MGR/Daniel L « Yamaha SGV300 »
Published on 05/13/02 at 15:00I acquired this guitar because I wanted to start learning how to play guitar. I decided to get something that was relatively cheap (in price), so I picked up this guitar in a combo with a Peavey Rage 158 amp, a gigbag, and some extras. The whole thing cost me about $500 CAD (that's roughly... $350 US$?).
I could not be happier with my purchase. I spent $500 on what I thought would be a cheap guitar to last me until I learned enough to warrant a good one, as it turns out this guitar is really good. The single coil (neck) pickup has a beautiful tone for jazz and blues, and the humbucker has an ok rock/metal tone (it's a little too bright for my tastes).
Durability is not an issue here! I can't even count the number of times I've speared the Samurai-style headstock into a wall, and it doesn't even have a scratch on it!
The controls are easy to handle, and overall the guitar is overflowing with playability.
I wish the humbucker pickup was a little darker, and I think the tuning heads might need replacing, since the guitar never EVER stays in tune after I put it in the gigbag. Also, it's easy to lose part of your pickup selector switch if you're not careful (it unscrews).
However, for a $500- instrument, these are considerably few drawbacks.
The headstock is an innovative 'Samurai-style,' and the body is also a Yamaha original. So overall the design is pretty cool, although I think they could have easily added another half inch of scale length.
This guitar is sturdy and won't fall apart on anyone, that I can say for sure. Like I said before, it's got really good construction.
I don't think I could've found a better beginner's guitar. The price to quality ratio was amazing, especially since I didn't know if I was even going to like playing guitar. I reccomend it to anyone wondering the same thing. I will never again buy this guitar, simply because I now have higher demands of my instruments and am already planning to spend $2000 on my next one.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I could not be happier with my purchase. I spent $500 on what I thought would be a cheap guitar to last me until I learned enough to warrant a good one, as it turns out this guitar is really good. The single coil (neck) pickup has a beautiful tone for jazz and blues, and the humbucker has an ok rock/metal tone (it's a little too bright for my tastes).
Durability is not an issue here! I can't even count the number of times I've speared the Samurai-style headstock into a wall, and it doesn't even have a scratch on it!
The controls are easy to handle, and overall the guitar is overflowing with playability.
I wish the humbucker pickup was a little darker, and I think the tuning heads might need replacing, since the guitar never EVER stays in tune after I put it in the gigbag. Also, it's easy to lose part of your pickup selector switch if you're not careful (it unscrews).
However, for a $500- instrument, these are considerably few drawbacks.
The headstock is an innovative 'Samurai-style,' and the body is also a Yamaha original. So overall the design is pretty cool, although I think they could have easily added another half inch of scale length.
This guitar is sturdy and won't fall apart on anyone, that I can say for sure. Like I said before, it's got really good construction.
I don't think I could've found a better beginner's guitar. The price to quality ratio was amazing, especially since I didn't know if I was even going to like playing guitar. I reccomend it to anyone wondering the same thing. I will never again buy this guitar, simply because I now have higher demands of my instruments and am already planning to spend $2000 on my next one.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com