Product: J&D Jack and Danny Brothers DG-3S
Price Paid: 350 (euros)
Submitted
03/03/2005
at
07:55am
by
Anonymous
Features
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7
This is a solid spruce top, laminated back and sides.
Havent got a clue when it was made.(no serial n?, nothing)Yet it should be made in Taiwan, because the brand is Taiwanese.
square shoulders(I think), natural gloss finish, pickguard
Oh yeah, steel string (folk), non-locking tuners (good ones, though)
Rosewood fretboard with 21 frets.
Thats about all, i guess. After 9 months or so I let another shop put in a Fishman Acoustic Matrix Natural II. Sounds nice, by the way.
Sound
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7
I actually rather like this guitar. It's a beginner guitar, I must admit, but it has a solid top, and I can't really believe the price. Well, I paid too much, as I saw it for 155 euros in Koln.
For the sound, it's nice, I haven't compared it to much other acoustics, but I believe it to be good, the top lets your tone ring out nice. Weird brand, nice sound.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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8
The guitar was well set-up, but I'm pretty shure the shop where I bought it had already set it up, so I don't know about the factory settings. The top has some weird grains in it, but I kinda like it that way, shouldn't be too dull. Fretboard is getting a bit yucky after a year, but I play it often, so that's kind of normal.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
It will certainly withstand live playing. With the Fishman in it, I have already gigged with it. I used it for one song (for the rest my electric, Ibanez GSA60) and we recorded it with a camera. It looked beautiful, sounded fantastic. Compared to my electric, this one (if you can compare electric - acoustic) is just better. The tuners are non-locking, but I don't give a damn, they hold tune long enough, throughout a gig, for example.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Haven't got a clue.
Really dumb and slow site, though, clearly Taiwan.
Their electric guitars seem to be ugly and dull, but I haven't tried those out. (and i'm not planning on)
Never had a problem yet and if I did, I'd go to da guitarshop.
Overall Rating
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7
In 27 days I'll be playing for exactly a year. I feel like this guitar, as my first one, is ideal to start with. My next guitar(third)though, will certainly be an electric. I'm just more into them. So maybe this guitar will have to last for some time, and I bet it will. Again, I feel bad because I paid 350 euros for it, while I saw it for 155, but that's just the shop, or all of the taxes in Belgium. Jack & Danny Brothers make cheap guitars, but surprisingly enough they aren't as bad as you would think. Oh, I forgot to say, don't play too high notes on it, the precise tone isn't there then, not very exact frets. Chords and lower notes are brilliant. There, that's about all. If you begin to play guitar, and you want a folk, this one is definetly a possibility.
