Oscar Schmidt by Washburn OG10CE Full Size Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar Combo with AB Gig Bag, Stand, and Strings
Filed in Acoustic Guitars 4 Sale on Feb.13, 2010
- Concert size body
- High gloss finish
- Select spruce top
- Rosewood fingerboard & bridge
- Combo package includes AB gig bag, guitar stand, and strings
Product Description
The OG10CE is a concert size cutaway acoustic/electric guitar made for live performance. Strumming and fingerstyle both sound good on this guitar and singer/songwriters will appriciate the built in tuner that’s part of the WT92 preamp system. A nice selection of colors are available to suit all personalities.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
This guitar looks NOTHING like the picture provided. It has a fake plastic-looking cheetah pattern that has zero resemblance to a wood product. If I had known that the finish was so horrible I would have purchased a solid color. I agree with the other reviewers that the plastic bag that it ships with has a horrible odor, but it WAS essentially free and it fades with time. I guess I’ll just leave it on the patio until I can safely bring it inside. I would not recommend this pattern if you’re an adult it looks like a kid from a Disney show should be playing it. If, on the other hand, you’re buying it for a kid then they might actually like the cheesy pattern. It seems to play well and is quite functional, I’ll just be leaving it in the closet.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 14th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I bought the OG10CE as a package from Austin Bazaar. As advertised it came with a stand, strings, and a gig bag. However they also included a strap, pick and a pitch pipe. The guitar is beautiful, the picture on Amazon does not do it justice. Take a look at the yellow sunburst finish here [...] to see what the pattern looks like — mine looks like that except in a natural wood color.
I’ve played bass for 20 years and my wife just started playing electric guitar earlier this year. Seeing and hearing her learn made me want to give it a try too. We wanted the versatility of an acoustic electric and a smaller body that would be comfortable for both of us — I’ve been playing a Steinberger bass lately so a dreadnought just felt too big for me. The built-in tuner is a nice feature, but most acoustic electrics seem to have them unless you go bottom of the line. Unplugged the guitar sounds great — certainly not as full as a dreadnought, but I’ll take that trade-off that comes with the comfort of the smaller, thinner body. Plugged in it sounds great too. The tone (3 band) and presence controls are really nice.
PROS:
Nice sound both plugged and unplugged
Very pretty wood finish — we like just looking at it on the stand
Nice electronics
CONS:
haven’t found any yet.
THE PACKAGE DEAL:
Pros: great price [...], free shipping, nice stand, bonus strap, pick and pitch pipe
Cons: the gig bag had an unbearable plastic smell. After washing it on “hand wash” it didn’t smell any better. It literally stunk up the first floor of my house. It is also very thin and not very protective — we bought a hard shell case and humidifier yesterday. However, the rest of the stuff you get in this package, free shipping, and the price make this an excellent deal. Maybe you can use the gig bag for a Rock Band controller. The only other con is that they only provided 3 replacement strings (GBE) not a full set, but they didn’t claim they were sending a full set either. Of course the guitar comes strung with a full set — de-tuned for shipping. But again, given the whole package it is quite a deal.
Rating: 5 / 5