I had to give my opinion, because I was so impressed with the product, especially for the price. After buying the white solid body I thought I'd get the thin line semi hollow body as well. They are both so beautiful looking! The white one has a stunning contrast with the soft white body and pick guard against the ebony fret board and black single coil pick up in the chrome tremol hard ware. Along with the chrome lip stick neck pick. Classic retro styling! The neck has a satin finish which lends for ease of sliding your hand up and down. The neck came perfectly set up but required fret end filling and the action needed to be brought down. On the semi hollow body, the neck is a beautifully selected peice of spelted maple finished in a high gloss. Even the fret board was slightly spelted and gloss finish. But this necks fret work was nearly flawless, no sharp fret ends. Tuners were fine, especially for the price of the guitar. The semi hollow body came with retro style that werent consistant in feel. There is a small hole in the back that you can drop in some fret board conditioner or sewing mechine oil to cure that issue up. The solid body guitar came with the same tuners that my squire guitars have on them, minus the squire insignia. For a beginner, it so fun to play and looks so nice. I think the neck is the best part of the guitar but everything about it looks so good. The volume, tone and switch, feel and modulate nicely. Out of the box, I just had to tune it up to play. I dont even feel the need to swap out the strings. They sound good enough, I might just use them up. Had I bought this guitar first, I think, I would have been disappointed with my other purchases. For the price, zero complaints. I would have given 5 stars on all the categories, but to be realistic, the tuners wouldnt warrant it. But they are just fine and dont require replacing unless when you shred hard in a gig and cant take a chance on yanking it out of tune. Even then, why bother? It is what it is and it's not broke so why fix it. For the price I'd give it a 6 out of 5. Donner has got it figured out, 2 different telecasters which are perfectly uniquely finished and equipped. It's like they love guitars. I M O P, if the brand name sounded cooler, like shecter or something, they could easily charge twice the price and still leave the customers quite satisfied. All that and they both came with a decent gig bag patch cord and strap. Oh I almost forgot to mention, the strap mounts are large and nicely secure the strap on, unlike what my squire guitars came with.
The tremel adjusters are cheap, but fully adjustable for string placement directly over the pick up points. They have been the cause of a string break when I accidentally over tightened the wrong string while tuning. So be sure not to do that. If this becomes a problem, I know you can get replacements for like 12 bucks Canadian, that have a better slope, so your strings dont have to bend down so sharply.
But seriously, for the price...?!?!
| Product Dimensions | 104.14 x 43.18 x 8.89 cm; 4.88 kg |
|---|---|
| Back material | Maple Wood, Poplar Wood |
| Body Material | Poplar |
| Colour Name | sunburst |
| Fretboard material | Maple Wood |
| Guitar pickup configuration | Combination |
| String Material | Nickel |
| Top Material | Maple Wood |
| Neck material type | Maple |
| Number of strings | 6 |
| Size | full-size |
| Item Weight | 4.88 kg |
