Jasmine S35 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Strings 6, Rosewood Fingerboard, Advanced X Bracing – Full-Size Guitar for Beginners & Others – Natural Finish, Right

This is the best affordable guitar ive ever played. Also remember this guitar. used to be made by a company called takamine very great highend company and they still make this product the same even after the split so your getting a amazing quality for lower then half the price.

I want to start by saying that most of the very few negative reviews on here are because these individuals do not know how to set up a guitar, or know that most new guitars need to be set up in the first place. I think it may be done to save labor, but the truss rod is often not tightened, and the saddle is too high. This guitar also has the capability to sound like a $400 guitar, but this will cost 20 in extra parts. A TUSQ saddle and a new set of strings. I prefer medium-light for these lesser expensive guys, if the action is set correctly, it will be easy to play and sound beautiful. These are not necessary, but for all the reviewers who say this doesn't sound as good as some of the nice ones, put the new saddle on and the new strings, set the action, torque the truss rod, and you have yourself a wonderful sounding guitar. Regardless of your experience with guitars, an easy test to see if this guitar needs to be set up is to stick a quarter under the 12th fret. If it has room on top of it before it touches the string, it will need to be set up. Proceed to step 1, if the quarter fits just perfectly with no room, congrats, you got lucky, you are ready to play. 1.) If you are new to guitar, I would highly recommend taking it to a guitar shop and having them set your action. This will usually cost 20-30 bucks but will make this guitar play really nicely, and your progression as a guitarist will be effortless instead of very difficult. I dont recommend spending the extra money on a new saddle or new strings for a beginner. To them, this thing will sound full bodied as it is, and you can switch out the saddle and the strings in 6 months or a year when you replace the strings anyway. If you are not new, or new but handy with little repairs and such, go on you-tube and type in "how to set up your new guitar" A great video of how to set it up. For anyone experienced with guitars, the sound quality will be pretty good stock, but to make it resonate and sound full bodied and amazing (like a true solid spruce top guitar) change out the saddle for a TUSQ or something equivalent and buy some Ernie ball Earthwood medium light 80/20 strings. Together they run $20 and once your action is set correctly and your truss tightened perfectly this thing will sound like a $400 takamine, No joke. I keep referring to the action, this is the amount of space between the frets and the strings, it is the most crucial part of setting up a new guitar and will make ease of playing, sound quality and the whole experience fantastic. The way to decrease action is to loosen the strings enough to pull the saddle out and sand it down 1/32 - 1/8th inch depending on how much is needed. This process takes less than 10 minutes yet many players don't know how, or don't know that this is an option. Many reviewers on here say that the "action is too high" which it may be, but it is VERY easy to fix, and makes or breaks any inexpensive guitar. Please don't listen to the bad reviews from the individuals that have not yet set up their action correctly, this is a takamine (Taak-ah-mani)which is a fantastic brand that makes fantastic quality guitars, do not be fooled by the price tag. This is a beauty, and is simple but perfect for any person with a spare 100 bucks. And honestly, I would not buy any guitar upgrade until you could afford a Seagull s6 (roughly $400) as the seagull will play like a $1,200 guitar. DO NOT waste your money on any other cheap guitar out there, and remember... when you buy a new guitar, it needs to be set up! You now know more than 90% of the people out there, so the next time you hear someone saying "the action is way too high" or "This cheap guitar doesn't have sustain" or "this doesn't sound full bodied like the nice ones." Just smile and know that all they need is to buy a new saddle, some new strings, and adjust the action (all less than 20 bucks if you do the work yourself). I have seen friends buy $1000 guitars and never sand the saddle down, it makes me sad. I know this is long guys, but thank you for reading, I highly recommend this guy, and I highly recommend the seagull s6 as the next guitar upgrade. Have fun playing!

The Background: I am a professional singer and musician who has been at it for decades. I've played Taylors and Martins, but prefer a nice Breedlove because their tone seems to sit right in the middle between Taylor's cut-through-the-mix bite and Martin's perfect-tone-for-blend smoothness. I bought this as a gift for my daughter for Christmas. I would have loved to have had $500+ to spend on a starter guitar for her, but we simply didn't have it. I did a lot of research on sub $200 guitars and came across this instrument. I was a bit surprised by the rave reviews and have to admit that I had high hopes because of them. However, as a musician who has seen his share of bad, cheap instruments, I was fairly certain I was going to be disappointed. After all, $70 for an acoustic instrument is...well...ridiculous. Again, I was hoping against hope that it would be as good as the reviews said, but I was more than ready for and expecting things like sketchy construction, uneven fret spacing, substantial fret buzz, poor tone, and more. In short, I was more than pleasantly surprised! The Good: I pulled it out of the under-whelming packaging and was instantly taken by the look of the guitar. It's beautiful. Don't get me wrong - it's not a $700+ instrument, but I've seen plenty of $400-$500 starter guitars that didn't look nearly as nice. Love the satin finish. Because of the reviews I'd read, I was ready for rusted strings and praying it didn't have any damage due to the poor packaging. I'd purchased some nice D'Addario strings to put on it and was fully ready to go through a lengthy set-up process to get it playable as some reviewers suggested. However, the strings were in perfect condition and, when I tuned her up, the guitar had nearly perfect set-up and sounded pretty stinkin' amazing out of the box! I'll still take it in after Christmas to have it fully set up by a pro, but out of the box this things was extremely playable with a very respectable tone. As for tuning, the frets are nearly perfect. My first guitar was a much more expensive Epiphone that sounded great open on the lower frets, but lost tonality quickly as you moved up the neck, especially under capo. Not this little gem. She sounds great all the way up the neck. The neck is narrow and very playable, the frets are smooth with no jagged edges, and the size of the instrument just feels right. The guitar itself is not huge, but it's also not tiny like a travel guitar. Again, it just feels really nice to play. The Bad: There's not a lot at this point, really. If this were a $500+ instrument, I'd have some things to say here, but even if it was in the $300-$400 range, I'd have to be fairly picky to write much in this column. The only thing that even crosses my mind is a some concerns for longevity. For instance, the tuners are functional, but you can tell that they are entry-level. They tune just fine and hold tune surprisingly well (again, better than my Epiphone did), but will they last? Only time will tell. Worst case scenario, though, is that they tank and I spend $20-$25 to put some nicer tuners on it. Even if that were to happen, I'd still be in this thing for a ridiculously low price! That almost moves this "bad" possibility into the plus column, in my opinion. Here is my only real concern for this guitar - it's light. I mean, really light. So much so that it almost feels fragile (it doesn't feel fragile, but it's close). My Epiphone was a tank, and I never had to worry about hurting it with the normal bumps and bangs that often come with a first guitar. This guitar, however, is just the opposite. My daughter is very good at taking care of her things, so I'm not too concerned about it because of that. However, if I were getting it for my son who is notorious for destroying everything, I'm not sure it would make it to 2019. Again, only time will tell how this guitar holds up. I'll try to keep this updated as time goes on. The Wrap: BUY IT! It's $70, and I'd be shocked if you could find something of this quality for anywhere near this price point. If you are in the market for a sub $350 guitar, don't spend a penny more than the $70 it costs for this gem. To do so would just not make sense. Even if you had to replace the tuners, strings, and get a better nut, bridge, and pegs right out of the box, you'd STILL be in this for less than $150. You'd also have an even BETTER sounding guitar. In my opinion, the only reason to spend $350-$400 on a different guitar is NOT to get better tone or playability (I doubt you'll find it, honestly), but because you will have instruments in that range that are sturdier and that have solid tops/backs, etc. But, again, this is only SEVENTY BUCKS! What do you have to lose?

This thing sounded great once I adjusted the neck to get the buzz out. The tuners seem to lock in tune very well for a $100 guitar. Maybe as good as my $700 and $900 guitars. The sound is really good. I would recommend this to anybody wanting a beginner guitar- especially children. The only thing for me is that I have become accustomed to a wide nut on the fret board and this one may be narrower than normal guitars but that’s great for my children with small fingers. The action on this guitar came so close that the bottom 3 strings buzzed when strummed open. I loosened (pushed) the truss rod to get the strings off of the neck where there was no buzz, but it seems like it took all of the adjustment to get that, but it worked out. Overall very happy with this purchase. I can’t believe you can buy such a good guitar for $100.

This is my first jasmine and i cannot recommend enough for a travel, campfire or beginner guitar. The sound is light and has a nice ring, the action is very smooth and the strings the come already on the guitar are of good quality. I own multiple guitars n this is definitely going to be my new travel/camp guitar.

For those looking for the quick answer: buy this guitar, seriously, it is THAT good. For the money I have spent $500 and had a guitar less playable and I have spent $1200 on a Taylor that didn't sound this good. A quick look back: In the past you needed to buy a decent guitar if you wanted to learn. If you had hand strength you could make a not so good guitar work, but up until 10 years ago you would have spent 5 times this for a guitar this good. PROS: Sounds amazing **seriously, I don't work for them or give a damn whose guitar you buy, but it is that good. Plays good, not amazing but very good, and for just chords it plays fine. The frets are very straight. CONS: Ok so mine had a fret buzz on the 1st fret, not something you see often, long story short I had to spend 15 bucks and get a new bone nut because this one was too low, but the truss rod adjusted the action perfectly so I know once I get a bit of raise at the nut there will be no buzz at all (right now VERY slight buzz on D string if left open, past 1st fret its fine) Why you reading? You want a great sounding acoustic for less money than a crappy video game? Buy this thing!! Or don't I don't care.

For the price this is a great guitar, slim necked for those with small hands and sounds great. A prompt delivery and was very well packaged .

It’s good guitar I like it so far

Arrived on time, good packaging, the guitar itself is very good instrument for the asked price.Cool!

I owned a guitar in India. It was broken and so I had it repaired myself. I played it daily and so had many memories with it. Then I came overseas to pursue my studies and never played guitar for almost 3 years. I had money and life was sort of dull. I wanted to go back in time and only way was music. As some songs I had only played 3 years ago, I felt Guitar captured that moment in time forever and so to revisit that golden lost forever time was to play the music again. So I bought this Jasmine for about $94 bucks on amazon (I had amazon prime deal). The packaging was good. It came in a big triangular box and was wrapped in many layers of styrofoam. I have been playing it for some days now and mastering songs like River Flows through you, Closer, Paris. It is really good value. Sound is nice. A safe buy for someone who wants not to spend a lot of money. Yamaha surely may have better sound quality but this Jasmine is just really good. Tune it daily before playing and you can even play before a small crowd and sound is good. You can buy it. No need to worry. It is amazing.