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Low Price = Low Quality. DIY needed.
This review was very difficult to put together. Why: Because, I don't want to be a "weener/complainer", and I was disappointed, and surpriced that I needed to go "DIY".
Put Shortly: This is a cheap DIY-product from China.
And, I have kept the guitar, because it is for my kids, and they waited for it and love it.
I will get right to the details/why :
Tuning :
I needed to change the strings, in order to get it in tune.
That is: Tuning to the right pitch, with open string, was of-course very easy - but :
To make the tuning work 1 octave up, at the 12. fret (is neccesary, when you start to move and play down the fretboard) - was not possible, with the default strings (even after removing the springs and adjusting the stuff to the maximum).
Luckily, together with the guitar-order, I did buy a set of good strings (which was supposed to be a spare-set).
To adjust, I had to remove the spring (placed at the bottom) in order to prolong the "moving/active string-part" to the needed length - plus change the strings.
So, DIY = Replace strings, and Unscrew parts.
Plus: 6-10 extra Euros (for a set of usable strings).
Why did I choose these solutions: Advise/ Solution given by Thomans support-department (it would have been nice, if this info was given with the guitar: "remember to change strings to better ones, in order to make the guitar intonation possible").
Buzzing / Action :
Now I know: Electric Guitars need to be adjusted - the Trust-Rod need to be "fastened/loosend".
A bit of DIY, and courage - because the trust-rod (metal stick inside the fretboard) is hard to turn, and can break, which makes the guitar = Chinese land fill.
I think I was lucky, because the adjustment helped, and nothing broke.
Instructions had to be found at Youtube - the guitar comes with Zero instructions and advice.
By the way: Thomann told me, when I called them, that the guitar should work, because it was already adjusted - but, nobody can foresee the humidity/climate at the customer - and, on youtube proff's even advise one to wait some days, for the wood to "settle", before adjusting - vs. that I was told to try adjusting, directly when calling, just after receiving the guitar. I didn't find the last info, before AFTER making the adjustment, so, our guitar is probably not correctly adjusted / was probably adjusted too much (and our trust-rod could brake, because of this possible extra/unneeded tensions).
Tone-controls :
The tone-controls do alter the sound, and are not right calibrated. They consist of pot-meters with too high Resistors/Ohm-value, which makes their tone alteration happen in only around 15% of the rotation of the knob - whereas the rest "85% rotation" offers no tone unalteration (tone just stays "bright").
The pickups :
Of course they are cheap. But, for a beginner that also did buy a second-hand Roland Micro-Cube Amp with lots of Effects and Distortion-flawours, they work well.
They seem to be on the dark/closed side - which was expected.
The body / finish / look :
It look just perfect, and real, and our kids, love it - especially because of the pairing with the sound-versatile MicroCube-Amp.
It is shiny, has a wonderfull metallic reddish colour.
The Frets doesn't scratch (are well polished/rounded at the edges).
The "String-Tuning-Knobs" work fine. Some were loose, but they could luckily be tightened with a bit of DIY-skill.
All in All - if I could turn back time :
I would buy a more expensive guitar from start - and I would call/visit the shop and/or tryout the specific guitar - and ask about and maybe try to test in the shop, if intonation on the model could be fixed - before buying.
I did the opposite, and read the reviews - unfortunately nobody did mention this.
I hope, with this review, to give the needed details - to make people have a better chance to decide, whether they want to go through the DIY-stuff.
As it is, I consider the DIY to be more than just "tuning of the guitar" (I have tuned acoustic string instruments - with tuners and ears - but this was different, because of the Trust-Rod and springs-etc.).
Put Shortly: This is a cheap DIY-product from China.
And, I have kept the guitar, because it is for my kids, and they waited for it and love it.
I will get right to the details/why :
Tuning :
I needed to change the strings, in order to get it in tune.
That is: Tuning to the right pitch, with open string, was of-course very easy - but :
To make the tuning work 1 octave up, at the 12. fret (is neccesary, when you start to move and play down the fretboard) - was not possible, with the default strings (even after removing the springs and adjusting the stuff to the maximum).
Luckily, together with the guitar-order, I did buy a set of good strings (which was supposed to be a spare-set).
To adjust, I had to remove the spring (placed at the bottom) in order to prolong the "moving/active string-part" to the needed length - plus change the strings.
So, DIY = Replace strings, and Unscrew parts.
Plus: 6-10 extra Euros (for a set of usable strings).
Why did I choose these solutions: Advise/ Solution given by Thomans support-department (it would have been nice, if this info was given with the guitar: "remember to change strings to better ones, in order to make the guitar intonation possible").
Buzzing / Action :
Now I know: Electric Guitars need to be adjusted - the Trust-Rod need to be "fastened/loosend".
A bit of DIY, and courage - because the trust-rod (metal stick inside the fretboard) is hard to turn, and can break, which makes the guitar = Chinese land fill.
I think I was lucky, because the adjustment helped, and nothing broke.
Instructions had to be found at Youtube - the guitar comes with Zero instructions and advice.
By the way: Thomann told me, when I called them, that the guitar should work, because it was already adjusted - but, nobody can foresee the humidity/climate at the customer - and, on youtube proff's even advise one to wait some days, for the wood to "settle", before adjusting - vs. that I was told to try adjusting, directly when calling, just after receiving the guitar. I didn't find the last info, before AFTER making the adjustment, so, our guitar is probably not correctly adjusted / was probably adjusted too much (and our trust-rod could brake, because of this possible extra/unneeded tensions).
Tone-controls :
The tone-controls do alter the sound, and are not right calibrated. They consist of pot-meters with too high Resistors/Ohm-value, which makes their tone alteration happen in only around 15% of the rotation of the knob - whereas the rest "85% rotation" offers no tone unalteration (tone just stays "bright").
The pickups :
Of course they are cheap. But, for a beginner that also did buy a second-hand Roland Micro-Cube Amp with lots of Effects and Distortion-flawours, they work well.
They seem to be on the dark/closed side - which was expected.
The body / finish / look :
It look just perfect, and real, and our kids, love it - especially because of the pairing with the sound-versatile MicroCube-Amp.
It is shiny, has a wonderfull metallic reddish colour.
The Frets doesn't scratch (are well polished/rounded at the edges).
The "String-Tuning-Knobs" work fine. Some were loose, but they could luckily be tightened with a bit of DIY-skill.
All in All - if I could turn back time :
I would buy a more expensive guitar from start - and I would call/visit the shop and/or tryout the specific guitar - and ask about and maybe try to test in the shop, if intonation on the model could be fixed - before buying.
I did the opposite, and read the reviews - unfortunately nobody did mention this.
I hope, with this review, to give the needed details - to make people have a better chance to decide, whether they want to go through the DIY-stuff.
As it is, I consider the DIY to be more than just "tuning of the guitar" (I have tuned acoustic string instruments - with tuners and ears - but this was different, because of the Trust-Rod and springs-etc.).
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Den billigeste strarocaster
Den skal spilles lidt til og justeres lidt. Men det er en genial guitar til de penge.
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God guitar til prisen!
Jeg blev virkelig overrasket over kvaliteten på den her guitar. Den kom også fint justeret og med friske strenge. Pickupperne er virkelig også gode til prisen. Det eneste der er (hvilket er at forvente til sådan en lav pris) er at der er lidt støj på pickuppen når man ikke spiller.
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Lyd
Det er meget støj og bum lyd når den er på Gain kanalen ,
Og nu har jeg skiftet to forstærker og jeg tror det på grund af det billige pickups
Og nu har jeg skiftet to forstærker og jeg tror det på grund af det billige pickups
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really good
My son has this and he loves it
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Super kvalitet til lav pris
Dette er et rigtig fint produkt
Købte denne guitar til selv at modde, men da jeg havde fået den ud og skiftet strenge osv så blev jeg så overrasket at jeg beholde alle stock delene og nu bruger den ofte!
Helt sikkert pengene værd!
Købte denne guitar til selv at modde, men da jeg havde fået den ud og skiftet strenge osv så blev jeg så overrasket at jeg beholde alle stock delene og nu bruger den ofte!
Helt sikkert pengene værd!
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