on the side above the neck, which I did. This location is perfect since it allows the guitar to fall back toward me verses away from me while playing. On other guitars I had, the manufacturer installed the button on the base of the neck near the side, but the button and strap would sometimes get in my way when playing around the cutaway

Zager takes customer support to a new level. I later bought a case and UPS damaged it. Zager was so apologetic that they not only immediately replaced it, they gave me some small gifts to try to make up for any inconveniences. No other retailer would do something like this. I had some questions regarding the guitar and case which I e-mailed to them in the evenings and weekends and they always responed within a couple of hours-sometimes within a couple of minutes.

This guitar is abosulutly gorgeous. The detail and workmanship put in to this guitar is amazing. I really like the abalone binding, abone around sound hole. When in a well lighted room or on stage, the abalone captures the light and reflects it back. Alalone on a guitar really makes it look classy. I have played Taylor models 300,400,600,700 & 800 series which have a price tags between $2000-$3000 and this $750 Zager sounds as good as all of these Taylors. In my opinion the Zager looks a lot better and has a lot more detail than the Taylors. The action and set up on this guitar allows me to play a for a lot longer and offers more forgiveness when I dont get fingers placed perfectly on a fret. You cant go wrong doing business with Zager.

This guitar is finished natually and beaufully. It is a cutaway dreadnought with sealed grover tuners. I purchashed the wood case for $95 more with a built in humidity sensor. It is a solid cedar top with rosewood sides. It came with a Fishman Clear-Wave 50 3 band eq and built-in led tuner(bridge Pick-up). The bridge and neck are rosewood and have been modified for the lightest action with no buzz.

There are no other guitars in this price range that sound this good. I have never beheld a guitar in any price range that plays as easily. With ultra light strings as the only option, I would say that the only weakness to this guitar is that it must be played moderately. Any acoustic player that is bound and determined to bang on the strings will be disappointed. Bottom line: A perfect beginner guitar that will guarantee continued practice and the expert player that tries it will probably soon leave his 'old favorite' in its case.

Set-up was perfect. Denny Zager is a master luthier who makes his "string science" an art form.

I installed a strap pin on the body according to Zager's instuction. The guitar seems to be built well. It is used as a full time guitar on a daily basis.

The best company you'll ever deal with. You can always get someone with an answer onn the phone. They have fixed all my problems immediately. I've returned one without hassle.

I have bought 3 Zagers. Our church worship team plays one weekly. You won't regret a Zager purchase.

This guitar is a dreadnaught cutaway body style, with abalone in-lay, grover sealed tuning gears, hand carver saddle and nut, hand filled frets, a Fishman electronics package, on board tuner, ect. It's decked out.

I have only been playing guitar for about 4 years, I taught my self through looking up tabs. This guitar by far exceeds the player. It produces a rich, full sound that is bright and will fill a room. I rarely play it through an amp, simply because there is no need except special occasions. I have played a wide variety of music on this guitar, from Dave Mathews, classical, Mettalica, to some classic rock. Although obviously with an acoustic guitar you aren't gonna have the same sound as some one shredding an electric guitar, but the music still sounds great. I have yet to find a single thing about the Zager guitar that I do not like.

The guitar was designed and constructed impeccably. I picked it up out of the box, it was tuned perfectly and began to play Fleetwood Mac's Landslide, it sounds great. The action was amazing. The guitar contained one flaw, its makes you never want to pick up a different guitar again! My friends who have played it would rather play my guitar over any of theirs anyday.

Yes! I have only played live a handful of times mostly in from of smaller groups, but this guitar whether plugged in an amp or not, sounds amazing and will fill a room completely. The guitar seems to be like a tank. I'm a college student and thus, my guitars in the past have gotten nicks and srcatches very easily, this guitar is still flawless for the five months I have had it. The strap button is very solid. I would put my guitar up against any guitar in its class, and would absolutely be amazed if it was not without a doubt better.

I had to adjust the truss rod recently, I had never done this before and didn't want to ruin my guitar. I e-mailed Denny Zager Jr., who within 10 minutes had sent a reply with step-by-step instructions on how to properly adjust a truss rod. I was amazed at the amazing speed inwhich he responded. It really makes you appreciate when an actual figure-head of a company personally replies to an e-mail.

I have been playing guitar for about four years now and have previously owned two acoustic guitars. A Fender DG-10 NAT and an Ibanez PF15CE-BK-14-02. The Fender, the first guitar I had ever purchased, was a lower end cheaper Fender acoustic. For the money though I thought it was a good value. I still have it to this day. The Ibanez was a "middle of the road" electric/acoustic. It had good action and was considerably easier to play than the little Fender. Then this last fall I purchased my Zager. I literally picked it up out of the box, and started playing. I had heard about Zager alomost two years before purchasing it. I, along with my father, had researched many brands of guitars. My father probably spent a total of fifty or more hourse in all comparing guitars, reading reviews, and examining prices. Finally I decided on a Zager after one of his friends had bought one and said it was amazingly easy to play. With the craftsmanship that Denny Zager puts into his guitars, its no wonder why they are incredably easy to play. I will hopefully never have to buy another guitar again, but if for any reason I EVER have to buy another I can promise you it will be from Zager Guitars. I can honestly say after going from music store to music store and playing high-end Takamine, Fender, and Taylor guiatrs, I wouldn't trade my Zager for any of them. I would recommend buying a Zager to anyone thinking of purchasing a new guitar.

I just purchased an acoustic/electric guitar from Denny Zager. I'm extramely happy with the over-all guitar. I was a great guitar at a affordable price. It features are a jumbo style,solid spruce top, rosewood sides and back The neck was thin and the strings were a litter further apart which is just what I needed because of my type two muscular dystrophy. The finish was well done and it comes with Fishman electronics.

I also enjoyed the EZplay set up of the strings which keeps the strings closer to the frets making much easier on the fingers.

Thke guitar really fits my style with is folk, country, rock, and blues. I haven't bought an amp yet but it will be a Fender AcousticSonic Jr. amp. The sound echoed from the jumbo body are full and rich almost like a classical guitar but yet it is capable of sounding bright.

My guitar came without any flaws with a properly bookmatched top and properly fitted bridge. The action was smooth and easy to play (one of the strong points).

This guitar is solidly built and will withstand live performing. The hardware is solid. It comes with a lifetime guarantee on the craftsmanship.

As I mentioned earlier it comes with a lifetime money back guarantee on the workmanship. My dealing with them have been professional and customer oriented.

I have been playing for about thirty years. Besides the Zager I own a twelve string Gibson made in the sixty's as well as my first guitar with was a Kay. Actually I looked at a Martin acoustic/electric that was listed about three time the amount. The actual soond of the guitars were comparable while the electrionic of the martin. The Zager was a much better value.

Beautiful Solid Cedar Top, Incredible gloss finish, Body, Cutaway easy to slide your hand down to reach chords near the sound hole, Awesome Onboard electronics & EQ, Plus Tuner, This GUITAR is one of the best out there right now for the money,

They Have this down to a Science, Its very easy to play , Great setup

LIFETIME WARRANTY, HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG

THE BEST SUPPORT,
EMAIL OR CALL

They are right on it

Well I just wish they had this guitar when I started playing, Its so easy on the fingers , with bar chords and really all chords, I own 9 guitar 3 Acoustic & 6 Electrics , I play all different types music ,I always seem to be playing this guitar, its just so nice and easy to play , sounds are fantastic The only thing that I can say to all is if you don't try this before you buy a guitar, you just made a Big Big Mistake They offer 100% Money back How can you go wrong,

Top Notch for my book. Sure their are guys out there that want to pay 10K for an acoustic guitar to never play it...I'm not one of them. This guitar has a beautiful finish with amazing inlay work. Spurce solid top and Rosewood Back, sides, and bridge. This model has a top of the line Fishman. The looks honestly rivial (I think surpass) the asthetic beauty of the $3,500 Taylors. This is fun when I paid $745 and I'm looking forward to rubbing it in on my Taylor toting friends.

I bought this guitar unheard, simply based on the stelar rating given by the reviews at harmony central. This is the smaller model so they claim that volume is reduced by about 15% over the Dred. All I know is that it is 10% louder than the jumbo I just sold. The sound is incrediable. Full and bright. If you shut your eyes you feel like you get the sound of your favorite accoustic guitar recording (or at least mine).

They claim it's easy to play and it is. Very easy to access all strings. My fingers are on the larger size and I have no problem making chords cleanly. Playing power cords on the acoustic guitar is something to behold. There is a difference, I swear. The action is outstanding.

The guitar is lighter than I expected, but seems very stable. It came perfectly in tune after beeing trucked cross country in very cold weather. These guys know what they are doing. Very nicley apointed. With the guarentee they offer, I have no concerns.

The best of the best.

Stop thinking, just buy one.

Acoustic/electric model
Transparent finish, dreadnought body, gold grover tuners,Rosewood fretboard,2006, 21 frets,solid cedar top, fishman electronics with onboard tuner, 3 piece Rosewood body

Suits my style perfectly, flat-picking and finger-style. I am currently using an Ibanez Troubadour Acoustic amp. Has a rich full tone which you can vary from bassy to bright. A very good sounding guitar.

The action is why I selected this brand. The Zager lives up to it's E-Z Play name. I have played many fine guitars and I rate this one with the best. With the hand modification that Zager does to his guitars you won't find a better action anywhere! I haven't! No flaws on the guitar whatsoever. Beautiful finish with inlaid abalone around outer edges and sound hole.

Absolutely will withstand a lot of playing. Very well made. I can depend on it.

No repairs as yet. It has a full lifetime warranty. Everyone I have dealt with so far at Zager have been wonderful. They really care about their customer.

I've played off & on for about 20 yrs. I also own a Fender DG-16E-12 string, An Ibanez AW100, Ibanez AEF-37, An Aria 12 string, Gibson 6 string Electric. If stolen or lost I would absolutely replace it with another Zager. I love the ease of play and the rich full tone. I considered other more expensive makes such as Martin, Taylor, Washborn and Takemine. I tried them at local music store and I like the Zager best. I highly recommend this guitar to anyone looking for quality, sound and value. If you are just starting to play this guitar will encourage good practice habits as your fingers won't get as sore as with other guitars. I normally don't give out "10's" on product review, but I can't seem to find any faults with this guitar or their company. I am also going to take Zager's online lessons to better my playing. Check them out at www.zagerguitar.com and take time to read some testomonials there. You can hear Denny Zager play each of his models and hear their fantastic tone.

Solid cedaar top, rosewood back and sides, mahagony neck, abalone trim. 14 fret drednaught with gold Grover tuners.

Clear, ringing tone with great sustain.

Low set-up by Zager's String Science. Extreely easy to play. No string buzz. Stays in tune up the neck. Top and sides vibrate nicely due to optimal brace shaping.

This is an extremely well-made and nicely finished instrument. Although mine is new, I would predict that it will hold up well over time becasue of it's ecelent contruction methods.

Excellent customer support from this family-owned company. Service was efficient, detailed, and instrument was received in pristine condition before the expected delivery date.

I have been playing guitar for about 45 years and have owned a lot of guitars over those years, from my first guitar from Mexico that fell apart in the Arizona summer to relatively high end instruments from Martin, Froggy Bottom, Goodall, and others. I currently have two other acoustics that retail for a total of about $11,500. They sound and play great but anyone would have a hard time telling them apart from the ZAD-80 without reading the labels. Since I got the ZAD-80 a week and a half ago I have had no interest in playing the other two although I have played every day. I am seriousy thinking about selling one of them.

Visually the ZAD-80 is gorgeous, well made, and has details that are simply exceptional, especialy for a guitar in this price range. The 3 piece rosewood back is book-matched. Overall it looks like a Martin D-35 with some D-45 trim. With phosphor bronze extra light strings the sound is bright and artiulate with sustain that seems to last forever.

Zagers are sold without cases but the company sells cases of various types to fit.