Brownsville Impala

I have no idea when this guitar was made. But I think it was made in US (it's written 'New York' under the Brownsville logo in the head).And I know it isn't a regular Impala, by reading the other reviews. 22 fret, solid body, volume control (no tone control), 2 single-coils and 1 humbucker (not sure if they're original, but look like originals).

The neck single coil sounds really great. I don't really like the humbucker, but I use it when I want to make some noise.
The thing is this guitar sounds unique. And it gives me some wonderful bright clean sounds.
Definetely not a good option if you want to play heavy metal or any shiet like that.

Well... it had some flaws. But a Luthier made it work fine and look even better.

This is my favorite guitar. I take it with me anywhere I go.

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Dude, I love this guitar.

This guitar was made in the late 1990's. 3 pickup options, Tone, and volume control. Really nice non-locking tuners. I rarely have to tune it. The Bolt on neck dosnt give me any trouble.

This ia a total all around guitar. Anyone can play it. I normally use it with a little distortion and it works great! A rich full sound! I love how many different types of music it can play.

The action is really nice for the price. There were very few flaws. The only thing is that the G string is a little tricky to tune

This is a very very durable guitar. I play hard and Tune it once in a while. It has been dropped atr least 4 times and works like a charm.I dought you would need a backup guitar.

I never had any trouble!

I have This and a Mexican Fender strat. I am also purchasing a Teleaster. This is better than both

Nice and cheap 22 fret solid body Guitar. One volume, one tone, and a gibson style 3 way selector switch. Two mini humbuckers are an awesome feature and just another reason I picked up this cheapie.Not sure what the body wood is but the neck looks like maple with a rosewood fretboard. The finish is black with these crazy multi-colored
sparkle things that I have never seen on another guitar, and with the pearl white pick guard, this guitar usually looks awesome.-(If I am not in one of those I wish I had a Les Paul moods). The body shape is a double cut that has its own style so I cant explain it really. Small neck is another feature like.

This guitar is perfect for the Thursday, Thrice screamo type music my band plays. I run it strait through a Tubworks TD-752-ES head with various cabinets. The feedback on this guitar is pretty bad but it is controlable. The mini humbuckers break up when the volume knob is past 8 and give it an amazing heavy overdrive tone. If using the neck pickup it will deliver a rich full sound very well, the neck pickup is where all of the twang comes from. This gutar is able to produce sounds I can not do with other guitars. People have actually come and asked me how I could make it sound like that. The harmonics and hammer on-pull offs come out loud and clear. Overall I am very happy with the sound of this guitar

The guitar had absolutely no flaws when I got it, and is able to with stand much beating and still look new

This guitar is a very well built guitar, I have dropped it, ran into my bassist very hard, hit walls with it, and any other beating you can think of in a band setting. (All of which were accidents except the bassist collision.) The finish is very durable and wont fade or wear off with constant playing. This is the guitar I use for shows and wouldnt ever need to have a backup, but since I am not not crazy, I do carry an extra just to be careful. The only flaw I have had on the reliability of this guitar is the rear strap button, with enough jumping and torture, the screw will come out, so a longer screw will be needed.

I have been playing about 4 years, about two with this and two with a crappy squire. I am completely happy with this guitar and its playability. I love the unique finish and shape that is not the same as every other guitar out there. If it were stolen I probably wouldnt be able to find another one anyways so I would just save for a Les Paul faded.

Bought on the cheap at Sam Ash, the only place to get them as far as I know. This is the newest guitar in the Brownsville line, and the only one I've seen with any type of character. I really dig the way it looks, kind of a cross between a Mosrite Ventures model and a Telecaster. The sunburst on it certainly doesn't look terrible, but I don't care for the glitter ("holographic finish" in Brownsville PR speak) under the lacquer, and every one I've seen has it. I plan on stripping it down and painting it anyways, so no big concern. Not sure on the body wood, but the neck is bolt-on maple with a rosewood board. 22 frets, one volume and one tone pot, and a Gibson style 3 way toggle switch. All I really need. It's a string through body, another plus. The bridge seems cheap, but is passable. Here's the kicker, though: it comes equipped with 2 mini humbuckers, both installed slanted like the neck pickup on the Mosrite. You just don't see that. Really nice features for such a cheap guitar

Here's where it sucks. The stock mini humbuckers on this thing squeal like Ned Beatty in Deliverance. Really, REALLY microphonic; the feedback is virtually uncontrollable at most volume levels. I've had it freak out on me like that playing clean. The pickups were definitely wax potted, too. Crazy...I run it through a crate Vintage Club 50 2X12 combo tube amp. It's defnitely not bad for quiet practicing in your bedroom (the feedback is nowhere near as bad on my little 35 watt solid state I practice with, until the volume gets up past 6 or 7). It's got a nice bright, twangy clean sound and even sounds good distorted. Not Les Paul through a Marshall good, but for practicing, it more than serves it's purpose. The neck pickup is particularly microphonic though, and if your pick hits it at all when you're playing, you'll hear it. For the first few days I played it, I kept thinking my doorbell was ringing...the bridge pickup doesn't do this, which is just strange. That said, I bought the thing planning on changing out the pickups anyways, and the pickups it came with definitely didn't change my mind. It's nice and resonant unplugged, though, so I'm sure it'll sound great with the new pickups.

For a cheap guitar (hell, a REALLY cheap guitar), this thing is great. It's better than any of the other guitars in it's price range, for sure. The neck is straight as an arrow and quick and there isn't a single sharp edge to any of the frets. The action is super low, intonation is nice and easy with the Telecaster style bridge. It had a couple dings in it when I bought it (nothing too bad, but it got me a very nice discount...), but that was surely the fault of Sam Ash, and not Brownsville. Hell, coming from Sam Ash, I'm amazed the thing is even in one piece and functioning properly. I've seen more than my fair share of guitars fall off the wall to their deaths in that place...

Seems fine. Nice bulky, well balanced guitar. All the hardware seems fine and the strap buttons have yet to fail me. I didn't really buy it to use it as my main guitar in the state it comes in new, but rather to have a good basis for some easy upgrades to turn it into a nice little backup thing that'll also give me a different sound than my Telecaster. I think it'll handle that job perfectly. Playing it live? Probably not without some work (locking tuners and new pickups, at least)

It'd probably cost me more to send this guitar back to them than it did to buy it in the first place. Hopefully I never have to deal with them, and I don't think I could if I wanted to. I couldn't tell you who the hell makes these things.

Overall, it's a fun little guitar that plays pretty well and will be fun to work on a bit. It should turn into a really nice second guitar with a minimum amount of work, and for $80 you can't ask for any more than that. Look at the guitars in it's price range and you'll realize it's easily the best guitar under $100. Plus, it offers something different with it's body style and mini humbuckers; way cooler than the usual cheap les paul or strat knockoff. It'd probably be a really good beginner guitar, it's a hell of a lot better than the first one I ever had. Don't buy it expecting Rickenbacker quality and be ready to do some work and you'll get a hell of a deal.

2000 Korean guitar. two single coils. one volume, one tone, three way selector. unsure of woods. pastel yellow paint with sparse/random silver sparkles. stop tailpeice.

sound. very noisy. which works perfectly. i play surf, punk, noise, rock. i play it through various effects, into a fender reverb unit, and all into an ampeg v4 head. its way too shrill at high volumes. kind of thin sound. but for this reason i love it. i took a crash course in feedback when i bought this guitar. i thought i knew how to control it and make it work for sound, but this guitar made me think different. it's worse than my hollowbody. (again this is a good thing) it's not that versitile. there is a slight difference between the pickups, i use the bridge most often on this guitar, whereas most guitars i tend to use the neck.

action was TRASH. good job sam ash. i played one in store, and it was great, i called the guy told him to hold it. where it was located in the store. he said 'deal' i came back to purchase it in a hurry, got home, it was the same guitar, but it's evil twin. not a note on the neck was free of fret buzz. took it in to get it set up. came back playing nicely. finish was flawless actually. everything else was in order. just the action was hell.

this guitar, is a block of wood. i would beat it until it was a huge mess of splinters if the mood suited me right. it's not as sturdy as some. but it's not bad either. it takes my abuse. it takes it well. submissive little thing. well, this guitar IS my backup. so...

playing four years this december. i own a danno innuendo, danno dc-3, mosrite celebrity, ibanez rg570, fender tex mex strat, blah blah blah. fender reverb unit, ampeg v4 head, various electro harmonix pedals. and danno pedals. rat distortion. vox wah. the end. oh. moog/realistic mg-1 synth. cheap beautifully cheap guitar. i love it. (i'm in a hurry)