Washburn Rover Travel Guitar - Steel String, Blue

Item #: EM.RO10TB

List Price: $265.90
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Travel Guitar. Made by Washburn. (EM.RO10TB)

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The ultimate travel guitar! Play it any time or any place. Bring your Washburn Rover with you when you're... on a plane, a boat, a car, the beach, camping, hiking... Anywhere!

The Washburn Rover is not just a travel guitar, it's a full guitar travel system -- it comes complete with case, instructional CD ROM, strap and 3 picks.

Features:
• Full size 24" scale
• Solid spruce top
• Mahogany body and neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Quality geared tuners
• Professional binding and inlay
• Equipped with Vinci 800XL strings
• Comes complete with the highest quality cordura case with hard foam lined, molded interior, internal and external storage pockets, backpack and luggage straps -- sized to fit airline overhead storage
• Great sound, great shape, great fun!

Customer Rating: 3.5 Overall Customer Rating

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Customer Rating Reviewed on 10/8/2004 by John

I'm pleased with the Rover. If your looking for a travel guitar, everyone thinks Martin Backpacker. Well I compared them. I think the Rover wins. It's a solid instrument, as playable as any Washburn, and surprisingly loud for a little guitar. So much so, that it only leaves you wanting for some of that low end, which is understandably absent. It delivers exactly what you'd expect for a backpack guitar.

Customer Rating Reviewed on 5/18/2004 by James H.

'Looked at the Taylor Big Baby and Martin Backpacker, but the short scale and adult hands...and the Baby is SO big. The sharp, pungent chemical smell when opening the case is a shocker. "New instrument smell" is infinitely preferable. It's okay to look at, okay to play, sound is acceptable. Recommend the Rover? Make your own decision. But then it's only a $150 guitar and very nice case. 'Wish the Martin had a24" scale.

Features: 'Only had it a few days, so this is a first impression. 'Bought two at the same time, one for my daughter to take to university and one for myself. Chinese-made, with a sharp, weird chemical odor when the case is first...and second...and third, etc-time opened. Not "new instrument smell." Air that fella out! Body is wood, with a spruce-ish looking top and unidentifiable sides. Neck appears to be mahogany-ish. Fingerboard is odd-feeling, rosewood-coloured. Narrow, relatively low frets. Binding on the body and fingerboard on a $150 guitar, wow! The Rover does look good, tight tolerances, consistent colour, quality manufacturing. It does though, exude "manufactured" rather than "crafted" (like a Martin Backpacker). Nice semi-hard, zippered case with a zipper compartment. Includes strap, truss rod wrench, 3 picks, instructional cd and oddly, an extra plastic bridge.

Playability: Once you "get used to" the chemical smell, tie on the provided strap and tune a couple of times, the Rover plays surprisingly well, for a $150 instrument. It holds tune and intonation seems good. Action is surprisingly decent. What is the fingerboard made of...?

Sound: This is a travel guitar, not a dreadnought, so don't expect a booming bass. It's thin, but the instrument is "trying." Sound is consistent in volume and tone across the range.

Durability: 'Only had it a few days, so no experience. The Rover seems well-made. My daughter likes hers, but shares feelings, especially about the chemical smell.