My wife and I decided we want to learn to play guitar so I bought this one for her and ordered the Mason Live (over the FG830) for myself and let me tell you the Mason Live is beautiful. No regrets there. For her I was debating getting either the Brooklyn, the Echo on sale for $276, an FG800, or this one with a 10% off coupon. Well I bought this one and unfortunately the guitar I received has a few minor blemishes. There are a couple on the bridge, frets, and neck. The main one is a massive eye sore right at the bottom of the fretboard where the stain did not take well. Not super happy about it. I still think it is nice for around $210 but probably should have went with the Brooklyn or Echo for her. Compared to the FG800 we checked out at guitar center it is not on par. I am not going to send it back or anything but this guitar should have made it's way to the outlet pile in my opinion. Even though I am not 100% satisfied I still recommend this guitar. Buy it if it fits your budget and you can get a 10% off coupon, because blemishes aside it is still a really nice looking guitar. I want to make it clear that I am not bashing Orangewood. I really like Orangewood and their direct to consumer business model. I know I will buy more guitars from them in the future after I learn, just from the Melrose collection and above where I know the quality is going to be there regarding the finish.
