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Short version; If you know what you're doing this guitar works well, it's perfect for practicing and travel. Long version; This guitar, despite some faults, DOES stay in tune and DOES sound good enough to play casually. I feel like those giving it a one or two star review do so because this is their first guitar, or otherwise don't know much about guitars. They say it doesn't stay in tune, but here's the thing, it DOES. When you tighten strings for the first time, they stretch. After getting it in tune, you'll have to tune it again. And again. And again. Then you wait a few hours and do it again. This isn't unique to this guitar, it's this way with ALL guitars. As you tighten the strings they stretch, as you tighten more the neck tension increases, thereby decreasing the tension for the other strings. It's just how it is. So if you want your guitar to stay in tune, you need to tune it properly, multiple times. There are two legitimate problems with this guitar, and both are solved extremely easily. First, the strings are trash. They work, but they sound bad. The guitar itself sounds fine, but you need better strings. I recommend a good set of bronze "warm" strings. It'll make it sound LEAPS better. The second is that the bridge is not glued down, it moves. Again, easy fix. When it arrives, make some pencil markings where this bridge is (assuming it's in the right place) then take the strings off, out a dab of wood glue on the bottom of the bridge, line it up with the pencil markings, and bam, perfect. And, that's it. Great guitar for the price, portable, sounds decents, stays in tune, exactly what I was looking for.Read full review
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I wasn't expecting much, but I was hoping it would be playable for camping trips (as stated in the description). Not even close. Once I tuned it, the chords sounded awful. I noticed that the 12th harmonic can be found at the 10.5 fret, so over an octave, the frets are off by almost a whole step (1 1/2 frets). Don't buy this guitar unless you just want to hang it on your wall. --Update-- I was able to adjust the bridge to make it playable. I guess it's design is about you'd expect for the cost. I've upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3. The seller might want to mention some trouble shooting tips like how to adjust the bridge in the description.
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First off, let me start this review by saying I really like this guitar. No, it won't win any competitions. Yes, it has rather large cosmetic blemishes. But let's be honest- this is a $35 instrument. It ain't no Martin! As it comes in the box, this guitar does need some adjustments before being played: at the absolute minimum, it needs the action lowered, a set of "real" strings installed, and some minor finishing repair (on my instrument there was some sort of "shrapnel" plastered all over the fretboard. Some fine grit sandpaper was able to take care of it though). Personally, I took my setup a bit further by replacing the tuning keys and bridge on my instrument as well. Maybe I'm biased, but I think this instrument now sounds pretty dang good for having only $55 dollars in it! Overall, I give this instrument 4/5. Out of the box, the guitar needs some work to be usable. But if you can do it yourself, you're able to get a decent guitar at a pretty good price.Read full review
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This guitar IS advertised as low quality. It is that, but is useful to piddle with. The bridge support was loose inside the body and had to be glued back into place. It did tune up fine, but will have to lower the action. All I all, it's worth the $30.
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Plays pretty well. I plan to use it for practicing when traveling. Sanded the sharp area where fret board is glued to the neck.
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