[QUOTE=Jim Tozier]I was shopping for a "beater" guitar for somewhere in the neighborhood of $300, and I stumbled across the
Washburn WD46S, which is part of Washburn's 120th Anniversary Rarewood Acoustics Reserved Editions (RARE?) series at
Music123.com.
It looks to have some nice features: solid spruce top, Grover tuners, abalone trim around soundhole and top, standard molded case . . . and the WD46S has rosewood back and sides. The Music123.com website (as well as an on-line review) states that it is Brazilian rosewood; and although Washburn's website doesn't say so, some reviews mentioned that the back and sides were solid wood.
I decided to call Washburn to find out . . . and their answer was that these guitars definitely use solid wood for the back and sides, although they said it was Indian rosewood. Nevertheless, I figured that it would be worth taking a gamble on a solid-wood spruce/rosewood guitar at this price, even if it is made in China. And if I don't like it, I can always return it.
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At least Washburn was honest that it is NOT BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD. I would be leary of anyone (Music123) that made such an obviously wrong statement/advertisement.