Fender Paramount PM-1 NE Standard Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar with Case - All Mahogany (970310322)

This is an unbelievable guitar ! Beautiful sound and finish. The premium case is awesome! Really can’t believe I got a solid wood guitar with a premium case at this price point. What a deal. Did not have to adjust action and neck was straight. I changed the strings to my favorite so it came out of box ready to tune and play! If you have always wanted a solid wood guitar but could not afford I recommend this beautiful Fender PM-3. What a deal!

This guitar was a lot smaller than I envisioned, but it has huge sound! Great Fender craftmanship, and it is a beauty to behold as well. The pickup controls were inside so I thought I had misread the description. Plugged it in to my amp and it sounded even better! The rigid case is also of good quality and a nice bonus! I bought a more expensive Fender electric guitar and it only came with a soft gig bag.

Bought this guitar based on the glowing 2021 reviews. I like the neck width and body style. Tried to find one but everyone was out of stock. Found on Amazon, shipped from Fender. Ordered it before a local Fender dealer called me that the one they had in stock had a defective neck set and truss rod. Received the guitar, and was impressed, except that the action had to be adjusted; way to high. I had a very busy gig schedule so I passed the guitar to my guitar tech for set up and I was in no hurry. Come to discover this guitar has a defective neck as well. A hump is present where the neck joins the body. Amazon directs me to Fender. Fender responds within a week, says I got to take it to an authorized service center. There is none within an hour travel, although there are many Fender certified techs around, several checked the guitar. I requested a tag to send it for analysis, repair or replacement, but the warranty doesn't cover it. Seems Fender had a bad batch of these to get rid , and the reviews where for version 2. Anyways, I paid over $800 for this, and now the price has gone over a grand. Lot's of great features, but you'd do better with something else.

I was impressed by the incredible tone and sound of this guitar.The looksAnd detail to attention are amazing.

Nice guitar!

I’ve owed this since January and I absolutely love this guitar. I think I got pretty lucky when I got it because it was only $280 brand new when I purchased it. $280 for a FULLY SOLID guitar with a hard shell case. Now it did need a few turns with the handy dandy hex key, but after that it was all good. It sounds awesome with some Daddario xs’s. The price of this guitar gets pretty low so I would wait until it gets to that $350 mark then jump on it because it is a awesome value.

This review is for the full solid mahogany dreadnought guitar. Fender no longer lists it on their website, but you can find a brief video on their YouTube channel. It does not have a pickup and has a lower MSRP than the pickup-equipped Paramount guitars. The Amazon listing is a bit confusing this way. There's also a very similar full mahogany guitar, the Guild D-120, down to the tuners, which I found curious.I really like the sound and looks of this guitar, but there were too many QC issues for the premium pricing. A few frets buzz on the low E and A and will need a bit of filing most likely. Some sections of the body "natural" finish are too rough and look incomplete. There was some discoloration on the fingerboard, and it looks like this happened from the included QC card! One of the black fret markers was also missing, never seen that before.For those like me who care, the air and soundboard resonant frequency is around F#, and once I heard it, was quite noticeable (look up "wolf note" in the context of picked, not bowed, instruments). The guitar is extremely light and IMO they could have made it a bit heavier so that the dead frequency wasn't so obvious.The included case is great; the included humidifier is the Martin style one, a flexible tube with a water holding element inside.

Guitar is well built, the Parlor Body Style/Size is perfect for me, and the guitar has a very good tone.