Tanglewood TW1000 - Deluxe Reviews 
4 / 5 based on 1 reviewsI bought this guitar in Dublin for 650, or STG£460.
I originally was looking for a semi-acoustic with cut-away. Having spent a couple of weekends going around different guitar stores and sampling Takimine, Ibanez, Washburns, Epiphone, I initially chose the Tanglewood TW15, a full wood semi with cut away and Shadow pick up and good natural tone. However, just before buying I had a look at the TW1000, a more compact guitar without cut-away. However, the sound was far superior to that of TW15 and the pick was a Fishman and not a Shadow. Therefore, I went for sound quality.
The best thing about this guitar is the sound. Its fantastic. Its no 2k guitar sound but it is miles ahead of anything else in its price category that I have come across. The guitar is a solid body rosewood. No synthetics in it. Therefore, the sound is nice and full. Quite a bassy hum to it. The action was perfect and with a Fishman pick up, there is no Tinnyness that you find with the Shadow pick ups.
The only thing I don't like about the guitar is that there is no cut-away. However, having had the guitar for about four months now, I still think that the sound if produces more than compensates for this.
The version I got is a deluxe with gold Grover machine heads, some ornamentation on the fret board and a gloss finish.
The guitar is full Rosewood with no synthetics and the pick up is a Fishman. Therefore both the natural & ampified sound quality is excellent.
Overall, this is a fantastic sounding guitar that is very nice to play. The pick up is Fishman and the warm bassy/mid level tone given from the compact Rosewood body sets it apart from any other guitar in its price range and even those that were 400-500 more expensive. On a scale of 1-5, I give it a 4 for sound quality (it isn't a 2k or 3k guitar) and a 5 for value for money.
Dec H rated this unit
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2003-09-01.
