All user reviews of 3/5 for the Yamaha ERG121

This was my first guitar, I got it at a christmas as part of a starter set which cost £200 (english)

It's simple, one control for the volume, one for the tone. It has a 5 way switch blade for the pickups:

Neck
Neck/Middle
Middle
Bridge/Middle
Bridge

It can produce a nice sound if you learn to work around the bad points of the guitar.

The fret wire is a tad too high up around the higher frets and it makes a bit of a buzzy sound. The bridge tears your hand to pieces when you try and palm mute and because the fret wire is so high up around the higher frets pulling off is a real bitch around there.

It has 22 frets and dot inlays. Chrome hardware. It has two controls, main volume and main tone. Five way pickup selector blade.

Pickup arrangement:

Neck humbucker
Single pickup
Bridge humbucker


It's a good guitar really for anyone learning to play but it's not really a life time thing, you'll outgrow it. But it's not bad to start making your own riffs on and things.

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I buyed this guitar from a shop in Ireland, because i wanted to play like KIRK HAMMET (dream on...). It costed 150$

I like the color-black, i like the single coil 'cause it delivers a very fender type sound, i like the headstock and the keys

I don't like the humbuckers-too noisy, the switch sucks sucks sucks-if you touch it slightly there is a big chance ur guitar sound will stop (imagine this happening in front of 100 people and you will feel like i felt (((

Poor, but good for the pice

if u want to start playing guitar buy this one, but i sugest Ibanez RG170-much more better

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this was my first guitar and it cost £150 but this was a really good deal it is normally £180. Anyway it came with practice amp strap...ect.

I really like its price! It has an excelent volume control knob and tone switch. It is a nice wieght not so light you feel you've bought nothing for your money but not so heavy you can barely lift it let alone play. It also has fantastic acustic ability and can be heard easily without an amp this is very useful for a learner because they may have leasons with out an amp.

I obviously loved this guitar because i knew no other. But as i got better and tried other guitars i soon found its faults. It has a lot of pickups which i must say makes me feel uneasy, it has 2 humbuckers and a regular. It has so many they must be poor quality because they cost so little. The tone knob does very little for the guitar except add extra wieght. It can come out of tune quite easily.

The main neck and structure of the guitar are solid but i easily lost a screw which helds in a pickup.

An excellent choice for a begginer - cheap and cheerful - however looking for a more experienced player then look elsewhere.

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