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161 reviews in the archive.
Where Purchased: Daddy's Junky Music
Year Purchased: 2009
Price Paid: ($US) (bought USED)
Great boomy dreadnaught sound
Sound Rating: 9
Purchased as a project with back-bowed neck, loose braces , no saddle, no case. Two back braces are loose on one end or the other...no biggie. One has been reglued, the other hasn't, I will glue it eventually..no rattles or buzzes, though
Setup Rating: 3
Seems to have the polyester finish, Martin-style snowflake fingerbaord. Doofy-looking Johnson abalone logo and flowery peghead. Really tight Adirondack top, bone nut. Saddle missing when I got it(project, remember...) Really high stripe-figured solid mahogany.
D-28 style diamond at handstop. 1-piece neck
Appearance Rating: 8
Butterbean tuners, abalone bridge pins. After adjusting the 2-waytruss rod, and fitting a saddle, I strung the guitar with Martin Bluegrass strings and was immediately blown away by thge quality of the sound.
Reliability Rating: 8
Quick ship, well-packed
Customer Service: 9
I'd like to see a nitro finish, if this isn't. It's way too shiny.
Components Rating: 8
I bought this cheap to fix and resell. I was really surprised what a killer guitar this is. Greta open and clean sound, plenty of punch.
These sell for <$500 and apparently are no longer offered, but I think thi is a keeper. It's a lot better and lighter in weight than my RK RD-227 I just sold. I did like the wide neck on my RD-227. Thls plays great and notes accurately all the way up the neck.
Overall Rating: 9
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