Century Guitars ?

kholmes

Hi, I've been offered a nylon string classical acoustic guitar. The maker is CENTURY and the model is a CG520. Can't find anything on Google, - does anyone know of this guitar and have any idea of quality? Thanks.

AlanRatcliffe

Century are a Taiwanese factory that make a lot of entry level instruments - at one point, most of the importer's brands were made by them (you'd see the same drum kit with anywhere up to five different names on it).

Mostly pretty cheap and nasty stuff that started falling apart after a few years, so I wouldn't hold out high hopes.

kholmes

Thank you Alan. I had that suspicion. It looks to have a solid top, or is that just clever finishing? ! And I thought it might be a deal just to get that top and maybe the machine heads for a future re-build.!. . . I build and repair guitars for a hobby. Thanks. K.

James_S

Greetings:

Don't confuse this Taiwanese company with the American company Century Guitars. Century Guitars out of America make all their instruments with the patented stress-away bridge. These acoustic guitars are beautiful, sound great, and are easy to play.