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Speachless
I purchased this guitar in a combo package for my youngest son to play and learn. The price was excellent for the package, so I thought it would do for the little one for a year or two.
The guitar is EXCELLENT. The build and the finish is amazing, especially for the amount of money I paid. It sounds way better than what I expected, especially after I changed the original strings (the little one broke a string within the first couple of days).
The pickups are just fine, and tremolo is excellent, not ruing the tuning, even after hours of fiddling with it. The tuners are a little on the cheap side, but once you tune the strings, they stay. No scratches, no marks, no problems whatsoever ... I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn and doesn't want to spend much. It will probably never sound like one of those expensive guitars, but it is way above decent, and can be part of any gig.
The guitar is EXCELLENT. The build and the finish is amazing, especially for the amount of money I paid. It sounds way better than what I expected, especially after I changed the original strings (the little one broke a string within the first couple of days).
The pickups are just fine, and tremolo is excellent, not ruing the tuning, even after hours of fiddling with it. The tuners are a little on the cheap side, but once you tune the strings, they stay. No scratches, no marks, no problems whatsoever ... I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn and doesn't want to spend much. It will probably never sound like one of those expensive guitars, but it is way above decent, and can be part of any gig.
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YL
Great for the price
Bought this to mod a bit. The only things I changed were the tuners (as the stock ones wernt great) for some Vanson locking tuners ,the plastic but for a graftech, and the bridge for a wilkinson with full size steel block. Cost me an extra £80. The unbranded picksups, as a beginner, sound ok to me. The red metallic finish looks great, not a blemish anywhere. The pickups are pretty high output, and with the Humbucker on the bridge you get even more output. The neck is unfinished a very smooth. Defo worth buying, even as stock, is great value for money.
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IL
Mostly OK
Well, for this price guitar is awesome. Sounds decent. But there are some cons: on my guitar on the 21th and 22th frets the first string produces the same sound (fret levelling needed), tremolo works, but it was so terribly bolted, ehm... spring holder is very skewed and its almost impossible to fix (replacement will be hard). All in all, again, for this price its must-buy.
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m
Amazing but...
it is amazing in all aspects but it produces an audible static noise which lowers when i touch any metal part of the guitar i use the thomann mini amp so idk if the problem is from the amp or the guitar
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DH
Harley Benton ST-20HSS CA Standard Series
i'm not a big fan of single coil pickups in the bridge position, but i do like the strat shape and sound form the middle and neck pickups, so i thought i'd give this a go and see how i get on, the color is really amazing and the neck feels brilliant, no problems whatsoever
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LJ
Solid budget guitar
This one is not bad considering the incredible price. Sounds and plays good. Looks good too, which in the end is important as nobody wants to be playing uninspiring looking guitars. Yes, intonation is not the best, but I haven't tried to block the tremolo yet which I believe influences this some bit (the tremolo obviously is not the greatest quality), but in the end this is nothing so terrible. Pickups sound decent enough for me, but don't expect much versatility in tone. The worst part of this guitar was the rough frets it comes with, but which for the price it has I can understand. You don't pay for supreme finishes ok? Take a file and polish those off like I did, and you will be good to go. Chances are this is also very volatile and depending on the batch you get the guitar from that may not be a problem (but something else may). All in all, nice guitar for the price.
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G
Better than average at this price.
GREAT looking guitar & solid assembly. It will serve me well, I think. I wanted this model as an alternative platform to the TE-40 I have. The initial setup was not quite right. Action was too high, intonation off, and the trem was not floating when tuned. The pickups are a bit dull, even after adjusting their height for stronger signal. I know this is a bottom budget guitar, but I think Thomann can do better. The frets were nicely leveled, but had harsh edges. This was actually a good thing in my case as my blind wife will now be using this guitar to learn. Edges on the frets help her get around the fret board and she has already learned at least 3 simple songs in the first week.
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N
For the price it is more then what I've expected
cheap but well made
The sound is ok, quite good
The sound is ok, quite good
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J
Really nice guitar
Got this as my first guitar and its really versatile. The quality is amazing for the price.
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N
Fantastic value
My only complaint is that the nut holes needed polishing as some were a bit crooked. But nothing that was not a quick fix.
Overall a superb guitar for beginners or intermediate players looking for a decent platform to experiement modding on.
EDIT: a few months later it's still a great guitar for anyone getting back into the hobby or just starting out. I did end up changing the nut and put on some locking tuners. The latter were not needed but the HB ones are a straght drop in and pretty cheap. The nut however was a huge improvement as expected.
Other than that - great value recommend it wholeheartedly.
Overall a superb guitar for beginners or intermediate players looking for a decent platform to experiement modding on.
EDIT: a few months later it's still a great guitar for anyone getting back into the hobby or just starting out. I did end up changing the nut and put on some locking tuners. The latter were not needed but the HB ones are a straght drop in and pretty cheap. The nut however was a huge improvement as expected.
Other than that - great value recommend it wholeheartedly.
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