Needed a little setup right out of the box, but a pretty good little guitar. Sounds decent, holds a tune, and plays pretty well. Pleasantly surprised for the price of the instrument. It's been to beach parties in Alaska, campfires in Idaho, and passed around acoustic jams. It always gets positive comments.

Great little guitar. I did have to make some adjustments to the trust rod because of the humidity and temp changes here in the Boston area Got mine on December 4 so the dry heat in my apartment made this necessary but that has happened with all my guitars. Action is excellent very easy to play, has very nice sound for especially for a laminate top guitar. bought this for my grandson but broke it in and worked with it for a few months used it to play and sing at a funeral, at a couple of local nursing homes and around the house generally. It holds tune very well and is just a great smaller guitar that is easy to carry and use in smaller spaces. Really have nothing to say in regard to dislikes sure it doesn't sound like my larger guitars but I knew that when I bought it but for its size and price its and excellent guitar would not hesitate in buying another one

 

I'm going to try to dial in an accurate representation of what this guitar is capable of, and it bit of its features. For starters, remember that they build products to a price point. If you pay more for a product, they can put more expensive materials in a product. This guitar was built to a humble price point, and Orangewood did an excellent job of giving value for that humble price. Solid wood costs more than laminates (unless they are exotic wood laminates.) Solid wood resonates better than laminates. The box of this guitar (the body) is constructed of laminates. They appear to be good laminates of good quality. For this price point, you can expect laminates (including the soundboard, the top of the guitar) Because they used a good quality laminate, the guitar has a decent sound. Is it going to sound like a $400 - $500 guitar ? No. It won't have the resonance of a solid wood top (the front of the guitar body.) However, the science of making laminates if very sophisticated, and the laminate used on this guitar, is perfectly good at sounding good (I used a laminate top guitar, when recording some songs on my first commercial CD) It will have a slightly different sound than a solid wood top guitar, but the modern laminate guitars sound good. The workmanship on the guitar that I got, is very good. Its a very well constructed guitar. The manufacturer of this guitar had a few different markets in mind: The person who wants a good travel guitar, the beginning guitar player, the player who likes smaller guitars, the player who wants a durable guitar that can be used for recreational purposed (think beach, park, transported by bicyclists, people taking busess, planes, etc.), and lastly those of us who fit into some of these categories and are economizers (some of us just get a thrill out of inexpensive things that we think are beautiful and useful. Think stainless steel finger rings as opposed to silver ones.) This guitar will serve the purposes, that I listed, quite well. I find that this size of guitar, is better for sound, generally, than smaller travel guitars. I like the 23.5" scale, better than those with 22" or 22.5". The extra length allows for more harmonic content (sharpness in sound), and for slightly larger fret spacing. The slightly larger body allows for a tad more bass content, in the sound. The combination of the slightly bigger body, comfort in fret spacing (fingering), and slightly longer string length, while maintaining a travel size, is a winner for me. I've had 22" inch scale guitars, and have enjoyed playing the heck out of them, wherevery my bicycle riding takes me. They've been great, and truly are compact size. That being said, I like the slightly larger size of the Dana. I plan to use this guitar for practicing, spontaneous entertaining of people close by (think family get togethers, parties, local park attendees, etc.) The sound hole is big enough to accomodate a souind hole pickup (Or at least the Performance Series, el cheapo, sound hole, temporary sound hole pickup, by Seymour Duncan, titled The Maverick, fit in the sound hole.) So, I can take this to an open mic, and give 'em the ol' song and dance, then take out the sound hole temporary pickup, and pedal home. Would I recommend this guitar? Well that depends on what problem you're trying to solve. If you want a fun travel size guitar, heck yes ! If you're a connoseur of tone, maybe not (go pay 3 or 4 times as much for a solid top travel guitar.) If you want more durable guitar (lamintes are generally stronger than solid tops, and can withstand a greater temperature range, without adverse effects than a solid top guitar) heck yes. Travel guitars tend to get a few bumps, and a solid top will take that better than a solid top. If you're doing primarily recording, and you want a high quality guitar sound, No. Get a bigger guitar (check out the Yamaha FS800 for a concert size guitar. These are excellent, especially for the price. ) If you're doing casual recording (which I've done several for YouTube), yes, this guitar will sound fine for that purpose. If you have a kid that wants to learn guitar, this guitar will work just fine. He/she will have a blast with it. If you're traveling: Definitely yes. If you have the space to store it, this is a good choice (not too expensive, sounds decent, appears to be durable, is a good size.) If you like the convenience of a small gutar (I particlarly like to use them when I'm writing songs, as I alternate between writing notes on music staff paper, and pickuping up the guitar and experiementing with it.) Lastly, I would suggest that you go to YouTube and listen to several (not just one) sound samples of this guitar. That will tell you a lot. Don't just listen to the one provided by the manufacturer. They could probably make a shoebox guitar sound good, with their production capability. Listen to other people, in real life situations, playing this guitar. Then make up your mind. For me, I really dig this little, inexpensive, durable, good value guitar.

This “little guitar” is just what I wanted. It’s a very solid travel guitar that is beautiful and sounds great. It is a small guitar and has a small guitar sound but it fills the room and is very comparable to a mini Martin or a Taylor GS mini. At only $135 bucks you can’t go wrong. Only small complaints I have are trivial. The tuners are solid but I have to tune it a lot. I’ll probably change them out eventually and make it a $160 dollar guitar but not anytime soon. I’ll see how it stays in tune after a month or so. The binding on top cuts into my arm a bit. It’s not sharp or rough just blunt. Maybe it’s the size of the guitar. A small discoloration on the headstock. I also swapped out the bridge pins with some white ones because I am a guitar geek. The bone nut and saddle are a nice touch , and cut well, the fretwork is very smooth and the neck is very fast and playable. I broke a string tuning it up after the second day so I put on a set of D’addario nickel bronze 11-53 and they sound so much better than the Ernie Balls that came on it. I tried some 10-47 strings but they vibrated too much and caused some fret buzz. The 11-53s are perfect. But overall it sounds and plays great. The mahogany wood and smooth open pore finish is beautiful. It is perfect for travel or sitting on the couch playing. Definitely recommend it if you are looking at a Taylor GS mini and don’t want to spend the extra $400 bucks.

El paquete llego bien, la guitarra en excelentes condiciones, si gustas de un sonido brillante, es una buena opción, muy ligera

I took a gamble and bought this guitar from the Amazon Warehouse as a potential project guitar to try out a transacoustic pickup since all my other guitars have pickups in them. I play a GS Mini on a regular basis and this guitar feels right "at home" because of its similar size, shape and set up out of the box. The sound is definitely not as rich like what you'd find on a GS Mini or similar higher end guitars, but it does have a wonderful tone to it which was better than expected since I paid less than $100 for it! The construction is great, and I've only noticed a couple very minor finish flaws. Also, this is my first all mahogany guitar and Orangewood guitar, and I'm in love with it's color and satin finish. I should mention that the tuners are not great, but can easily be upgraded in the future. Since I've gotten this guitar, it's been my go to practice guitar around the house and I don't have to worry about potentially damaging my other more expensive guitars. I definitely would recommend this guitar for beginners or anyone looking for a budget travel guitar. Great job to Orangewood for bringing this budget friendly and great sounding instrument to the masses. I will definitely be trying other Orangewood guitars in the future.

Quality and sound is excellent for the price.

Bought it as a Christmas gift for myself and I love it. It has a small size, but I think is perfect for me, and the sound is nice. It is a great product for beginners and intermediary learners like me.

Alright I just love this guitar for the price its soo nice it has a beautiful body and theres only two dead notes on the entire fretboard it sounds beautiful and plays very nice