Maestro by Gibson Acoustic Guitar Pack 41-Inch - Natural

 (4 customer reviews)

As a first guitar, this one is really great. With a good set of strings (I recommend Ernie Ball acoustic or Washburn) the tones produced are very nice, especially for a lower end guitar. It is more than enough for a beginner to pick up and begin learning. The only con with the guitar that I've experienced is that the strings are rather high up on the fret board which makes barre chords more difficult. However, a capo can remedy this in most instances. If you already have a beginner guitar and are looking to move up, I recommend getting a mid-range Alvarez.

I bought the Gibson Maestro flattop acoustic guitar at a yard sale for $5. How could I lose???

Here's a rundown:

Garbage: soft rosewood saddle actually has sawdust around the strings at the pinholes. The worst string pegs in the world. Cheap plastic bridge set too high. Cheap plastic nut. Horrible 'enclosed' style tuners . . . one was stripped and would not tighten (Hence the $5 price.) Strings are good enough quality to tie up your trash in newspapers for the trash can.

In other words, just what I was looking for!

Nice Stuff: well-built body and neck, no twist or cupping of the neck, so is something to work with. Top, sides, and back appear to be fairly good wood. Good neck attachment to the body. Plus it has the distinctive Gibson pegboard, and has "Gibson" at the top. It means nothing, but hey, it looks cool to tote a Gibson!

I concluded that the box and neck are fairly decent - wood species and fit and finish - but...Read more

the guitar arrived on time and in excellent condition, the only thing is that we thought that we were buying a lefty, but it wasn't, no problem it was fixed easily, my son is so happy, thank you very much...