Eastwood Guitars Delta 6

I'm Back with my follow-up on the feed back noise that I told you I was going to tackle on my previous post. This post is on the Delta 6 Left handed resonator guitar mfg by Eastwood and produced in China. Now I have nothing against the Chinesse as an emerging industrial Country where labor is cheap, But keep in mind that ypu will get what you pay for, and I knew that going into this as a low end guitar, so I am not complaining. I am just trying to share my experience with this product, so that it might be able to help out others. I pulled off the rear cover for the pots and was going to shield the cavity with aluminum tape that was sticky on one side. I removed the pots and jack plug and to my surprise all of the wires were either pinched from a poor installation or the insulation was burned from the soldering job. It seemed to me that they built the dam guitar around the wiring harness, just kidding. When I reomved the pots a noticed masking tape rapped around the wires for the P90, Now masking tape is not an insuation tape, so I had to flip over the guitar and remove the stringsand the resonator cone to access the P90 wires. This was a solder joint that they installed and insulated with box masking tape. Out came the soldering iron and I unsoldered the connection and installed shrink tubing over the P90 wires, resoldered and insulated the coaxle wires the proper way. Whwnt back to the pot cavity and shielded it with aluminum foil tape and also did the back of the cover with the foiled tape. I also had to remove several pot wires and re-insulate them with shrink tubing and re-soldered the wires back to the pots. When I inspected the jack wire from the jack to the pot I noticed that it was bare over a half inch area. So I had to unsolder and insulate the jack wire. Now lets talk about th piezo picup wire that runs throught the cone and a passage in the guitar body to the pot cavity area, I noticed that there were chunks of wire insulation goughed out so I unsoldered the piezo wires from the pick-ups and pulled it out of the body and the resonator cone. Upon inspection of the cone, I noticed That when they drilled the hole in the cone to pass the piezo wire through, they never deburred it so the was shape uncleaned aluminum edges that goughed the wire insulation as they pulled it through. I increase the hole in the cone and deburred it so that after I insulated the piezo wire it would fit through the cone hole. I now had all the wires insulated or replaced so I installed the pot cover and desided that since I was going to only use this guitar for slide that I would raise the nut and bridge action.

I ran a razor blade around the nut to remove and apint or varnish that might be stuck to it so It did not come off when I removed the nut, got it out with a wooden dowel and a hammer. I took an old credit card that is roughly.035 inches thick and glued it to the neck, then re-glued the nut on top of it. Then I removed the piezo bridge and installed a piece of the .035 credit card under it to raise the piezo bridge also.I intalled D'Addario EXL115 strings .011-.049 thickness. Retuned to open A and plugged her in and alot of the feedback is gone, but not all of it, but I think that it is inherent to the P90, but it is alot quieter. I think that next I will have to look at replacing my transformer in the Epiphone Blues Custom Amp.

Again, I am not giving Eastwood a bad rap, I am only sharing my experiences in what I had to do in order to make this guitar sound The way that I wanted it to. For the price, you can't beat it, and with a little elbow grease and alot of coffee you can raise the bar of this guitar ten fold and be proud to plug it in, This guitar might have been made in China, But it was Overhauled in John's Garage.

I am now confident that this guitar will last for a long time to come and allow me to get to the level of slide guitar playing that I am striving for.

I still have not heard back from Eastwood Guitars for my request for my owners manual.After all my exploring and modifications, I now feel that I have a good understanding of how this guitar operates, so manual, who needs a stinking manual?

As I have stated earlier I have been playing for a year.
I also own an Ibanez acoustic guitar, and a Godin exit 22 electric guitar. The Delta 6 was purchased so that I could expand my guitar playing into the slide guitar.
Just remember that you get what you pay for and if something sounds to good to be true, it will probably come with some feedback. I will check this post from time to time and it anyone has any specific questions I will respond as best as I can.

Set-Neck, that Bound. Multi Ply Binding. 335 style Resonator electric with a neck P-90 [8.7 output] and a bridge Piezio. Three controls Volume Tone and a BLEND. With the Blend you can play the guitar Acoustically, Electrically, or any combiation of the both. This guitar also sounds great and projects VERY WELL unplugged! The Body and neck is Maple with a Tranlusant Red Finish on mine.

Awesome, the guitar has a LOT of use's. With the right amplification for the pick-up your running through ut sound DAMN GOOD. For Example. Run the P-90 through a Fender Twin Reverb with a OD pedal and the guitar will give you ALL THE GREAT P-90 you can want. The Acoustic[unplugged tone is a great indication of how well ths guitar projects. Just very nice. The Piezio could be a better system but yet I have no issues with it. It dials in perfectly, has all very usefull Tones and sounds great? What else could you want?

Well from Eastwood its not a Ten. The Finish and neck joint electronics are all finished great. But the action the bridge height all needed to be adjusted. I wound up talikg the entire guitar apart and correcting the few ssues I didn't like and putting it back together. Now its all there.

Looks Solid, Should not be a problem. I have not contacted Eastwood nor have I had to in the last year.

Nevr used them

This is a Specialty Electric/Acoustic HYBRID Resonator. I' played one years ago and wanted one since for the funky electric resonator tone. Just a Tone that cannot be replaced in but a couple outher guitars. Its a VERY UNIQUE Guitar! If you can dig something like this? You will LOVE IT! Greta addition to any Collection!

2008 delta 6 resonator, made in China. received guitar and was surprised at the good finish on it. Came with no accessories. had to contact Eastwood for an owners manual, still waiting on a reply.

I purchased the delta six because it is the only resonator guitar out there for a left handed player on the low dollar scale. I play it through an Epiphone Bluesmaster amp. Have to find the sweet spot on the settings

Things seemed o.k out of the box, after letting the guitar sit for a while to get acclamated. I set out to tune the strings in open tuning just to give it a listen. The high E string would not hold a tune, kept drifting. Was plaing some chords and Bam, the string broke, after a trip to the guitar store to pick up some decent strings, I was able to tune the guitar and it held the settings, But I was not happy with the guitars ability to sustain a note. So I put it up for the night, but come saturday morning, it was in the gagrage and I decided to remove the resonator cone and the two mesh cover grills totake a look see. Are you ready, got a fresh cup of coffee, cause here we go. First off I found that the two mesh grills are just for show there is no passageway from the resonator chamber to them, so out came the drill, I started with a small drill and worked my way up to a 1/4 inch bit,vaccumed out the saw dust and re-glued the mesh grills back on. No were not done yet,upon inspecting the bridge, I found that the chineese decided to not cut the corect size v notches, so out came the small v files and another cup of coffee. Got that propblem solved. intsalled the cone and cover,had to use some 242 loctite to secure some of the screws, cause they would not tighten, and the drill holes were too close to the edge and I figured that a larger srew would split the wood. Yea, not done yet, when I was getting ready to install the saddle, I noticed a white wire that was connected to the saddle screw which also doubled as the rear strap holder, the wire was just rapped around the srew threads, so I took a terminal screw connector, cut off the butt and drilled a small hole below the terminal screw hole and soldered the wire to it , I used a larger wood screw to connect the bridge and rear strap holder. Tuned the strings and wholy cow, The guitar has plenty of sustain, I can even play it accoustically and it sounds good in my spare room, not as loud as an accoustic, but it gets the job done.

This guitar now seems like it will last, and the strap button, at least the rear one is in there solid.

I am waiting on a response from them on some sort of owners manual.

I have been playing for over a year and I am constantly trying new things, I am going in the direction of playing slide guitar, and that is why I purchased this guitar, remember I am left handed and my options are very limited. I know that you get what you pay for, But I feel that with a little elbow grease and plenty of coffee this guitar can give you a good bang for your buck. In my next installment, I will tackle the humming noise coming from the pick-ups or pots, Humm can't wait to see how the solder the china.

China made Eastwood Delta-6 335 style body with spider resonator.
1x tone, 1x volume & 1x blend knob to blend between p-90 neck & under bridge piezo pick ups.
body is a solid slab with cavity for reso.
bought mine in black.
got it shipped with case. came with tools.
P-90 is lovely, crank it up and it starts to sound like an old p-90, nice overtones & warm kind of bluesy grit.
piezo is ok, not bad at all for the price of the guitar.

The Delta-6 is great for dirty old school bluesy stuff. I replaced the factory fit .10 gauge strings with .13's and put some rizzla card under the bridge to raise the action a bit. the heavier strings really work much better with the piezo. it's a clanky metallic sounding animal, really individual character. Obviously not as true a tone as a real reso but great fun guitar to play. sounds good in studio with a good condensor mic at the body and sounds grand through my fender twin. the p-90 is cool too, from nice and warm to crunchy and dirty.
piezo pick up is a cheapo but its fine with heavier strings & would be even better with a good pre-amp like a fishman or something in line. I like the blend control and there is a clean sweep between the 2 pickups. the piezo is slightly lower in volume but thats expected because of the impedance differences between it & the p-90. I'll probably fit a 3-way switch as well as the blend control, well, cos i'm like that, i've never had a guitar that i haven't modified in some way!
its a cheap, fun guitar that really works if you get to know how to use it. Might try a harder material for the bridge, maybe bone or aluminium like the original resos.

Couple of screws missing from top plate, no biggy though. The resonator cone itself was buzzing a bit so i opened the guitar up & added two more pins to the cone to secure it properly to the body. This only took about 5 minutes cos I was changing the strings anyway, so again not a huge issue. The action was very low when shipped but some card from a rizzla packet & heavier strings fixed that problem.
got in black finish and its cool, nice deep paint & lacquer, no flaws there.

Played it in studio and live and it seems to be a solid enough beast so far.

Eastwood are great, really reliable and excellent customer support from Mike. Always fast response to any emails & queries.

This guitar has a lovely character, it looks great, every time i pull it out peoples faces get this confused look of wonderment! it sounds great if you know how to use it. its a shallow body so obviously isn't going to replace a real reso. really good delta style sound, i love it because its fun and sounds like nothing else out there.

Eastwood Delta 6. Cost App; $400.00 including shipping from Canada. It is a "335' body style with a single coil 'P-90' at the neck, and a piezo type pickup for the resonator. I hae been bitten before by Chinese made instruments, but was plesantly suprprised by this nice guitar. Great looking red stain, with that sorta thick clear coating finish. The neck is bound, playes smooth, action is just right for my slide tunings.

It does not replace my Gibson Les Paul, it's a different beast. I don't play out, I use it for recording. It's got more of an old time Harmony or Kay guitar sound to it, which is what I was looking for. If one is looking for a modern slide guitar sound, the Delta 6 is not for you. But, for a folky-old time-delta sound (in a good playing guitar) it seems to fit the bill.

I usually tune to an E or A. so the action is right for my slide playing. I'm not sure about a tuning with looser strings like G or D, you might have to set the bridge up higher.

The one thing I don't like is that the chord jack is on top, I like them on the sides. But no bif deal here.

It seems very well made.

So far so good. No problems.

I'm an old fart, been playing for years, but have only been playing slide for a year or so. I have some nice instruments, and this Delta 6 is as nice and well made as any I have. I don't think you should have to pay an arm and a leg for quality. Besides, Eastwood is the only company I know of who is remaking these great old funkey instruments from the '50s & '60s at quality far above the originals. I'd buy another one!

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An odd looking electric resonator guitar which is why I bought it. Something I already regret!Odd blend pot for the two pickups piezzo and P90 which gives the opportunity to get rid of most of the sound from the tinny piezzo.

Very noisy neck pickup when wound up, but at the same time this was the only time it sounds reasonable, with the bridge peizzo off. Tinny, quiet acoustic sound with no sustain even after experimenting with bridge replacements(instead of the wood one supplied, I tried bone and aluminium- this was best).Thin tinny amplified piezzo is hopless.

The resonator cone brings the bridge a long way up the guitar and therefore the neck is extended too far, making it difficult to play at the head end. Came with heaps of buzzes at the seventh fret area and needed a replacement bridge immediately to make it playable (oh, the joys of buying off the internet!)Routing around the neck pickup was overcut. All three pots and the jack socket were not fitted square to the body, the input socket in particular when using a straight lead sticks out at about 5 degrees off vertical!The woods used were mismatched and a dark band shows through the sunburst finish. Dispite this the cone cover plate and gloss finish makes it look ok, i suppose, but i am really disappointed with the problems.

I really dont intend owning this guitar long enough too find out. If I was rich enough I would burn it but I will have to sell it to some other poor bugger to try to get some money back.

Dont know, dont care.

Also own a Ephiphone Les paul Studio and a Telecaster been playing 15yrs. If it was stolen I would celebrate and collect the insurance. This guitar gives be nothing but a pain the arse and reminds me of my stupidity of buying a guitar off the internet untested(dont do it!)
I would never buy another one and nor should you! I have lived with guitar tried it through different amps and hoped to get to like it, but I hated at the start and have grown to hate it more.

2006.
Features are covered in previous postings.
The most critical ones are two pickups: P-90 at the neck and an under-saddle piezo at the bridge. Three knobs: volume, pickup blend/selector, tone.
Things that seemed unusual about my instrument are the following:
- The rotation direction of the blend knob (to select between the neck and bridge pickups) was contrary to standard convention. I had it rewired to reverse the rotation direction.
- The saddle was a single piece of rosewood. Not a typical wood for a resonator, I was told (they're usually maple or maple/ebony). I had it replaced with a split saddle (ebony), so that a screwdriver could be inserted to adjust the cone screw, as is normal.
Faux grill openings in the horns. Cosmetic only.

The under-saddle piezo was a cheap grade. It sounded awful. "Without redeeming value," one experienced guitarist put it to me. This was extremely disappointing, as the resonator tone was the whole reason to purchase this instrument.
I had a Schatten RG-03 cone-mounted passive piezo professionally installed. We would have left the under-saddle piezo as well(with an added switch), but it was not compatible with the new split saddle (it spanned the center gap). I'm still very far from happy with the resonator tone, even with the RG-03. Unamplified, the tone is detectable, but only mildly twangy. Is this a result of the thin wood body? All other resonator guitars I've seen have much deeper bodies. And many are metal. The RG-03 does a more accurate job of amplifying the natural tone, instead of generating an artificial tinny sound like the ribbon transducer did. This is the only real disappointment with the instrument, but it's a huge one.
In contrast, the P-90 neck pickup sounds quite good.

Finish and appearance was excellent. It was surprisingly playable, insofar as the neck and frets were concerned.
After having it for a few months, I took it to my tech to have the piezo pickup upgraded. He determined that the neck action needed adjusted. When he removed the truss rod cover, he found the nut was extremely recessed, and almost impossible to adjust. He brought it out as far as it would go, attached a Bullet Style Truss Rod Nut to the end of it to extend it, then screwed it back in and adjusted it properly.

No issues suggest it's other than very durable. Feels solid.

Exchanged e-mail with the distributor. Responsive and interested.

I really, really wanted (and expected) to love this instrument. I asked for it for a Christmas present. But its lack of believable resonator sound is a major disappointment. It's a textbook example for all the people who say to play (and listen) before you buy. If it can't produce a believable resonator tone, then it really has no business taking up room in my collection. I only hope that if I experiment with different amplifiers, I'll eventually find one that will make it sound good.

Bought mine in black, 335 style double cutaway. Made in China, with hardshell grey faux alligator case..pretty cool. This is an interesting hybrid between an electric guitar and a dobro/resonator. I like the blend control between the piezo and the P-90, rather than a three way switch - you can dial in ANY mix of the two you wish, allowing for a broad range of tones. The knobs all turn smoothly and with a nice gradual change in tone, volume, blend, etc instead of the 'all or nothing' adjustments Ive seen in many overseas built guitars. Dont know what the materials are, doesn't really matter to me.

My playing is well suited to this guitar since it is a hybrid of open tuned delta slide, finger picking, and straight up electric blues. The P-90 has a fair amount of hum when the blend control is set to about a 70% mix of P-90 to Piezo or higher. I may have to look into an eventual replacement, sheilding, or something. The pickup is great, but the hum is hard to ignore. The piezo is pretty good...a bit thin, but tone adjustments take care of that as did heavier strings. Great tones though with the resonator cone, especially strummed. As most other folks have mentioned....cut off the factory strings and get 11 guage or higher. I play mostly through a Peavey Delta Blues 2 x 10.

Action, pickups, etc were all great and set up the way they should be. The action is very nice and the larger radius neck and fretboard reminds me very much of my Dearmond Starfire Special which was made in Korea, which is one of the best necks on any guitar I've ever played. No complaints at all. One of the little screws holding the resonator on the body was missing, but an email to Eastwood guitars got me one in the mail instantly...no biggie.

Everything seems well put together and the guitar has the weight and heft I find re-assuring. Have only had it a week, so can't speak to durability, but see no reason why it won't hold up. I take care of my gear and haven't put a guitar through an amp for 20 years, so I'm not worried about it.

My emails to the service dept of Eastwood were answered quickly and those guys seem like they are INVOLVED with the product...that counts for a lot with me. ALSO - Scott at axeandyoushallrecieve.com which is who I ordered this from is a very cool guy, easy to deal with, and follows up when he says he will.

I've been playing for about 20 years. Other gear includes a '63 Strat, Peavey Delta Blues amp, various pedals, drum machines, other amps, etc. Adjusting the bridge to accomodate the heavier strings was a bit of a chore, but it's a resonator afterall....

I would buy another if this were lost or stolen. The only thing I wish it had was a quieter P-90 pickup. Im used to the hum though with my old Strat.

The only thing I want to mention here is that I don't like the "blend" pot, I much prefer a simple 3 way switch. So I bought one, and will be installing it soon. And the pots are rubbish, but since I very rarely touch them I don't feel the need to replace them at the moment. I'll get around to it. Apart from that, it sounds delightful and was usable right out of the box.

I bought this guitar to replace a regular solid-body that I was using for slide. I wanted something that sounded better for slide, and I certainly got it. This thing sounds great with a real bottleneck.

The bridge piezo pickup is a wonderful thing - I don't like them much on regular guitars, and I HATE the plunky Ovation sound that most electric accoustics seem to have. On the Delta 6 resonator, the piezo pickup really works. It sounds raspy and clanky, just the way a reso should sound. Quite bright and clangy, in a good way. In fact, I've been playing my Delta 6 as an accoustic all the time, it sounds so good I don't even need to plug it in to anything.

The P-90 also sounds great, but unlike the piezo, it's noisy. I'm thinking of installing a noiseless P90 in the future, but I've spent all my spare money for the moment. Apart from the hum, it has a wonderfully dark and fat sound, not muddy at all. It growls! The middle position is a very usable mix of the two pickups, with half the hum. Really the P90 hum is the ONLY thing I dislike about the way this guitar sounds, everything else about it is outstanding.

I play slide about 50% of the time, and I have tried many different guitars as dedicated slide guitars. I feel that I have now got the one. I doubt I'll be looking for anything to replace this guitar - it sounds the way I've always wanted an electric slide guitar to sound.

I'm subtracting one point for hum, but it's really a 9.5 guitar. It's a pity HC won't let you give ? points.

OK, here's where the news isn't quite so good.

Action: excellent out of the box, with what felt like 10-46 strings. If I wanted to play it as a regular guitar, I'd have been very satisfied with both the action and the feel of the neck. It makes me want to get another Eastwood (maybe a Mosrite copy or the Firebird copy) and a may just do that at some future date.

After I'd played with it as it was sent, I removed the strings and took a look inside the resonator itself. The piezo pickup is about the size of a fret and sits between the wooden bridge (which the strings sit on) and the metal frame of the resonator. This means that raising the action at the bridge requires a bit more ingenuity than simply winding a couple of screws. I decided to simply put on new strings and see how it felt.

I put on a set of 13-56 strings, tuned it to open D, and woah! This thing is a BEAST! The heavy strings work well with the action, they sound wonderful, and it's still playable as a regular guitar on the lower frets. In fact I've been adding more fretting to my style and have been inspired to write several new pieces that swap between slide and regular fingering. I wear the bottleneck on my little finger, but used to use the other 3 fingers mainly to mute - now I'm using them to play a lot more than I used to.

Getting to the bad part - and it isn't that bad to me - the top of the guitar ( a sunburst) features the most out-of-whack "matching" I've ever seen. Not only is there a big seam showing where two pieces meet, it's DIAGONAL. If you imagine a line down the center of the guitar, along the line of the fret markers, this highly visible seam is at about a 30 degree angle. It starts about 7-8 cm above the the tailpiece (on the low string side) and travels in a diagonal line to the bottom of the P90 on the high string side.

If I was a wood nerd (and we all know how many wood nerds spend a lot more time babbling about the grain on their guitar's top than actually playing the damn thing) I'd be pretty upset. Personally, I've got used to the eccentricity of it, and from a couple of metres away it just looks like a bent grain line, so I'm willing to forgive it. It certainly makes the guitar recognisable, anyway. But for a wood-nerd, it would be a deal-breaker. In a shop, it would have rated a discount, but since I'm in Australia and I bought online from the US, it would have to be seriously messed up to make a return worthwhile. That's the internet for ya.

Predictably, the back of the guitar is gorgeous.

The routing in the hole for the P90 is a little dodgy, as well, but it's no big deal. The actual finish is very nice, it's just a pity that they didn't even try to get the wood looking normal before they put the finish on it.

I use everything without a backup. I don't have a day job, so I don't have the luxury of backups. That being the case, I do have to rely on my gear to work, and I have confidence that this guitar will be reliable. I play in both D and G tunings, which makes the strain of the heavy strings less intense, and I have to retune onstage. The tuners seem to be a little less solid than I would prefer, but they are usable and it does stay in tune even when I'm hitting the strings as hard as I ever do.

I'm in Australia. I do my own repairs. Warranty means zip to me.

I'd definately buy another if this one came to a sticky end. Or if I had the resources to use different guitars for different tunings.

Overall, it's a 9.5 for me.

For the price, the Delta 6 is chock-full of features and sounds. Basically, the other reviewers said it more eloquently and articulately, so I?ll leave it at that. I?m not sure I like the strap button location on the back of the base of the neck but that?s minor and would hardly deter me from buying it again. Like others, mine has the P-90 neck and Piezo bridge pickups, rosewood fingerboard, laminated maple top, Gotoh-style tuners, Spider Resonator Cone and floating wooden bridge. A standard hard-shell case would?ve been nice.

Acoustically, the resonator cone is a bit tinny for me but totally acceptable as far as quality and volume, plus I knew what I was getting into. It?s bright and punchy and great to practice with if you?re away from an amp; not quite as loud as a regular acoustic but plenty to fill a small room. Plugged in, it is a whole different story: it?s got nice warm tones that indeed remind one of an old Gibson hollow. It lends itself nicely to jazz music. Playing with the tone and mix knobs will create some rich, full tones. I use it with a Line6 Spider II 112 watt amp combo and I love it since I can use amp presets and the guitar?s knobs to churn out some fantastic sounds. I play Spanish style and I?ve tried a bottle slide but I?m by no means experienced in slide playing. The soundholes with grill covers are decoration only! You?ll have to have holes drilled from within the body cavity to allow sound transfer INTO those soundholes?not sure if that?s really worth it.

Mine is Sunburst in color ? it?s a very smooth and flawless glossy finish. Action was low and easy, but I had serious buzz on the high and low E strings at the 7 fret, as well as some other spotty areas higher up the neck. I should?ve taken it in for warranty repair, but instead I took it to a local luthier who had to re-glue and file many of the frets to correct the buzz at a cost of $75. He also had to fix the tone knob ? it was free spinning and I thought it was just a weak control. It now has nickel D?Addario 10s and the buzz is gone, although the action is a little higher now. Some other reviews mention this buzz so it may be worthwhile to have the frets checked once you get yours. To me, that kind of defect is unacceptable for ?new? but I am willing to overlook it for this first Eastwood purchase since the rest of the guitar rates pretty high. You?ll probably want a higher setup if you?re playing slide on the lap.

Made in China? scares me but I have to say that this model seems very solid and, after four months of ownership, looks like it can hold up to years of playing. I don?t play ?live? so I?m unable to comment on its longevity in that environment. As with any instrument, if you take care of it, then it?ll take care of you. My guitar arrived without any serious flaws or mechanical defects, with the exception of the setup noted above.

I bought the Delta from an authorized Eastwood dealer in Houston, TX, but didn?t get any supporting paperwork or warranty info. I contacted Eastwood via email and never got a reply and that was highly disappointing. Eastwood recently updated their website and it now provides a FAQ page where one can find a copy of the warranty registration and a listing of authorized dealers that can perform warranty work should the need arise. That info made me feel a bit better and is why this rating is a ?3? instead of a ?0.?

First off, I?m a beginner (again) and I?m a conservative when it comes to rating products so my numbers aren?t skewed because I?m still giddy with new ownership feelings. I?m a self-taught lefty that started 10 years ago with a $240 Fender acoustic and I just upgraded to the Delta 6 and an American Deluxe Strat to help me stay motivated and actually progress. A standard case would?ve been nice; I added an Epiphone case for $79 ? perfect fit. I?m very happy with this guitar because it offers a varied menu of sounds and playing options but it does have its place in your repertoire. It shouldn?t be your singular guitar, plus life is too short for just one anyway. I like it most when it?s plugged in vs acoustic (it?s a bit too tinny for my tastes but perfectly acceptable). A very solid buy ? good dollar to benefit ratio!!