Washburn Festival EA20S, Nuno Bettencourt Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Natural Reviews
Washburn and Nuno Bettencourt teamed up to create the EA20SNB acoustic-electric guitar, and you'll be surprised by the rich tone and projection you get from this thinline jumbo body style. If you've experienced Nuno's amazing playing, you've probably seen him playing one of his Washburns. You'll find the EA20SNB incredibly comfortable and easy to play, even over long performances. Built-in Fishman electronics make sure you sound your best in any venue. Much more than a signature model, the Washburn EA20SNB is a value-packed performer for any guitarist.
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Highest Rated Reviews
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My many thanks for the team work at Sweetwater for their dedication and experience being the driving force to make every purchase a very fast and satisfying experience. Thank you! Special thanks to Greg O'Keefe for the help and friendship we have developed over the years!
Shockingly AWESOME!!!
I rarely write reviews, but I just had to for this guitar.
I wasn't sure what to expect, honestly, when I ordered this guitar. I was really looking for something affordable but with better action than my current acoustic guitar. At first I was a little disappointed in that sense, but once I started adjusting the truss rod, I was amazed at how well it played. The neck is really smooth, the action is close without buzzing, and it's just generally easy to play. Not to be overly dramatic, but it's the best acoustic guitar I've ever played, and I've been playing for 25 years and have had my hands on a variety of acoustics.
The built in tuner is an excellent plus :) It's also just a beautiful guitar. I thought the lack of fret marks would be a con, but there as still dots on the edge of the neck, so it was easy to get used to. I other words, if you don't mind the price, I highly recommend this guitar!
Easy to Play and Hard to Put Down
I just received mine and it cannot be in my line of sight without being picked up. If you're looking for a versatile acoustic/electric for when the urge to play just about anything hits you, this is it.
This is a skinny little guitar, and looks deceptively small when you get it out of its box. It has a very comfortable body to it all-in-all. Weight is nice and solid, and good balance throughout. I love that I can actually get to those high frets with that well-placed and sharp-looking horn.
It's got a very bright, almost metallic tone to it in certain places, but there's no ugly sounds coming out of it from anywhere. The guitar is, unamplified, quite loud already -- but plugging it in is super-nice. Fishman system is a great selling point here. I like the little tuner, too. Nice.
Not a fan of D'Addario strings, but this guitar is so easy to play, I don't care (and can always change them). Would have preferred it came with a gig bag, but what you gonna do? Great price, super value. All in all, a wonderful purchase. Thanks to our Sales Engineer, Jon Moscato and the Sweetwater team. I'm very pleased!
These are great thin body acoustic guitars !
Just got mine today and I am impressed... The guitar sounds real good unplugged , But really shines when you plug it in !
Fit and finish is 5 stars ! All in all It's a great acoustic guitar. The thin body is real comfortable - I like it a lot !
And as always, Ben came through for me with fast shipping...
I'll be the first!
After a bit of a wait, this guitar arrived minutes ago thanks to Mike Godlove and team.
Excellent setup. I went with D'Addario Nickel Bronze Strings and what a great choice!
Whether it's the punch of the strings and/or the meticulously designed thinline body, this guitar packs a punch, acoustically.
It's as loud as a Breedlove that I have and the quality of sound is superb.
Articulates well at low volumes with fingerstyle and has a nice bite with a Joe Bonamassa pick.
The Fishman onboard electronics, which I ran through an AER acoustic amp into a Bose L1 (I know, overkill!) gave a delicate, balanced and thoroughly omnipotent presence with no feedback.
Very little string squawk and nice thin neck. Feels more like an ES-335 in shape and touch, but of course, tons lighter. I give Mike and team five stars on this one.
There are many fine lower end guitars on the market today-this is one of the tops.
Everyday guitar
[+]The guitar feels good to play, weigh is perfect and the guitar looks nice with good accessibility to higher frets that you can actually use thanks to the good intonation setup. On the E 1st, 17th fret, i hit a perfect [A] on the tuner. I was really pleased with that!
[-] If you are used to play with your right hand half way through the fretboard-ends and the bridge, you will not be in front of the sound hole and will get a metallic tone. I had to adapt and move my picking hand toward the fretboard where the tone is the best. If you anchor your right hand on the bridge, you'll probably not get the best out of the guitar. Overall the guitar tone is too metallic because of the shape of the hole.
It sounds surprising good for fingerpicking since it gives good basses for the thumb, as long as your picking hand is spot over the hole otherwise, here you go again cigar box^^
No dots on the fretboard is something i miss, specially when i play with other guitarists.
No pickguard is a feature i miss as well.
The finishing of the guitar, the varnish gaps at neck joints and specially the rough binding around the cutaway are not strong points.
The overall feeling is that this guitar is 100$ overpriced. The strongest point of the guitar and the reason why i will keep it is the versatility. I can play loud and quiet, it is easy to grab and play with its thinline body shape. It offers decent confort to play reasonably fast, good high note access and reasonable tone for fingerstyles and pick strumming. I still don't know if i should have purchased instead a second hand Carvin AC375.
Hope the review helps.
