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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Yamaha quality, May 18, 2005
Yamaha once again prove to the leader in making high quality beginner instruments from stringed instruments to wind instruments. This basswood strat-style guitar offers the player humbucking pickups and single-coil pickups for a wide array of sounds AND a free-floating tremelo. The neck offers adjustments at the headstock which makes set-up much easier for more efficient playing. Hardware is what you would expect for a beginner instrument, but the beauty here is once this guitar has outlived its initial usefulness, the once-beginning guitarist may overhaul it completly to make it satisfy the new needs of an intermediate shredder. Basswood is a high quality tonewood and the bolt-on neck option makes it possible to give new life to this beast for just a couple-hundred dollars should the beginner wear out the original neck. The tremelo will only last for several yaers depending on playing time and wear and tear, but alas, this can be replaced with a professional quality trem. My 1985 equivilent Yamaha SE250 has recently been overhauled to a tight little shredding unit complete with Wilkerson trem. A $100 Carvin neck made this little number fly again and fly high, too boot. The amp just sucks however, but it gets the job done initially. If you're a parent, get used to spending money for your child's instruments. If you find yourself spending more every few years, more than likely your kid is improving and one day will thank you whole-heartily for supporting one of the most satisfying abilities one can ever learn. How to play an instrument. If you're a working adult with a knowledge of guitar instruments and wish to learn guitar, suck it up and spend at least $300 on a guitar only and buy an amp seperately. For junior just starting out, this is the way to go.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beginner's Only, May 2, 2003
Yamaha is really good at producing good-sounding guitars at low prices. Unlike other cheap guitars at the same price, these don't sound horrible. However, Yamaha is merely average when it comes to true guitarists' guitars. I do think that Squiers Fenders sound better, but I don't recommend Squiers for beginners. Generally, Squiers tend to require more maintenance, and maintenance is the one thing a beginner shouldn't have to deal with. Yamaha guitars are pretty well built, and are much better than cheaper Squiers, even though Squier guitars are much better at the higher price range. Many Squier guitars that cost around ... are not that good. For example, the Squier P-Bass tends to have loose knobs, the Bronco just sounds horrible. Squiers are only good if you're an intermediate guitarist and buy the more expensive ones.Another thing about Squiers. They are not as well built as some Yamahas. Their amp jacks tend to get loose every once in a while. Another important thing for beginners. The necks on the Squier guitars tend to be bulkier than the slimmer Yamaha necks. The slimmer necks make it easier to play if you're a beginner. If you're a beginner, I recommend this product, but if you're not a beginner, I don't think you'd need me to tell you to buy something else.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Deal You Can Find ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!, November 29, 2002
By A Customer
This is the greatest deal ever, you get everything with this. This is a very excellent product for beginners who want to learn on something that they are going to keep for a while. It comes with excellect products, the amp is nice to carry along to because its not to big. The electric tuner comes in handy for beginners who will have trouble tuning their guitar which can get you very frusturated.The book is nice but it doesnt go into much detail. I highly recomend this product.
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