Magnolia Live

Love it!

Great tone, feels great. No complaints!

Just ok

I’ve had the Magnolia for right at a year. I originally bout it to be a smaller, at-home guitar so my other acoustic could stay at my office and travel less. This seemed like a good option for that with the added benefit of the fishman electronics if I wanted to play it live. Over the year of playing, I’ve found it to be… ok. The look is great. Build and finish don’t disappoint. I’ve found the neck and body really comfortable. All of these things draw me in and make me want to pick it up to play. Once that’s happened though, that where my experience changes a bit. The tuner isn’t the most responsive. The tuning machines on mine are also a little inconsistent. Most times I tune, I find myself going through the strings 2 or 3 times to get it right, then needing to tune pretty often while playing. The tuning struggle makes my biggest issue feel even worse. Mine has always seemed to an intonation issue. Up to the 3rd fret or so, it’s not noticeable. As I play higher up the neck, it becomes a problem while chording. I don’t trust it quite enough to use it live because of these issues. To be fair, I don’t imagine this is a wide-spread problem in all the Magnolias or certainly not all Orangewood guitars, just things I’ve experienced with my particular guitar. Feels like I didn’t quite get the “bang for your buck” I was hoping to. I still pick it up to play, I just do so with patience.

Awesome, sounding beautiful lap guitar

Decided to keep this guitar because the sound is so beautiful and it’s so comfortable to play. Thank you, Orangewood.