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New guitar day Washburn wd20s

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DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2008
edited September 2022 in Acoustics
I picked this up from gumtree around a week ago. I know its not the most expensive thing on the planet. A quick Google revealed it had a solid spruce top with rosewood back and sides. 
It was being sold with a fairly decent hard/soft case for......£20! 

I enquired and picked it up after work. The seller was moving to Spain and had to move tomorrow. I had to adjust the truss rod, and sand a bit off of the bridge as the action was super high. It was incredibly hard to play.
 I used some wood soap and wire wool to clean the neck and frets and then polished them up. It was filthy! And now its a much easier guitar to play. 

I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    What a corker pick-up!
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  • guitarjack66guitarjack66 Frets: 1397
    Sounds great. Any pictures?
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  • GoFishGoFish Frets: 1082
    Nice work!- pictures would be fantastic. HNGD!
    Ten years too late and still getting it wrong
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    £20 FFS lol brilliant!
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited September 2022
    I sold my old Washy  D28s   for a oner about 2 years ago - had it since 1986 !!  but hadnt played it for over 20 years !!!  
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2022
    LOL hard to go wrong for £20!
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    £20??!

     That's *got* to be a good deal. 

    :) 
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  • DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2008
    Sorry for some reason I was having an issue uploading photos.

    I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
     :o an absolute bargain!

    When you mentioned shaving the "bridge", I assume you meant the saddle?

    :) 
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  • DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2008
    Mellish said:
     :o an absolute bargain!

    When you mentioned shaving the "bridge", I assume you meant the saddle?

    :) 
    Yeah my bad, the plastic bit. Only 2mm or so.
    I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    If the saddle is plastic, I'd replace it with bone. I'd do the same with the nut if that's Plastic
    It should give you better tone. 

    :) 
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2022
    DrJazzTap said:
    Sorry for some reason I was having an issue uploading photos.

    Wow that actually looks pretty nice! Again, for £20...
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  • DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2008
    Dave_Mc said:
    DrJazzTap said:
    Sorry for some reason I was having an issue uploading photos.

    Wow that actually looks pretty nice! Again, for £20...
    Yeah its not too shabby. The case is pretty decent as well. I need to get some penetrating oil into some of the machine heads as some of them were very stiff. Still had the plastic covers on the machine heads!
    I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • SoupmanSoupman Frets: 172
    Very nice. 20 quid including case??!!
    I nearly bought a Washburn back in 1985, about 150-ish new I think. In the end I bought something else but always liked the Washburn.
    Looks a great guitar - and a ridiculous buy. Things like that only happen to other people!  =)
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    Soupman said:
    Very nice. 20 quid including case??!!
    I nearly bought a Washburn back in 1985, about 150-ish new I think.
    mine was 1986  £225 IIRC  "aged" (stain) solid top and 3 piece lam r/w back  - no case

    bought it cos of the ads in the music papers......."If your granddaddy was a picker, he probably picked a Washburn"
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    edited September 2022
    DrJazzTap said:
    Sorry for some reason I was having an issue uploading photos.

    Twenty quid including a case? I mean, any kind of case? Even a new soft one will probably set you back that much. You didn't get a free case with your guitar, you got a free guitar with your case!!
    If you must have sex with a frog, wear a condom. If you want the frog to have fun, rib it.
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  • TheOtherDennisTheOtherDennis Frets: 2010
    Soupman said:
    Very nice. 20 quid including case??!!
    ...
    Looks a great guitar - and a ridiculous buy. Things like that only happen to other people!  =)
    This
    If you must have sex with a frog, wear a condom. If you want the frog to have fun, rib it.
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    edited September 2022
    Mellish said:
    If the saddle is plastic, I'd replace it with bone. I'd do the same with the nut if that's Plastic
    It should give you better tone. 

     
    Not on a 20 quid guitar.  Better to save up for a Bigsby. :)
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Instead, change the strings. For your £20, if we include the £8 for postage, you could get half a set of these! 

     https://www.thomann.de/gb/martin_guitars_mtcn160_titanium_strings.htm

    Are you any good at playing a 3-string?

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  • DavidRDavidR Frets: 595
    Here's one currently on Reverb.......
    Washburn WD20 Series WD20S Acoustic Guitar | Reverb
    .....suggesting you just got yourself this year's cosmic megabargain, and are luckier than Mr. Lucky from Luckysville.  :-)
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @Tannin ; I'm not sure about that me old mate :) 

    Sure, I can see the reasoning, but let's say that guitar is mine. It's all solid and I got it for £20.what a bargain!

    I think I'd be inclined to want to make it sound better, if I could. But that's just reckless me =) 
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  • GoFishGoFish Frets: 1082
    The headstock alone is worth £20, let alone a spruce top. Don't wash it or burn it and you'll be ok!

    *grabs coat*
    Ten years too late and still getting it wrong
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    DrJazzTap said:

    Yeah my bad, the plastic bit. Only 2mm or so.
    It's hard to see in the photo, but it looks like the saddle was about 4-5mm above the bridge! I'm not surprised you needed to take 2mm - normally a huge amount - off it.

    No matter, it was an enormous bargain - if it's any kind of half-decent case you bought that and the guitar was basically free with it :).

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2008
    Dave_Mc said:
    DrJazzTap said:
    Sorry for some reason I was having an issue uploading photos.

    Wow that actually looks pretty nice! Again, for £20...

    ICBM said:
    DrJazzTap said:

    Yeah my bad, the plastic bit. Only 2mm or so.
    It's hard to see in the photo, but it looks like the saddle was about 4-5mm above the bridge! I'm not surprised you needed to take 2mm - normally a huge amount - off it.

    No matter, it was an enormous bargain - if it's any kind of half-decent case you bought that and the guitar was basically free with it .
    Yeah the action was miles off of the fretboard. I adjusted the truss rod as much as I was comfortable with, and inline with a typical acoustic. 

    I will say I pounced on the ad, I half expected it to be a typo. For the seller to come back with £120 for example. She clearly wanted it gone ASAP! 
    I would love to change my username, but I fully understand the T&C's (it was an old band nickname). So please feel free to call me Dave.
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  • SoupmanSoupman Frets: 172
    Bloody hell, a set of Elixir strings is £19.99 on Stringbusters .
    I pay 20 quid to change a set of strings, YOU change the guitar and case!! Jammy git.  :)
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2022
    edited September 2022
    DrJazzTap said:
    Yeah its not too shabby. The case is pretty decent as well. I need to get some penetrating oil into some of the machine heads as some of them were very stiff. Still had the plastic covers on the machine heads!
    I was wondering what you meant by "plastic covers", but I guess you mean the clear film, like what you get on pickguards and pickups?

    It does look like a pretty decent guitar, that's for sure. Judging by that link @DavidR posted you could add a nought onto the end of the price and still be doing alright...
    Tannin said:
    Instead, change the strings. For your £20, if we include the £8 for postage, you could get half a set of these! 

     https://www.thomann.de/gb/martin_guitars_mtcn160_titanium_strings.htm

    Are you any good at playing a 3-string?

    Yeah I was thinking there can't be many guitars where you're worried that a restring is worth more than the guitar!
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  • usedtobeusedtobe Frets: 3841
    Absolute steal! 
     so if you fancy a reissue of a guitar they never made in a colour they never used then it probably isn't too overpriced.

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