Barcelona Beginner Series Double Cutaway Electric Guitar Bundle with 10-Watt Amp, Gig Bag, Strap, and Accessories - Metallic Red

by Barcelona

Product Features

• Full-Size, 39-Inch Electric Guitar with 22 Frets
• Rosewood Fretboard
• Basswood Body and Neck with Adjustable Truss Rod
• Three Single Coil Pickups; One Volume Knob; Two Tone Knobs
• Includes Gig Bag, Tremolo Bar, Strap, Cable, Picks, and Allen Wrench

Product Details

• Item Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• ASIN: B0007W8NBE
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,625 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Color: Metallic Red

Classic in design yet affordable in price, the Barcelona Beginner Series Electric Guitar is an ideal entry-level instrument for starters. It comes in a range of colors and is packaged with a variety of accessories -- 10-watt amp, gig bag, tremolo bar, strap, cable, picks, and Allen wrench -- so you can start playing right away. Best of all, you can get started without spending a lot of money upfront. Values like this are few and far between.

Though economy priced, the Barcelona Beginner Series Electric Guitar is a full-size, 39-inch instrument made of quality materials, in particular a basswood body and neck as well as a rosewood fretboard. Its double-cutaway body style is iconic. Everyone knows this design. Jimi Hendrix, to name just one of many rock and blues legends, played a double-cutaway guitar like this. To help you find the sound that suites you best, the guitar has three single coil pickups and a five-way pickup switch, along with two tone knobs and a volume knob.

If you're looking for an inexpensive beginner's instrument made of quality materials, look no further. Barcelona has manufactured this electric guitar with you specifically in mind. For further peace of mind, know that all Barcelona instruments come with a one-year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Actual product you receive might be slightly different than pictures shown, June 3, 2006

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LMT78 (LOS ANGELES, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Barcelona Beginner Series Double Cutaway Electric Guitar Bundle with 10-Watt Amp, Gig Bag, Strap, and Accessories - Metallic Red

I bought this guitar about 2 months ago to learn how to play guitar. Previously I had no idea how to play a guitar. So far I am pretty satisfied with this purchase. Initially the guitar arrived to my home damaged due to it getting damaged during shipping. "Austin Bazaar", the company selling these units offered to replace it free with free shipping; but only after I emailed them detailed pictures of the damage. After the replacement came it has been ok so far.

However here are some key things I can share with someone who is thinking about buying this combo guitar pack:

- The guitar and amp that arrive are actually different than what you see in the picture.

- The guitar looks almost identical to a fender stratocaster except it's missing the fender logo of course. The head's shape (where the machine heads are) is slightly different than a fender's too.

- The guitar is actually more of a teal/blue color. The picture on this website shows a dark metallic blue, but mine is a medium blue, and almost teal colored, which was a little disappointing.

- The brand name displayed on the guitar is "G.Burton". However the first "damaged" version this guitar that I got and returned had the brand "austin bazaar" written on it.

- The blue paint indeed is metallic but mine had some tiny black/purple-ish specs of paint in it. Not sure how they got there but it was there right out of the box.

- The Amp looks different than what is shown in the picture too. The brand is "Eleca" and looks pretty classy and modern. There's some slight buzzing when the volume is turned up very high, but that is expected for a simple beginner combo pack at this price.

- The 5 way switchable tones are nice to have and work pretty well.

- The 2 tone knobs don't really change the tone very much at all, and I couldn't tell any difference in sound when adjusting these knobs.

- It comes with a gig bag but it's a non-padded gig-bag so it's for very casual/basic use only and doesn't offer much protection.

- It came with only 1 pick.

- It came with 1 guitar string. Not a set of 6 strings like the description mentions, but literally just one extra string.

- Also came with a very simple black guitar strap.

Overall there are definitely some short-comings with this combo guitar pack but overall I'm pretty satisfied because the price is pretty reasonable and everything has worked well so far. The main downsides is that the guitar/amp that comes with it might be a little different than what you see in the pictures shown and there aren't some accessories other beginniner packs offer like a tuner or a full set of strings. But for a beginniner it's still a good combo pack to use for learning at a good price.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars sorta the best guitar ever, October 8, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Barcelona Beginner Series Double Cutaway Electric Guitar Bundle with 10-Watt Amp, Gig Bag, Strap, and Accessories - Metallic Red

this guitars pretty good except that when i got it a dot on the fingerboard came off on my hand. Then i was playing it and the middle pickup fell off. I put a humbucker there instead. Then the jack on the guitar was messed up so i had to solder the wires. So all in all this guitar plays pretty good, but i dnt recommend getting this guitar if u dunt kno how to fix pickups or put new ones on or kno sum technical stuff about guitars. Look on [...] or go to ur nearest gibson or fender dealer if u dnt want the hassle, but this is a pretty good price fr a guitar like this dnt get me wrong.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Run for your Buck, February 26, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Barcelona Beginner Series Double Cutaway Electric Guitar Bundle with 10-Watt Amp, Gig Bag, Strap, and Accessories - Metallic Red

This Guitar plays good. The best guitar for learning to play electric since it's much less expensive than Fender and others. I've been playing it for nearly a year and so far no problems with it.

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