To complete the essential tonewoods build, it has a maple veneer top, just like the originals. The use of tonewoods is important, and this has a solid mahogany body. It is a 24 and three quarter inch scale.Įven in construction, there are important points to follow if you want the guitar to sound anywhere near good. The single-cutaway body that is solid and the raised pickguard. It is a tried and trusted and instantly recognizable shape and design. If you are going to produce a Les Paul look-a-like, it’s got to look like it.
If you are expecting anything radically different in the body design, you won’t get it. It looks the part, and even a quick assessment tells you that it’s all there.īut let’s take a closer look… Construction The Body (We love black guitars – there is something so rock n roll about them). This particular model has the classic single cutaway look and is finished in a stunning black. No, it isn’t a big name, but for the money, it is an awful lot of guitar… The OE 20 by Oscar Schmidt is one of them. But there are other brands that are also very good and just as cost-effective. Some go for the Fender look-a-likes some for the Les Paul clones.įor those that follow the Les Paul route, they often go for the Epiphone. They won’t go to the big-name brands straightaway. Then very soon they often want to get an electric guitar. Let’s take a look at one of them, in this in-depth Oscar Schmidt OE20 Review…Ī good number of kids and sometimes even adults, pick up a guitar and get the basics quite quickly. They are sometimes known as Oscar Schmidt by Washburn but most commonly just as Oscar Schmidt guitars. They produce some very good cost-effective instruments, and they are a popular brand. The guitars have continued to roll off the production line, but these days, they tend to stick to tried and trusted paths. Fretted Industries later became Washburn. They were finally bought out by Fretted Industries in 1978. A new business was formed, but the heady days had left them behind. Oscar died in 1929, and they began to struggle. All were designed to be easy to play for family entertainment before the emergence of radio and ten TV. The neck pickup is very warm and lends itself to a bit of a jazzy style maybe while the bridge pickup could have a country twang to it, if you play around with the sound.By this time, they were making not only acoustic guitars but mandolins and banjos. And, if you just pull them back a bit, then you will find it has some sounds that are very characteristic of the semi-hollow guitar. You haven’t got to thrash the pickups on this guitar all the time. But, that is in rather a different price bracket, to say the least. Of course, there are others that use them, the Gibson 335, for example. Not usually the norm on a semi-hollow body And the hardware, whilst being basic, is well-known for its reliability and solid performance. The materials used for construction are of high quality.
It has been well crafted and isn’t going to fall apart in your hands. And, has borrowed its styling from some famous guitars. We think that the Oscar Schmidt OE30CH is going to be a popular guitar with a lot of people. And, having a semi-hollow body does give you a range of sound options.
It is, though, a powerful setup and one that will appeal to a lot of people. And, to get the best out of the guitar using both pickups is a good idea. The bridge pickup especially is quite toppy.
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