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I bought this from a local guitar store for £99 second hand. I played practically every guitar in the shop and found this to be the best sounding, even up against £2000 Gibsons this, for the price, had the edge. It is made with a thin body and neck which means it is so easy to play, especially in the high register.What I particularly like is that you can hear all of the strings when you play a chord, not just a mess of sound. ALso, it has such a nice "sharp" sound. It really sounds good! The colour is not nice. It is "torino" red, which is fun but not the most professional look. But this is not much of a problem. The pickups are a little quiet. But I have a Fender 30 watt amp, so plugging it into input 2 makes it sound that bit better. The construction seems sound. I like the way it is thinner than other strats as I have said. I have had no problems with it - a solid guitar! A great guitar at unbelieveably great value! But I would definately recommend playing the one you are going to buy. I played another identical blue one in the shop and it didn't sound a patch on mine. Don't be so quick to ignore cheap guitars - might strike gold! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

This guitar would be better put to use as fire wood then actually playing. The pickups are very weak and brittle sounding. The combination of this guitar with the Fender amp that you get in the pack is just ear piecing bad. I completely understand that this is a starter pack for the uninformed, but for any experienced player putting their hands on this guitar will leave them scratching their head wondering who would want to continue to learn the guitar if they were giving this thing. Again I'll say this guitar is fine for someone exploring whether or not they want to play the electric guitar. In that case this is a fine guitar to try out. However, you may never want to play guitar again after playing this thing. Not a hard amp to get used to. It doesn't have that many control knobs to get in the way. The thing has two channels and in my opinion it should have some amp modeling or something else to go along with this thing. To me the clean are fantastic but the dirty channel is really thin brittle and everything a solid state amp sounds like. It has no character or soul in the tone and you ave to fight the thing to make a decent sound out of it. * Black Stratocaster: * 25.5” Scale Length * Agathis Body * Maple Neck, C-Shape w/Polyurethane Finish * Rosewood Fingerboard, 9.5” Radius * 22 Medium Jumbo Frets * 3 Single-Coil Pickups * Master Volume, Tone 1 (Neck Pickup), Tone 2 (Middle Pickup) controls * 5-Position Blade Pickup Switch * Synchronous Tremolo Bridge * Standard Die-Cast Tuners * Chrome Hardware * 1-Ply White Pickguard * White Dot Position Inlays This guitar comes with a standard Fender Stratocaster pickup setup with three individual single coil pickups. This one comes in a black paint finish that looks as cheap and it sounds. The guitar itself has a feel that doesn't appeal as an easy guitar or even a comfortable guitar. I am not sure what the price of these guitars are new. I can't imagine them being any more than $200 tops. These are basic beginners guitars. These things will sound like the feel and look....not good. These do not feel like a real Fender Stratocaster and if you have played a real American one then this is big let down. The best thing for you to do to maximize the value os to get this guitar in that pack thing where you get the amp and the tuner with the picks, strap, and gig bag. I would recommend this guitar to anyone other than a parent trying to get their kids interested in paying the guitar. You won't need to spend a whole lot and for the experiment of teaching kids is is a no brainer. If you want to get an electric guitar because you are moving away from the acoustic this is not going to be your thing. You will get easily frustrated.