GSWJ! JP reviews the new Fender Paramount Dreadnaught!!
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Thanks for the review J.P. and mentioning that besides Strat's and Tele's, Fender used to build great acoustic guitar in the 60's and70's . The first steel string flattop guitar I bought in 1982 was a Fender dreadnaught (F-95). I took it off the wall at the local family owned music store and sat and played it for well over an hour. I then asked the clerk if I could use their phone and called my wife (of 3 months) to ask if I could buy it because it cost $500. She gave me the green light and I've enjoyed playing it from that day forward. I own many other higher end guitars than that but it always sounds and feels great when I play it.
Last summer I was in Vancouver and I bought my son , who is a beginner a Fender CD 60 Dread for 300 bucks with hard case. Made in Indonesia. Beautiful sunburst finish. I who have been playing for over six decades couldn't fault it. I was way back in the 1960's, FREDDIE MERCURY's school mate. St.Peter's High School, Panchgani, India.
What a hell of a player! He can make a Wallmart cheapo sound like a million bucks!
Those PM-220E's are solid mahogany back and sides, solid spruce top, rosewood fretboard and bridge with a Maple bridgplate. Previous they made the same or close to same dreadnought called PM-1 (also PM-3 OM size and parlor versions also) with rosewood back and sides and ebony fretboard and bridge, the rosewood ones were the "PM-1 Rosewood Deluxe" . They also made two "PM-1 Limited Adirondack" editions. one model had mahogany b & s one with rosewood b&s, these had Adirondack tops and Adirondack braces. They all had Fishman electronics which has a built in tuner. These were quite good but they didn't put much into marketing them I have the 2 Limited Adirondack dreads and a deluxe Rosewood model. Regards the PM-220's there is also an all mahogany body model (includes mahogany top).
Sometimes I'm not sure about this guy ...seems he loves ALL guitars 😄
They’re solid, it’s the real deal. Fantastic.
Awesome review. I have the Paramount Pe-220 and the Newporter Special and they are my go-to guitars. It's taken my Martin about 10+ years of aging and playing to sound as good as these have straight out of the box. Fender makes really nice acoustic guitars. If they said USA on them people's opinions would change but the price would be triple for the same guitar.
Another great review, good sir!
Alll Fender Paramount guitars are all-solid construction. There are Sitka, Adirondack and Mahogany top options and mahogany (sic) or Rosewood body options. Originally Parlor, 000, and Dread sizes followed by a OM travel size, & a small jumbo ( i believe). Very handsome guitars all have bound fretboards, back zipper inlay etc etc etc.... I see pros using/touring with them. I believe all have Fishman pickups standard too....
Yep - solid back and sides.
Me again that is some terrific work I like the way that tapers on the end block
I’m in the market for an acoustic and just came across these today as they weren’t on my radar. I was wanting a little wider nut so I had been focusing on Seagull guitars but I might have to find one of these to try!
Love your videos
I wholeheartedly agree. Buying one to replace my Martin OMM
Nice one j.p.
Greetings from Dublin, Ireland!
I'm a Yamaha fanboy here, (FGX5, LLTA, FG TA), but I've seen some good reviews for the Fender Paramount (both models) here on RUclips over the past few months. Interested to watch this and get your take on it John.
do you have a model number for one of these paramounts?......can't find it in long and mcquade
@@tedwhitmore2781 Apologies for the delay in getting back to you!
The dreadnought model is the Paramount PD-220E. I've just checked and Long and McQuade definitely have them. ($1,149.99)
@@tedwhitmore2781 Fender Paramount PD-220E. That's the dreadnaught model.
I love my Paramount Limited Adirondack/Rosewood Dread. Just a great guitar for gig/worship with pickup and tuner.
Pulled out my 1987 Fender Gemini III last week and noodled around. It's built like a tank despite the top being in three pieces. Neck hasn't moved at all. Zero belly bulge. It's heavy (likely from all the bondo binding the laminates). Has a very bright hollow like sound. Kept it in immaculate condition all these years being the original owner where I purchased it at a music store up in Edmonton's Whyte Ave. Didn't you used to have one of these JP?
5:00 hey, that's a Pete Seeger tune - sailing down my golden river =)
Love the sound and echo of the low strings . . . the high, not so much. Nice looking guitar . . .
I think there are a few mistakes in the description...first one is these are made in China, not Indonesia, second one is the Paramounts have bone saddle and nut (not micarta) and the bridge is ovangkol not ebony....except of these...i love your test.
I have two paramounts....the Dread in Nature and the Parlor in all mahogany...my only downside is the thick laquer of the nature and the sunburst version...the mahagony one is the complete opposite...feels naked.😅...no laquer on it. Got both here in Germany new for each 350€ (same as US $) stunning guitars for the prices.
Beautiful and so well playable.
Thanks for your review of the Paramount. Maybe it will open up the eyes for all the Fender Acoustics Opponents.
PS: the price incl a decent hardshell-case... unbelievable!
Keep these gems next to my Epis Masterbilts (Exellente and Texan)
Edit: forgot they have ebony pins instead if plastic ones.
Agree with you! It can be seen on the label inside that says " Manufactured in China " , but that's not a problem, China makes all kinds of quality levels now, even top level stuff... I also have the Parlour but in Natural and it's the Double O ... ruclips.net/video/e2L_YcQQuSk/видео.htmlsi=Q6UWOrMdb_MPmIAm
Hi! Colt_Funky! Paramount for 350 e? Where please?
@@muxicomHere in Germany...it was an offer from Thomann. But i think it is no more available. Where are you from?
@@Colt_Funky I'm from South Spain. Spanish musicopolix shop has now an offer. Thanks for answering back.
Great review and actually THE video that made me buy one after eyeballing it for weeks. Had the chance to buy a B-Stock model in great condition for €424,- (!!!) Just ordered, will arrive later this week. Hoping for another monday-model 😉 Thanks again for your review and your content in general!
Update: Have it for about two weeks now. Sounded really tinny and the electronics had fallen of inside the body. Don't really care for the pickup right now (play mainly acoustic anyways) but the sounds has really (and I mean REALLY!) improved over the last two weeks. A full and big sound with great definition. If you can get your hands on one for a good price, don't hesitate. And give it some time to break in by playing it a lot.
At Guitar Center the PD-220E is $829.99 however if you setup an account you get a 10% discount so $82.99 off coming to $747 and I believe SamAsh has them for the same 10% off without needing an account and perhaps less at one of the stores they are closing down.
Myself I'm still playing the old Fender F35 I bought back around 1972 when they first came out. Believe I got the eighth one produced. I occasionally look for something better but even at $3,000 I haven't found that guitar yet. It had a defect needing a truss rod adjustment and fret leveling so I got it for only $65 which was a fraction of the list price at the time.
Best!
Would love you to critique some Larrivee guitars and how they compare to other makes. Thanks.
I had been thinking about these guitars since they first ca,e out?
Regardless of the guitar, if the lips or fingers of J.P. Cormier are moving, I want to listen.
They had one model in the uk with Adirondack Spruce top and a deluxe model with rosewood 👍🎸
Hi all. And J.P of course. Any thoughts on one of the newer LS16 vs the FS3??? Played the FS and liked it. Going to check out one of the Alvarez masterworks as well. Mainly a slow finger picker with a bit of justin Townes Earle style. This community seems to know so much so looking forward to any opinions or serious warnings :)
One of my favorite guitars is a 2019 199$ fender parlor with solid top.
Also love your videos 💯
I have a small Fender F45 from the seventies. All solid and a real cannon!
those were a great series of guitars made Matsumoto in Japan
Solid mahoghany back and sides. Just checked....
800 euros in Greece...... fair price indeed!
Looks like you did the review of that Fender and the Krakat the same day 😂. Anyway, the Paramount was okay for what it is. I played a couple dreads that sounded ok too. I have also played other breads for the same price that is miles above it as well. But, you may have gotten "the one". Good on ya!
Nice to Fender getting their acoustic act together again. I am still enjoying my Fender resonator, yes,really...that I bought over 20 years ago. Until recently I stayed clear of their acoustic as it was pretty awful. The Paramount series has me looking again at their offerings and your review helped to again peak my interest. Thanks JP!😊
I have a couple acoustic Fenders that I love to play, one is an Acoustasonic the other is a uke. And when I tried a Paramount Parlor at a local store I was quite impressed with it. Definitely a good valued instrument and, to be honest, one that I always see for a bargain price on Reverb (right now there’s a Dread in Excellent condition going for $399.95 with free shipping).
Now … I hate to be in the correcting business but … when you showed the label it said something like “Designed in California, Built in China.” And it must be said that China deserves credit for some amazing instruments: Bourgeois, Eastman, Breedlove, Gibson, and more. It is a country getting a lot of experience in building class guitars and no longer should a Chinese built instrument be reflexively given side eye.
Hello John thank you for your time I've always noticed that a Sunburst guitar has always had more volume than a normal finish guitar have you ever noticed that question mark Pharrell violin Lake of the Ozarks Missouri
Do a review of the enya carbon fiber acoustics 🙏
Would love to hear you do Progress Avenue on this channel. One of my favorite songs, not just by you, but of all time. I bought your album, 'The Messenger" back when it came out...listened to it for years until, unfortunately, I lent it to someone and never gotten it back. Can't seem to find that album anywhere these days or a decent version of Progress Avenue anywhere. It would mean the world to me, if you have a chance, to make a video of you playing it. If not, no worries. Keep on pickin' in the free world J.P.! I'll be listening! ❤
Are you going to review the Yamaha FG-9? Also, Hsienmo?
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Thanks JP
I have two Alvarez GA and they are really great not more than 1300
Do we really have to spend so much to have a decent sounding guitar?
Not anymore and I have two Boucher’s of course a different animal completely
They’re not bad but I just bought a guild d-40e and I’m waiting for it to arrive!
Mr J.P. Have You Tried The U.S.Made "Tone Bar" Yet!! No Bridge Pins Needed, A New Idea...
I'll take your word for the quality of that guitar but I'd say your 80 / 20 rule is more like 95 / 5 for Fender acoustics. Not that I'm in the market for one but I'd try any other brand used before looking at their acoustics. Sorry but I've seen too many duds.
'de-fender' ('cause I'm a poet)
Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland
honestly sounds like a fine guitar for 300 maybe 400 bucks at most! i love Fender I own a ton of strats teles amps etc.
The quality of guitars made today is astonishing
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Still waiting for you to review Blueridge guitars!!
The Indonesians are building some good guitars nowadays, to include offerings from Fender, Gibson, and others. Only thing they need to tweak is the amount of lacquer they use (less) and to also make the tops a bit thinner.
Yes, all solid wood. Mahogany back and sides. From Fender webpage:
Updated bracing pattern
Solid spruce or mahogany top; solid mahogany back and sides
New Fender/Fishman® Presys VT Plus pickup with piezo and transducer
Snowflake inlays and ovangkol bridge and fingerboard
That's a fault on the Fender site. All have a Fishman Sonitone PU inside the Soundhole. The Presys is an outside one, am I right?
Oh, it is my fault. .they changed the pickup system...mines are both with the Sonitone, sorry! Both are from 2021.
About the fact that these are Fender's top acoustic models, they are now but they used to have the Paramount Deluxe series that was with Rosewood B&S, and I think a better pickup and some nicer inlays... I've seen a couple used ones for sale...
Anybody in the group have any thoughts on a parlor or o guitar up to $1200-1500 new or used. Don’t play with a pick unless strumming for recording. Been looking at the Guild M20/25, Recording King Tonewood Reserve, Takamine P3NY. Currently have a cheap Martin DX1 and don’t hate it so I reckon anything is going to sound great to me. I know some of these have very diff specs. Thanks all.
Not a Fender acoustic fan...but that one does sound good.🎸
They do, until you try and play with someone who's got real guitars.
It's me again that bass is unreal
I'm guessing that those open gear tuners are made by the Chinese company: "Der Jung". They've been manufacturing guitar tuners since the '60's.
The Fender electrics are great ! You may get a good acoustic if you're lucky. The ones that I've tried, sound like a $200.00 guitar.
John if you’re going to review a guitar, know what it’s made from. I had a fender acoustic several years ago, I used it to start a camp fire!
Your noodeling is Awesome should teach a lesson on that, sounds great.....
Lotsa` volume, woody mids. Thought the trebles sound a little 'thin". Overall, I`d give it a 7 at the price.
Hey again.. i just looked up the specs of this guitar on the Fender website, and it's listed as Solid spruce or mahogany top; solid mahogany back and sides and an updated bracing pattern. So now you know.
Awesome, I have the Parlour version of this ( ruclips.net/video/e2L_YcQQuSk/видео.htmlsi=Q6UWOrMdb_MPmIAm ) and it's killer sounding, I don't know if it's just this one, but I prefer it over many of more expensive ones like Taylor, Faith, Martin ... It just has that sweetness in the sound and for what is worth mine has an awesome sounding pickup also, not just piezo, it's combined with a transducer like the K,&K under the bridge inside the guitar if you look... Yours should have similar pickup possible, but I noticed on your serial number that's made in 2021, they made some changes one some of their models lately...
Would you agree its a good sounding guitar for its price point, but I dont think it sounds up there with a Martin Or Boucher, not my cup of tea but to each his own........also, you could make an old cigar box sound good, LOL
It's so much nicer than a cheap looking Martin hpl.
Nope not for my money 💰 fender telecaster and Stratocaster r awesome 👏 but their Acoustic Guitar isn’t as good as other brands
I agree.
I used to think that too, but now that they own Guild, things are changing. The Paramount series are very unlike any Fender acoustics that have come before. I'm not saying they'll be your favorite. Only you can make that determination. But I'd recommend picking a few up to play at a music store and trying them out.
Almost as good as my Yamaha LL16. lol almost!
I think fender is going to have to gain trust in their brand and quality over time. Unlike underrated brands like yamaha which have consistently made high quality guitars, fender has been making consistently low quality guitars.
These Paramount Guitars DESTROY ANY Martins or Taylors in this price point!!!!!
Not gonne lie.. After listening to all your Boucher's this one is quite underwhelming.
its avg this one sounds like a 300 dollar banger
Well, of course. Bouchers cost like $3000 minimum and most of his are in that $5000+ range. Fender Paramount are $830 at most. What can we really expect? A guitar can only punch up so far above its weight. I think an issue the Paramount runs into is that there are guitars that cost just a little bit more, like the Yamaha FG3 or some of the Alvarez joints around that price that punch above their weight as well, so it doesn't stand out as much. Plus, they have to compete with direct to consumer brands that also make their stuff in Indonesia, like Orangewood. And those aren't great, but they are way better at marketing and offer slightly more in terms of features due to the bigger margins of avoiding wholesale.
@@GenericAssUsername Yes absolutely true but i'm so used to hearing all these gems on JP's channel lol
Can't do a review video without knowing if it's solid or laminated wood, basic stuff
I'd say when reviewing a budget acoustic guitar, it is more important to know how it sounds and how well they got the geometry correct on it. JP did it plenty well enough.
The Paramount series is all solid woods. Exclusively spruce or mahogany tops and mahogany back and sides except for some special runs. Perhaps he assumed that people who were watching this would already have been interested in it and known or would look at the product page if they became interested. I think if it were a paid product video or had the intention of necessarily sparking interest, a more complete take would be "paramount", but here, I can easily forgive it.
Nope!
Pass. My Yamaha FG5 blows it away.
I have an FG5 as well. Incredible guitar, regardless of price
I have that guitar and it’s a good guitar. It’s solid wood in American dollars it’s $800 it’s just a good guitar I think Taylor’s overrated they’re the veneer of the new line they make nothing solid unless it’s five $6000. I’m not impressed with Taylor at all. They all sound like shit to me. You know I could be wrong with other people, but They they have Taylor
Fender Acoustic Guitars suck
This one obviously doesn't.......especially for only $900 US.
JP I despise Taylor they’re overpriced the near junk I just don’t know what they see in Taylor they’re nothing to compare to a Martin or Alvarez
They’re not bad but I just bought a guild d-40e and I’m waiting for it to arrive!
Nice. I just bought a Bourgeois!!
@@user-lz9xz6lu3u I’m not sure If there’s even a dealer in Canada . But I wa r to try one
@@user-lz9xz6lu3u want to try one