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Published on 12/31/02 at 15:00I purchased this guitar at at one of these wholesale warehouse stores, more specifically, the CostCo in Dedham, Massachusetts with a complete starter kit, including a GA-10 practice amplifier, strap, automatic tuner, strings, tuning key, whammie bar, and Hal Leonard Guitar Method Guitar Book; everything you need to start playing.
The guitar was very light, and easy to handle. It was pretty much a clone of a Fender Stratocaster, except for it's having a humbucker for the bridge pickup. It looks great, plays very easily, would recommend for an aspiring rock guitarist. It was very affordable too. Finally, it was incredibly inexpensive. I also can't put into words how strong and well built this guitar is. I managed to afford mine at age 14 with a $3 per week allowance!
The only problem I had with it is that it has two knobs instead of three, which makes playing some more complex gigs difficult. The plastic body of the guitar also chips easily. Besides that I can't think of anything else bad about it.
Like I said before, it's amazingly well built, I dropped mine several times and while the plastic layer of the body chipped, the guitar's actual playing was never affected. You could probably shoot this thing with a bazooka and it'd still play fine
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This is a well built, great sounding guitar that I would highly recommend to beginners who want to get playing fast. I used mine to get a feel for a guitar and learn the basics for a low price until I felt ready to upgrade to a better guitar. For more skilled guitarists, this would make a great backup for when your main guitar is in the shop or can't be used. Guitarists who use Fender Telecasters of Stratocasters will feel right at home with this.
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The guitar was very light, and easy to handle. It was pretty much a clone of a Fender Stratocaster, except for it's having a humbucker for the bridge pickup. It looks great, plays very easily, would recommend for an aspiring rock guitarist. It was very affordable too. Finally, it was incredibly inexpensive. I also can't put into words how strong and well built this guitar is. I managed to afford mine at age 14 with a $3 per week allowance!
The only problem I had with it is that it has two knobs instead of three, which makes playing some more complex gigs difficult. The plastic body of the guitar also chips easily. Besides that I can't think of anything else bad about it.
Like I said before, it's amazingly well built, I dropped mine several times and while the plastic layer of the body chipped, the guitar's actual playing was never affected. You could probably shoot this thing with a bazooka and it'd still play fine
.This is a well built, great sounding guitar that I would highly recommend to beginners who want to get playing fast. I used mine to get a feel for a guitar and learn the basics for a low price until I felt ready to upgrade to a better guitar. For more skilled guitarists, this would make a great backup for when your main guitar is in the shop or can't be used. Guitarists who use Fender Telecasters of Stratocasters will feel right at home with this.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com