I ended up with a small and unexpected lump of money burning a hole in my pocket, so I thought I’d treat myself. I wasn’t in the market for a guitar, but at this price… If you want another guitar for a collection – go get it! If you want a great budget guitar, with minor drawbacks in quality (most important stuff is of solid quality imo) get this guitar! I played and had several similarly priced and some more expensive guitars and when I compare them to this one, it holds its ground solid. if you want to play a single guitar, one and only, gather 1000e+ and buy something amazing, skip this one and any other cheaper guitar. I also considered buying used guitar for my money, but quickly gave up after a few dirty fretboards, broken parts, bent necks etc. Telecaster like this one for the price? No way. Bending is normal, playing is lovely, the wood just feels great, the conditioner really did wonders.įor this price, depending on where you live, you might find similar or slightly better quality new guitar, but probably not. – It plays great, the feel is real nice and quite different then rosewood bullet squire fretboard I got, or roasted maple lacquered fretboard on my jet js450, but i like it a lot.
That is a minor quality issue, since I put them right back, and once I placed new set of strings, they stayed in place correctly. – when I changed strings, the golden holders on the back of the body fell out. So be critical about the guitar, but also about yourself. There is a proverb in my country: "every rifle will be deadly in the right hands" ? I have seen skill getting incredible music out of worst instruments. The pickups are cheap of course, so are electronics, but hey, it all works fine. It has a strong character, especially on bridge pickup. Bridge is adjustable, looks great, intonation is fine, action is great (at least for me) – Nut is plastic I think, not sure, but it is well made, not sharp, all strings are positioned properly – tuning machines are cheap, a little wobbly, ok, but they work fine. – frets are great, no buzz, not sharp, good quality, feel good
– knobs and switch are great, knobs are metal, gold color, heavy, feel good when you turn them.
Excellent quality for this price, no faults. – Black finish, see through is minimal, like 3%, and I prefer it that way. This is not the case, it is redish and pau ferro I believe, and it looks, feels, and plays great! I thought I would dislike it in person, and considered darkening it, but I completely changed my mind once I held it in hands. Note that certain videos and pictures online show a dark, black fretboard. It is redish colored, similar to pictures on thomann website. I removed the strings, and used conditioner on it, that really rejuvenated it, and it is quite beautiful ever since. – the fretboard was very dry and had some white dust over it, strings were rusty. I have it for three weeks now, and play it every day, happily ? I own several different guitars, and have played a lot more, and I got friends with some other guitars. That said, after looking at a lot of googled photos and online video reviews of this guitar, I decided to purchase it. I am a hobby guitar player, I consider myself to be advanced beginner/intermediate level player. Dear fellow musicians and guitar enthusiasts,