Enya Carbon Fiber Guitar Review - Is This Amazon Carbon Fiber Guitar Good

Enya Carbon Fiber Guitar VS McPherson Sable Is The Amazon Carbon Guitar Any Good?
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[lesjuly]

I've had this guitar for a week and it's hard to put it down. It sounds incredible, full range, clear and well balanced. Add the on-board FX and it's even MORE fantastic. I'm gonna sell some of my acoustics now because I know I will never play then again.

[sayithigher]

Sorry to say this but I actually prefer the sound of the Enya. The Enya sounds darker than the McPherson. The McPherson would probably punch through a busy mix better. For solo acoustic and vocal, I would choose the Enya.

[anthonynonya]

Cool guitar. I kinda hope Driftwood cuts one of these in half - I'd like to see not only the inside, but a cross section of the materials.

[everdash]

"$3, 500 is not expensive for a quality acoustic guitar..."

* me wiping off the mac and cheese I just spit out all over my screen *

[grene]

I think I actually liked the Enya tone better, but that's just me. Your playing was fine by the way. BUT... I really wanted you to do some serious strumming with a pick! I do some finger picking, but when playing with my band there's a lot of power strumming involved, would have liked to hear it!

[evo]

I own one and after getting it setup how I wanted I absolutely love this thing. I have many guitars including my baby a Taylor 716ce, but I play this thing more than any of them. Main reason is it’s always on a stand at hand reach. The neck is very stiff so your tuning issue your having is part of this guitars setup and takes a min to stop moving and settle. But once it finally does I’ve yet to have to tune mine and I’m in the south and it sits on a stand in my foyer always. Even when the windows in the house are all open and the humidity is 80% it’s yet to move. I love the electronics onboard and for a $899 guitar it’s quite impressive. I can’t knock this guitar I’ve had it awhile and it’s yet to fail me. But like I said setup is time consuming but worth the wait. Thanks for the review ✌🏼

[BrianMcCullarMusic]

Fun video, it was really cool to see the side by side comparison and it was well done! BUT, I definitely disagree with the notion of the Enya copying the McPherson for several reasons:

#1: The honeycomb carbon fiber weave isn't in any shape, way or form exclusive to McPherson, it's simply one of many patterns you can get carbon fiber in, McPherson in no way has any rights or claims to the pattern whatsoever.

#2: Aside from both guitars being all carbon fiber/carbon fiber composite and being grand auditoriums in body shape, the guitars have very little in common. Different headstock shapes, different bridge shapes, different tuners, different soundhole placements, different scale lengths (McPherson is 25 1/2, Enya is 25 3/4), different electronics entirely, different nut width, different cutaway design, different neck attachment, the list honestly goes on and on. Saying the Enya is a copy of the McPherson just because of materials and body shape, neither of which either company can even claim as their own, is like saying Yamaha is copying Martin because they use the same woods and both favor dreadnoughts.

#3: The guitars are priced towards two entirely different markets, with the McPherson being more of a high end, possibly even boutique option, competing with Martin, Taylor, Bourgeois, Larivee, and so on, primarily for a western market. The Enya is budget priced, made to compete more with Yamaha, Epiphone Masterbilt, Lava and Ovation from the Western market, and Merida, Natasha and Hsienmo in the Eastern market, and it aimed much more at the Asian market, typically sold to Chinese, Malaysian and Singaporean consumers, they just have a small presence in the US market more recently thanks to Amazon.

I can appreciate guitars having similarities, but it takes ALOT more overlap than this, to qualify as a copy, otherwise every dreadnought made of a spruce top and mahogany back and sides is a Martin D-18 copy, and I think we can both agree that's just silly lol.

[nhbiker]

I bought one for my summer camp because I wanted a guitar I didn't have to worry about humidity & heat etc. I love it. Sounds great, plays great, and looks great.

[mauricerobillard]

I live in Thailand and there is a great deal of humidity here so i'm seriously thinking of buying either this model or the mini. Any suggestions on the model i should purchase? How is the is the pre set up action?
Thanks for the video❤

[retiredrob]

I have always wanted a good (affordable) acoustic guitar ever since I was a teenager back in the 1960s. Back then my father worked for a guitar company in Kalamazoo and would bring home beautiful and wonderful sounding acoustic guitars he was working on. This review and several others convinced me to buy the x4 because it sounds like the guitars I heard way back then as a boy. My x4 arrives Monday from Amazon. Can't wait to get back to playing classical guitar with this instrument.

[brucelovell]

I've read a couple of other reviews on this guitar where they initially had tuning and/or intonation issues but found that the problems were resolved when they tightened the neck bolts/screws (it is a bolt-on neck). Granted, a bolt-on guitar shouldn't ship with loose neck bolts so it is certainly a reflection on Enya's quality control even though it's an easily resolved issue. Did you happen to check the tightness of the neck bolts? If not, you might pass this information on to the guitar's new owner, see if it improves things. Could very well affect the tone as well.

[melissa]

Although there are different types of weave, the hex pattern offers a bit of flexibility that translates into resonance. As apposed to something like houndstooth that is know for it's stiffness. So, just because they both use the hex weave doesn't necessarily mean that Enya is copying from McPherson. Not having the neck rest on the soundboard to create more surface area to resonate is not exclusive to McPherson either. I've seen the soundboard suspended so that it does not touch the sides of the guitar, so I get the concept. The sound hole is more like the Rainbird, so bits and pieces of different guitars to make your own is not really unheard of. Like making a tele-style guitar and only changing the headstock is really a "unique" guitar. So, the Enya is not copying the McPherson. The end result being the the McPherson sounds better and is more expensive, which indicates the Enya is not a carbon copy (pun intended).

[reudemort]

I have had my Enya for a week now and I'm impressed with how good it was for the money since we know these things are relative, though I didn't have 3500 to spend anyway but I would say they worth getting if you want a cheaper carbon fibre guitar, I also would add I tried some other brand which I forget the brand about the same price range it wasn't as good

[rellsnyder]

To me, the Enya sounds like a real guitar. The expensive one sounded tinny. I have expensive guitars, but I have never considered construction or material. I just listen to how it sounds and how it plays.

[fretted]

I heard back from Enya, and the frets are not Stainless. "Thank you for contacting us. The X4 guitar comes with a nickel silver frets."

[juffurey]

Really impressed dude, I've been very curious about this one.

[SaintKimbo]

I have demo'ed several CF guitars, and have owned an Ovation acoustic for about 20 years, and it has the 'Ovation' sound, which I can hear a similarity to in these the CF guitars I have played and heard on You Tube.

I also have several very good wooden acoustics, and if I play a wooden guitar for a while and then grab my Ovation, it sounds awfully tinny, bright and crispy, but after a while you acclimatize to the sound it and it sounds fantastic.

I put this down to the fact that the Ovation has a plastic back, so the note is more pure without all the overtones, resonance and warmth that the wood brings, my point is that CF guitars, like Ovations sound different, and if you want a CF guitar to replicate a wooden guitars sound, you are out of luck, BUT, if you play, (a good one) for a while, the sound can really get to you, and wooden guitars sound muffled and complex in comparison, but then you get used to the 'woody' sound and start to love it, and the circle goes around and

The issue is that, with my Ovation, I have friends that absolutely hate the sound of it, so it's a bit of a love it or hate thing, if you are a died in the wool wooden acoustic lover and don't want to deviate from that sound signature, you are not going to like CF guitars or Ovations, but if you like a little variety and have a bit of patience, a good CF guitar, or an Ovation can be very rewarding.

[Sammywhat]

Shoutout to Darrell Braun!! I just came from his channel checking out the PRS vs Fender. 😁 Nice comparison, Dylan! Love that McPherson! Thanks for the wisdom!! 🙏

[RobertPalomoMusic]

Would have liked to hear it with a pick - some strumming and cross picking, especially plugged in.

[drguitar]

The Enya is a different animal from the McPherson. The Enya is a composite guitar with both carbon fiber (for the top) and carbon fiber composite (with fiber glass?) for the back and sides. The McPherson is all carbon fiber. The McPherson definitely is tuned to bring out bell like clarity of the trebles while the Enya is darker sounding with rounder sounding trebles. Because of the lack of crispness to the notes, the Enya does not bring out the high frequency scratching sound when sliding your fingers over the strings like the McPherson. Both have a very similar sounding bass and lower mid-range. I assume that you put the same strings on both instruments when you played them side by side. I agree with the poster below that the Enya is not particularly a copy of the McPherson. They are made from different materials, elevated fingerboard is common on may instruments, and the off set sound hole is in a different position. In addition, the Enya has built in effects that run off a rechargeable battery. Also, I believe the McPherson does not use a bolt on neck or a truss rod like the Enya. So other than the fact they both have a carbon fiber top, they are different in every other way. I agree, the Enya is a decent composite guitar for the money. It has a really big voice (loud), a big bass, and internal effects. Add to that it comes with a leather strap and hardshell case, it is not a bad deal for under $1000.