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This is an EFT22 tele copy, made in China. Black, strings thru bridge instead of body.
I've played for over 40 years, a variety of music. Traveled with a regional act in the early '70s. Did the Nashville thing in the '90s.
I've had a slew of guitars over the years. My present collection includes a Fender (it is an F word) Strat, a Yairi flat top that I bought new in '73,a Silvertone archtop and my go to electric for the past 20+ years has been a Cortez LP copy(great guitar).

I was looking on E_Bay for a telecaster and ran across this guitar with a nice padded gig bag, a stand, a little battery amp, cord and strap for $35. Shipping cost more. I thought 'What the hell. I sure can't lose anything even if I don't like the guitar'.

This guitar has a great range of tone frome tele twangy to nice and woody. Though the tuners don't appear to be the highest quality they do stay in tune very well(better than my Fender). But it's the neck that really amazed me. After setting the guitar up I was blown away by how great it played. My F-word should play this well.

There's not much to fault this little guitar on. The bridge leaves a little to be desired and the tuners may get an upgrade in the future, but both work fine for now. The set up was terrible when it arrived, but 30 minutes with allens and a screw driver and 'voila' my new favorite guitar.

This is a very well made instrument. The only drawbacks are the string thru bridge and the tuners don't appear to be the best. No mars scars or sharp frets. Very tight construction.

I can't speak for every guitar S101 produces, but I got a winner. If it were lost I would most definitely buy another. It's hard to believe but the cheapest guitar in my house is the best guitar in my house.

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This is a telecaster knock off with a very nice maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Standard tele type pickups and controls. Strings thru bridge, not body. Made in China.
I've been playing for over 40 years and have had a variety of guitars over that time. My present collection includes a Fender Strat (mim), an old Les Paul copy that has been my go to electric for 20+ years, a Yairi flat top that I bought new in '73 and a few others.

I had been wanting a tele for some time and was looking for a Fender on E-Bay when I ran across this for next to nothing. I thought 'What the hell, if I don't like it I sure can't lose anything on it.'

After a good set up there's really nothing to complain about with this guitar. It has a good range of tone from tele twang to nice and woody. The tuners seem to hold quite well. The neck amazed me. I'll take this over my strat any day of the week and I only paid 1/10th the price.

When the guitar arrived it was in very bad need of a set up. The strings were jacked all the way to the top, the intonation wasn't even close and the neck had a hell of a dip. 30 minutes with a couple allens and a screwdriver and 'voila' my new favorite guitar. The only thing I can really knock it for is the string thru bridge instead of body.

The bridge leaves a little to be desired and while the tuners seem to hold for now I'm sure there is probably an upgrade in their future.

I believe these are under $100 brand new. I paid less than half that and it was the best money I have ever spent on a guitar. While I hate to admit it,the cheapest guitar I own is the best guitar I own.

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Im a musician in a few bands this guitar is not a performance guitar... i wouldnt even use it as backup. But if you want to thrash a stage and need a cheap guitar to do it then this is your guy.

The guitar was free. This is the worst stratocastor nock off ever!!!! It would tottally give you the right effect for smashing and destroying a guitar in a live performance... it's quite good at shattering and the noise during smashing is hilarious.

Nothing its never in sync its always falling out of tune it rattles BAD. This quite litterally is the worst guitar ive ever played. If your a performer who smashes guitars after peformance like kurt cobain this is your guitar... Mind you Kurt always had cheap guitars and as far as i know never had a nice one. I do like where the plug in is. It's fairly light "fun to smash".

Sound, Quality, The neck is very weak, hard to tune,

Almost everything on the guitar is mad of the cheapest possible parts. Not neccessarily materials but construction of parts on the guitar... sucks

This is the perfect guitar for show period. Not for recording. Not for performance. If you smashing things in your act then i tottally recommend this as the guitar for just that. Shrapnal everywhere beautiful smashing sounds coming from the amp. #1 for smashings acts. It's cheap and expendable.

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I've played guitar for close to 15 years.

I got this Kramer 'Standard' from www.musicyo.com. I payed $169 (on sale).

What do I like most. Could you please ask a harder question? (some sarcasm for you). Wow, I guess the thing I like the most about this is that the price they are selling this is so INSANELY CHEAP for the top-shelf quality. I cannot believe I even thought about getting a Gibson or an Epiphone. This Kramer is IT for my Les Paul fix. Every detail is emaculate. The finish is gorgeous, pics on the net do NOT do justice. The parts are great. The pickups are amazing. The body design is a little different from a Gibson/Epiphone in that the cutaway tip is sharper rather than rounded (which I like a lot). It's a little closer to the ESP 'LP' bodied guitars. The back has what musicyo is calling "Kramer Designed Body Scarfing" which is like the back of a Strat style guitar. It's more comfortable and hangs better on the body.

The ONLY thing I didn't like was the stock strings it came with. The gauge is too thin for my taste. I'm hoping the nut (graphite by the way, awesome) is cut big enough for a heavier gauge. I like to use 10s and I think this one comes with 9s maybe.

Outstanding, Awesome, Stupendous, Heavenly...I could go on. You couldn't ask for better finish. The neck is beautiful. The frets are polished to perfection. The inlays are gorgeous.

Buy this, buy this, buy this!!! Don't you dare think about spending $500 or more on an Epiphone, or more for a Gibson until you check this out first. You will save tons. Even with regular price the thing is less than $250 which I would gladly pay.

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I've played guitar for close to 15 years.

I got this Kramer 'Standard' from www.musicyo.com. I payed $169 (on sale).

What do I like most. Could you please ask a harder question? (some sarcasm for you). Wow, I guess the thing I like the most about this is that the price they are selling this is so INSANELY CHEAP for the top-shelf quality. I cannot believe I even thought about getting a Gibson or an Epiphone. This Kramer is IT for my Les Paul fix. Every detail is emaculate. The finish is gorgeous, pics on the net do NOT do justice. The parts are great. The pickups are amazing. The body design is a little different from a Gibson/Epiphone in that the cutaway tip is sharper rather than rounded (which I like a lot). It's a little closer to the ESP 'LP' bodied guitars. The back has what musicyo is calling "Kramer Designed Body Scarfing" which is like the back of a Strat style guitar. It's more comfortable and hangs better on the body.

The ONLY thing I didn't like was the stock strings it came with. The gauge is too thin for my taste. I'm hoping the nut (graphite by the way, awesome) is cut big enough for a heavier gauge. I like to use 10s and I think this one comes with 9s maybe.

Outstanding, Awesome, Stupendous, Heavenly...I could go on. You couldn't ask for better finish. The neck is beautiful. The frets are polished to perfection. The inlays are gorgeous.

Buy this, buy this, buy this!!! Don't you dare think about spending $500 or more on an Epiphone, or more for a Gibson until you check this out first. You will save tons. Even with regular price the thing is less than $250 which I would gladly pay.

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I got it from www.musicyo.com and paid $299 on sale.

It's a great-looking and sounding Les Paul model with a maple top and mahogony body. The pickups are ideal for rock/metal/blues, but it has a great clean tone as well. And the pics on the internet don't do justice to the flame maple finish - it's gorgeous. The component parts are really high quality.

There's not much to complain about that I can see or hear.

It's built to last.

Get it - it's much cheaper than the comparable ESPs or Epi's - and if you do find one in this price range, the materials/build quality/tone won't be anywhere near as good, I believe.

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I picked this acoustic-electric hollow body bass guitar up on E-Bay. It was $185.00, with shipping included. Years ago I had a $1000.00 Guild, and I always wanted to have another one for playing around the campfire with freinds, or just for unplugged fun.

This thing is nice! The finish is great,the worksmanship is great,the neck is also wonderfull. I think it plays better and sounds better than that Guild ever did. It also is a single cut-a-way so you can get higher on the neck easy.

The only thing I don't like, is that there is no strap button on the neck side. iguess they want you to use those old straps that go alll the way to the head.
I never liked those so I ordered a strap button and screw, and will install it myself.

Looking inside, the construction appears to be aboslutely wonderfull. I was sceptical when I was ordering a China made guitar, but let me tell you as a bass player of 35 years, this thing is nice!

I would recommend this guitar to a player of any level, especially entry level, because of it's nice neck. It's easy on the hand, which means alot to any player.
i haven't even tried the electric sound yet, but who cares, the way it sounds now and with the worksmanship on the rest of it, it probably works great too!
(P.S. it has 4 band E.Q. too)

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Used through a M/B Reverb Rocket and a POD. Play mostly original stuff for fun with friends. Primary style is country/folk/gospel/rock'n roll/blues. This guitar has a depth and richness of character like a classic instrument.On neck, bridge or middle position this guitar sounds lush, deep and beautiful. It plays wonderfully, and I find myself playing above my skill level(inspired) often. Not a perfect instrument, but an excellent instrument for slightly under $1000.

I play blues and its great. I did alot of comparing and this thing creates an amazing tone palate with my amp, a Tech 21 Trademark 60. The real beauty of it, in my view is the hollow body sound, especially in the neck (warm, deep, woody) and the changes you get when you roll back the volume and tone knobs. It cleans up and warms up very nicely, giving you a wide variety of tone possibilities. The Trademark 60 also adds to it by giving you a Fender and Marshall channel. The bridge does crunch well, while the middle is bright and bell like with clear highs and warm lows. And the neck, as I said, is deep and warm and overdrives just a bit when you push it. Its sweet. I'm still getting use to the matchbox bridge, and it does feed back if I'm not careful with it. But those are minor problems compared to the bright, articulate, woody sound it gives me.


My only problem was with the neck. After about a week, I discovered that the neck was indented along the high E string edge at about the fourth to eigth frets. My high E kept slipping off the edge of the neck, and my guitar tech. spotted the problem immediately. The good news is that I sent it back to Steve Moore and they replaced the neck and got it back to me in 19 days. Problem solved. Now it plays as great as it looks. I'm very happy with this instrument despite the inconvenience of being without it for awhile. Hell, I had to go back to playing a strat and I realized what a totally superior instrument this is. I couldn't wait to get it back. Everything else is top drawer.

I've been playing a long time, off and on. Blues and rock the past few years. I run the Steve Moore straight into the Trademark 60 (which has its own boost, channel switching, effects loop, fender and marshall channels, etc.) with a cry baby wah and an eq in the effects loop to shape the marshall channel with some added highs. I get alot of variety with a minimum of tweeking, mostly just footswitching and using the guitar's volume and tone knobs. I'm very happy with this set up.


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bought 2nd hand @ turramarra music centre syd, for about $400. i got it coz i liked the wooden body.

god it's so fat. almost too fat. theres one switch with three positions for either or both p'ups, and another 2-postions switch which just seems to boost it heaps- depending on amp set up, this switch can boost into big distortion. this guitar is sensitive in the way that you can't attack it, you got to attack with it. i find i've got to travel into it before we start to sing, and it sings good. half the trick is to get there and then i let go and go with it. i just got to go smooth and we sail into extremeties. it's an experience. i can't play it unless im in it due to it's extreme sensitivity.

i've got to admit it limits my playing, but some women don't like the door being opened for them. the other day i was in an epic piece of a jam session. so sweet and sensitive was it, and i got this kick to go ape shit, and as if i had not shown any respect she gave off this god awfull sound that killed it all. coz she's like a strong bold soulful woman that you can't just get a fling with but must beckon the banshee from within her. my only dis like is its can be to heavy. some times i just want to have casual sex without making love. you get me?


besides its switches and the tuners getting old, i've found nothing else needing repair. its heavy wood and made to last.

this guitar aint for many of you. youve got to have patience. so many players go and buy pricey perfect guitars while others like my self get a kick out of playing a guitar with character. this one's a character.

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