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Hudson Live

Name: Hudson Live
Brand: Orangewood
SKU: OW-HUDSON-TS-L
Price: 1075.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.75 (55 reviews)

$ 1,075.00

Select Top Wood:

Torrefied Spruce Natural Satin

Electronics:

With a tone as open as the great outdoors, the Hudson blends rustic charm with top-tier craftsmanship. Its all-solid wood design features a torrefied spruce top, delivering a beautifully aged tone that only gets better with time.

All-Solid Wood

Dreadnought

Deluxe Hard Case

LR Baggs Anthem Pickup System

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Collection Highland
Electronics LR Baggs Anthem
Body Shape Dreadnought
Top Torrefied Solid Sitka Spruce
Back/Sides Solid Mahogany
Bracing Scalloped X
Finish Natural Satin
Neck Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony
Inlays Mother of Pearl
Scale 25.5"
Neck Shape C
Tuners Grover Open Gear
Bridge Ebony
Nut/Saddle TUSQ
Nut Width 44mm
Strings Ernie Ball Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Medium Light 12–54
Pickguard Tortoise (Self Adhesive)
Tool Truss Rod Wrench Included
Travel Case Hard Case Included

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New Wood, Vintage Tone

Roasting spruce speeds up its natural aging process, delivering a played-in, old-school tone. This torrefaction process removes excess moisture, making the guitar more resistant to overall atmospheric changes—perfect for tonal consistency.

The Golden Age

With retro charm and a contemporary build, the Highland Collection captures a timelessness that never goes out of style. From the Grover open-gear tuners to the herringbone details, every element is crafted with care.

Set Up in Los Angeles

Professionally set up before shipping, your guitar arrives ready to play—with fresh strings and a durable hard case included.

Studio Mic’d Sound

The LR Baggs Anthem is an all-in-one pickup system that combines a mic and undersaddle piezo with remarkable noise cancellation for performance-ready warmth and fidelity.

What You Can Expect

Had the guitar about a week. Pro's, fast shipping, beautiful guitar, perfect setup, uncompromised quality build and sounds great! Con's, NONE. WOW this is an exceptional guitar. Plays like a dream. The LR Baggs is better than great plugged in. There isn't a detail on the guitar to complain about all the way down to the rake angle of the strings from the bridge across the saddle. The whole guitar vibrates. Intonation and sustain are amazing.
I debated about buying this and decided to pull the trigger. I'm so glad I did. You will not be disappointed with buying this guitar! It's a keeper!!

Thank you for your review! We're so glad you decided on your Hudson Torrefied Spruce Live -- Enjoy!

The Hudson

The sale and shipping were great. I wish you sold more models in Canada, although a very nice border guard let me off without paying any duty. The guitar looks good and sounds great. I have a 1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo, and 1988 Washburn dreadnaught and the Hudson has a full sound that is equal to both these guitars. The best way to describe it is that it sounds like an old guitar. My only negative is that I think the action was a little high, so I had my local guitar store guy lower the action just a little at the bridge. Aside from that a great guitar for the price. I will recommend Orangewood to along guitar playing friends.

Really enjoying the guitar, glad I purchased it.

This guitar is going to replace my Taylor 214ce DLX, which I will be selling. I like the sound of the Taylor unplugged but I prefer the warmer sound of the Hudson. Plugged in, the Hudson and L.R. Baggs Anthem together sounds 10 times better than the Taylor's ES2 system. The Hudson's fit and finish was perfect. I can't find a single thing to say negatively about the Hudson. I'm glad I made the purchase.

Thank you for choosing Orangewood, welcome to the family!

I like it a lot...

I like my new Hudson pretty well. It sounds like a good dreadnought. I only gave it 4 stars, though, because the depth of the bottom of the guitar (lower bout) is only 4 5/8" instead of 5", which is usually what a more expensive dreadnought is. But I like it, despite that. The action is perfect, which makes it easy to play. The strings keep going down in tune, but I've only had it a week, and it's probably still adjusting to my environment. I'm using a soundhole humidifier when I'm not playing it. I really like the LR Baggs mic/pickup electronics. Sounds very realistic like a good dreadnought. I recommend this guitar.