Jasmine S34C NEX Acoustic Guitar,Natural & Fender FT-1 Professional Guitar Tuner Clip On, with 1-Year Warranty, Full-Range Chromatic Guitar Tuner with Dual-Rotating Hinges, A4 Calibration

I currently own seven guitars, all different, to accommodate/enhance various styles of play. My acoustic workhorse has been an Ovation Celebrity - nothing fancy, not a great tone, but it plays really well and it sounds nice when amplified. I bought this Jasmine for a few reasons - 1) I wanted a beater guitar for camping trips, 2) I wanted a guitar that I could leave in an alternate tuning (probably DADGAD), and 3) because of reason #1, I didn't want to pay much. After finding this guitar (priced at about $85.00) and reading the reviews, my curiosity was piqued so I thought I'd give it a try.I've had it for about a week now and I'm back at square one in a way. This guitar looks too pretty (the satin finish is beautiful), sounds too great (wonderful tone, great sustain, superb intonation), and plays too well (the action was decent right out of the box, no fret buzz anywhere) to use it for its intended purpose! In fact, this 'budget' guitar is the first guitar I've ever owned that I've considered honoring it with a name.I'm selling the Ovation because it just can't compete tonally with this Jasmine. I've already ordered a second. And if the second is consistent with the first, I'll probably order a third (for camping... ?)!In the words of Vizzini, "it's inconceivable" that a guitar this nice would be so cheap!A note to beginners:I highly recommend this guitar to any adult (or almost-adult-sized child) wanting to learn to play - it's inexpensive, it plays well (if properly adjusted), and it has a wonderful tone.Having said that, I would like to add this:The guitar strings will need to be changed occasionally due to use; they will lose tonal quality, they may break.In fact, you may need to change them from the outset (don't be alarmed or disappointed - it happens, particularly with inexpensive guitars. And they're pretty cheap). There is a variety from which to choose but I would recommend starting with a 'Silk and Steel' type - they're typically easier on new (un-calloused) fingertips. Once your fretting fingers are toughened, you'll want to experiment, as your string choice will affect your playing style as well as your tone.The action (the distance from the strings to the fingerboard) may need to be adjusted to make playing easier. As a general rule, if the strings are higher than the thickness of a US quarter (measured at the 12th fret), the action needs to be lowered. If the strings are lower than that, you're probably getting fret buzz (from the string(s) vibrating against a fret when the string is plucked). Most music stores can correct this (for a fee), or an experienced guitar-playing friend may be kind enough to help. You can do it yourself if you're so inclined (instructional videos can be easily found on YouTube) but I would strongly suggest having an experienced person oversee your first few efforts.There are a couple of accessories that will be greatly beneficial and should be acquired immediately if you don't already have them:1) A guitar case or a guitar stand (you have to do something to keep it safe when you're not playing it).2) A guitar tuner.3) Guitar picks (plectrums). You don't necessarily need these; some guitarists prefer to play with their fingers. But most use a pick. There is a wide variety, so experiment. They not only affect your ease of play but, if you pay attention, you'll notice they also affect the tone you're getting. In fact, I use specific picks for different guitars.4) A neck strap. Another item you don't necessarily need (if you always sit while playing). If you want to stand while playing, it's a virtual necessity.I hope this has helped!

The Jasmine S34C is an outstanding value.I'm still having a bit of a diffiuclt time reconciling the guitar I received with the amount of money I spent for it.Mine arrived earlier this date, with the factory box inside a larger Amazon box and more than adequately cushioned from movement with plenty of crumpled packing paper.The guitar inside the factory box proved to about as perfect in build quality as human hands and machines can make such a thing out of the materials it is made from. I inspected mine very throughly before tuning it to pitch and trying it out -including examining the body interior with the sort of inspection mirror used in automotive repair. I looked for flaws, expecting to find some, but I didn'tTHE NECK: The tuning machines on my example have a positive feel with no backlash in the gears. The nut on my example is of the correct height and is correctly slotted. The fingerboard is a very nice piece of rosewood. The dot inlays on it were correctly done. The frets on mine are all level, properly crowned, polished, and end-dressed. The binding on the neck was skillfully and correctly applied. The neck appears to have been set at an appropriate angle. The satin-matte finish on the neck makes it a fast and smooth thing to slide the hand upon. There is a metal strap button applied in the exact spot I'd have put one on the neck heel myself had one not have been supplied.THE BODY: The laminate sapele on my example is all uniform in general color, with beautifully figured grain. The binding on the body is perfectly executed. Inside the body, everything is neat and tidy -no globs of glue, no whiskered wood. The top on the insturment is often billed as "select spurce." It is a laminated top, but on my example, you have look very, very closely at the end grain of the wood around the sound hole to tell. It appears to be a solid, voidless board, faced top and bottom with almost paper-thin spruce veneers. The laminated top on this instrument reminds me of the tops used on the old "Nippon Gakki" Yamaha instruments. The satin-matte finish so perfectly and evenly applied to the back and side of my example was equally well done on my instrument's top. The simple inlaid black and white ring celluoid or abs rosette around the soundhole was flawlessly done, too. My instrument came with the pick gaurd installed, but I removed it immediately upon completing my inspection of the instrument. It was easily removed by simply slowly peeling it off the sound board, leaving no residue behind. I wrapped it in wax paper as soon as I removed it, so it could be re-installed later, if someone was inclined to do so. I bought this guitar to do lead work on and for that, I generally pick with my bare thumb, index, and middle finger, rather than use a plectrum, so the "scratch plate" isn't something I need on this instrument -hence my desire to remove it.INITITIAL IMPRESSIONS: This is a light and shockingly resonant and responsive instrument and it is pretty much tailor-made for my style of play. Where responsiveness to picking and pick attack is concerned, I couldn't be more pleased. It has very even volume response up, down, and across the fingerboard with equal attack equalling equal volume wherever a note is fingered. Mine has a substantial amount of sustain, too. I tuned it to pitch and played it for about an hour and a half, using the whole neck, and playing pieces with plenty of single string and double-stop bends, lots of hammer-ons and pull offs, and etc. I'm having a hard time believing that a new guitar would stay in tune through all of that, but it did.Tone-wise, I would describe mine as "sweet" and "clear" without being overly "tinny" or overly accentuating the high-end of the tonal spectrum.It has very good note separation, too, in spite of having almost too much sustain. It seems to generate enough volume when picked with the bare flesh of my thumb, index, and middle fingers to work well with microphones -something I'll have a go at tomorrow. Strummed with a plecturm or flat-picked, it puts out a lot of volume for an all-laminate body instrument.It reminds me of everything I liked about my first guitar -an Ovation Balladeer, being similar to that in terms of response to pick attack, even volume and sustain response all over the fingerboard, and being close in terms of tone. What I am still amazed by as I write this is that when I first started playing guitar back in 1980, $30.66 had the same buying power then that the price I paid for my S34C has today, but back in 1980, there wasn't such a thing as a playable guitar to be had for that kind of money.In sum, the Jasmine S34C I received isn't just "a good guitar for the money." It's just a good guitar. Period and full stop.The only "con" to it that I can come up with is that it shipped to me with insanely high string action. I can remedy this easily enough through simply sanding a few thousanths of an inch off the bottom of the bridge. And it isn't really a "con" per se, because even expensive guitars need a "set up".Otherwise, it seems entirely well suited for what I bought it for -an insturment for finger-picked acoustic lead or solo guitar. It isn't something I'd want to flat-pick fiddle tunes on or back a bluegrass jam with as it lacks the "punch" and powerful bass of a good dreadnaught-style guitar. But it seems all peaches and sunshine for what I bought it for and hoped it would do.My expectations were high based on the number of positive reviews this instrument gets. My example has exceeded those expectations.UPDATE 3/7/2016: After giving the instrument some time to acclimate to its new surroundings, I set the insturment up to my taste, tweaking the truss rod a little to get exactly ten thousandths of an inch of neck relief and popping a lower saddle in the bridge to get the string height over the 12th fret where I like it -using a U.S. quarter-dollar coin as a height gauge. I then strung it up with Ernie Ball Earthwood extra-light silk and steel. I only thought I was impressed with instrument as it came from the box. After setting it up and re-stringing it, I am even more impressed than I was initially. This instrument simply doesn't play or sound like the "cheap plywood box" that it essentially is. It is a highly resonant, sweet singing, responsive guitar, even when strung with extra-light silk and steel strings, and even when picking it with my bare thumb, index, and middle finger as I am wont to do. Tuning stability has also proven to be really good so far. Since receiving this, I've already gigged it, where it took nothing more exotic than a humble Sure SM-57 aimed at the 14th fret to get stellar live sound. I've also found that it records really well. To say that I am amazed with this instrument is a bit of an understatement. I'm so impressed with mine that I have literally just purchased another Jasmine S34C from Amazon! Having a second one will allow me to have one in standard tuning and another in altered tuning, and alternate between them in live performance, instead of having to constantly re-tune just one of them. If this second one that I have just ordered is as good as the first one I received, the plan is to put K&K pickup systems in both of them.UPDATE 8/13/2018: I now have several of these instruments. All of them were purchased from Amazon and all arrived on my doorstep in perfect condition, albeit in need of a truss rod and saddle height adjustment. I absolutely could not be more pleased than I am with these instruments. I am something of a guitar geek -the kind who goes to brick and mortar stores and plays everything they've got, but I have yet to play an acoustic guitar that I like better than this model, regardless of price, or who made it, or what it is made from. It plays, sounds, and stays in tune every bit as good as instruments costing significantly more and, as such, this instrument has to be one of the best "bang for the buck" values in music today. In fact, it plays, sounds, and stays in tune better than a whole bunch of guitars costing a whole bunch more money. If I had more space to keep them, I'd buy a few more. Yeah, it's a cheap plywood box and it doesn't have the "solid board" back, sides, and top that so many players think a great guitar has to have. I could care less what the thing is made from or what it looks like. What I absolutely DO care about is sound, and how easy it is or isn't for me to get what I hear in my head out to the ears of an audience. These things do what I want a six-string acoustic guitar to do. There generally no other six string acoustic guitar that I would rather play instead. The more I have played them, the more I appreciate them. The "honeymoon phase" ain't over yet. I have installed K&K pickup systems in two of these for convenient and decent live sound. I use the external K&K pre-amp and the result is something that needs no improvement.

I recently picked up the Jasmine S-34C Cutaway Acoustic Guitar in Natural as a starter guitar. Going into this, my expectations weren't sky-high – I just wanted something decent without breaking the bank. But let me tell you, this guitar has been a pleasant surprise.First off, it looks great. The natural finish gives it a classic, sleek look that you'd expect from more expensive guitars. It's the kind of guitar that makes you want to pick it up and play just by looking at it.Sound-wise, I'm impressed. For a budget-friendly guitar, the sound quality is really good. It has a nice, clear tone that's been great for learning and practicing. As a beginner, it's encouraging to have an instrument that sounds good – it makes the learning process more enjoyable.Another big plus is how well it stays in tune. I haven't had to constantly retune it, which can be a hassle, especially for beginners who are still getting the hang of things. This stability is a huge advantage for a starter guitar.Overall, the Jasmine S-34C is an absolute gem for anyone starting out. It's affordable, looks and sounds good, and is easy to play. If you're looking to start playing guitar and don't want to invest a lot of money right off the bat, I'd definitely recommend this one. It's a solid choice that won't disappoint.

I would actually give 6 stars if i could just because of the value.I started playing guitar in the early 90s using mostly acoustic/classical guitars at first and eventually electric, which have become my main instruments over the years. Recently I've had an itch for acoustic again but didn't want to spend too much money which is why i chose this guitar. I love the mini jumbo body shape far better then dreadnought and the cutaway is also awesome (both looks and practicality). I was expecting a nice looking cheap guitar I can setup myself and upgrade parts over time.Well, this thing is actually great right out of the box! Most common downfall of cheaper guitars is tuners, fretwork, and intonation. The tuners are cheap but still work fine, and the fretwork and intonation are great...I'm thoroughly impressed with this guitar; even the strings that came with it are good!I ended up changing the tuners (black to match), strings to 10-47 gauge, and lowering the action by about 2mm and it now plays almost like an electric guitar but it was totally playable as is. I actually played it for days with no issue before i did the setup. Anyone that has had a professional setup knows it's totally worth it, so why not, specially since i can do it myself.If you handed me this guitar blindfolded and I had to guess what price point this guitar was, I would guess 2-3 times the actual price. I ended up buying a second one of these guitars shortly after the first one because a friend was thinking of starting guitar and I didn't think she would find anything better than this one, even if she spent a little more.

I've been using this guitar for the last four months, but now it sounds like it's buzzing because the fret bar is bent at the base. I'm stuck with the product and don't know what to do. Kindly support.

Gran guitarra, merecidas las 5 estrellas. Los acabados son fabulosos, te da la sensación de haber comprado una guitarra de alto costo. El sonido es enriquecedor y balanceado. 👌Por el precio es genial.

I got this guitar for my son as his birthday present as he had been playing on a cheap Encore guitar for a few years and decided he needed an upgrade. At only £99 and made by the reputable brand Takamine he decided he liked this guitar for the body shape and cutaway so I ordered it for him. When it arrived (just 2 days later) its fair to say he wasn't disappointed! He absolutely loves his guitar! It has a very nice look and according to him an amazing tone and resonance for such a low cost guitar. He showed it to his teacher who guessed that it had cost £300 and was shocked when he told him it had only been £99! Would definitely recommend this guitar to anyone and will definitely be buying another Takamine for his next guitar!

Good sound, nice string action