Members takanick Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 I have an acquaintance who owns one, and he could literally have any guitar in the world, yet he chose a parkwood. I know nothing about parkwoods. Are they any good? Aren't they like guitar center's house brand or something? I'm just curious as to why he went with that guitar, and i refuse to ask him directly because he's just an aquaintance and i don't wanna dig any deeper. so any info on parkwood from you guys would be great. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katopp Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Decent Korean Guitars, made by Samick, AFAIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Have you checked out their website? http://www.parkwoodguitars.com/I've only played one, their maple jumbo, and it was pretty nice...great neck, easy action, the kind of balance you expect from a 17" maple.Don't recall if he told me what he paid for it, but he's infamous for being tight with a dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernie P. Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 For a while they got quite a bit of praise around here but that was a good ways back.I tried a few myself back then.I liked the maple jumbo a lot.The others were ok but IMO the Masterbilts and GAD's of those sizes were better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Yeah, like ^^ everyone says - MIK, came out probably 5-ish years ago as a line of solid-wood acoustics "reasonably" priced. I tried a few at Guitar Center and found them to be nice. The necks were a bit too thin at the nut for my tastes, so I didn't go any further but they were nice for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acousticdepot Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 I played them a few times at GC, almost pulled the trigger a few times. Thy have all but dried up completely at my local GC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I wouldn't recommend them. GC use to carry them but I noticed several of them had splits in the tops and or back also a neck issue on one ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 4, 2012 Members Share Posted November 4, 2012 Originally Posted by katopp Decent Korean Guitars, made by Samick, AFAIR. ^ Close. Made by Cort. A bit more upscale than regular Corts. The "GC house brand" thing was a common misconception. GC had the exclusive rights to sell Parkwod in the US. All models are all solid wood with a thinner-than-usual finish. I've also played a maple jumbo, tuned to drop D. Very impressive. The dreadnaughts were slightly less so but quite nice. Never saw one with issues. Grab one if you get the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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