Zager ZAD-50 Acoustic Guitar Review

Zager Guitars Review - ZAD-50 Acoustic Guitar

Product: Zager ZAD 50

Features : 10
Personally hand set-up by Denny Zager and it's done perfectly.
My Zager has a solid spruce top Mohagany back and sides. The Zager
String Science is unbelievable.

Sound : 10
Designed by Denny and made at the same place as Martin. Its got Martin
quality sound but its got Zager playability. Zager guitar is basically a
super Martin.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
Perfect, there is no guitar that can compare in action or playability.
The finish is beautiful, with the choice of sunburst, natural, or black.
I have the sunburst and its beautiful.

Reliability/Durability : 10
It's a dread like no others. It gets better with time.

Customer Support : 10
The Zager people are great. Lifetime guarentee, can't beat that. Paid
495 for a guitar that sounds and plays like it should be 2000.00.

Overall Rating : No Opinion
I have have a very respectable collection of acoustic guitars. I always
made an effort to play them all every single day. Then recently my Zager
ZAD-50 came in, and the others are collecting dust. IM thinking about
selling them to accumulate some cash to get a higher end Zager. The
action and playability are not just great or amazing, these adjectives
don't say it. These guitars are the end all, there is no guitar no
matter how expensive or what the brand name that can compare to these
guitars in action or playability. Denny Zager does it right, give it a
try and you will lose interest in your other guitars because you wont be
able to put down your Zager Guitar.

Product: Zager ZAD-80CE

Submitted by LoveThatBass

Features : 10
Dreadnought with cutaway Solid Cedar Top. Rosewood Sides and back. Gold color Grover tuning keys. Fishman Clearwave 50 Graphic EQ with tuner. EQ adjustments: Bass, Mid, Treble, Brilliance and volume. Specially cut nut with wider string placement. Hand filed bridge that allows for accurate intonation. Low action. My only complaint is there is no strap post at the neck area. For that reason alone I give this catagory a rating of 9.

Sound : 10
Sound is rich and full and sings with clarity and boatloads of sustain. Lot's of adjustment for a variety of sounds. What I dislike about this guitar is that when A/B'd against my 1979 Takamine F-349 it exposed how imperfect the intonation was on the 349. Seriously, what not to like about this guitar.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
Attention to detail (matching grain pattern, binding, fretwork,intonation, low action, and overall finish) are absolutely superb. This is one beautiful guitar. Steller workmanship.

Reliability/Durability : 10
Zager guitar is new but I do not expect any problems with it now or in the near future. Has Grover tuners and Fishman electronics that should be very reliable. The finish looks deep, lusterous, and seems to be quite tough. I ordered the specially designed case and glad I did. It is very functional, nice looking, plush lined, sturdy hard shell, locks, and comes with a Humidity/Temperature sensor too.

Customer Support : 10
Customer support is astounding! Second to none. Very friendly and have never failed to answer any question I have posed to them. Do these people ever sleep? I did a lot of research concerning buying a guitar and found that most of those who didn't own a Zager were knocking the guitar badly while those who did own it praised it highly. After reading those negative reports I was concerned that I may have made a huge mistake because of these reports. Let me tell you after bombarding Dennis Zager Jr. with boatloads of questions and concerns he put my mind totally at ease. They offer a 100 % money back guarantee with shipping both ways paid if you are not completely satisfied. Have you ever seen that anywhere else? Also, I read through the 1800+ Ebay feedback replies and they were not 80%, not 90% but 100% Positive. They are a member of the Better Business Bureau with an absolutely clear record.

Overall Rating : 10
I have been playing off and on since age 12 (1964). I love this guitar and would not want to loose it. For tone, action, playability, fit, finish and attention to detail in all area's I rate this a ten. As stated previously I wish it had a strap post near the neck. In one of Mr. Zager's videos he explains a very easy way to add the strap post by drilling a small hole in the body near the neck, using a small screw, washer, and wingnut so it should be a no brainer to install it. I guess there was a good reason for them not to have done this in the first place and will ask them out of my curiosity.

Product: Zager ZAD 50

Submitted at 12:09am by Ron 50

Features : 10
Very nice finish on the guitar mine is black and the reflections from the guitar are very clear,Spruce top and mahogany sides.Grover tuning gears.Custom nut and saddle ect....

Sound : 9
Just purchased the guitar and it sounds nice and bright, Great volume. Responds well to palming bending ect.Has alot lighter strings than I am accustom too but an easy fix.Am very happy with the way the guitar sounds.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
WOW is all can say the ZAD 50 is set up out of the box from Denny Zager for smooth easy play with the patened Zager String Science.String height at the first fret has the bass e string about touching the fret down to a string height of 3/32 at the 12th fret for perfect volume and tone.

Reliability/Durability : 10
The Zager guitar looks to be well done no apparent flaws that I can see. Beautifull finish. Mine is Black and sleek the finish seems to be quit good, very pretty guitar.

Customer Support : 10
TAbsolutely the best I have ever delt with.The speed in which Zager responds was amazing. E-mailed them one Saturday night late and got up to a returm E-mail That impressed me :). Lifetime warranty Money back guarantee shipping paid both ways..enough said.

Overall Rating : 10
I have been playing 30 years or so, self taught and just play for the enjoyment of it.I was a bit skeptical about what they said the guitar was and the price seemed cheaper than it should be for such a pretty guitar but I am very happy and there was no risk to me, if you dont like it you dont buy and they pay shippng.I have only had it a few days but am looking at getting a ZAD80 too.I have a sekova I bought in the 70's and have a breedlove for 4 years.I don't like the strings that come on the guitar but that's not a problem.