Acoustic Natural Guitar

I bought this exact model based on the price and the picture, and want everyone to know the fraud going on. This guitar comes in many bright colors, in both the standard and cutaway shapes. This review would apply to all variation of this 'Crescent' brand guitar.

This is NOT a true steel string acoustic guitar. This is a low-end classical/folk guitar made for nylon strings, but strung with steel strings instead. This guitar (as all classical guitars) lacks the metal truss rod in the neck and the internal bracing needed to withstand the tension of steel strings. The result is a neck that curves forward under the strain, resulting in unplayable string height, and TERRIBLE intonation (notes off key at different frets).

It is not ethical to market this as a child's or a beginner's guitar just because of the smaller size and low cost. A beginner would go nowhere trying to learn on this. Do not buy.

We were looking for a "real" guitar for our 9 year old to learn on. But a real guitar was much too big for him and the toy guitars seemed cheap. This one fit the bill perfectly. It's very well made, has a really nice tone and is just the right size for a child or even a small adult.