Product: Silvertone Telecaster Copy
Price Paid: US $100 used
Submitted
01/23/2004
at
11:09am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
7
Solid-body, two single-coil pick-ups, single volume/tone knobs, whammy, looks like a 3/4 scale tele.
Sound
:
8
When I pick this up and play, I grin just as wide as with any of my newer, higher-priced guitars! This is an absolute hoot! I typically play thru my Fender Champion, V-amp2 or little "Rock-it" plug-in doo-hickey. Awesome whammy action. When you crank up the gain, it can get a bit "squealy", but you can use that to your advantage, haha,
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Of course, it's got quite a few years on it, but has held up beautifully. I bought it off Ebay with the original case and cord. I just performed a basic clean-up, set-up and string swap and it holds it's state of tune remarkably. Had it a year with zero problems.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Just a hacker, so I've never gigged with it, just for grins at home. It seems tough as nails. I expect many years of faithful service ahead!!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Hahaha!
Overall Rating
:
9
I have numerous other guitars, some new, some from the 50's and 60's. If this were taken, I'd become quite cranky. Huge bang for the buck, in a funky way.
Product: Silvertone Telecaster Copy
Price Paid: US $80 used
Submitted
02/10/2003
at
10:52pm
by
Kyle
Features
:
9
This thing has a crazy bridge with a cover that moves and would be great for storing drugs. The whammy bar is big and doesn't really come off. The (2)pickups are single coil, but are gigantic! It's controls include: weird on/off switches for each pickup, global tone knob and volume knob, and 6, yes, 6 tuners.
Sound
:
6
This thing has basically two sounds. With the neck pickup, I get a good PJ Harvey sound like on "Kamikaze." The bridge pickup sounds kinda crappy but for me it is perfect. I like to play grungy disco-punk and this is a great sound for it, with a weird sound that is great for rock/country/funk/everything. Turning both pickups on seems to suck the fury right outa this guitar, kinda lame... This uber-crappy guitar is also best with medium-gain settings, as crystal-clean tones sound gross, and it's too noisy for lots of gain.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
3
The action on this sumbitch is simply horrible. I love the sound of buzzing frets, though, and this guitar provides plenty of that. The finish is cracked to shit and isn't really the point here. Beautifully functional, not beautiful.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
I drop and almost-smash it all the time and it doesn't have any problems other than going out of tune.
Customer Support
:
10
Yeah! Sears all the way...
Overall Rating
:
10
This is my baby. It's the perfect guitar for people who hate guitar "gods" and yet hate the talentless grunge mentality.
