CONN F15

Made in year (Unknown)--suspect early 70's. The other review states laminated top, but this one appears to be solid. It certainly sounds like a solid top. It is a dreadnought with spruce top. Sides, back and neck are mahogany, gloss finish, rosewood bridge and fretboard, closed gear tuners. Adjustable truss rod. Nice unique detail on edge of head. I bought it without knowing the model...it had no label. But it came with a killer hard case, and voila!!!--Inside was the label which said "F-15". Also there was a complete set of bronze-wound strings and a nice strap. The case is the same quality as made by Martin (but much older obviously, and the latches show some rusting).

The guitar has rich deep sounds, yet still has sufficient brightness. I am actually amazed at the tone quality. I have a Seagull Artist, and the Conn sounds just as good. I also had a Martin HD-28 in layaway early this year (I bought the Seagull instead), and it sounds as good as the Martin--and that is saying a LOT!

The action on this guitar is really low, and the neck is straight. That's pretty good considering that I bought it from a second hand store--where it was donated.

The guitar is surprisingly heavy duty. It is solid and the tuners and strap buttons are all solidly attached. The neck is straight and the fingerboard and frets show no wear. It looks like it will last for many more years.

I haven't dealt with Conn...their guitar manufacturing arm is out of business.

I've been playing for about 49 yrs. I have a variety of guitars including Seagull, Yamaha, Washburn, Michael Kelly, Takamine, and Fender. I seek out older guitars that have aged nicely, in order to obtain a fine instrument with that rich sound that only fine instruments with properly aged woods can yield. I am extremely happy with this guitar...I was curious about them before I bought it and had sought to buy one a few times before I acquired this one. But there are not many out there, so I took a risk when I paid $70 online at a second-hand store. It was a good gamble..this thing was made to the same high standards and with the same quality that has earned Conn (brass instruments) their current reputation for fine instruments. Just like their other instruments, Conn didn't scrimp on this guitar...it has nice detailing and appears to be solidly made. If I lost it I would be sad, and would look for another one.

Dreadnought body, body is Mahogany, top is laminated spruce. I bought this guitar new in 1976 and have played it so much that it has been re-fretted once and needs to be re-fretted again. As far as I'm concerned, the neck isn't too fat or too thin, but then again, I have large hands. The finish has held up well through these 30 plus years.

I've played blues and blue grass on the old girl for so long that if she could, she'd play them by herself! I had a pickup put into it about 10 years ago so that I wouldn't have to mess with a microphone stand when performing. All in all, the tone is very good... not as bright as solid wood instruments, but for a plywood guitar, it rivals the tone and volume of solid wood instruments.

The guitar set-up from the factory was good. I wasted $100.00 to have it set-up again by a luthier. (It didn't make a whole lot of difference.) The quality of the finish was great when I bought it and it still looks great after all these years.

This guitar has been through thousands of hours of play. Not one part has broken, the neck is as straight as the day I bought it and none of the finish has worn off after all of these years. Too bad I can't buy a car or a computer that lasts as well as this guitar.

Conn has been out of business for years. I heard that the demise of Conn guitars it was due in part to the problems that they had with their 12 string guitars.

I've been playing guitar for 36 of my 48 years. This is the second guitar that I've owned and don't plan on ever getting anything else. If it were lost, I'd want another Conn just like it.
I've played a lot of guitars including Martin, Alvarez, Takamine, and Gibson. Sure, the upper end guitars have more bells and whistles and may look prettier, but this old girl sounds every bit as good as guitars costing ten times more.