Washburn Vintage Series R314KK

I just bought one of these models new and had to return it. It’s a very nice guitar, solid tonewoods, lovely sound and a great size but mine had very poorly built neck. I’ve been an amateur Luthier since the 70’s and made a few guitars over the years and the neck on this was BAD. Bent upwards at the body joint and concave at the first 5 frets at the head. The truss rod was loose so someone tried to sort out the concave first 5 frets, but even with 11-55’s it wouldn’t pull up. Either way the upward angle from the body joint was there to stay. Even the edge line of the side of the neck weaved in and out – schoolboy mistakes ffs! Most first time builders use a straight edge and are overly careful to get it right.

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A real shame as I loved the sound and feel, really very nice to play. I guess you win some etc. I think I may get another but not mail order.