Samick D-8CE N Continental

Everything is on the Samick product website. What is not on the Samick website is that the guitar now is delivered with a Fishamn Clearwave 50 (includes a tuner). It's a solid cedar top. Made in Indonasia it says on the guitar paper label. Tuners are Gold Grovers.

I was looking for a guitar to play when I could not bring my amps, so I use this guitar mostly un-plugged. Has this nice warm acoustic sound, but not as warm as I expected (brand new strings tend to sound a bit too bright for my ears). I guess the sound will change a bit with aging.

Got it from the factore, tuned the strings and started playing never felt the need to change anything at all. I did not like the look of the fingerboard (i'm spoilt by the ebony of my Gretsch), could not find any other fault on the guitar at all.

It is as solid as an acoustic can be. Don't plan on buying a backup so it better be reliable.

Company actually replied to emails. They pointed me to a shop in the netherlands with great service, Got the guitar shipped in three day to my home. I have a 1 year warranty and a free set up.

I have mostly electric guitars (Gretsch Tenny, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Strat), so this is my first a/e guitar. I looked for many other brands but this was the one with the best overall value for money. I did like the Wechter Pathfinder looks but this was laminated top and twice the price of the Samick.

Made in 2004 in Korea. Has 20 frets and is a beautiful solid quartersawn cedar top, finish is just gorgeous. Im not sure what type of finish it has. It has a Fishman 4 EQ system with a piezo pickup. The sides and back are made of rosewood, im not sure if it Brazillian or Indian. It is a dreadnaught style cutaway. For the price this guitar has a ton of features, and looks very nice.

I play mostly rock, and am starting to play some bluegrass. i play for my church and it sounds great for praise songs. It has a warm sound, not to loud, and the base tones come through nice. it sounds decent unplugged, and i think it sounds real nice plugged in, and the EQ gives it some versatility.

It looks nice, the neck is straight, and there are no cracks or blemishes that i can see. the saddle may be a little sloppy, not real tight, but im no expert.

ive only had it about a month, and so far it is dong nice. it has the big grover tuners so it stays in tune nicely, it seems very well built and i think will last for years. i used to have an epiphone acoustic, and this guitar looks much more solid.

Overall rating for the money, and if you are starting out and serious about playing without being a recording star, this is great guitar. For the intermediate player (me) its great!