FHG-027 14-Fret 000 Guitar

I received my flint hill today and for the money its pretty nice. There is some clear workmanship flaws typically of a guitar made in china. It didn't have the pick guard on it at all and also didn't have the fret markers pictured....it was just normal fret markers. I honestly don't feel like going through the process of packing it back up and trying to send it back even with a free shipping label. I am going to buy an OM pick guard anyway. Otherwise it sounds decent for the money.

It's a long story. To start off the first guitar that a got had a broken neck. The shipping box was way below standard and very little to support the guitar from direct contact with the ground. It was a shame because the guitar looked great and I am not one how thinks busting a instrument is cool. Amazon replaced it in a flash. I got it and a 3rd string tuner was bad. I replaced the 3rd string tuner with the first and am able to tune the guitar down 2 steps.This guitar is solid wood, I did not believe it but it is. Beside the tuners, this is a well built guitar. I can replace the tuners. I was not going to ship this guitar back for the price. I was buying it for a kid in my family but she will never see it.I buy and sell guitars. I play them and sell them while trying to break even. I have had 100 or more flat top guitars, Martin, Gibson and hand made Collins guitars.This guitar has loud sounds with good intonation. I have never liked the idea of a guitar made in China but they may be the next great guitar company. They need to work on the little stupid stuff. I little foam in the shipping box and good tuners.Don't send it back for a bad tuner, take it somewhere and replace it. I only think what this guitar may sound like in 20 years.

bought this at yard sale, set the action a little and discovered a great little guitar. the inlay work is well done and plays very nice. have heard some of the story of why they stopped making them but I'm glad I found this one. one thing is that this one has a 1/34" nut that is good for finger picking.

I don't know they make such great guitars for such little money! solid indian rosewood! and the tone is astounding. for the price you can't beat this deal.

I've owned this guitar (Flinthill FGH-017) for about 3 years now, and though it is much less expensive than other guitars that I own, I go back to this one frequently, each time delighting in the musicality of this instrument. The tone is very sweet and somewhat dark. It is a good singer's guitar - the guitar has presence and resonance, but not so much volume that it would overpower the vocal parts. The C-shaped neck feels great. The intonation is dead on. It has opened up beautifully so far, and think that it will continue to do so. The only thing I can think to complain about is the tuners, which I just haven't bothered to replace yet. They're not so bad, though - they just need a little more tweaking than I prefer. Overall, this is a real sleeper. For this price, it is kind of a crazy steal.

For those of you who may not be aware, this Flinthill guitar is actually a Recording King. I'm not completely sure how it happened, but the gist of the story goes something like this: Recording King used to have guitars made a Factory X, but some sort of dispute found them relocating to a different factory or renegotiating some contract... I've seen differing stories. Regardless, someone was left with a bunch of Recording Kings, which were then re-branded, first as Johnsons, and then as Flinthills.I'm not joking, but when I changed strings I peeled the Flinthill sticker off from inside the soundhole. Underneath it was a Johnson sticker. Underneath that was the original Recording King sticker! No joke... I kept the stickers to show people who come by.Bottom line is that, due to some strange business dealings in China, you've got the chance to own a higher end Recording King at about a third of the initial cost.As for the guitar itself, I'm in love. I'm always a fan of any body shape aside the ubiquitous dreadnought, and this one has a real nice V shaped neck to boot. It looks great, and sounds great. I use it mainly for fingerstyle, and its got a real balanced tone. The string spacing is great for fingerstyle as well, especially if you're thumb starts getting real wild. The face of the guitar is two piece engleman spruce, which is a new tone wood for me.A lot of Recording King OOOs I've played are 12 fretters, which is fine with me, but this one's meets the body at the 14th fret, which gives you that extra accessibility. Though I wish it were slot-headed, I've really got nothing to REALLY complain about. The tuners have given me no issue in the year that I've had the guitar, which is often a complaint I see raised. I'm thinking there were some quality control issues with these guitars, so play around with one before buying it if you have the chance. I recommend this with any instrument though.The Flinthill won't be around for long. Not a lot of people are familiar with it now, which I like 'cos when others see me playing it... well, it makes me feel like I've got something really rare.