Product: Walden Guitars D351SU
Price Paid: USD 128.00 USED
Submitted
06/03/2008
at
09:42pm
by
Brad Kalita
Email: natrlovr<at>retreatfornaturelovers dot com
Features
:
9
Very nice looking transparent blue figured Mahogany.
Finish OK
Sound
:
9
Mine had crisp treble, even mids and a nice full bass response
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
Good, all around out of the box
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
For it's retail cost regardless if new or used and value ratio I would give it a ten.
For an exceptional looking and sounding lamintaed guitar for the money I give it a ten - Besides if you get a good laminated they are more durable and outlast many solid woods.
I owned over 50 acoustic guitars, played hundreds for over thirty years -Its taken a long time and lot of money to find the really good yet affordable models, if your looking for a solid wood guitars that have exceptional sound quality (along with good looks) yet paying only $300 to around $500 consider checking out the following models as some of the best value guitars on the market:(bear in mind of course a guitar even of the same model can vary considerably in sound quality etc): - Dreadnaughts
Washburn Southwest, Hohner Ebony Wood, Norman Cedar top B-18, Michael Kelly Dragonfly, Epiphone Mastbilts: Maple, rosewood and cedar models, Takamine G series 330 cedar-mahogany, Hohner #O Model - And an honorable mention of the Kona KS2NE, the most versital of them all for around $250, and therefore probably the best value generally speaking.
Electronic Sound Enhancment foot units: -The Aphex Aurel Acoustic Xciter.
- A very quiet unit that has a somewhat similiar effect as a chorus but more natural sounding, giving greater bass, crispness and fullness to the sound spectrum with minimal "muddling".
A simple, solid and worthwhile investment for about a $100
I have discovered the xiter unit also as an equally enhancing effect from significant to substancial on the definitive quality of for miced vocals giving greater definition at the best settings.
- In fact when comparing it to my best chorus unit for guitar no matter what the setting I preferred to use the xiter only rather then with or just the chorus alone, which gives a similiar fullness quality as the chorus but with more definition and cleaner sounding - A very good unit which I highly recomment to anything I know of regardless of price.
PS A easy way to clean the dust off those wall hangers, expecially the awkward spots to reach under the strings areas is to use a new paint brush of the proper texture.