Simon & Patrick Parlor

Back & Sides are appently 'Red Wild Cherry'; Top is Spruce and the Fingerboard & Bridge are Rosewood. The finish is very natural. No electrics on this.

It's a small bodied acoustic, it's a parlor so it doesn't need any 'features'. It's honest and does exactly what it sets out to do.

Fantastic. It's totally authentic. Parlor guitars are supposed to have a very specific sound, and this does it wonderfully.

No problems what so ever. Plays great. Totally authentic for this style of guitar.

I've had it for about 3 years, never had a single problem. Copes well with altered tunings. Don't think I'll ever have a problem with it. Made from very good quality parts.

Never had to deal with them.

Superb. I totally love this guitar. Great value. If something ever happened to it, I'd buy another straight away.

However, only buy one of these if you really want a parlor guitar. If you want any other type of acoustic, then buy some thing else. This guitar only does one thing, old fasioned finger style blues. If you wanna sound like Keb Mo or Eric Bibb, then this is the ideal instrument. Other wise buy a different guitar.

Cute parlor guitar that is well made for a low price. Great value!

I've used several brands of strings. The GHS .12 to .52 bronze set sound bright and powerful. This guitar blows away my friend's Baby Taylor for volume and singing tone.

Remarkably good fit & finish for a $250 guitar. Better than Martin.

I'vw had mine for 4 years. I've taken it overseas 6 times. It's been banged around a lot of airplanes. It's holding up just fine.

I bought mine at Eric Schoenberg's shop in Tiburon California. Eric is a world class luthier. He set up the guitar for me. If the guitar needs work, I'd take it to him not the factory in Quebec.

Best of class. You can purchase a much more expensive parlor size guitar from another maker and probably not enjoy it as much. I have owned several Simon & Patrick and Norman guitars made in the same factory. They have all been great quality low price guitars.

The Canadians are comming out with the best guitars for the money by far.Solid top cherry venear sides.

Compareable to guitars at twice the price. Super sweet for such a little guy.

I've owned several high end guitars but at this point S & P is the undistputable champ. Didn't need any real set up.I have it hanging on a wall in my studio and it dresses up the place.

nice solid gourgous bridge

Wrote them got a quick response.

I've been playing for over 30 years . This guitar is my all time favorite.

Solid Bearclaw top, laminate mahogany back and sides.

Great sound for a small bodied guitar. Loud and expressive.

Needed a little set up out of the box, but plays great now!

Didnt have a guitar stand for 4 months and managed to keep it in great condition. Plays great, feels rock solid.

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Great little guitar, perfect for lounging on the couch. Also great for kids.

Same as other reviews - spruce top, laminated back and sides, 12 frets free of body, rosewood bridge,fingerboard, etc... Pretty basic

Tone is quite good all things considered. This box is relatively new and hasn't really opened up yet, but the mids and highs are quite clear and balanced. Low end is what one would expect fom a box this size, but I'm thinking it may open up a bit more.
Fingrpicking is producing the best tone for my style but flat picking is fine. This box can be quite loud if strummed hard and seems to be able to handle it without breaking up

This one I bought was a "factory second." There is a little glue on the sound board on one side of the bridge where it loooks like it may have slipped when being applied, but one has to look pretty hard to see it. Other than that it looks pretty good. The spruce top has some natural variation within the grain on the top which keeps it from being perfect, but I'm more interested in playability and tone than looks.

Seems like it will last if it's not abused and showed a modicum of care. I bought it as a travel guitar and I will be testing this as time goes by.

noe experience here. I bought this from an independent shop and I'm confident any warranty items will be handled satisfactorily through the shop.

I've played for a number of years and own 1 other OM sized acoustic and tele electric. I really like the tone produced and the playability is quite good. The parlor sized body seems to sound significantly better than any of the "travel size" guitars I demo'd.
This one should fit nicely in an overhead storage compartment when flying and be light enough to carry with a back pack style soft gig bag.
I compared this one to small Martins, Tacomas and Taylors this one sounded and played the best even though it was a little larger. I will contribute that the baby Taylors sound dreadful.

It is more difficult to get up into the first octave given it is only 12 frets free of the body, but this is limitation of a parlor that I can live with.
If it gets destroyed due to light handling or humidity (travelling to tropical climates) I'd probably not buy another. Would probably look into a 100% laminate guitar to solve the humidity issue. The problem is, beefier construction and laminates will sacrifice tone, which afterall, is why I enjoy playing in the first place.

It is a 2002 model from the Lasido factory in Quebec Canada.It has a solid Spruce top with perfaling around top and bottom.It has rosewood bridge and fretboard.the quality of construction si apparent as soon as you touch this little guitar..Comparing it with the Larivee parlor and the big baby Taylor it has by far the nicest construction.[Larivee has no perfuling and the Taylor has bolt on neck]

It has a nice crisp lively sound which matches my finger picking style.I compared this guitar with some very expensive Larivee's and the big baby taylor and it held it's own.The Larivee rosewood souded marginally better at over double the price and the taylor sounded as good with it's pathetic construction.I would say dollar for dollar it can't be beat.I put Elixer strings on it as soon as I got it home and it sound great.

The action is one of this puppies strong suits and it was set up nicely from the factory.It has 12 frets to the body which suits its purpose and sound just right.The strings are very close to the neck and with it's flat curve was more like an electric guitar than most acoustics.In other words it is low down and slinky to play.The spruce top with it's pretty rosette gives this guitar and ambiance of quality.Have to give top marks for fit and finish.

If this guitar lasts like my other Lasido guitar[23 year old Norman] I will be happy.I have never needed any repairs of any kind on my norman.

Never dealt with them.Hope I never need to

I have been playing for about 35 years and have owned Martins,Gibsons,etc.I currently own an 1929 Tri plated Dobro.An 1988 Antonio Sanchez Cedar top classical;and a 1980 B68 Norman.I would say that my little Simon and Patrick Parlor is an nice addition and would buy another if it got lost or stolen.I prefer it over the cedar topped Seagul parlor I tried.

Purchased 11/01 new. Purchased as a second, although I'm not quite sure WHY it was graded as one, maybe because the neck color is quite a bit darker than the body? Solid Spruce top, Laminated Mahogany 3 ply B & S, 12 fret neck. Std. Seagull/SP tuners, mini's I think. I already own a 'Gull Grand model and a Baby T.(which I may now sell) I think this spruce top has a nice crisp sound compared to the Grand and a MUCH fuller sound compared to the Baby T. It is about 4 1/8" deep so I would expect more sound from it. It's 24.9" scale is the same as my other LSD products, which I like. In fact, I purchased a Graph-Tech 1.8" nut and replaced the original 1.72" nut so the string spacing would be the same as my S-6+ and my S6 Folk models. The 12 fret neck puts the bridge in the center of the sweet spot of the top and I believe that improves the sound. I think it's a little "fancier" looking than it's plainer sister the Grand.

hey, it's a very small Parlor guitar with it's 11" lower bout! I didn't expect it to sound like my Dread! It has very clear trebles and mid-range and as I mentioned above, it's more Bassy than "other" Small guitars. It is AMAZINGLY LOUD for a small box, perfect for fingerstyle and travel. Although it is nearly as small as my Baby T. and actually fits in a Dean Travelor "baby style" gigbag it has a MUCH fuller sound. it is VERY comfortable to play sitting anywhere. I would HIGHLY recommend it for Female players who have different anatomical proportions than us guyz! The neck is noticeably thinner than the 1.8" neck of it's larger breathren.

As I stated before, I'm not sure exactly why they call this a second. It did have one little pin sized (not even a pin head size) flaw in the top finish? Fit is perfect all around, no glue goobers inside, either.

Any LaSiDo product I've ever seen has been rock solid. Our family has about 5 of their guitars and we like them all. The Simon and Patrick line (named after Robert Godin's two sons!) seems to be a little "upscale" in their line-up, but otherwise virtually the same construction as the well known Seagull line. I'm told there are some slight body size variations, but they seem nearly exact. The SP line does have the Martin Style square peghead design.

Although LSD is PAINFULLY slow to answer their mail, once they contact you they respond well. I've contacted them twice with small requests and they fulfilled my request each time at no charge.

I'm not a fabulous player having only played for about three years, but I am kind of a technician type person with a very mechanical backround. (Service Trainer, Machinist, etc.) I think I have an eye for honest, good construction. These guitars are well built. You can buy nicer guitars, but for sound production and solid construction for the money you cannot beat the Simon & Patrick, Seagull, Art & Lutherie and Norman lines for bang for the buck! In comparison you bet more for your money than ANY other brand and IF you're lucky enough to live in the U.S. then the U.S. dollar vs. the Canadian Dollar makes it even better!