Product Description * Everything you need to start rocking, including a black Stratocaster guitar and 10-watt Squier amp with 10-foot cord
* Classic Fender Stratocaster guitar for all styles of music
* Synchronous tremolo bridge for subtle shimmers or hard-core whammy
* Three single-coil pickups paired with a 5-way pickup selector switch; volume and 2 tone controls for wide range of tones
* Package also includes strings, picks, strap, gigbag, and instructional DVD
IT BADMay 12, 2010 Grandesigns(St Paul, Mn) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I got it it stop working but it had a good Guitar. My amp was bad>
Not a bad guitarMay 3, 2010 Lloyd A. Kuhnle 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't believe all you get for around $200. For someone who wants to learn the guitar, and does not want to shell out a lot of bucks, this package can't be beat!
The amp isn't all that great, but who cares.
Great StuffApril 18, 2010 N. RIOIS(Lancaster PA) This is a amazing guitar. I just got it and have been playing it for like 4 hours already. stopped to write this thing up. My fingers hurt! ahaha that's a sign of becoming a guitarist. well this stuff is great the only thing is i suggest you tune it to the mic and not the outlet. I sold my ps3 to afford this and that was i good move because this is better than any guitar hero i played. I haven't watched the DVD and don't intend to, I want to teach myself and have learned about4 chords and 1/2 a intro to Be yourself from audioslave. BUY THIS ITEM!!!! plus it comes with three picks of fender that they sell here for like 7 dollars and there white brown and green but they look shiny marble, i cant explain but they look really cool.
Very good dealMarch 29, 2010 Michael Stark 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got this guitar package for Christmas (in midnight blue, but oh well), and I am liking this a lot. As other reviewers have stated, you are not getting a $300 guitar and a $100 amp - you are getting a cheapo beginner's guitar with a wimpy amp.
THAT BEING SAID, it is worth much more than the measly $200 you spend! This is a GREAT package to get for a beginner to the electric guitar. The guitar is sturdy enough to handle some rough playing, and it seems to stay in tune somewhat well. The amp, while not loud or sturdy enough to use in a concert, is fun to mess around with and start experimenting with distortion, etc. I'm sure the picks are fine - I prefer hard picks, so I didn't even look at the ones in the package. I also didn't look at the DVD included, having known how to play acoustic for a few years prior.
The bad news: The strings died very quickly for me (both the already string ones and the replacements included). The tuner is finicky at best. The amp will die if you crank the volume and blast away for very long. The strap comes off if you glance at it.
However, for a beginner, this package is perfect. Once you get some practice and feel like moving on, you can get a new tuner, a new amp, and even a new guitar one at a time at your leisure.
TL;DR: This is a great deal for a beginner, well worth the $200.
This is Not the beginner guitar you wantMarch 16, 2010 A. Mathew 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok, first off, even if you are a beginner, I do not recommend this guitar.
Why?
One, this guitar has highly incremental buzz. Most people will tell you when you ask, that this is because of the amp, but this is because this is essentially quite cheaply constructed, and the parts aren't as good as a lot of others. The strings are too close to the fret, and this is one of the reasons.
Two, cheap materials, as I stated, are troublesome. After owning the guitar for one week, and having to take out and screw in the whammy bar, the screw part of it got stuck in the hole. Not shortly after that, we returned the guitar.
Three, the frets. Many people stated this, and this is a very big problem for anyone. The frets are NOT smooth at ALL and after just one week of use I had scars and a ripped up palm on my hand.
But if you want a good guitar in this price range, for beginners, here's what I recommend. Get a Fender Squier. At most sites, the base Fender Squier costs $119. About $90 less than this does here, and it has much smoother fret board, but it still has some of the buzz found in this guitar. I also recommend a beginner Epiphone Les Paul or SG.
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