Customer Reviews

Washburn Vintage Series R314KK Acoustic Guitar

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I saw this in my local guitar shop and the looks stopped me in my tracks--and I usually don't value the appearance of a guitar very much. It's all about opinion, but I consider this simple look honest and stunning. I picked it up, and within thirty seconds knew I was leaving the store with it. Seriously.

Warm, woody, rich, and delicate tone. Not like any guitar I've ever played before. Surprising amount of volume can be coaxed out of it, it responds so well to a light touch, then gives you more and more as you demand it. Small, comfortable to hold. I love the v-shaped neck, I adjusted to it immediately.

This guitar just has so much character, both physically and sonically. I personally love the distressed appearance. The vintage-design tuners work fine.

This is my go-to instrument for a lot of fingerstyle, I avoid taking a pick to it.

I will play this thing until I die. It will look particularly good on my when I'm old and crumbly.

I love this guitar. I checked the guitar for fret buzzing. No buzzing at all. That was my first criteria.I then checked the sound. It was pretty good. That was my second criteria. Then I played for a while. I loved it. Things you should know: The neck is V shaped and wider than an Acoustic Guitar but not as wide as a Classic Guitar; G7th performance capo works fine because it has wedges on the curved part; It's very light; looks pretty good; the sound is very good I was actually surprised; it was made in Indonesia. I'm not a technical guy regarding guitars. I just got a very good model. Some guitar's stores have it. If you are too crazy about buying a Guitar online try it at your local store first. I took a chance!

I was very happy with this guitar. Good quality regarding the edge and joining work and I actually like the "vintage" look of the finish. I had been looking for a parlor (under $1000) but was hesitant about buying this online because of the wider V neck. I finally decided to just go for it and am very happy with my decision. It is much easier to find the string for finger picking and chording and while the neck is a little wider across the fretboard, it is also narrower in neck depth. I have slightly smaller (but still manly) hands and have not problem quickly forming bar chords up and down the neck. The action is fairly low and almost reminds me of my electric. As far as sound goes, it is a small guitar and I have light strings on it. Probably wouldn't be the best for putting on a concert but for leaning back and playing on the couch, it is perfect.

This is a beautiful guitar as well as sounding terrific. Very vintage all the way around and glad I bought it. All of my blues playing buddies have played it and fell in love with it. The case is great too. When I got it, the Ivoroid binding was not glued well in two places, but Washburn paid for sending it back to the factory, they fixed it and sent it back...they are great people to deal with.

Bought this guitar 1 month ago and was very impressed how it looks like in real.It is really a beautyfull looking guitar and it makes more fun to play with. The sound is super and it holds the tone a long time.
I like to play classicle music on it even it is a steel string guitar.
You get it with a hard case and the case itself is a beauty. No cheap case at all.
I totally recommend this guitar.Love it!Andreas

I bought this after reading the stellar reviews and sent it back after playing it for less than half an hour. There were several things that stood out about this guitar that made it unworkable for me.

First and foremost--sound. Perhaps I really did get a different guitar, but this guitar had a very very quiet and non-resonant voice. I thought it was very heavy for its size and the back and sides seemed to dense to be resonant. (By the way, I love small guitars, in fact, I bought this partly because of a small gretsch cowboy guitar that I love. I wanted something more suitable for playing around adults.)

Secondly, I have to say that the look was very different than the photo. It had more of a greenish quality than the golden look in the photo. It was much darker, and looked like it had been aged much like furniture (whacked in several spots, smudged in others.)

Overall, the workmanship was pretty good. I really wish it had sounded good, because the shape of the neck seemed awesome. Also the action and the frets were great.

I was excited to get my first parlor guitar! I love the mid rangey sound, very chunky sounding, there are a few little splashes of finish, cosmetically it's not perfect, but all in all, it's a great little guitar! Love it, definitely worth the price, Oh! and it comes with a beautiful hardcase. Enjoy!