Stagg Strat Copy

just the normal strat features. 1 volume 2 tone knobs, five way selector 3 single coil pickups nothing fancy

I play all kinds of music but I like britpop most. I use a fender champion 30 and a double muff with it...still sounds like shit. Dunno what's wrong with it, it sounds like it's been found on a junkyard.I can never get the sounds I want with it.
Now my middle pickup is broken- it only sends thru the bass sounds, pretty funny now I suddenly have a bass...but I bought a guitar for gods sake

The snares broke after a month...No problem they were crappy anyway. The neck was adjusted wrong, and the pickups were to high so the snare hit them

It certainly won't survive a single gig....I have it a little over a year and there's not much left that is not broken. The 5 switch thing fell off, the middle pickup is broke, the saddle of the a string is broken, the tremolo allmost broke, so I took it off before it could do even more hard. The only thing that survived are the strap buttons(woohoo the whole thing is broke but it can still hang over my shoulder:-/)

I've been playing for 2 years now. It's a nice first guitar but you need to buy yourself a new one after half a year if you are certain to continue playing the guitar. I was out of money so now I'm gonna buy a Fender Mexican Tele. Sounds like heaven in comparrison with this piece of shit. I wish I had bought myself an expensive guitar in the beginning I regret ever touchinh this one. At first I was happy with my first electric guitar but after half a year it frustrated me sooooo much

2004 Chinese manufactured Strat copy, natural finish, standard strat features. The guitar looks pretty good - the looks are probably its best feature!

I play pop/blues/rock, mainly rhythm. Pickups are weak and sound dead - virtually no sustain or resonance. Practically no sound difference in any of the 5 switch positions.

Guitar arrved badly set up - you could drive a medium sized family car between the neck and the strings. Other than that it arrived in good condition.

I guess it's so cheap it doesn't matter if it gets damaged.

Normally play 80's Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul Special, and Starfield Cabriolet Ltd semi-hollow body (a delight!) Vox ADVT30 & Line 6 Spider II amps, Korg pedals.

To be fair, I didn't buy the Stagg to use myself - we own a bar and have frequent open sessions and I bought this just to leave around if anyone wanted to jam and it wouldn't break the bank if it got beaten, knocked or dropped. However, it's now been relegated to an ornament.

The tremolo is atrocious - it's stiff and will only bend one way, towards the body. Additionally, one slight tweak on the bar and the guitar goes totally out of tune so it doesn't even meet the limited criteria for which I bought it. Even without touching the bar it doesn't last a 3 minute tune without dropping out of tune. 5-way switch is also extremely stiff and despite lots of tweaking the action remains high and awkward.

The sound is flat and dead no matter how many effects processors/amp models you put it through.

OK, so it's dirt cheap so what do you expect, however its total inability to stay in tune renders it absolutely useless. I would not recommend this guitar even to a total beginner as there is virtually no pleasure in playing it whatsoever - better off paying a tad more for a Squier or similar. I now just hang it on the wall of the bar as an ornament.

Standard Strat features really, 21 fret neck which is nice and flat with high frets which is great for bending the strings if that is your style.
S/S/S pickup config just like almost every other strat copy out there, it also has a 5 way selector switch.
A nicely finished body, which is alder wood, mine is finished in black and despite a few knocks by me still looks great.

I play mostly Rock and some Metal, and although this guitar isn't the best for metal it has a very nice sound for most rock songs, the 5 way selector switch is a boon here. I suspect that it would be a fantastic blues guitar (it just has that mellow sound to it) however I don't really do Blues.

Like most guitars at this price it needed a little bit of fiddling with to get it set up properly, I noticed that the action was set vey high when I got it, though it is easy to adjust so that was no real problem, and even without my tinkering it sounded good.
As I have already stated the finish was supurb and I was quite surprised at its quality.

I have played a couple of times at my local pub with this as my main guitar, and it has held up well, and sounded good (despite the pub's horrible PA system) I am pretty confident it would stand up to almost any gig that doesn't require a lot of thrashing about the stage but that goes for any guitar really not just this one.
The strap buttons seemed fairly small but held up well for almost a year, I then lost my nerve and replaced them with locking ones to be safe. Sure it isn't a valuble guitar but I have become attached to it and wouldn't want it destroyed.

I have never had to contact them, so I can't say, though from what I have heard from others they have good customer service. As I have never used it though I will leave this unmarked.

I have been playing for umpteen years now (about 7 or so) and have 3 electric guitars (inc this one) and 2 acoustic. Although this is the cheapest of my electrics, it is often the one I pick up first to practise on, prehaps that says something?
Unless I am playing metal or heavy rock I prefer this guitar over my others due to its nice sound, compared with my friends early Fender strat it is about 90% of the sound quality of that, which when you consider the price of this and of an early strat makes this look like a far better deal that it may have been otherwise.

One thing though, if you see this in an package with a cheap amp, do not buy it, I have played this guitar through a cheap amp, and for the most part it sounded far worse that it actualy is. You will be better off buying this seperatly and using the money you will have saved on putting towards a better amp (Fender frontman's are pretty good practise amps) anything over 20-25W should be good enough.

Just as a preface, this is the 1st electric guitar I have owned in 11 yrs. The last was a custom Gretsch solid body with Dimarzio HB's. Was a gigging musician During high school and college. After reading some of the reviews on this site I bought this because I am fairly handy with setup, electronics and wanted a cheap guitar to get my chops back. here we go - standard strat config - pickups: 3x single coil - controls: 1x volume + 2x tone - pu selector: 5-way - body: solid alder wood - neck: hard maple / 648mm/ 25'' 1/2 - fingerboard: rosewood / 21 frets - bridge: classic ?s? style tremolo - machine heads: diecast, chrome - colour: natural with red tortise shell pick guard... very good looking Guitar. made in china. got them to throw in a gig bag and a cord.

I play mostly Classic rock/Blues, some heavier stuff, AC/DC, Ozzy, I'm not usually a big Strat fan, so it took some getting used to the thinner sounds & twang of single coils. I have been pleasantly satisfied with the sound of this guitar. I have been able to dial up nice warm round tones, or sharp and biting when needed. I can see how this guitar would sound very bad with a cheepo amp as I have really had to fiddle with amp adjustments to get good sounds. I run thru a Behringer LX112 Vampire. clean and Distorted sounds are good...some pick up noise on higher gain settings mostly neck pu. I will likely upgrade the electronics to a hb at bridge (seymour duncan Hot rails) to make this guitar a little more versitile, and to kill some of the single coil noise. My preference only... the guitar works fine with the stock pick ups. some minor fret buzz in spots (i have the action set pretty low.) but not major. note...this rating is for sound post setup. (any guitar you purchase should be looked over by a good tech). rating before any setup 3. Tuning the bridge made a HUGE difference in the sound.

Factory set up was ....a little off. action was very high. bridge was close but enough out of whac that you could hear it. Otherwise the finish on the body was perfect. there was one small imperfection in the fret board but just a blemish and nothing that would affect play. The pick ups were set very low. Setup of this guitar included shimming the neck and tweaking the truss rod, readjusting the saddle height and stobe tuning the bridge(setting intonation) had one saddle adjustment screw that backed out. all other hardware was tight and in working order. factory setup 2 finish and appearance 9 Factory strings are also crapola.

Have had the guitar out a few times for open jam nights and has given no problems. finish still looks brand new. play it 2-3 hrs daily. I would depend on it with out a back up (mainly cause i don't have one, never like to gig without a back up but there is generally at least one around if not my own.) strap buttons seem solid (tho $15 strap locks are a must when gigging. cheap insurance.) Seems to be solid as a rock.

never dealt directly with the company but the guys at music go round are great. (I Also have a Stagg acoustic sw-203 purchase from them.)1 yr warranty. rating is for music store.

I have been playing (just playing years) for 9 yrs. I played quite a few "entry level" Guitars when searching for a new electric, and none had the bang for the buck of this one. I currently own a Stagg acoustic (see reviews) this S-320N Stagg electric and a Behringer LX112 Vampire. I would buy again if lost or stolen. It's not perfect but for the price a little sweat equity is OK. Can't wait to play one of Stagg's Les Paul or PRS copys. HMMM....do I see another purchase?!

made in 2004 I guess, 21 fret, S-S-S, two piece body made of wood. Looks nice, made fom wood...

noisy pickups, poor shielding, good clean tone, but overdrive is a complete mess. Pickups potting, complete shielding and a normal amp is absolutely necessary.

IMHO there was no adjustment at all. Quality is good enough for a guitar that costs 10 times lesser than a stock Strat

Everyhting else depends on a treatment. :)

Stagg worth its money, plus 30$ investment gives you a normal beginners guitar for a real low price.

It`s the cheapest Strat copy you can get.
Often it is sold in combination with some crap amplifier for about 100 Dollars ...
I replaced all parts that annoyed me, so that all that was eventually left from the orginal guitar was the body and two pickups (neck and middle).
The quality of the tuners is unbearable - hardly one song you can play without getting out of tune. The wood the neck is made of appears to be rather soft and needs readjustment for heavier strings.
It feels uncomfortably thick, maybe the steel rod within it occupies a lot of space.
The frets are properly built and filed, though.
The electric parts are of poor quality, noisy and scratchy. The volume knob had to be replaced after a few weeks already, along with a the five-way-switch (a nightmare).

One usually expects a thin and trebly sound from a Strat, and that is what you get. With the original neck, it didn`t sound well, with my new, good maple neck (Jumbo frets) it is quite pleasing.
The pickups used to produce really ugly microphonic feedback at higher volume, so that I put them into wax to solve the problem.
The original humbucker at the bridge is not that bad and quite suitable for hard rock playing, but I replaced it for a double-coiled Strat-PU to make it sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I really prefer this kind of Blues.
So eventually I got a good-sounding instrument which I initially didn`t have.

The guitar was not set up properly at the factory, but which 100-Dollar-guitar is ?
I had to do all kinds of rearrangements to the string postion, the tuning of the octave, to the saddle which was cut too narrow, etc.
The electric parts are rubbish and so are the tuners.
The body is made of good quality wood, astonishingly.

It will cause a guitar player some trouble in a live situation - I think - due to the unreliable electric parts which are likely to get even worse over time.
The tuners are not capable of keeping the guitar in tune, so unless you are willing to retune after every song, forget about them.
The straps are solid and so is the finish of the body and neck wood.

I haven`t heard of any Stagg customer support, and mayby having a Stagg guitar repaired is more expensive than buying another one ...

Maybe a suitable guitar for very beginners, but not for ordinary musicians.

2003 Stagg Natural Made in China 22 frets See through natural. Volume
and two tone pots. The PU configuration consists of S/S/S. All single coil typical Strat configuration. The guitar doesn't look bad,
but sounds and plays like crap!!! Body is alder. The tuners are vintage kluson types. It has a standard tremsetup. The neck is somewhat like the 50'ies reissues. The frets are quite fat. The guitar didn't come with a bag.

I play rock and blues and used it as a backup guitar. I say used because I sold it. The pickups are quite noisy and don't have much definition. It produces alle te standard Strat sounds, but nothing
with much conviction.

The guitar was fairly well setup at the factory, although it came with
bad strings they were already rusty. The pickups were not well adjusted. And the saddles needed a little adjustment too. The nut was too wide for the provided 09 set. The controls were too loose too. The PUselector was VERY noisy. I'm sorry Stagg, but this guitar did'nt show much craftmanship!

This guitar will withstand live playing IF you change the pickups and de tuners, they're very hard to tune. The finish is allright. But looks rather cheap! All controls were loose and so were the strap buttons. The quality of the wood is doubtable to say the least !!!
I would never use this as my main guitar!

Customer support: never dealt with them.
I fixed everything myself,the dealer warned me that he didn't like
Stagg Guitars and that he was discontinuing them, so I got i very cheap!

I play for 20 years now and I can fairly say I've played a lot of copy
strats but the Stagg is by far the worsed Strat you can get!!!I would not recommand this guitar to anyone!!! As I said before this only LOOKS like a Strat. To AVOID!!!

I didn't buy this, but the guitar shop that just opened up near my house features Stagg almost entirely. As the nicest of the Staggs they carry, I've tried it out pretty thoroughly (because I had what else to do this weekend?).

Rather nice sunburst finish over an ash body with good figurings. The neck felt about right for the price-range ($275 USD), rosewood fretboard, and it has the standard strat equippings, with a humbucker in the bridge.

I play many styles, and have for many years. I demo'd this through a Stagg solid-state practice amp at the store, along with a used Fender MIC strat. For reference, I rate most stock Fender standard strats, regardless of origin, as 5-6.

This sounded tinny and cold in the store...no warm resonance from the body woods, no spunk or spank from the pickups. It could do a bluesy twang on the neck p/u, but nothing to write home about.

Brought in my BadCat amp from home, and it didn't measure up on that either. The Fender performed well, had some warmth, resonance, and personality like you'd expect from any Fender strat, but this was dead by comparison. Sucked for me, because I wanted a cheap guitar with a decent humbucker.

Alas, the humbucker didn't perform...no sassy fat-strat grind, and no white heat like the Fender Atomic h/bs put out...and certainly nothing like the sizzle of a LP or biting rage of a high-end Ibanez.

It's not just the pickups...I could get a Fender standard strat (regardless of place of manufacture), but a good humbucker on, and get good tone. But where a Fender has a warmth inherant in the woods and assembly, this had none of that.

Conclusion? Cheapo wood, and even cheaper electronics. Would not sound fat, warm, glassy, sweet, or chimey even through my $2600 amp that abounds in exactly those sonic properties. The Fender strat sounded fine.

Felt and looked fine, like you'd find on most any nice $400-700 guitar. Neck didn't have either a glossy or satin finish, but felt like somebody had watered down a satin coat, which I chalked up to the price tag. I found nothing to complain about in how it looked or felt, considering it was less than $300.

Felt solid, but no idea if it would hold up. No reson to suspect that it wouldn't.

I've been playing for 10 years, and owned many nice guitars both cheap and expensive, and played many excellent guitars. I do mainly jazz and rock, and own a Gibson Blueshawk, G&L ASAT Bluesboy solidbody tele, Ovation CS257, and a BadCat Black Cat 30R amplifier. Always on the lookout for nice, cheap beater guitars to experiment with.

There was nothing good in this guitar, compared with a stock Fender strat, or Ibanez strat copu. This can join the Peavey Predator in the Hall of Guitar Shame

2003 model, 21 frets 5-way selector, 2x tone and 1 volume, 3 single pickups. didnt come with any accesories, just a guitar in a box (my first guitar)

I play old metal (AC/DC, Sabbath etc) and stuff like System of a Down and Godsmack with a Boss DS-1 and a little 10 watt Laney. Its a bit noisy on the bridge pickup, but the other two have basically no buzz, and the neck pickup sounds sweet, with a bright, twangy sound. The other two pickups sound a bit tinny when tone is up too high though. Neck pickup is very good for heavy metal. Its my first guitar so I'm not much of a judge, but my ears tell me that this baby sounds sweet!

Pickups are set perfectly, and I didn't need to change anything from the factory settings. The only problem was that it came with terrible strings.

The strap buttons are a bit small, so I'd recommend clips. Decent finish, and it sounds good live (in a school auditorium). Hardly ever needs tuning and the pegs are quite tight, so its a good stage guitar, just looks a bit plain.

Never needed to contact Stagg, one year warranty from shop on everything except strings.

Excellent first guitar, I'd even say one of the best. Id still like a B.C. Rich though :-)

I bought it in 2003, so i guess thats when it was made. It has 3 single coil pickups (dunno wot make), 5 way selector switch, tremelo , 1 volume, 2 tone controls, stagg tuners. Its basically your normal strat copy that comes with bag, amp, strap, pitch pipes and all that stuff.

I play heavyish rock (darkness, nirvana, chilli peppers)I use it on a Roland Cube 15 amp. Sounds a bit crap on clean, unless you play it lightly. WIth disortion, only the thickest 3 strings sound good. But I know thats just the amp cuz ive played it through a Marshall MG100DFX and it all sounds wicked through that.

The guitar is ok to play. The action is quite high compared to other guitars. I've played an Encore strat copy and the action is a lot nicer on that. However, DO NOT get one of them instead of the stagg becuase the encore is shite. The pickups are rather noisy. They buzz quite loudly when not playing the guitar. The controls are all pretty solid though.

I havent played in a gig yet. However, i would use this guitar if no other was available but id rather borrow my friends epiphone special ii. I think the guitar would survive the gig. However, i would use the tremelo for 2 reasons. 1- its crap. 2- it send the guitar out of tune. The strap has fallen off but thats nothing to do with the guitar- the strap buttons are very solid. the finish hasnt come off yet, but its got very scratched.

Never had to deal with the customer support. However, the shop that i got it from did give me a one year warranty with it.

I bought this guitar as my first electric guitar. I was extremely close to buying an Encore Strat copy but i didnt and it wasnt a decision i regretted. Its a great begginner guitar and i would definently recommend it if you havent got a big budget. BUY IT!!