Washburn Comfort G25SCE Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural with Armrest Reviews

Thank you Mike and to the person who did the setup work on my new guitar. It was such a joy to open the box this evening and find a perfectly set up guitar all ready to go. My arthritic old hands haven't been able to play so painlessly for a long time. I couldn't set my new guitar down till it was time for bed. I'm so glad I had the professional setup done. It was well worth the modest cost though I don't know how well it was set up from the factory. I'm glad I found an affordable guitar that was made to sound good, look good and be so darn comfortable to play and hold. As always, Sweetwater and team are the best. I'm particularly pleased with the bookmatched back of this guitar. I couldn't have picked out a more beautifully grained piece of wood myself being a woodworker all of my life. It's gorgeous. I can find nothing wrong with the fit, finish and tone of this instrument and am blown away at the price for such quality, beauty and playability. I live on a fixed income and believe I have gotten an exceptional value that I'll enjoy playing for a very long time. Sounds great plugged in too. Again, thank you and everyone at Sweetwater who helped make my dream come true.

Wanting to purchase A good starter guitar for my granddaughter I contacted Gage at Sweetwater. After A few other recommendations I decided on the Washburn Comfort G25SE and man I am glad that I did. I waited 2 days after receiving it to open the box ( -5 degrees here) I was amazed by the quality and sound of this guitar. It plays better than some of my more expensive guitars. I might have to keep it for myself and buy her something else.

I started by playing guitar years ago. I put new strings on an old guitar and started playing again. Being out of practice, it didn't sound great. It also hurt my forearm where I rested it on the guitar. When I saw the Washburn with the comfort cut- out I thought it was what I needed. Well... I was right. My forearm is getting the break it needed.Being a novice player, this new guitar is a lot easier to play. It has a wide nut, so the strings are farther apart for my fat fingers. The sound I'm getting is instantly better. There are some other features I like. It has a built-in tuner. The fret markers are on the side of the neck, which is fine since I'm not looking at the guitar from the front. Anyway, so far I love it.

Demo, All Good
Sound, Fit and finish, play-ability
Customer service... Shout out to Cristian Guerrero, thanks.

I've only owned a handful of acoustics in my life, and none come close to how this guitar sounds. To me, this guitar is close to immaculate. The only quibble I have is no strap peg by the neck. I read some reviews on Amazon that complained of cheap tuning pegs. No such trouble here. Maybe they got theirs from a less than reputable supplier. It's hard to go wrong ordering from Sweetwater. I've been playing with the phosphor bronze strings that come with it, but plan to switch to 80/20s and see how it sounds. Have a feeling it will sound even better.

I had been looking for a new acoustic guitar. My "go to" was a Martin DCX1e and it has served me well, but I was ready for an alternate 6 string and was looking for something a little sexier. I finally settled on the Washburn Comfort G25SCE (a close second was the Yamaha A3R). I couldn't find a Washburn comfort to try near me, so it was a leap of faith. My rep Kingsley Davis was a great help fielding questions for me, so I took the plunged with a little nervousness not knowing how it would play or sound. So...

The thing is an absolute drop dead gorgeous guitar with fantastic playability and incredible sound. Trust me, the sound is rich, the highs are clearer than my Martin dread and the low end is still there – lots of sustain and rich overtones, but focused. I haven't picked up the Martin since I got it. The only thing I'm planning to do is get an alternate saddle and sand it dow just a tad, aside form that, the setup was great. I couldn't be happier. Even my wife (A.K.A. "Why do you need another guitar") is impressed with the look and sound. It's a flat out steal for the price.

Loving this guitar! Didn't want to break the bank. Looked at and played lots of guitars in this price range. Sounds great, plays great, looks great. Add a strap button and no one should be disappointed. Kudos to Sweetwater for quick delivery and great service from Tyler & the rest of the staff.

Just got my Washburn Comfort G25SCE yesterday. Waited 24 hrs to open as instructed by Sweetwater.
All I have to say is it blows my Taylor 214ce into the dust. Unplugged, much fuller and richer, balanced. Plugged in, good solid bottom, as crisp top end as you want and great balance. The controls are great! Vol, 3 EQ's, Brilliance, Notch, Phase, Tuner...what control! The neck feels wonderful in my hands. Feels a little wider and I like that very much. I had Sweetwater lower action for me before getting it. Plays great. Comes with .12's but I'll probably go down to .11's sometime. Just a personal preference.
My Taylor sounds weak and thin compared to this and plugged in you can't get good bass without sounding muddy and woofy. I'm playing thru a Boss Kantana 50 on the acoustic setting. Sounds really good. I can only imagine what you'd get thru a dedicated acoustic amp! At this price pint and almost 1/2 the price of Taylor, it's a no brainer to me. The guitar is beautiful and the armrest is fantastic! Personally, I don't care about looks. If it play good and sounds good, it can beat to heck and I wouldn't care. Get one!

This is a true beauty. had this guitar for a few years.excellent quality. plays smoothly. easy to keep in tune. the sound has great lows. good highs. For the price point a much better guitar than expected. easily stands up against my Taylor 214ce

After reading reviews I ordered this amazing guitar. I have had it only a month but no disappointments at all. Even unplugged this guitar has warm lows and clear highs, the neck is easy to play. the beauty of this Washburn is beyond any guitar I have ever owned, there have been many. Plugged in with the Fishman electronics through my Fishman Loud Box Artist amp is what you would hope for and expect, a beautiful acoustic sound with plenty of tone adjustments to satisfy your own personal taste. A shout out to Adam Vaughn who I spoke with when ordering, you made my day. I ordered this on a Friday and the following Tuesday it was at my door step, WOW. I also ordered along with this the Washburn hard case, dark brown in color, nice change from the standard black. Snug fit, very plush and the price was amazing considering what you can pay for gig bags. I love everything about this guitar, for complaints, I have none. Very happy with the way Sweetwater operates, I was actually able to view two guitars and do close ups, hard to choose, both flawless, This guitar will stand up to others costing six times as much, just saying.

I have had top of the line Martin's and Taylor's and the quality of this guitar is astounding. Had a buzz that took a while to figure out and I almost returned it. Found the issue as it was a loose G String tuning peg. Get one get one get one.

This is a beautiful guitar with a great feel and wonderful tone.i'd put it up against taylor or martin any day of the week.honestly.

This guitar is a work of art, the sound is crystal clear and like a hug around you when you play it. String placement and intonation are perfect.

So easy to play,looks amazing sounds really good lots of sustain plays chords easy than any guitar i ever played, and sits perfect on my leg,this should be a hidollar instrument when you hold it you be amazed.

Thank you sweet water for the way you advertised this

This is a great playing and sounding guitar. The solid rosewood back and sides is what made me purchase it. The guitar is all solid wood.

The guitar itself plays easy and the action was real nice out of the box.

It sounds great plugged in,

I changed the strings and oiled the fret board when I got the guitar. I used Elixir 11182 Nanoweb 80/20 Bronze HD Light Acoustic Guitar Strings. The guitar really came alive with the new strings.

I have owned it for a bout a year now. There have no issues except for a finish crack in the head stock. You can barley see it and it is defiantly in the finish and not the wood.

Overall this guitar has a high end feel and sound and I would buy it again or another in the series.

Just bought the WCG25SCE from Sweetwater. I have always respected Washburn over the years, but I had no idea that this model would come with such quality. It plays like guitars twice the price, but the tone and volume it generates is priceless.

My son did an online search of guitars and persuaded me to purchase this instead of a more conventional acoustic. I am glad I did. The bevel gives relief to my elbow joint, and I find I can play all day long. Just wished it had inlay fret markers.

Although the washburn isn't made in the usa it's flawless and sounds great.

Washburn has really raised the bar with this beauty!! Plays like a dream, great electronics! BEAUTIFUL!!

I have been looking for this sound for a long time. My favorite guitar is a Taylor GS8,but it is out of my price range at this time. I played one of these at a local store and My Search was over. This guitar sounds as good or better than any top of the line guitar that I have owned or played. I bought one from Sweetwater hoping it would sound as good as the one I played locally and it does. Sweet Guitar...

I was looking for an acoustic with spruce top and rosewood back and sides, the classic formula, and was skeptical at the level of quality of this guitar, but when it arrived, I was really really impressed with the quality, tone, and playability of this guitar. The quality far exceeded my expectations knowing that the guitar was probably made in the Far East and quality can be hit or miss. The tone is classic rosewood and spruce, nice projection and note definition. Fret work is good, no ends sticking out, and after a little oil and a relief adjustment, she was a joy to play. Compared to other guitars from more popular lines, this guitar is greatly under-priced and easily puts to shame the $1000 line of other more mainstream guitar companies. I wise it came with a case or gig bag though.

This guitar was one of a dozen or so I tried. Others were Martin, Larrivee, Taylor, Seagull, Epiphone and others. It was one of the last guitars I tried during my two week quest to find a cutaway acoustic electric. Afterwards I was in shock. The guitar has great details and workmanship. It's a beautiful instrument. The playability is on par with more expensive models and brands. The solid Sitka spruce top really makes it sound nice. The action was great and required very little set up. Plugged in it sounds fantastic. Mostly I have played I unplugged and love the sound. One thing that helped me decide to buy was asking the shop to put on some Elixir. That really changed the time and literally woke up the instrument. It was good with the factory strings. It is great now. Love it.

Bought one several months ago, best acoustic I ever played. Then I saw the Taylor T5Z acoustic electric so I decided I would like one of those as I used to own a t5 standard and had a great moment with it but sold it as I thought it wasn't all I needed at the time. I returned the T5z because my fat little fingers didn't work out well on it at the nut area as its thinner than the T5 standard there and ended up buying a telecaster thinline and having to replace the acoustic electric. Don't know why I didn't go right back after the Washburn again, but I think it was that search for the holy grail. I bought a Taylor 114 ce and that didn't work out because I didn't agree with the neck profile, let that one go and then got a PRS Angelus Custom and that didn't work out because I realized that the Washburn had more dynamics and projection and a much better feel all around, let alone the comfort bout. And I also was a bit annoyed with the SE indicator emblazoned on the headstock of the PRS Angelus. They could have just left the PRS logo on it without letting everyone know who is watching you perform that it's a low end model. All that aside, this Washburn acoustic electric guitar is the best value on the market, in my opinion, as someone who may struggle a little to play acoustic guitar although I am a very seasoned bass player and can keep up my end on electric guitar rythym playing . Bottom line is I bought another one and I am very happy with it.

This guitar is absolutely perfect. I went into a music store ready to buy either a Martin or Taylor but none of them looked or sounded this good. The comfort factor was huge plus since I play live a lot. I was stunned at the low price and still can't believe they let them go so low. Do not hesitate if you are looking at these. Mine required no set up, perfect right out of the box!

Before buying this guitar I had a cheap Yamaha (which was actually quite good for the money). So I was in the market for something a little higher end. I was thinking about $1000 would be my ceiling. I walked into a great little shop we have here in North Van called Blue Dog Guitars just expecting to look around and get some price info. This was possibly the cheapest guitar in the store so I picked it up and gave it a strum. Bought it on the spot. I found it played easier than any of the other acoustics I've ever tried, from Martins and Taylors to Larrivee. And the sound is wonderful too. Gorgeous guitar, couldn't be more happy. If you're thinking of getting a Martin or a Taylor, save some money and get this thing. You won't regret it.

I've played acoustic guitar professionally 200 shows a year for 13 years straight and I'm a very harsh critic of most acoustics on the market. I had been playing a Taylor 714 and a Martin OMJM for the last few years and I needed a cheap backup. Many top notch musicians told me about this guitar so I tried it out myself and was BLOWN AWAY at the quality. The armrest makes this the most comfortable guitar i've ever played, I don't enjoy playing huge acoustics for 4 hours a night but this is just so easy to hold & play! Plus an armrest is a $1000-$1500 option on high-end guitars, so this is a crazy good price. The electronics are decent enough to get a good tone if you have a good preamp and know how to EQ. The neck plays great and the unfinished feel is very natural & fast. It definitely needs to be setup properly from the start, but that's the case with most guitars. The tuners have a really good feel and work very well. But I was most impressed with the tone & dynamics.. I expected this to be below average at best but it really sounds fantastic! Most spruce tops in guitars less than $2k usually sounds thin and has very little dynamics but this sounds full and warm while also retaining clarity. I'm sure it's a combination of good wood selection and not over-bracing the guitar, because a guitar doesn't sound this good by accident. Moral of the story; my $4k Martin has been sitting at home for over 7 months because the Washburn is now my main live guitar. If you're on the fence about a guitar then let me tell you this is easily worth $2000-$3000. It blows away high-end Taylors, kicks the pants off of those PRS acoustics, and is better than A LOT of Martins.

Beautiful sounding guitar. I love the tone. The bevel strip of mahogany binding is very unique and attractive. I have only seen this feature on much more expensive custom guitars. You can't go wrong with this guitar

I looked at Taylors, Martins, Larivees and did research. I was very skeptical about buying this, but for the money I gave it a shot. It is gorgeous, the pictures do not do this guitar justice. It plays as good and sounds as good as the $2000.00 guitars I played at my local music store. The only negative thing I could find was that it did not come with a front strap button. The value of this guitar is almost unbelivable.

Fantastic acoustic guitar. I was looking at a Taylor 214 and a PRS SE Angelus and was suggested this by my sales engineer Patrick. Turns out he was spot on. This guitar has been nothing but awesome since I've had it. It has nice sparkling highs and a great punchy low end. It's great for strumming and has good articulation when picking. The added benefit is the cutaway where your arm sits. You don't think much about the sharp angle of a normal acoustic guitar but once you play this you will experience true comfort while playing an acoustic.

In my previous review I expressed my concerns with the frets and fret board. After dressing the frets and putting on Elixir HD strings this guitar transformed into a great playing and great sounding guitar. As far as the way it sounds, I'd put it up against any $2000-3000 out there (I own a Taylor 814 and have owned both 6 & 7 series Taylors in the past). I'm going to replace the bridge pins on my next string change. The stock ones leave a lot to be desired. This is my first Washburn and I'm very happy that I came across this guitar.

Very nice guitar. The finish is VERY nice. All joints and seams are tight. Very comfortable neck. Fret ends could be finished off a little more, I'll have my guy look at it someday. I've just gotten used to them, so no big deal. I changed the strings after a month to Elixer medium light, same gauge that it comes with. Sounds great unplugged & plugged in. The comfort edge is really nice when you play for hours at a time. No creases in the arm anymore. It's dry where I am, so gave the neck & bridge an oiling when I changed strings. Setup is pretty good. I don't even play my dreadnought anymore.

Great sounding guitar......comparable to my Taylor 814, but a little brighter. The neck is a disappointment though. The edge of the frets are a little sharp. They could also use a little polishing. The fret board feels very dry and along with the frets, it's not a fast neck. A little fret work and some TLC on the neck will make this guitar a winner.

WE JUST GOT THE GUITAR TODAY AND DID THE TUNE-UP AT OUR SHOP AND WE ARE VERY IMPRESS WITH THE SOUND OF THIS GUITAR, PLAYS VERY WELL AND SOUNDS VERY GOOD.
GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE MONEY. SADLY THE WASHBURN CASE FOR THIS GUITAR DOES NOT FIT THE INSTRUMENT AT ALL, SEEMS LIKE THEY HAD A BOOBOO WITH THE PRODUCTION. ALL READY CALL THEM AND THE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT ONE FOR THE FIRST QUATER OF 2015. SO WILL WAIT.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS .