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Black strat copy with low cost vintage hardware. I have been play guitar for thirty years...blues, rock, metal jazz and RandB. I have an affinity for strat copies. I have rebuiilt several guitars to 'Fender' standards

Purchased this strat copy from a pawn shop in Jax. Beach, FL in the late 90s for $75. At first just left it as is. It sounded great with a mid 70s look and vibe. A rounf 2003, began having problems with her neck buzzing. Tried adjusting bridge height, refretting higher frets. Decided to rebuilt and founded how poorly constructed it was. Magnets instead of coils in pickups, real cheap tremelo. Body routing looked like a hack job. Stripped the paint and polyeuruthaned and changed to two HH pickguard from GuitatFetish...built up neck slot to stop buzz and slapped on a rosewood tele neck. Action was so high playing it could only be used for slide. Had to salvage neck, loaded pick gard and hardware for new body and the Memphis body was added to the woodpile.

It was for a while a great guitar. I called er my 'Blackie' and it sound great with my setup of Fuzzface, wah and echo, and Marshall 100w Full stack and dual Fender Reverb Twin set up. Actually gigged several shows with her and got compliments for her looks and sound.

Poorly routed body and cheap hardware. The body was actually nice piece of ash...who ever routed her did a crappy job. And pieces of magnets around the polepieces in the pickups...it was amazing. This guitar had the strat look and I was hoping to keep it as is but it was not to be.

Great fake job. It was definitely 'strat look...strat sound...strat feel' with penny pinching construction. OEM black finish looked great and 70s style 'CBS-big' peg head was the cincher for me. However being constructed cheaply was in the end it's downfall.

My Memphis strat copy was made before Fender started to sue companies who made their 'copies' to closely resemble 'Strats' and 'Teles' at half the cost.(i.e. Tokai, Fernandes. But as I have learned from owning original 'Fenders' and refurbished 'strat copies' that the real mccoy is a whole lot better.

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I decided I wanted to play guitar, so I saved up my allowance and mowing money to buy one. I purchased it at Twin Rivers Music in Columbus (This place adjusts each guitar that comes in and make sure there are no problems with it) for $200.

I like the transparent red finish. The coil/coil/humbucker set up is nice, and the 5-way switching. It sounds pretty great, too.

The only thing that i don't like about this guitar would be that it kind of goes out of tune pretty often.

The quality of this guitar is great. So far, it has stayed together and I haven't had any problems

If you are looking into playing guitar, you should consider this one.

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at First i payed $100 for it at the pawn shop. that guitar has so many stories to tell,(if it could,lol). the body is black with a white pick guard. on the pick guard is a vinyl sticker of an 8-ball on fire that distinctly does not cover the pickups. each tone is way totally different. even though those are still the original pickups. overall I GIVE IT A 10+

bad ass!! especially with digitech

i love fender

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I was looking for a guitar for cheap when I first started playing, so I went to every site and store. I didn't find anything so i started asking family members,and not one of them had anything except one of my mother's old friends. He didn't ask any money for it, just that I play it and treat it with respect and I fell in love with it the minute i saw it. I will always remember this man for his generosity and giving me what i believe to be the perfect guitar for me.

Well i want to say everything,but I guess I should be more specific. The sound from the guitar is amazing even after all these years it is in amzing condition. The sound i think is so different from most guitars that i have played i think because it is a semi-hollow body but has no f-holes. It has a Les Paul body and the looks of a Gibson. I think my favorite part though would have to be the dual closed humbucker pickups. They deliver a crisp,clean,and plain out astounding tone. I am not sure on the type of wood used for the body,but the fret board i am sure is ebony with white marble inlays on every other fret, making for it easy for navigation across the fret board and for a nice look.

The only thing i found that i didn't like is how the unit is not labeled well. I can't find a model number or name on it anywhere. I have looked inside and out and not found a thing on its name, date of manufacture, or a model number.

As I said before it is a semi-hollow bodied guitar but does not have any f-holes. I am not sure of the wood used for the body but the fret board is ebony with white marble inlays on every other fret, making for it easy for navigation across the fret board and for a nice look. The guitar has a dark tobacco sunburst finish and dual closed humbucker pickups. The sound is amazing and better than any other guitar i have played. It stays in tune well and delivers a crisp sound through any amp.

From what I know it is from the late 1970's and the company is no longer manufacturing guitars or any type of merchandise and I would also like to find out more about the company and anything concerning it.If you have any information on it, please post.

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I got it at Paradise Guitar in Beloit Wisconsin for $135

i've had it for four years and i've put this guitar through hell and it won't brake!!! i've droped it i've thrown it when i perform, and it hasn't ever broken on me. i was very very hesitant about buying a guitar that i had never even heard of before but it was going to be my first electric and i was 14 at the time. but that cheap little electric has amazing potential, and definitly worth getting as a first electric!

the only problem i had with it was that the guitar is alittle heavier than most electric strats. but after a little while you don't even notice it!

Like i said before i've put that guitar through hell and it still rings out like new. I love that guitar and wouldn't change it for anything. it could be alittle lighter though!

this is definitly the way to go for a 1st electric great price and great qaulity.

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I go the guitar from mill hill music studios in london, i paid 100.00 for the guitar, strap, bag and 10watt amp, the pickup is a bit shite but its a very good guitar for begginers!!

it looks very nice and it plays very well

the pick up is shite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is very good construction and its solid body wont let u down

my name is ben and im in a band and i am the electric guitarist, the encore is what got me where i am now, i know have a gibson guitar worth over 3 grand

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got it second hand on adtrader.co.uk this does not mean this website is bad it rules i was just unluky
the reason why i bought it is because i got a amp and the guitar for 30.00

the only thing good about it is if you can get it second hand cheap in tip top con you lets say 30.00 you can sell it off for a profit

evrything the action is terrible the quality
is terrible would not stay in tune for 1 min
everything about it was shabby if you are going to get a stater guitar, get a fender squire for hells sake the are the brillient for the price

bad bad bad i will only bye one of these errrrm well things to sell of for a profit and give them to another poor foolish soul hehehehe

please dont by these things it will give you a mental breakdown do the musical world a favour find where the encore factory is and destroy it burn it

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I bought the guitar from project music in exeter for £250 pounds. it looked different and i just really liked the shape.

It looks awesome. the detuner behind the bridge would be really usefyl for people who like to drop tune. tne neck is really nice but i did get the action lowered for better playibility. i like the pickups for the price but i stuck in a gibson pickup at the bridge and a seymour duncan at the neck and its imp-roved the sound immeasureably

The tuners move really easy and its always going out of tune. Its kinda heavy

When i got it everything wasz perfect and pristine . Thi input jack tends to get loose during gigging but it might just be mine.

A really good guitar for the price and it looks really good

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I got this Switch from Macari's in Soho, London. I did a brief research and discarded the Squire quickly. Settled for a short list of a basic Vintage, the Switch and a Yamaha Pacifico. The cost of the Switch was £169. Best price for a Squire was £129 including amp, strap, cable from Toys R Us!! Best price for a Vintage: £199. Yamaha Pacifico: £199. All excluding amplifier except the Squire.

It's designed by a guy called Trev Wilkinson in Southern California. Never met the guy. I imagine him surfing in the mornings and designing electric guitars in the afternoon until late. Cool. The morning surf is better and you avoid the masses. The guitar looks great. Black and White. The sound is unusual. What I like about this guitar is that it has personality. The Yamaha and the Squire have a 'mass produced' feel. The Vintage sounded good but cost more.

Not much. At the moment, but I have just bought it. However, I will make sure that Macari's gives me a good warranty. I mean, I trust Trev but...

According to the blurb, it's constructed with a resin called 'Vibracell'. I don't mind this. Experts say it increases resonance. It's kind of a new sound. Construction fells good.

Personality. Designed by a guy who put his name on it. If he gets it wrong his name is shit. Shareholders at Fender or Yamaha are faceless. Have you ever met one?

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Bought from a catalougue for £150, with bag, 10watt amp and strap.

I like this guitar because, it has all the stuff you need to get started out. I didn't want to spend much on a electric guitar, because I didn't think I would stick at it, but once i get better i will spend £300 on a guitar.

The one thing I don't like about this guitar is the quality of the pick-ups, of course there not going to be that good, you seem to get a lot of feed back, but thats all.


The quality of the guitar is very good, the finish is good, everything on it is good.
It just looks like a very expenisve Fender strat, exept the head-stock is a bit different..

I would recodmend this guitar to any one just starting out, its not woth spending loads if u just start out, the guitar itself is brilliant, very good sounding, the pick-ups let it down. Bu very good guitar.

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I paid about $270.00 AUS for this Ahston Electric Guitar at BamBam, Blacktown, with real savings compared to other places!

It's great, has lots of fatures, looks great! and also quite light, which is great if your doing live gigs, and you want to jump around and stuff..

Thres not much I dont like about, except probably that it gets un-tuned quickly, compared to Fenders etc.. But the sound is great!

Quality is great! I accidently dropped it off a 2 metre stage, nothign happen, didnt even scratch.. This is what I like! GREAT SOUND STILL, and NO DENTS!

I recommend this guitar, for the price, sound and the quality!

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I received this "instrument" as a Christmas gift from my parents when I first started playing guitar. I had learned on an acoustic but wanted an electric to play on. Ohh boy, wish I had went a different direction and asked for money instead. I think they got this guitar from a catalog for $75.00 or so. It came with some really poor teaching manuals and an amp the size of a coconut. I figured it would be nice to at least learn electric on...I was mistaken.

It's light.

First off is the actual sound of the instrument...it's non-existant. The strings buzz horribly. The screws to lower the strings are stuck so I can't change their height above the fretboard. It's nearly impossible to tune this guitar because of the weak sound. The pickups are horrid.

The body seems durable enough. However as far as quality, that's as far as it goes. The volume knob broke about a week after getting the guitar...and the amp that came with it broke another week later.

The quality of this guitar is shoddy to say the least...but I guess that's what you get for paying some seventy-five dollars. I honestly wouldn't recommend this guitar for even a beginner...go with a Fender starter set or something along those lines.

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I first started playing guitar at 9 years old but it was a small acoustic so at age 16 i needed a new guitar and i wanted an electric to do the style of music i was into so i went to a music store and bought a $90 brownsville and a vox amp

the best thing about the brownsville is its unique sound and look i have had people ask me how i make it sound like that and people even tried to trade me their gibson gothics before and this guitar was only $90.

the major problem with this product are the stringshave the tendency to go out of tune and the back strap holder breaks if you jump alot but a longer screw holds it just fine.

the body is a solid body i'm not sure of the wood the neck is hard maple i think with a rosewood fretboard the headstock is the same color of the body and is equiped with silver hardware and a three way tremlo switch.

this guitar is well worth the money and it looks great.

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EBAY! for around 137 bucks.

This guitar plays very well for something under 150. I like the whole vintage look, and the unique aluminum pickguards. The tone is awesome! The bridge humbucker sounds great when you hook it up to some overdrive pedal. The neck pickup is the cleanest I've ever heard! It sounds better than the ones on a gibson!

I get feedback due to the fretboard mixed with pickups. The interior electrics seem to cut off at times. I will get it looked at. The switch that changes from bridge to neck pickups is somewhat loose and tends to switch around while playing.

I love the whole look of the guitar. It's a nice natural sunburst/tobacco color, and the humbuckers look great. Everything on the guitar is vintage, and looks very different. The whole thing is built sturdily, and it's always tuned correctly, no matter how many times you hit the headstock against something.

Good for intermediates. Emo rocks!

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The Harmony guitar is a nice begginer guitar. I got it from a guitar magazine that isnt to widely used or read. I got this guitar for 200.00 because I always wanted a guitar and it looks just like a Fender.

I really like The whole guitar. The one thing i like most aout it is that the strings are very easy to tune and they hardly need it. The volume setting is very easy 2 set precisley on the exact volume you want. This is a great guitar for a beginner but can be used by anyone.

There really isn't much I dont like about this guitar. One thing however is that the tremolo(wammy) bar knocks it out of tune sometimes. Also the cord jack sometimes may come loose if you twist the wire, while unplugging it.

The construction of this guitar is very strong. It has a pearl white pickguard, and a rosewood neck. It also as some chrome like on the intonation settings, the frets are chrome, and the wammy bar is chrome. The quality of the unit is actually really good. The neck is tight on it, the frets are tight, some screws come loose occasionally.

This product is a great product for begginer guitarists. It may not be a popular brad, however it looks just like a Fender, has a great sound, and stays in tune most of the time. There are very few problems weith this guitar. Hey if this isnt eoug for you it comes with a small practice amp. Remember the name Harmony for almost the best harmony in a guitar.

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