Gibson L-00 Studio Rosewood Review

Awesome guitar

Fantastic sounding guitar and very well built. No flaws or defects and the setup out of the box was perfect.

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It’s so comfortable that I practice more

I'm 64 years old now and it's getting uncomfortable for me to play a dreadnaught size guitar comfortably so after I shopped around for a smaller body guitar, I decided on the GibsonL-00 studio rosewood rose-burst. I really wanted a rosewood body for its tone, sustain and beauty and also I really think the rose-burst is classic Gibson…the other, competing brand small body guitar… read more only comes in natural. I also was determined to buy this guitar from Sweetwater,as the last guitar purchase I made from a competition online music store didn't go well although I liked (and kept) the guitar itself. Everything went well on this purchase from Sweetwater and i love playing this fine wood music instrument. It's very comfortable to hold and to play and the sound is intoxicating. You don't get the booming bass response from this instrument like you would a quality dreadnaught size guitar but the low-to-middle midrange and upper range are lush and gorgeous. If you plug this guitar into a good speaker system, it sounds a lot like a dreadnaught. Wish I'd had one of these when I used to gig.

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Blew me away.

I wanted a Martin CEO-7 the most. L-00 body and all but super expensive and didn't want to pay that much. I started looking at other guitars and came across the Gibson L-00 Studio Walnut. The cheaper version of this rosewood version. Sweetwater couldn't get anymore in until November so I jumped on this one. I'm glad it worked out this way to be honest. This is the very first Gibson… read more I've ever played or owned. I was worried about Gibsons fit and finish and overall quality control. So far this guitar looks and sounds amazing. It was everything I could of hoped for in sound and looks. It is super focused sound. I own and have owned a Martin D-15M for 13 years now and I love that guitar too always will, but this is a 180 from it and that's what I wanted. The Martin is warm but a bit more boomy being bigger and whatnot. This has a more focused tight sound. It doesn't lack bass though at all. It's there just not boomy. This guy is loud for it size, I was surprised at how well it projects for as small as it is. I was kind of worried it would be a bit Like a Guild M-20 or M-40 being smaller having a bit smaller sound to it. I've heard that they are a bit thinner than a Gibson L-00 though. This thing isn't thin at all. Not to my ears. The Fishman pickup in this isn't the greatest, but it works and isn't that bad once you figure it out and get it dialed to where it sounds decent to you for what you want to do with it and your personal setup. This thing is a great finger picker, stummer, to me it does it all and does it well. The smell is amazing coming from the soundhole as well. I didn't want another hog back and sides guitar minus the CEO-7 and wanted something different like rosewood or walnut but like I've said glad it worked out this way. I'm in love. I had a setup put on it and had them put Martin Retro Monel strings on it as well. Most people don't care for Monels on a rosewood guitar, they mostly like them on Mahogany. I'm giving them a chance on this and then getting a different set once these are done to compare and see which ones I like better. So far It's been a couple days and I'm really liking the Monels. So if you want a focused tighter sound without the boomy bass but still has nice tight bass and everything all across the board, still projects very well buy this little guy. You won't regret it. Sweetwater was excellent to me and there was no pressure on what to pick or to hurry when picking what I wanted.

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