What's special about Washburns?

[magoo]

Well, for me Its more than the Guitar. I have a washburn guitar since 2001..Really liked this guitar so last year I went looking for some Info on this Guitar....I found a lot more then I was looking for. I found one of the greatest group of guys and girls I have ever known...well not to go on and on, they all came here to hang out in this great forum, so I had to followed...LOL glad I did because I found another friendly place that has some very knowledgeable people.
Back to the guitar, For the price washburn has some real nice Guitars and Mandolins, you get good quality Instruments for the price of cheaper guitars.

[wingsdad]

... For the price washburn has some real nice Guitars and Mandolins, you get good quality Instruments for the price of cheaper guitars.

+1, magoo : I've had a number of Washburn & Oscar Schmidt acoustics & electrics. At this point, these 3 diverse instruments fill roles in my bag o' tricks:

Simply-put, a great Korean-made chambered semi-solid mahogany body/solid spruce top nylon string acoustic/electric, the NV100C is meant to be a plug n' play for direct recording or live apps. With sealed gear/adjustable tension tuners you don't often find on a classical, a bolt-on adjustable pitch neck, contoured back & heel and a B-Band A3.2 preamp/UST, with surprising unplugged volume & tone, essentially because of the bridge design, similar to a Tacoma. I A-B'd it against an Ibanez Exotic Wood (Bubinga body) thin-bodied classical last week, & the Chinese Ibanez failed miserably. This was under $500 new:


I'd had an Oscar Schmidt A-style a/e mando that ran about $150, but moved up to this superb all-solid wood (maple & spruce) Korean-made F-style Mando, the M6SW "Jethro Burns" model. Less than $700 new. I've A-B'd it against a Gibson at 3X the price, and the Gibson loses in volume and tone:


Oscar Schmidt, the 'economy' brand of the Washburn/US Music family, makes great Ukuleles. If anyone is thinking of plinking one of these little guys, this Indonesian all Koa (laminate) OU-6 Tenor model replaced a smaller Koa/spruce (laminate) Chinese model I'd had, the OU-3. Less than $250 new, the longer scale of the tenor is easier to handle and gives more range:


These 3 quality instruments for a total of around $1,400 pack a tremendous bang for the buck.

[Childbride]

Robert... it's one of those things you have to Play, you can't necessarily Explain.

i invite you anytime to our neck of the woods to play the herd, and then you'd Know.

don't get me wrong; i dearly, dearly love Odyssey, and the D'aquisto.

but i lack the words to tell you how the others speak in their own voices, and they sing a Symphony.

and how at the end of a day, when i come in from out of county and get home around seven, that picking up Storm
[the 12-er my husband acquired for me from Rocket] or Savage [the ea20 we acquired from Strummy] just puts all the jigsaw puzzle pieces Back in Place in my head.

[edit: (wince) i forgot Autumn... my very first Washie... and darned if that solid top isn't opening up. that girl can Sing. ]

they are beautiful, great sounding guitars.

and the people i've met since i've started this journey on that forum are Priceless, and True, Truest Friends.

k