Thomann Classic Guitar S 4/4

Very happy with my sons new 4/4

My 12 year old is taking guitar lessons. We have been using the same 3/4 guitar that I bought for him on is 6th birthday. Delivery from Germany to Iceland took about a week, I hardly noticed. The instrument came with strings and was in perfect condition. My boy does of course notice the difference in sound volume from a 3/4.

Value for money

The playing feel is average although the sound is very full. For that price, it is very easy to put an embedded mic into the guitar. But because it is a solid top, it is worth it. The tuning drops frequently as it usually happens in a classical guitar. Hence the requirement of an in-situ tuner is even more necessary.

Very poor quality

Poor quality, gets out of tune every 5 minutes which is very frustrating. Huge disappointment for this amount of money...

Massive tone for the price!

I had it for less than 24h, but I think I already can say it was a great deal!

Pros: Tone, good looking wood, will probably age well, no edges from the frets.

Cons: I don't see any trussroad and it makes the neck far rom the strings at 12th fret. The binding is a bit unevenly polished, but its doesn't affect the sound, so I actiolly don't care!

Overall: Get yourself some nylon massive guitar, your finger and soul will do the rest!

Terrible quality control

The guitar looks good, however I order the first one it came with buzz fret problem in many strings. I asked for a replacement, they sent me another with the same problem in G string 4th fret. So I gave up, it is like gambling you may get a good guitar, I wasn't the lucky one.

Amazing for the price range

Very nice sounding acoustic guitar. Great basses and high details with the solid top. The scale and frets are also very nice and the octaves came from the store perfectly tuned. I have played for 2 weeks and the only downside that I noticed is that the tuning pegs don't keep the instrument tuned for a long time. It is difficult to find something better within that price.

Very good at this price point

I was surprised to see that you could buy a EU made solid wood classical guitar for under €200 and so after reading some reviews I made my order.

The quality of the fit and finish of this guitar is very good. Not absolutely perfect but definitely acceptable for this price. Mine has a small black mark under the varnish and the grain of the wood has some imperfections but I actually like this because it makes my guitar individual to me. These things are very minor and do not affect the playability or sound in any way.

I read a number of reviews mentioning the action was too high but in all honesty it is perfectly normal for a classical guitar. People coming from electrics might find it too high but classical players won't have a problem with it. I will lower it slightly because I play bossa nova and the constant barre chords can become fatiguing after a while.

The guitar has a very sweet balanced sound and I must say the Hanabach strings are great! In fact I am thinking of changing my other guitars to these strings. The trebles and mids are very musical and the bass notes aren't boomy like other classical guitars I've tried. It's a very good sounding guitar for latin styles where you are accompanying a vocalist but classical pieces sound good too. It's not the loudest guitar I've played but it projects well enough.

In summary it is a really great guitar and not just at this price. It is suitable for beginners and moderately experienced players too. In time I will probably change the plastic nut and saddle for better quality versions but it sounds very good straight out of the box.

Not playable

This was a very good instrument however it was unplayable. The bridge Saddle was way too high and needed to be adjusted. they said they would send me out a new saddle months ago and I have never received it..

Excellent

An absolute winner in the value for money category.

Great guitar

I have had this guitar for a while now and as time passes it gets better.

It's very well made and a joy to play.

Definately recommended