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Published on 08/24/06 at 15:00I like rock, and some blues. I've been playing for about a year and half, but never with band
I bought this guitar at Guitar Center for like 120 bucks. I had been playing a cheap a acoustic as my first guitar for a while and decided I wanted an electric. I bought this one manly for the price since at the time I didn't even know how to work the pickup selector. I just liked the way this one looked with the classic big headstock and bright red paint.
Price, sound, qualitity. It was cheap, but you still get the strat sound (although you can certainly tell the difference between an American and this). You can sound like Clapton, or Hendrix, or pretty much anyone who uses a real strat. Every pickup is useful as well. Also being made by Fender it's basically indestructible, I've thrown this thing (kinda) with no ill effect. Also the sixties big headstock and red paint are hard to resist.
If you use the tremelo for much more than vibrato or a little dip be prepared to retune, also, mine did not come with the arm so I had to buy it seperate. The tuning machines are pretty good, but the tremolo still assists and knocking you out of tune, even when not used, though it is not too bad, unless the strings are aging or not well broken in.
Amazing for the price, for all the abuse I've put mine through, the only thing that is really damaged is an ever so slightly loose tuning machine that is only noticeable when there isn't a string on it. Also on the lower cut-out the pickguard comes off the body a bit, although storing picks there probably hasn't helped matters.
Cheap, well constructed, Strat sound. What more can you say, a great beginner's guitar. Much better than getting a bullet
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I bought this guitar at Guitar Center for like 120 bucks. I had been playing a cheap a acoustic as my first guitar for a while and decided I wanted an electric. I bought this one manly for the price since at the time I didn't even know how to work the pickup selector. I just liked the way this one looked with the classic big headstock and bright red paint.
Price, sound, qualitity. It was cheap, but you still get the strat sound (although you can certainly tell the difference between an American and this). You can sound like Clapton, or Hendrix, or pretty much anyone who uses a real strat. Every pickup is useful as well. Also being made by Fender it's basically indestructible, I've thrown this thing (kinda) with no ill effect. Also the sixties big headstock and red paint are hard to resist.
If you use the tremelo for much more than vibrato or a little dip be prepared to retune, also, mine did not come with the arm so I had to buy it seperate. The tuning machines are pretty good, but the tremolo still assists and knocking you out of tune, even when not used, though it is not too bad, unless the strings are aging or not well broken in.
Amazing for the price, for all the abuse I've put mine through, the only thing that is really damaged is an ever so slightly loose tuning machine that is only noticeable when there isn't a string on it. Also on the lower cut-out the pickguard comes off the body a bit, although storing picks there probably hasn't helped matters.
Cheap, well constructed, Strat sound. What more can you say, a great beginner's guitar. Much better than getting a bullet
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com