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paju_jane's Reviews
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107
Great Price, but not the Best to Play.
Now this is going to be slightly biased as mine is in a bit of a bad condition, due to fret sprout and bad tuning stability. The price is unrivaled to anything else, and that is probably the best factor of it. It does sound like a strat, and the 3/4 scale length of it is very helpful if someone has a smaller body. They go for about $200 new, and I was lucky to get mine for about $80 used, so for a beginning guitar on a budget, it works really well. However, there are better options for the similar price since you don't have to pay the tax for the Fender name: I would recommend getting either an Epiphone if you want a cheap yet reliable and good guitar, or a Yamaha Pacifica for a strat. Both have options for about the same price or even cheaper sometimes, as well as looking around on the used market for options. Overall, it's a short scale strat, it sounds and plays like one, but there are definitely better options in my opinion.
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Line 6 Spider IV 75, Boss DS-1, Dunlop GCB-95 Wah
107
Easily one of the best guitars I play.
I've had it for about two years and it has been my main guitar since. I use it for lots of genres from, jazz to metal, and it has worked every way that I need it to. The comfort is amazing and the body is not too heavy but light enough to prevent any neck dive. The roasted maple fretboard feels incredible for slides and bends. It holds a tune very well (I have it in D# with Ernie Ball 10-52 gauge).
Preferred Settings + Usage:
Normally, I use the middle selection for the pickups, a Boss DS-1 with the level at max, tone about a third, and distortion at about half. That goes into a Line6 SpyderVI 75 with the bass at about 50%, mids at about 45%, and treble at about 65%.