I was excited and couldn’t wait to receive this guitar as a gift for my son. I heard some good reviews on YouTube about this guitar and read the zzounds review.. unfortunately the excitement turned into disappointment when unboxing the guitar! The guitar appeared ready to play out of the box but when my son played an open E chord, he was discouraged when he hear buzzing and rattling form the E,A and D string and it was further amplified when plugged in. I also inspected the body and found not so desirable blemish on the body of guitar above the pick up.. it look like moisture damage (white cloudy smudge) that won’t go away with polishing.

The bridge is garbage and we are planing to upgrade that soon. The pick guard up close looks horrible and my thoughts were a 5 year could of cut a pick guard better than that! The cuts on the edges of the pick guard looked crooked and I can believe why there are no protective dampers on areas it touches the body of the guitar.

I spent hours trying to identify the buzzing sound and figured out 2 areas of concern. 1 was the pick guard which I isolated the sound with a damper I laced at the points it touched the guitar. 2nd was the the guitars trust rod was not set up at all and strings were buzzing on the 3 and 4 th fret.. I opened the plate to adjust the trust rod and it was very lose .. so I spent 30 minutes to 45 minutes thinning slowly and checking the gap between sting and top of fret until the buzzing stopped. Warning ‼️ if you know nothing about trust rods and never messed around with, please take it to a professional.. over tightening can have a negative impact on your guitars neck.. loosing too much can also detach the nut from the trust rod!

Aside from the guitar looking dirty and dusty, it does have great potential for sounding good thanks to those pick ups! I was somewhat content that I was able to fine tune the guitar to be playable! But was very disappointed that the manufacturer would allow a product to go out in that condition! My son is now happy with it.. and we just have to deal with the blemish

In the condition a record I would say No! Perhaps if it would of been at a 399.00 range I wouldn’t be so critical on it, but at 599.00 the manufacturer should poor more care in the product and do a better inspection before shipping to a customer!

Honestly I have not attempted to contact the company, and will not.. eventually my son and I plan to do little upgrades on the guitar

I would give it a 10 for appeal! The guitar looks beautiful but I wouldn’t recomend for someone stating out.. just cause of the necessary adjustment that would need to be done pro make the guitar sound good!

Gospel, jazz and blues