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Published on 12/07/02 at 15:00 I bought this guitar with the GA-10 amplifier, strap, gig bag, and cord for $116(including shipping) on Ebay. I researched it on the web and found it to be a great deal.
Probably my favorite thing about this guitar is the fact that it has a humbucker. This makes it compatible with many more styles of music, especially more rock type music. The guitar is very light, thin, and has a reasonably fast neck. It also stays in tune fairly well. The guitar has pretty good tone for such a small price, and is easily upgradeable by putting a Seymour Duncan in or something like that.
This probably doesn't happen on most other units, but when I got mine, the pickup selector switch was very touchy. Sometimes I would be playing and in the middle of the song it will just stop producing sound. Before I play, I would have to strum, and then fiddle with the switch until it worked. I squirted some WD-40 in there the other night, and now it works fine. Another problem I have is when I play unplugged and strum hard, a buzzing sound comes from the tuners. It can't be heard through the amplifier, so no big deal. Other than that it seems fine, but the pickups are a little wimpy.
Other than the problem with the pickup selector switch I mentioned, the thing seems to be built great. I play quite often, and nothing is coming apart. It seems to be built pretty well.
This guitar probably shouldn't be bought if you're planning on gigging with it, but it makes a great first guitar. It's probably better than a Squier Strat, but don't expect too much out of this thing. As I said, for $75 you could buy a better humbucker and have a fairly decent guitar. If your shopping for your kid, this would make a great guitar(until he's on Good Morning America).
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Probably my favorite thing about this guitar is the fact that it has a humbucker. This makes it compatible with many more styles of music, especially more rock type music. The guitar is very light, thin, and has a reasonably fast neck. It also stays in tune fairly well. The guitar has pretty good tone for such a small price, and is easily upgradeable by putting a Seymour Duncan in or something like that.
This probably doesn't happen on most other units, but when I got mine, the pickup selector switch was very touchy. Sometimes I would be playing and in the middle of the song it will just stop producing sound. Before I play, I would have to strum, and then fiddle with the switch until it worked. I squirted some WD-40 in there the other night, and now it works fine. Another problem I have is when I play unplugged and strum hard, a buzzing sound comes from the tuners. It can't be heard through the amplifier, so no big deal. Other than that it seems fine, but the pickups are a little wimpy.
Other than the problem with the pickup selector switch I mentioned, the thing seems to be built great. I play quite often, and nothing is coming apart. It seems to be built pretty well.
This guitar probably shouldn't be bought if you're planning on gigging with it, but it makes a great first guitar. It's probably better than a Squier Strat, but don't expect too much out of this thing. As I said, for $75 you could buy a better humbucker and have a fairly decent guitar. If your shopping for your kid, this would make a great guitar(until he's on Good Morning America).
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com