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Washburn serial lookup4/13/2023 ![]() ![]() I did the minimum effort required to get this going for its owner (these are, afterall, $100 instruments these days) which included shaving the bridge, ramping the string-slots behind the saddle, compensating the saddle, and setting it up. It has a lot better bass response and mids than you'd expect. Still, it's an average-looking dreadnought with a very average neck (25 1/2" scale, medium C shape, 14" or so radius to the board), but the sound is miraculously full on account of decent bracing under the hood. It's somewhat ugly, truth be told - I've never been a fan of black pickguards and the cherry-red stain over the mystery-wood back and sides is not the best look. It dates to 1990 per its serial number and I've confirmed that build from Washburn's own catalogs. While you might expect this guitar to be filed under my "don't bother to buy" category of flea-market adventuring, I have to say that it actually sounds really good for an all-ply, budget box.
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