Guild OM-240CE - electro-acoustic guitar

This is an excellent guitar. Smooth and warm lows. Crisp and bright highs. Almost effortless to play. The action is on the lower side, so it plays similar to an electric. Very easy on the fingertips. Playability is great and the quality is top-notch for any guitar, let alone one at this price point. If you’re looking for a guitar at this price, then don’t bother looking any further. This should be competing with guitars twice it’s price. This is the type of guitar that makes you WANT to pick it up and play, and there isn’t much better praise than that.One thing to note: The reviews stating that this is more of a finger picking guitar are definitely true. That’s not a bad thing in my view. It just depends on what you’re looking for. On a scale of 1-10. “1” being a very bright sounding guitar, good for picking crisp and precise single notes. And “10” being a very bassy guitar good for strumming boisterous, and loud chords. This would be about a 4. It’s going to offer excellent playability and lower action at the expense of a tiny bit of low end grunt. But in my opinion it just makes it sound more sophisticated and elegant. As I said, not even an issue for me. But I could see how someone could have a problem with it if they didn’t realize what they were buying. Regardless, if it isn’t quite loud enough for you, just plug it in and the problem is solved. It shouldn’t stop you from enjoying what it otherwise a phenomenal instrument.Worth every last penny.Last note, Chicago Music Exchange did a very good job. I’m always weary about getting guitars shipped. But this was well packaged and arrived quickly. It clearly had been opened, inspected throughly, and re-packaged with care. It came as a box within a box. The inner box actually containing the guitar was actually for a completely different brand, and was obviously just something they had laying around but was the best choice to keep it protected for shipping. Kind of made me giggle a bit, but I was happy to see proof that an individual was actually taking the time to ensure the guitar was in good shape and remained that way in transit. 5 stars all around.

The guitar is not the most beautiful I've ever owned, but it's comfortable and easy to play. I like the size and low action. The tuners feel small but that's not a problem.

I was disappointed somewhat as the audio pickup had detached during shipment. I used some Alien Tape to reattach it, but felt that it should have been attached better by the mfgr. The guitar has decent fret height - you don't have to push the strings down overly far. It sounds OK - the spruce top will continue to improve with age. The strings, themselves, feel and sound kind of cheap, so I'm hoping a nice set of quality steel strings will improve the sound. My Takamine sounds and plays better, but I had it worked by a luthier. I will use this Guild as a traveler. It is reasonably priced and I believe it will provide years of practice and enjoyment as it mellows with age.

What a disappointment. Purchased for a good price from Amazon warehouse. It was shipped loose in box with no padding...just a single beat up box. Amazingly no shipping damage evident. BUT it had a huge visible hump in the neck at the 14th fret. Could not be played past the 12th fret. I've heard of this condition but in all my years of looking at dozens of guitars have not encountered it before and never heard of it being this severe. The odd part was calling Guild to discuss the issue. The rep was not concerned...said they make 1000s of guitars and this happens. But what is wrong is it passed quality control inspection. It's ok to have a defective guitar now and then but to inspect and send one out with such an obvious defect is not ok. Based on this I wouldn't buy another Guild