London City Comet Mk 1

This Telecaster "Comet Mk I" marketed by a Dutch company and is assembled in China, 2005.
Solid Alder body.
Solid maple neck (with sonokelin fretboard). Medium Jumbo frets.
Normal Tele configuration (three-way position switch, single coil pick-up at bridge and lipstick pick-up at neck, volume -and tone control) except the neck has a slightly different radius.
Alnico pick-ups.
Passive electronics.
Typical "boxed" Tele bridge (chrome plated) with traditional tele-saddles.
Finisch transparent blond with black pickguard.
Tuners ???

I play reggae; Rhythm guitar and picking guitar. This guit suits the style perfect for tight skanks and perfect edge to the bassline when picking along.
I use it through a Roland Cube-60 and Boss ME-X multi-effects (with Boss CS-3 compression/sustain, Boss FT-2 dynamic filter, and Boss PH-3 phase shifter added) or Boss GT-8 multi-effects for practise and small to medium gigs.
I use it through a Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120 and Boss ME-X multi-effects (with Boss CS-3 compression/sustain, Boss FT-2 dynamic filter, and Boss PH-3 phase shifter added) or Boss GT-8 multi-effects for medium to large gigs.
It's absolutely not noisy.
This London City Comet Mk 1 has the real Tele sound; it has all the irresistable 'real' Tele-sound!
Like everything on this guitar except for, maybe, the tuners, which I may need to replace, since they do not perfectly stay in tune.

The store I bought it in adjusts all the guitars and guitar parts to perfect condition before they are sold.
So I can't really comment on that.
Strings have a great action, without string buzzing. Guitar neck feels and plays very smooth.

I have played with this guitar live and it absolutely withstands live playing (with the occasional tuning checks during the gig).
Hardware will certainly last, except for probalbly the tuners which I may replace.

Never dealt with the company
1 year warranty.

I have been playing for 21 years. I have an Ibanez Roadstar II (strat copy from early eighties), a Fender Squire Telecustom II (with P-90's) and now this London City Comet Mk I.
I would definately buy another one if it were stolen.
I love the Tele-look and the sound.
London City has found the right formula in the use of wood and sound of the Telecaster. You get the irresistable Tele-sound for just a fraction of the price. You don't get the same materials but this can be upgraded to taste and still have enough cash to get that extra pedal.

This London City Comet Mk I may well become the next collector's item.....

This "Tele" Comet was made in China. China ????, Yeah China, ohhh.
It was made in 2005 I think.
Solid Alder body (yeah solid!!!) One piece Alder !!!
Solid maple neck (yeah solid!!!)
Normal Tele configuration, except the neck has a slightly different radius.
Passive electronics.
Finisch transparent blond.
Tuners ???

I play rock,pop,country and this guitar suits my musicstyle well.
No effects
It's not noisy.
This one has the real Tele sound. I don't know how they did it but it sound as how a Tele should sound.
Like everything on this guitar except for the tuners, which must be replace. They look cool but don't stay in tune. That's the only complaint I have about this guitar. Except for the tuners a 10 ,
but eveything included a:

This guitar had a high action, but the guy I bought it from liked it in that way.I lowered the strings and now it has a great action, without string buzzing!.
As I told before this guitar is made of excellent wood especially compared to the price I paid (150 euro's)
Excellent medium jumbo frets.

This guitar will absolutely withstand live playing.
Hardware will last, except for the tuners what I told before.
Strap buttons are o.k.
When I go on a gig I would first repalce the tuners.

Never dealt with the company
1 year warranty.

I have been playing for 39 years. I have a G&L G200 and a G&L SC-1
a G&L L2000 bass and a Squir JV p.Bass.
I would definately buy another one if it were stolen.
I love it for the redicules price and waht you get for that, GREAT !!!

A telecaster imitation. 21 frets. Controls are standard: tone, volume, and a 3-way switch. Pickups: 1 single coil, and one lipstick. The body has a standard sunburst on it (mine anyways). I don't know much about sorts of wood. Neck seems made of rosewood (from what I've heard), the body I don't know, but it does it's job although it seems to me it's not very hard (check durability). Tuners are nice and closed, and easy to use. Looked perfect when I bought it.

The wood used on the body seems a bit to light for a telecaster, the guitar tends to pull the neck side down. Wear a broad leather strap to eliminate this problem, or shorten the length of your strap. (lots of punk/rock players won't like this, but hey, the telecaster wasn't really made for that purpose back then :) )

None of the guitar parts had a brand name on it. Nor is mentioned when it was built. I bought it in 2003 and it looked brand new.

It sounds absolutely GREAT! I tested it out on several amps. But on every amp that can handle it (I use a Epiphone 1000R) you can blow people away. The sound really kicks in. Just like telecasters should. Perfect for blues, dirty rock, or punk. You don't want this guitar if you play metal, or something like that.

The store I bought it in adjusts all the guitars guitar parts to perfect condition before they are sold. So I can't really comment on that.

Overall the guitar looked perfect actually. Only the 3 color sunburst wasn't done very well. Finish is great though, I had no problems seeing myself in it. The guitar's just too shiny :)

It looked very nice when it came out of the store/factory. I dropped and bumped it a few times, and the finish cracked at those points, and there where knocks in the wood. Perfect if you like your guitars lived out, but no good if you're the shiny glamourous guitar player who likes his guitars clean and perfect. This is rather a flaw of the sort of wood that was used than the finish, which had quite a thick layer. Strapbuttons are solid, but I've never experienced a nonsolid straplock. It rather depends on what strap you use if you want to depend on it. (or just use straplocks) I would use it on a gig without a backup, the guitar was wired very well, nothing that could brake or something. Never had any problems with sound quality.

IMO sound is the very most important thing. This guitars finish won't last long if youre too rough, but the sound can survive earthquakes. The neck does seem to survive bumps and falls.

Warranty was 1 year I guess, as almost all products above 200 euros. The manufacturer is located in holland, so dutch people will have less problems with them I guess.

but I never had to deal with London City

I've been playing for 3 years now. And I had this for 2 years. I am a very fanatic guitar player and I like to research gear before I'm buying it. I also asked several guitar veterans for their opinion about this guitar, and they all said it sounded great. Back then when I bought it I trusted their judgement, but my experience with other guitars, other peoples stories and gigs in the last 2 years have learned me that this guitar is WELL WORTH the price! I would let this compete with Mexican Telecsters anytime. It might even be better. For this price you can't let it lying in that store (I couldn't). This is my second electric guitar.

2 months ago I decided to give it a new paint. It became a combination of the original sunburst with black patterns over it. In these two months I had only accessto an EP LP classic, and a Squire strat. After two months I plugged this one in again, and it beat the hell outta both of them!