I have three Washburns, a Woodstock 6-string Electro-Acoustic, a EA20-12 12-string Electro-Acoustic and a J200 copy. All great guitars for the money, as have been all the other Washburns I have owned, played or supplied to pupils over the years.

That great British guitarist Chris Newman used to play a vintage Washburn similar to Claire's guitar above.

Nowadays they are made in the Far East, but the quality control is usually good, and IMHO, they are somewhat underrated by the so-called guitar cognoscenti. That said, my first loves are my Martins, but they were a lot more expensive.

Happy picking, John!

Alan