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I got it from Guitar Center for around $120-150 (I've had it for two years now). It was my graduation present from my mom. I was playing a friend's Squire Strat in my band and needed my own gear. Sides the Squire was crap.

Okay, as I've already mentioned I've had this thing for two years. It's well build as far the body goes. Real strudy. It's been tested..... I leave it sitting out in my room and it gets dumped over by me, my dog and my friends and there's maybe one dent in the head. It stays in tune fairly well. There's room for improvement, but it's not bad for being under $200.

The stock pickups are um... For lack of a better word, crap. They sound good as long as your a beginner, but once you get a better guitar you'll have to change the pickups. Granted my bridge pickup also died within 6 months. The neck one hasn't gone yet (I have a Duncan '59 in the bridge now) but it's starting to die and the tone just isn't as good as the Duncan. That's about the only complaint I have.

Solid body, nice playbility and decent electronics. I must be lucky because I'm the only person whose knobs haven't become loose on the guitar. They're both still there and work just as well. The nut on the output comes loose, but it just has to be tightened.

Good guitar for beginners. You'll have to change out the pickups if you get better and want better sound (or when they die), but the body and actual electronics will last you at least a couple years. Mine's still in great shape and it's 2 years old!

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