Ordered on 11.11 from AliExpress, only to find it on ebay for the same price, but with free shipping (50$ discount). I contacted the seller and he agreed on refunding me the shipping costs. In total it's 270$, dirt cheap.
I did not expect much from the guitar out of the box. I was expecting the frets to need work and the electronic to be tossed. I was right about the electronics, but the frets are not sharp! Only issue is that bending strings is like scraping wood against sandpaper. Nothing that steel wool and steel polish can't fix for now.
Pickups are garbage, but they work and they make (some) sound. Very useful to intonate and test.
For 270$, it's a fun project guitar. Expect to put in some hours setting it up and change the electronics as soon as it lands.
I was definitely inspired by the 'purple rain' posted last month by our norwegian brother, which i'd like to thank publicly for helping me decide!
This does not bother the playing, but obviously it shouldn't be acceptable if the guitar was bought in store. Given the fact it's chinese, I expected this and worse:
I did not expect much from the guitar out of the box. I was expecting the frets to need work and the electronic to be tossed. I was right about the electronics, but the frets are not sharp! Only issue is that bending strings is like scraping wood against sandpaper. Nothing that steel wool and steel polish can't fix for now.
Pickups are garbage, but they work and they make (some) sound. Very useful to intonate and test.
For 270$, it's a fun project guitar. Expect to put in some hours setting it up and change the electronics as soon as it lands.
I was definitely inspired by the 'purple rain' posted last month by our norwegian brother, which i'd like to thank publicly for helping me decide!
This does not bother the playing, but obviously it shouldn't be acceptable if the guitar was bought in store. Given the fact it's chinese, I expected this and worse:
