WashburnHarvest 6 String Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Right, Natural (WG7SCE-A)

I tried two. Both absolute turds. It was a real shame. I started to love one of them. It didn't make much bass, but it had a pretty great trebly sparkle without overdoing it like some Taylors. The Barcus Berry preamp is actually very good at this price range. The spruce top on the first one I got had absolutely perfect wide, parallel grain. The wood color was truly beautiful, and most Martins and Taylors at twice the price pail in comparison to the overall esthetics of the one with the good top. So, what happened? Well the first one played pretty well except for a buzz in the 8-14th frets of the low-E string. I took it to a reputable luthier who identified a raised fret coming unglued. The price for repair and relevel was $180, and the other untreated frets could come unglued later, so that went right back. Nevermind the finish cracking at the nut. The second didn't have the perfect top, but it was alright. The finish and laminate sides were cracked where the preamp was screwed in with inadequate pilot holes. The fretboard was uneven, and the bride was about 3/16" higher than the previous one to try to deal with it, and it still had areas of buzz. The worst part is even with the truss rod fully relaxed, the neck would not bow inwards any further rendering the truss rod pointless. I have never experienced such bad instruments after playing bass and guitar for over 20 years. It a super bad shame, because the components were there. It just that the assembly is garbage. If you get a good one, then you are going to feel that Washburn is the best kept secret in all of guitars. That first one I got with the frets coming unglued sounded really good on almost all of the fret board, but how do I give them a third chance after getting burned twice. At some point, Amazin is going to get upset with me continuously returning multi-hundred dollar items repeatedly. I ended up picking up a folk-size and a #000 Bristol by Blueridge guitars with gig bags for less than the cost of one of these Washburns, and both Bristols had the staightest necks of any guitar or bass I have ever owned with zero issues. So, Washburn had all the good materials, looks, and preamps, and they got beat out by cheap laminate guitars since they are actually perfectly playable instruments, while a high end luthier called across the shop that they got another Washburn acoustic in. I have a Washburn Stu Hamm bass from 10 years ago that is perfect. I don't know what they are doing these days, but it isn't working.

Beautiful sound and look from Washburn. Great job guys !!