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Published on 02/19/10 at 15:00This 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.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com