Product: First Act ME508
Price Paid: USD 80
Submitted
10/25/2008
at
04:18pm
by
codydakota
Features
:
6
2005 model year, made in China and it shows! 22 frets, solid top, 2 controls volume and tone, single humbucker, it's basswood or plywood, finished in darkblue, woodwork is great, paint is thin however. close to a telecaster, but, but kind of it's own design. Included a CD, cord, and allen keys. The very basic of basic guitars.
Sound
:
4
Doesn't suit the sound of blues but pulls off heavy metal very well, or did, neck warped and truss rod snapped when i attempted to readjust it. It has a bit of a dull sound. No real variety to the sounds. I like the paint color and the neck design, but as for the sound it provides, great for practice only, what's to be expected of an $80 guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
4
Had great action, then the neck warped and the strings vibrated in all the wrong places. Was able to remedy this by replacing the nut. Strings broke very easily when it was stock, sounds a lot better now. The flaws of the guitar were the quality of the parts used. Had to resolder the pickup connections so it would turn on original solder broke apart, had to replace the knobs because they were just horrible. The pickguard is really what looks to be a piece of recycled McDonalds toy plastic, very cheesy, but it was bought as a practice guitar when traveling, can't complain too much
Reliability/Durability
:
3
Would never take this on stage, hardware would be the first to let me down, strap buttons seem to be the only solid part of this guitar. Not very dependable.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
did all repairs myself, never tried to contact customer service, though it has a limited lifetime warranty.
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
Been playing for too long. This is the worst guitar I own, but does what I bought it to do, come with when traveling so that I can stay in perfect practice. If it were stolen, I'd look into a different guitar all together.
