supernintendo64's Reviews

Excellent guitar for the money

I was looking at acoustic guitars at Guitar Center one afternoon, picked this up, and fell in love with its sound and how well it played. I went back a year later and bought it. It's become my main acoustic ever since. It's an amazing guitar for beginners and intermediate players alike.

Great guitar

This was the first "real" electric guitar that I ever purchased. Mine's a left-handed sunburst model like in the picture. I had to rewire it because the leftie models are wired differently from the righty models in a way that make it so where the knobs don't work correctly. I replaced the aged yellow plastics with regular white ones and then replaced those with black plastics and a matching black pickguard. Electronics are mine are all stock. It distorts really nice and the neck pickup has a really nice "jazzy" tone. It's a nice, twangy, bell-like guitar, great for cutting leads or chunky rhythm-playing. The "comfort contour" body makes it comfortable to play and the two-point bridge stays in tune well when using the tremolo arm. It's a very versatile guitar, great for a wide range of genres like rock, jazz, country, blues, and funk. It's a joy to play. I highly recommend.

It's an okay amp

This amp was given to me by an ex-coworker. It's a step-up from my Fender Frontman 10G, but I could do better. As the name implies, it's a tube/solid-state hybrid. It has two channels: a clean channel and an overdrive channel. It also has built-in spring reverb. This amp sounds okay but to me, it sounds too "sterile", as in it doesn't have much character to it. Because it's not a true tube amp, the sound won't "break up" as you turn up the volume. The overdrive channel sounds fine, but it's too aggressive for me, as in it can go from zero to sixty with a small turn of the gain knob. Some may like this but sometimes I want more "subtle" overdrive. Overall, I'd say this amp is good for intermediate players who are looking to upgrade from their tiny little practice amp. It can also probably be used for gigging in small venues in a pinch. It's a 65w amp so it's decently loud. I'd definitely save up for something better, though.

Good Beginner's Item, and Not Much Else

I was already an avid piano player when I decided to pick this up from Goodwill for $30 so I could practice privately in my room. It's a good learning tool, but that's it. It's got over 200 tones but none of them sound very good (which is a given seeing how this keyboard is clearly meant for beginners). There's a sing along function that I never use and you can plug in a sustain pedal. You can also connect it to a television set with a special composite cable, but mine didn't come with the cable so I never tried this. It does, however, have USB MIDI functionality, but it's a pain to set up on a modern computer. When I'm not practicing on it, I pretty much use this keyboard as a MIDI controller. There's also a bunch of songs on it that you can learn (but I never do). Also, the keys light up.

Overall, if you want a cheap keyboard to practice on or if you need a cheap MIDI controller (and if you are computer-literate enough to get it set up correctly), this is a good option. It's also a good toy for your kids if they want to learn piano. I wouldn't use this on any studio recordings (unless you're really creative).