Samick D-9

This is a Greg Bennett designed, Indonesian made, dreadnought acoustic guitar. It's rosewood fretboard has 20 frets, joining the body at the 14th. It has a solid spruce top, with maple back, sides and neck. It has black binding, with abalone decoration around the soundhole and edge of the soundboard. It has a rosewood bridge, Grover machineheads and a tortoiseshell(like) scratchplate. It has a nice gloss finish and a very playable, slim neck.

The sound is a little different from most dreadnoughts I have played. I put this down to the maple used and bracing. It has a nice fullish tone, with a smoothness and sparkle I'd normally associate with slightly smaller guitars. This makes it very versatile, for a dreadnought. It is happy strumming, picking or fingerstyle. Yes, this has a very pleasing all purpose tone.

The guitar came with very nice, low, buzz free action and accurate fretting. As with all the Samicks I have played, the D9 came with an almost exemplary finish. The woods blend beautifully and the binding and decoration are of top quality.

A very usuable and giggable guitar. Very solid in design and construction.

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This is the eighth Samick acoustic, in my collection. The thing that strikes me most, is how individual each model sounds. I have a jumbo, a southern jumbo, a traveller, 2 OMs, a classical and a 12-string and now, a dreadnought. The jumbo is rich and full, the southern jumbo is tight and powerful, the tiny traveller rings out, the OM3 is warm, with sparkle, the OM7 is a quality workhorse, the clasic & 12-string are as you'd expect and now, the D9 has a new tone. It's smoother than any other with a sparkle, even with old strings on that belies it's full dreadnought size. add to this, it is beautiful to behold. All natural, light woods blend together, with the binding and abalone to create a feast for the eyes (and ears).