NGD!

p90fool

Ok it was a week or two ago actually, but I've been busy. 
Due to needing a new roof I've had to sell my Gibson J35 among other things, but luckily it went to a great  guy who's also a good player, who will gig it far more than I ever did.

Consequently I needed a gigging electro which wasn't as fragile or valuable, and I also wanted to go smaller, as full-size acoustics are playing havoc with my arthritic hands due to playing angles. 

Behold, the £199 Hartwood Villanelle, a 14-fret parlour with a pretty good sounding Fishman preamp. It's cheap, sounds great and has instantly become the guitar I grab first when working at home.
I loved my Gibson, but this just feels less precious, more throw in a gigbag and go. 

The fretwork is great as is the intonation, it just needed a tiny fettle of the nut slots.

munckee

Nice looking guitar. Is it solid spruce top and laminate mahogany back and sides?

DiscoStu

Nice, that

Soupman

Looks the business. Fishman pre-amp too! 

p90fool

munckee said:

Nice looking guitar. Is it solid spruce top and laminate mahogany back and sides?

It is, and it projects really well. 

I've just checked the spec and see Gear4music have bunged an extra 30 quid on the price sometime in the last two weeks.

jellyroll

As the owner of several stupidly expensive guitars, I really don’t want to hear about guitars that sound great for £199 ☹️

But congrats anyway

lovestrat74

That looks great! What's the neck profile like?

ElectricXII

It looks great. I love the vintage vibe.

bertie

well done on two levels

#1 on a nice acoustic

#2 its not a fucking dreadnought 

thomasross20

Lol at not a dreadnought Yes, looks great!

ICBM

Very cool - and it probably sounds, and almost certainly plays, better than the guitars which inspired it.

Kittyfrisk

Nice, although from the front it looks as if it is still in a case... 
How anyone can make a nice looking, good sounding guitar that also has £50 of electronics in for that price, is beyond me.
Enjoy.

Mellish

@p90fool £199??

Solid top, intonation good, sounds good, plays well...can't be anything but a winner.

Have fun with it  

grayn

Sweet guitar.  Glad it sounds as good as it looks.

Yorkie

Wife bought me a Parlour guitar for Christmas. Short scale, comfortable neck and huge sound (for the size). I am a little guy, so it’s a much better fit than a Dreadnought. 

Congratulations on your spectacular new Parlour. 

thermionic

The Thinking Man’s Gretsch Jim Dandy (looks like better woods).

Smellyfingers

Apologies for being a downer but it looks so good and is so well specced for £200 or even £250, you have to ask wether there might be a short cut somewhere. Maybe that does not in fact exist, but it would be my first or second thought.

p90fool

Well damn, I'll have a look inside and get back to you 

Soupman

As @Kittyfrisk said, at first glance that double light binding makes it look as though it's still in it's case!
Looks good though. Would love to hear it.

thermionic

Smellyfingers said:

Apologies for being a downer but it looks so good and is so well specced for £200 or even £250, you have to ask wether there might be a short cut somewhere. Maybe that does not in fact exist, but it would be my first or second thought.

£200 far eastern guitars are often fantastic quality. I bought a Loar (albeit ten years ago) for £200 that’s really well made - bone nut & saddle, lovely grain on the woods, and well set up from the box. A couple of people I know have Tanglewoods that cost £120 & £180 - both great guitars that are played a lot by their owners. The shortcut on those is a Micarta fretboard - but Gibson Les Paul Customs had the same fretboard material for years.

Yorkie

At £200, designed here & made in the far east I would expect to find a decent quality guitar?