Product: Orpheum OD38SWR
Price Paid: US $300 used
Submitted
05/21/2005
at
11:28pm
by
Gary
Features
:
10
2004 Dreadnought solid spruce top with Redwood back and sides maple neck and ebony fretboad. Heavy trimed in abalone arround soundhole and binging with beautiful cloud fret markers. Gold hardware marked Tacoma (looks like grover). Similar style to Martin D-41. I think it is Korean manufacture.. Very stylish.
Sound
:
9
Acoustically it competes well with my Martins and Taylors soundwise...brighter than my D-28 closer to spd16 maple and similar to Taylor 614. I installed a Sweet Spot pickup which gives it reasonably good amplified sounds as well...good stage guitar
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
Excellent fit and finish for price range, excellent match on top, nice grain. Redwood very nice deep color, well finished. Elecellent abolone work. Took a little setup work to get the action low enough for me..no buzzing
Reliability/Durability
:
9
Seems durable, light weight but solid feel. I gig it with little worry
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
It was blem (barely visible finish crack) and came without warranty. Have had no reason to contact factory
Overall Rating
:
9
Playing for 40 years own 60+ guitars including several Martins, Taylors, Yairi, Takamine...you name it.. I record with Martin 28 and Taylor 710 and use this guitar mainly as a stage instrument since it is very pretty and souds nearly as good as my best guitars.. If lost or damaged I'd go looking for another one..
