Oscar Schmidt OG2CETR Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar

by Oscar Schmidt by Washburn

Product Features

• Select spruce top, Catalpa sides & back
• Active EQ system with WT92 Preamp & built in tuner; uses a 9v battery
• High Gloss Transparent Red Finish
• Mahogany neck with steel truss rod, Chrome die cast tuners, and Rosewood fingerboard
• 6-string, Full Size, single cutaway

Product Details

• Item Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002GLMGS
• Item model number: OG2CETR
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,063 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Acoustic/Electric Cutaway, Active EQ system, Dreadnought style, High gloss finish, Select spruce top, Catalpa sides & back, Standard X Bracing, Rosewood Fingerboard, Mahogany Neck, Fully adjustable truss rod, Chrome die cast tuners, WT92 preamp system

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good value, but you must know some things..., December 13, 2007

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R. Finger - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oscar Schmidt OG2CETR Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

I am currently happy with this item, but there are some things you must first know about it:

1. The 9V battery for the pickup is only accessible through the small sound hole. You must loosen and spread the strings to get to it. The battery had fallen off during shipping and was rattling around in the body when I got it, but no damage was done.

2. The pickup seems to be just a microphone attached to the bridge area inside the body. When I play and I get too close to my amp or too loud, I get loud feedback. If I shout at the bridge, I can hear my voice a bit. Sometimes when shifting the body in my hands or sliding my fingers up the factory strings, I can hear it on the amp. This, however, is only at high volumes. Playing at a reasonable volume, however, it sounds fine. Just don't expect to play a loud gig with this.

3. The strings that came with it were terrible, and they came factory installed in a really slipshod fashion. Essentially, they had tied a knot at the end of the string, fed it through the bridge hole, and wound it around the peg. When I tried to tune the high string, it kept pulling through the hole. I went and bought a set of Martin crystal strings and they look, feel and play much better. That also eliminated the sound I heard on the pickup when sliding my fingers up the strings. I also strung them up by using the over, under, over, under method common to classical guitar stringing. I have also read a suggestion that using a different, larger knot will also solve the problem. I did not try that.

Since I have gone through these three items, I have been playing it for two evenings straight and have no other problems not common to all ukuleles. Yes, you will need to tune it every 5 minutes for the first few hours of play, the strings will settle in after you've tuned it a couple dozen times. This is normal.

1.0 out of 5 stars Its not an acustic guitar, December 23, 2011

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Alma - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oscar Schmidt OG2CETR Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

Ive just got the item and why isnt it an electric acoustic guitar???

The title says it is, and theres pictures of one so i thought the ukelele pictures were just mistaken.

Ive paid for what the item claims to be, im highly disappointed with it.

Horrible.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Its a so so uke, March 28, 2006

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J. Obana - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oscar Schmidt OG2CETR Dreadnought Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

I guess the old cliche applies here also: 'you get what you pay for'. The normal price for a well designed and well made ukuelele would run around $150-200, and when I saw the price of this uke I thought it was a great deal. The quality of the wood, frets, and nots are great. What lacks is the pickup. The uke that I bought has a distorted harsh sound when I play due to the pickup. It seems like it was just shoved in the small tiny space of the uke and wasn't taken into careful consideration.