Startone CG 851 4/4

The Startone CG 851 is available in different sizes (see my other reviews for each size and the whole series)
I had all 5 of it and kept 3.

The Look:
The colours are a bit different from what some pictures show, also some guitars are lighter some are darker but they all are pretty, a kind of yellow to orange light brown ish colour on the top and a wonderfull dark red wich shines in the light - they realy are beauties

Sound:
and they sound good too, ok the smaler the less but for example the 1/2 size i play a lot and it sounds more than ok, this one has a nice full and rich sound - for such a low price its really good

what else?:
playability is good
lacquer could be less thick
hold the tune really good

... i recomend, buy one ;-)

Startone CG 851 4/4 was my first full size acoustic guitar. It's easy to play and stays in tune quite well. It served me well couple of years at home. Later I took it to my summer house and it's perfect for that kind of use.

Excellent value for money, good first guitar for beginners and it serves well as second or third guitar later for many years. In my opinion nylon string guitars are better at first to get your fingers used to playing. I have had no problems with this guitar over the years whatsoever. Just basic maintenance is needed to keep it in good condition for long.

Off course for this price you don't get the best materials or quality but it's so cheap that there is no reason not to buy it.

This guitar really surprise me. I didn't find fuzzy frets, dead notes or something like that. It comes in cartoon box, but fr that price, it's normal. You can't expect wonders from this guitar, but it does sound great. For beginner, this is perfect choice. You can play almost anything on it. Do not forget, this is classical guitar, not dreadnought guitar....
I will recommend to change the strings, and you'll find the full potencial of this guitar.
I play on it every day, make a records. The best part is the price. You don't have to worry about it. The price is so low, that makes it worryfree....

Well, what can I say ...... a classical guitar for under £30 - and this isn't a toy either (lol). Seriously though, this is pretty good value for money. As some of the other reviewers have stated, it does go out of tune quite easily .... but that's easy to live with when stays in tune for a couple of hours strumming. To be honest, I bought this for my 7 year old son - he wanted an acoustic guitar, and I didn't want to pay a fortune in case he picked it up, and instantly lost interest. Well ..... he's absolutely chuffed with it! And me? Well, I'm happy he didn't want a Gibson standard (lol)!

I bought this guitar and I had basically no use for it. I don't play that instrument but I decided to get a non-expensive one and give it a try. At the moment I like this guitar but I think it might be somehow better but for this amount of money, this is good. I can't complain, this isn't meant to be a very hi-quality product as you may espect but you can play it - which is nice of course. My conclusion is that this is for beginners, to give the feeling of playing guitar, not for hobbyists - even they won't probably need an expert guitar, but they should plan to get something else. Plus, this guitar was very nicely tuned and I didn't expect that at all, nice job!