Silvertone SSL3 Electric Guitar Package User Reviews

Submitted September 16, 2009 by a customer from yahoo.com

"it is a must have guitar even if you have a budget of thousands, still get this guitar and compare them to this guitar. I assu"

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I have one other beauty in my current collection and I do plan to buy others, but none could every replace this one.

Sound

The sound is very rich and beautiful! I only rated 9 to keep for offending true LP owners, oh but the truth does hurt doesn't it?

Features

The amp has a very good quality sound for it size, but if you have been playing for a while one might perfer a BIGGER amp. This one is just fine for a beginner such as myself. You will need to buy a stonger strap and case. The set included in this package are just included to get you started. I haven't used the dvd so no idea of its quality. The included picks are ok. I like the tuner it works just fine to me, I sure as you learn a little more about tuners you might consider a higher end model though.

Ease of Use

After the initial tuning the sound just seems to get better and richer as you play / learn to play.

Quality

Truth be told this guitar is made by the same company that makes the Epi LP research it if you dare! The finish is very polished, beautiful very easy on the eyes. Its build like a classic car solid and strong.

Value

I think that the guitar is worth every penny I paid for it, even more. Get em while you can at this price. You will not be sorry in the least.

Manufacturer Support

I haven't had need for service so I can't speak on this subject.

The Wow Factor

If this guitar could do the things my wife can do for me she might have something to worry about!

Musical Background:

hobbyist

Musical Style:

jazz, r&b and rock

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Submitted December 10, 2015 by Daniel J in Anniston, AL

"Great value! Worth more than list price."

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I have purchased 2 of these to be Christmas presents for 2 of my sons. I was totally blown away at the fit and finish of these guitar packages when I unboxed them. These guitars would easily be worth double what I paid. The guitars, amps, and all accessories are of very good quality.

Musical Background:

Bass guitar player for 26 years. Mainly perform at church.

Musical Style:

Contemp Christian, praise and worship, southern gospel

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Submitted January 27, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Entertain your curosity, you wont regret this guitar!"

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I'll be playing this guitar every week at band

Sound

I just got this guitar yesterday along with the Vox Lil' nite train half stack all tube amplifier and vox cab. I would recomend this Silvertone (samick) guitar to anyone! I was surprised with the feel tonality and sustain, action is great did not have adjust the truss rod and the weight of this guitar is awsome (solid) 100%. I have handled name brand guitars whose weight did not match this one! My personal opinion the more solid, the beeter the sustain and that helps to achieve the tone you may be searching for aswell! Great guitar pack for the price and I dont believe you'll be able to beat it anywhere! Thanks Zzounds

Features

features are good. I dont really use a whammy bar so I cant rate it along those lines. The best feature of this guitar is the set-in-neck and it total 100% solid body and it has the weight behind it to back it up!

Ease of Use

Very easy to play right out of the box. Action and is great, and the user has total control with the rythym, treble, and mid swith volume and tone nobs, it is all right here at your fingertips, eae of use great.

Quality

This guitar is solid. You will n ot believe the weight of this guitar once you get it in your hands.

Value

Oh yeah this guitar is worth every penny. This is guitar plays as well as any that may cost 3x times the amount of what you'll pay for this one. You will not beat it anywhere.

Manufacturer Support

no prblems so far.

The Wow Factor

no rate, but I am sure I am rock the socks off the females once they hear this sustain and tone.

Musical Background:

Active musician

Musical Style:

rock/southern rock/christian contemporary

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Submitted October 28, 2015 by Paul S in Springfield, VT

"Sivertone guitar package"

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I am a middle aged guy who always wanted to play guitar. From the privacy of my own home I can go through the step by step instructional DVD and take my time to learn how to play. The amp sounds really cool compared to the old one my son was using. I can't imagine a better beginner package for the money.

Musical Background:

Played piano as a kid, beginner guitar

Musical Style:

Rock and blues

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Submitted January 6, 2011 by a customer from mcckc.edu

"This darn thing is amazing!!!!"

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I believe that my son is content with it and will cherish it for many years to come.

Sound

My son loves it!!!

Features

It was an all inclusive kit.

Ease of Use

My twelve year old son enjoyed how easy it was to utilize. He just jumped right in and started playing it.

Quality

We thoroughly enjoy our electric guitar.

Value

I believe it was a great purchase...

Manufacturer Support

Thus far, we have had no reason to contact the company that made the product.

The Wow Factor

It's beautiful..

Musical Background:

hobbyist

Musical Style:

rock, jazz, blues, r&b, techno.. you name it...

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Submitted August 8, 2005 by a customer from hotmail.com

"Beyond Expectations"

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Guitar is beyond expectations. Accessories could use improvement -- but a good value for the price because of the above average amp. If you don't need the amp, consider purchasing just the guitar.

Sound

Wow, for the price, this is the closest thing you'll get to a real Les Paul. Intonation was dead on out of the box and even after I put in some GHS Boomer 10 strings (comes with 9s). Harmonics are precise. However, I tune with 1/2 step down, so I'm going to need to raise the action a bit to stop fret buzz.

Features

The amp is fairly good (lots of sound and lots of overdrive distortion for the price), but the rest of the accessories are sketchy. The bag is too small and as thick as a plasic grocery bag -- does not protect the guitar at all other than from dust. However, since it's such a tight fit, the closing zipper can scratch your finish. I bought a nice padded bag for this guitar. The tuner definitely works, but isn't very accurate and sometimes gives erroneous readings -- but you can still tune as long as you're patient with it. The instructional video is awesome for beginners. It's a crash course through the very basics to get you started.

Quality

For the price, you can't beat the quality of this guitar. I've got no complaints... it's built solidly and attention is paid to fine details. Smooth frets, great finish. I compared it side by side to a comparable Gibson and Epiphone and this fell right in the middle.

Value

You won't find anything near this price that compares in quality... a must have if you want a less expensive Les Paul without giving up quality or sound.

Manufacturer Support

I gave Samick (company that makes Silvertone) a call a few days ago and they were very quick to respond to my questions. I have not had any problems with their product.

The Wow Factor

This guitar is sexy... period. If your girl doesn't like it, dump her because she doesn't know what's good for her. You will have no problem picking up another girl with this axe.

Musical Background:

Hobby / Active DJ

Musical Style:

Rock, Punk

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Submitted February 24, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Looking for an attractive guitar with attractive sound and solid qulaity look farher, it's all complete with Silvertones SSL-3 b"

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I personally intend to be satisfied with this particualr guitar for as long as I am playing. The only guitar next on my list would be a Telecaster guitar with reversed wound single coils.

Sound

I personally am attracted to the Silvertones-SSL-3 by Samick sound. I have been playing for many years and love the different sounds one can produce through the vintage style pick-ups which the SSL-3 came with. This Guitar weighs as much as the solid body LesPaul by Gibson and produces that same LesPaul Genuine sound for less Monetarily speaking.

Features

The SSL-3 guitar pack came with a silvertone amp, extra strings and all the needed acessories needed to be up and playing immediately. I have not even opened the silvertone amp that came along with this guitar pack so I really cannot rate the amp which is included with this guitar pack. I purchased the Vox Lil Night Train along with this SSL-3 guitar as I am an active musician and tend to lend toward all tube amps.

Ease of Use

I get great sounds from the SSL-3 if I want that Phat Strat I utilize the pick-up control switch and run it with a clean amp effect and "Boom" even Stevie Ray Vaughn would have been pleased with this sound. Not to mention the action on this guitar is great and the Frets hold true wether ascending or descending the Fret board.

Quality

The Silvertone SSL-3 is made exceptionally well! I was overwhelmed and well pleased with solidity of this quitar. A very nice quality guitar indeed.

Value

This guitar pack is well worth the listed price! I am proud of this guitars quality for the price its quality goes above and beyond the listed price.

Manufacturer Support

I am purchasing both my Vox Lil Night Train Mini stack and the SSL-3 Silvertone guitar pack through Zzounds utilizing Zzounds easy and attractive pay as you play payment plan. I have not needed any alternative corrective measures support concerning this product or any of the products I have purchased through and from Zzounds. However, if there ever is the need to request such an service I am confident that Zzounds would compliment any service need that I may have! Zzounds Rocks...

The Wow Factor

The SSL-3 Silvertone by Samick is most attractive guitar, feels and plays like $1800.00 LesPaul. The Finish and wood quality of this guitar is of good quality. The guitars weight tells the story. and the Susuatin and sound backs it up...

Musical Background:

Active Musician 29 years playing guitar

Musical Style:

Christian Contemp, Vintage Rock

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Submitted December 26, 2006 by a customer from yahoo.com

"perfect for beginers"

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ahhh i expect to have it for a long time

Sound

the amp is a little scratchy but its still good quality, and when your playing it sounds awsome

Features

the tuner is ok i got my guitar tuned quick and easily, the instructional dvd was a little helpful but it was really cool

Ease of Use

its really balanced and when your moving up and down the fingerboard its easy to get from point A to point B

I wont to play the blues and Christian some Country

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Submitted September 1, 2020 by a customer from stu.owsley.kyschools.us

"could easily do better with a epiphone"

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Dont get this for your kids!!! listen if your gonna get your kids a guitar and they say they like this one say you need a epiphone les pual starter kit. the guitar here looks good but is a knock off dont get for them, the epiphone will have humbucker pickups witch are great and the other gear needed but the main reason you go for the actual les pual is becuase you can trust them. this guitar will be difficult to play with your kids becuase the low quality of it. its barley pieced together the action is way to high i could go on, the epiphone cares about you and the starters so there kit will be well pieced together and will be better quality. epiphone is a good trusting name brand guitar, silvertone is a bad money shark, i would personally recomend the slash AFD guitar kit its a epiphone les pual kit desighned by the legend slash him self from GNR get it for 349 or 60$ a month or the cheaper 200$ epiphone les pual starter kit works good to but nothing beats the slash AFD starter kit there both epiphone les puals but slash desighned the epiphone les pual after his signature guitar so you know its great, but the epiphone les pual starter kit is also another great choice not the knock off for the same price it may look better but it isnt trust me if a guitar looks that good and is that much dont buy it i had it and winded up busting it when i was 12 becuase it had not compared to my new guitar after upgrading.

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Submitted January 12, 2016 by Dale Anders in Town and country, MO

"silvertone ss3 electric guitar"

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yOU WILL NOT GO WRONG WITH THIS GUIITAR.you take it out of the package tune it and go. I tell people I may not play so good butI look good.It is top quality

Musical Background:

I played the trumpet for years and in bans. Now at 82 I'm trying to learn the guitar it is coming along.

Musical Style:

Blues and Christian

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Submitted December 31, 2007 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Meh...it gets old after a few months or when you start getting good and join a band."

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I'd say I wanted another guitar about 4 months after I got this. I got a nice takamine acoustic guitar for $300, and it feels so much better than this one. I'm working on getting a new Fender soon because I can't tolerate this thing anymore lol. I chose this guitar because I was an idiot and it looked like a les paul basically. I wish I had played it before I bought it though. Kids, you should make a trip to a local guitar center or another music store and play an instrument before you buy it. If I went back to the day I was a beginner and bought this guitar, I'd get either a squire stratocaster (which is owned by Fender, so you know the quality will be good, and you get a nice fender amp) and Ibanez starter pack, or an Epiphone Les Paul starter pack (which is owned by Gibson, so good quality)

Sound

I dont think the pick-ups are that great, this was my first guitar too. The amp is a piece of crap, maybe mine was dysfunctional or something. It's not very loud and when i play chords or multiple strings are vibrating on distortion, the amp literally craps its pants. I purchased a Digitech modeling processor and the sound was better. I bought a 75 Watt Spider Line 6 and the sound got better because of the amp, but the clean sounds disgusting. With the pickups, I cant get a good clean sound that i want for blues. Oh, and after 7 months my neck pickup went out =/ and i stopped playing it frequently and switched to acoustic in that time

Features

Amp was terrible imo as I explained above. The beginner DVD it came with i didn't even bother watching. I turned it on the guy just plugs in his guitar and starts playing face melting metal solos, not really a good beginner DVD lol. The Strap was a peace of crap, it was too small and it ripped in 3 weeks. The picks were okay, but I started playing harder and they started snapping easily. The strings were good I guess, and the instrument cable was good too. The case though...ugh. It provides absolutely no protection and is a piece of garbage, I recommend getting a new one if you want to travel. There are no pockets in the case for anything. The tuner was okay, I still use it but I like the one on my new amp better.

Ease of Use

It's pretty hard to get good sounds using that crappy amp, but If you get a new amp its not hard to get good sounding distortion. It was pretty easy, I just opened the guitar up, plugged it in, and started playing. The neck is decent but its hard to tap on, but the finish on the back of it can slow your hand down if you rub against it.

Quality

Oh god, where do I start on the quality of this thing...The strap locks keep coming loose like mad, my input jack got messed up and some stuff fell out. I lost some of the screws because of that and I had to fix it myself so it still comes loose at times. My neck pick up broke after 7 months, strap broke, my amp might have had something wrong with it when it arrived.

Value

It was a pretty good value, you got some a lot of stuff for only $250ish

Manufacturer Support

my pick up actually just went out today so i haven't had the chance to get in contact with them yet.

The Wow Factor

I have the cherry sunburst finish, which looks okay, the ladies have liked the color of it though :)

Musical Background:

Hobbyist, Lead Guitar player

Musical Style:

Blues, Classic Rock, Metal, Psychadelic

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Submitted November 11, 2019 by David W in Oak Creek, WI

"Horrible"

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The box arrived banged up, dropped, and the guitar reflected the same, or it was a return. The guitar was loose in the box, with multiple dents and the neck isn't even close to fitting properly. There is a finish repair on the body next to the neck, obviously from forcing the neck in place. A few of the tuning pegs have so much backlash that tuning is a nightmare and the neck pickup volume knob was loose in the gig bag that the guitar came in. Can't say much about the sound since the amp is so distorted that a clean sound is impossible due to the cone on the speaker was never glued all the way around and it sounds like permanent overdrive. I would not recommend this package unless the guitar is undamaged, you are a skilled luthier, and I comes with a working amp. There was no DVD also which is another reason I believe it was returned or is a blemished model.

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Submitted July 16, 2006

"Buy this.. it looks and sounds like the real Les Paul."

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Awesome. JUst awesome

Sound

it has clear sound. sounds like Les Paul.

Features

Has good things

Ease of Use

Just start strumming.

Quality

Clean no dents

Value

yeah, i thought it would cost like 900 dollars.

Manufacturer Support

Yes answered all my emails

The Wow Factor

Looks like the real Les Paul

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Submitted April 15, 2005 by a customer from att.net

"QC a little spotty on electronics."

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Not sure yet, but It seems good enough to keep around.

Sound

To my novice untrained ear it sounds great.

Features

Amp is fine.

Quality

The finish and everything is great. The guitar is beautiful, but I had a problem with the bridge pickup cutting out. My brother had to fix a couple of solder joints and replace a pot. Now it's good since fixed.

Manufacturer Support

didn't call them. Didn't want to send the guitar back and wait for another one.

Musical Background:

hobbyist

Musical Style:

rock, blues

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