Steinberger Spirit GT Pro

Maple neck through body, rosewood fingerboard, rectangular steinberger style body. HB-S-HB pickup, tremolo. 1 volume, 1 tone, 5-way switch. I travel a lot and I don't like to check in my Ibanez AS180, but sometime the airlines won't let me bring it as a hand carry so I tried this guitar because of the portability. The neck feels thicker than my Ibanez. The rectangular body needs some time to get used to for me. I usually play jazz boxes, the AS180 and GB5. I don't use the tremolo so I just lock the bridge. I give an 8 because the 1 vol, 1 tone feel limiting, given that I usually have 2 vols, 2 tones.

Depend on your playing style, the pickups can be considered as versatile or lack of character. I'd say the pickups give a neutral sound and you can shape it to your liking, thus quite versatile. The low output doesn't bother me as I play jazz. However, after several weeks I decided to change the neck pu to Duncan jazz, but it sounds too much treble even though the tone is rolled down. I replace the jazz with seth lover and now it works fine. Sounds more like les paul. I experiment by putting the jazz pickup at the bridge and surprisingly it fits well. It doesn't give the overdrive sound as the usual bridge pu (jazz is a neck pu) but it fits my need. I don't have much use of the middle single coil pu.
I won't expect to get the sound of an archtop, so I'm quite pleased with the sound now. Anyway I mostly use the neck pu only.
I use Polytone amp, and on the road sometime I use JC120 or twin. In worst case scenario, I will rely on my Boss pedals. With some eq, reverb and the blues driver, I manage to get the jazzy sound though not exactly a hollow/semi-hollow.

Considering that I usually play a jazz box, this guitar is very easy to play. The technician at my local store also set it for me when I changed the pu.

I like the neck through construction. Overall the guitar is solid (again given that I usually play the jazz boxes) and that I can hand carry in the plane and run from terminal to terminal.
I surely gig without a backup, can't afford to bring two guitars.

Bought from the internet, I don't have any complain, though I don't really prefer to buy guitar through the net.

As I mentioned above, I play Ibanez GB5 (around town) and AS180 (when traveling). This guitar replaced the AS180 for traveling so it is very handy, though I still get the strange look from club owners and audiences (they expect a Gibson, but anyway Steinberger is owned by Gibson right?). Overall I'm very pleased though I deduct one point as I need to replace the pu to suit my needs. Given that I can play my own instrument on the road, it is good enough. Once, my piano player didn't get a piano in the club, they only provided a DX7! Though sometime I envy him as he doesn't need to bring instument while traveling but the memory of his expression when he saw the DX7 makes me happy I have this guitar.

First let's all get straight that for this price this is an AMAZING practice/knockabout guitar that not only fits on airline overhead compartments but you can keep it with you in the seat! (I've taken mine to China). This is the cheapo version of a "real" graphite steinberger - wooden, made in korea, looks like a giant flyswatter or a paddle, you know the look. Comes in black or white - i got mine in white because EVERYbody gets black. All the standard stenberger features: fine tuners at the bridge end, tremelo, 3 pickups (EMG select, humbuckers in front and bridge, single coil in the middle), 1 tone, 1 vol., 5 way switch. Enough features to make it versatile, not so many bells and whistles that it's overloaded and difficult to use. Mine came with a decent gig bag included.

OK, here we go, everybody is going to DISAGREE WITH ME and think i'm stupid so here's some history. I own 13 guitars incl. a '64 gibson ES120, a 93 american standard tele, an ibanez john scofiled artstar and more and i have done a lot of customizing, changing pickups for various seymour duncans, etc. - so i have broad taste and experience. i've been playing since 1963 and my band Forever Einstein has recorded 4 CDs for Cuneiform Records and played here and in europe at some good clubs, so i'm not a hack, ok? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE PICKUPS and sound of this instrument. I will say that I think the pickups have no personality whatsoever, but i don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. I use this guitar a LOT on stage precisely because it has no personality. It's very utilitarian - even pickup response, no overtones, no deadspots. If you're a blues or jazz purist who wants some sort of authentic sound, go get a vintage guitar and amp, don't even THINK of buying one of these. But for the rest of us - come on! who doesn't rely on their amp and/or effects to get a big chunk of their live sound? I find this guitar very malleable in terms of using outboard gear and amps to make it sound the way i want and it blends well with the live mix onstage:no ear piercing highs or muddy lows. Maybe i just got a better than average set of pickups.

Action - set up was OK, i made it better with little work, now it plays like a dream. The finish is first rate - i find the workmanship on korean guitars is generally topnotch. If you're a hardline gibson/fender made in the USA snob, good for you - i'm an above average amateur woodworker and i recognize tight fit, good materials and well done finish work when i see it.

I've dropped this guitar a LOT (not proud of it, just more than a few times when i forgot how small it was and misjudged the eye/hand coordination thing when putting it on a stand). No problems, didn't break or get damaged. Stays in tune REALLY well and by that i mean i can leave it for a week or two, pick it up and find it still in tune, so no tuning and retuning on stage. Good solid hardware, well machined, one tuning knob was a bit funky, didn't turn as well as it could have. But i'm nerdy so i took them all out and cleaned them with a Dremel tool/wire brush and coated them with white lithium grease. Very well made, solid, dependable guitar. For the price you can NOT do better for a second/knockabout/travel instrument. TWO COMPLAINTS. The rubber retaining band at the "head" end dries out and breaks regularly (as any rubber band would) and the replacements cost $5. HEY! COME ON! It's a RUBBER BAND!!! (I filed a tiny groove at the "head" end on the back of the neck and fitted it for an "O" ring which i can buy at the local hardware store for 59 cents any time). Also, the idea of charging $26 for the adaptor that allows you to use regular (that is, non-double ball) strings is also bogus. It's a freakin' cheap piece of plastic, and they should raise the price of the guitar by 6 bucks and include it. This complaint falls into the same category as 'why do they give you those cheesy little toy spare tires with a 20,000 dollar car!?!?!!!'

Good customer support - my trem arm broke within days after i got it but it broke because i put it in a vice and attempted to bend the angle. I admitted this to MusicYo and they sent me a freebie replacement right away, so hat's off to them for that. They also answered all my questions before i purchased it and in fact they were out of stock for a while and were very nice about keeping me updated on when they were back in stock (never pushy though).

Amp wise, i have owned everything you can think of and now have a Mesa Boogie Subway Rocket, a Line6 Flextone II and a '53 Univox no name for great distortion. Live I used my POD through the Boogie or the Flextone to fine tune my sound. I hate being at the mercy of a room or lame sound person, so i try to make my stage sound as even and free of peaks/transient noises as possible (like stepping on a stomp box and suddely having the room turn into a giant garbage can that makes you sound like crap). The steinberger fits in well for this because as i said, it has no personality, it's very neutral and i can tweak the sound to my liking. I ALWAYS travel with this guitar for the simple reason that even if i am using a les paul or tele on stage, the steinberger is fantastic for warming up because of its small size - i plug it into a Korg Pandora, put on headphones and i can fit myself into a tiny corner of even the most crowded dressing room and warm up.

I don't want to get into the "Korean/Japanese guitars are not in the same class as US models" argument, suffice to say that,irrespective of the dodgy electronics,this is one hell of a guitar for the price.
I purchased mine recently here in Japan, and found it pretty well set up off the shelf. Neck just needed a slight tightening. Strangely enough, even though Korea is Japan's next door neighbour, their guitars are more expensive here than in the States, this one going for around $600! (Mind you, the US made Steinbergers are around $5000, that's assuming you can find one!)

I like to think that I can play a little blues, and after a few modifications, it's perfectly suited for that. I had 2 Seymour Duncan pickups lying around the house,(a Jazz neck H/B, and a JB H/B) so they went straight into it,(the EMG Selects are a bit weak, but not as bad as some reviewers have stated) but I couldn't decide on a middle p/u until I read a review by a guy named Justin (thanks mate!) who went for Duncan's Cool Rails Strat-sized H/B to fill the hole. All I can say is,Wow! At this time, none of the tapping features have been utilized, but I may split the JB eventually to spice it up a bit more. Honestly, it's a totally different instrument,and extremely powerful. Anyone looking to replace the Selects can't go wrong with this set. I'm using it through a Fender Deluxe Reverb'65 Re-issue amp, with a Boss CE-5 Chorus, and an Ibanez Tube Screamer, and I haven't had this much fun for years!

As previously stated, it was pretty well set up from the start, but like most people, I love tweaking guitars just for the hell of it!
The finish inside the routing (both front and rear) is a bit rough, but this ain't no PRS price you're paying! No fret buzz, no rough frets, no other finish flaws. I'm impressed, particularly with the bridge. Trans-trem it isn't, but I haven't seen anything better at this price. Being so different, it's just plain fun to play with.

Too early to judge if it will last, but it's built like a brick s***-house, so it should! I don't play live, so that's not really a concern.

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In 38 years of playing, I must have tried 'em all, but I still love my '65 ES-335 most of all. I also have a Rickenbacker 325V63, a Larrivee acoustic, a Takamine Elec/Acoustic and an Ovation 12-string.
Regarding the stolen or lost question, I'm already on the lookout for a used body to set up with single coils, so I guess I'd have to say, yes, I definitely would buy another. The only other guitar I looked at was the Parker Fly, but they are outrageously expensive over here, even second-hand! ($2000 up) Still........?

What can I say, everything is perfect for what you pay. Sure construction is not top-notch, but korean manufacturers keep improving through the years. There are some features I specially like, like the tremolo blocker. With my other guitar, an Ibanez w/ Floyd Rose, you can't change tunings, and you better don't break a string while playing. With this tailpiece, you can go dropped-D in a breath, or lock the thing if you break a string. The neck is fairly on the big side, but not uncomfortable. The only thing I didn't like was the pickups. SELECT EMG PICKUPS ARE A PILE O' SHIT. They are completely dark sounding, with no character at all. They lasted half an hour till I replaced them with a pair of korean made Duncan Design Buckshot I purchased from guitar center in my summer vacation in Texas. This pickups are made after the SH-6 distortion model, and frankly, I can't tell the difference, they are the biggest bang for the buck about pickups (only rivalled by Bill Lawrence). Sadly, I also bought a scorcher (Duncan Design modelled after the hot rails) but can't use it because the PILE O' SHIT pickups baseplate is flat, they don't have this ear-shaped piece like all the rest of brands, so note this if you are going to buy one of this guitars

Suits everything. Looking at it, you could think it's trebly and tinny sounding, but it's not. It sounds and plays very well, really professional (IMHO).

OBVIOUSLY, like all korean guitars, the factory setup is DISASTROUS, but with a tuner, the supplied allen wrenches and some patience, you can fix it. I can't understand why some people complain about this issue. What did you expect?. It's not a PRS or a Tom Anderson, and I have seen some respected guitars wih a worse setup.... Finish is above average, the fingerboard wood is rather ugly, but an ebony fingerboard would have raised the cost way beyond desirable, so....it's a 300 euro guitar !!!!!!

I don't know either if it's built like a tank or not, but it looks pretty durable. THE "DELUXE BAG" IS TERRIBLE. Get rid of it and buy the hardshell case. It's worth it. The bag only protects from dust. The guitar is very balanced when playing stand up. I would use it without a backup, because of the tremolo locker. And string change is idiot-proof

Three days delivery, pretty fast !!!! support not needed still.. we'll see...but I don't like UPS delivering it to a neighbour if I'm not home

I bought it as a travel guitar, but it's so good and looks so original that I will retire my Ibanez. The best enginereed tremolo I've seen. But you guys at MusicYo...if you wanna put cheap pickups, which is logical, put Duncans or whatever quality OEM pickups that exist. This Selects are really the worst pickups I've heard in my life, much worse than the majority os stock pickups I've tried. Other than this, if you want a good guitar at a good price, and also you want features, try this. I've tried it, and I don't regret.

It's the wooden Korean Steinie shaped like a boat oar. It's got a 5-way selector for H/S/H EMG Select passive p'ups. Lovely double ball strings that stay in tune despite my ham-fisted playing "style." I hardly ever use the R-Trem system, but when people who can Really Play stop by, they love it since it stays in tune as well. I don't know how to describe the neck other than "comfortable." It's reasonably fat, and it can play it for days on end without any discomfort. From the looks of it, you'd think you could never play this thing in your lap, but there's a goofy looking little plastic lever that you can flip down on the bottom of it that makes it a surprisingly good sit-down guitar. Really a silly amount of features for the money.

Ok-confession time here. I can't really play, even though I love guitars and have been through a half-dozen Fenders & Gibsons. I mostly play punk, and it suits my abusive playing perfectly. The EMG's are not exactly rich in the growly low-end area, but run through any decent amp with a little EQ and they will get the job done. The single coil is weak as all get out, but it is quiet does a decent Fender imitation. When playing clean, you have to use the tone knob to take a little brightness out of it, but otherwise, you'll never touch that knob. Overall, I'd say it's got a good variety of sounds, but you have to add the "character" yourself with effects, amps, and decent playing.

I was one of the lucky ones-mine was almost perfect out of the box, other than mister low E being too low and buzzy. The guitar does look almost like molded plastic, the fit and finish are so sweet. The hardware fits very tightly, and the action is so easy to adjust that even I can do it. Got more than my money's worth on this part of it.

This is where the little GT Pro really shines. I could take this guitar to my softball game and use it as a bat and probably not damage it. You can beat the living heck out of this guitar. Compared to the last set neck Gibsons I've owned, it's much more solid, the strap buttons hold the guitar better, the finish is superior...it's scary. Add that to the fact that I'm no good-this is a great first guitar for someone who doesn't know how to care for a guitar. If I could get a gig, I'd feel very comfortable going without a backup.

Since it came out of the box ready to go, and hasn't shown any sign of letting up, I haven't had to deal with support. That's probably a good thing-MusicYo keeps the prices low by limiting the amount of human interaction. They have answered every email I've sent very quickly, and the shipping was suprisingly prompt.

I've been playing for a couple of years, and I've sold all my other guitars because this is really the only one I need. It's almost unbreakable, and it's unbelievably comfortable to play. It's well balanced, extremely light, and has a sweet neck. I had a couple of Gibson RD Customs, an LP, a Fender Toronado, a Telecaster, and a Hondo LP copy. The Steinberger wasn't the best sounding of the lot, but it was by far the most fun to play, so it was an easy choice as to which one to keep. I'm dying to see the new Steinie's that MusicYo are promising for later this year, with graphite necks and active EMG's. Even when I get one, though, I'll still be keeping this little gem.

Steinberger Spirit GT-Pro. 24 fret Steinberger GL style guitar made out of Rock Maple. EMG Select pickups in H/S/H configuration with single volume, single tone, and a 5-way pickup selector. Steinberger R-Trem bridge. Comes with gig bag, allen wrenches, and a cheap 1/4" cord. Standard features.. could have more, but then it's a simple guitar. I also have a Hohner G3T (same guitar, different manufacturer), so I'll be using this as a comparison basis.

EMG Select pickups are worthless unless you can't afford anything better. In my Hohner G3T I've got -real- EMGs, and the difference is so incredible, it has to be heard to believe. The 5-way switch is clunky, but noise free. The volume pot has a nice taper to it, but the tone control is pretty useless. The pickups have no output, and are very plain.. cutting the high end out of them with a tone control is a dumb thing to do.

The action wasn't bad, but I tweaked it a bit to my satisfaction. The stock strings aren't very good, but they work. I prefer GHS strings, but it's tough to find their double ball end strings these days. Compared to the Hohner, this guitar is a failure.. which is funny, since they're built in the same factory. The single coil's routing is sloppy, and there some white crap on the inside (polish?) and the fingerboard looks -really- cheap compared to the Hohner's. Frets are fine, not as nice as the Hohner, but they're just fine for me. The one (and only) area where the Spirit beats out my Hohner is with the bridge.. I like the saddles on the Spirit bridge better.. they've got a roller style saddle (but it doesn't really roll.. it just is much more rounded than Hohner's). I'm going to see which one is harder on strings before I put the better ones in my Hohner :)

Since it's made in the same factory as the Hohner, and since I've owned a Hohner bass for years (see my Hohner G3T review for more info), I'm confidant that it will be very durable. I've only had the guitar one day so far, so who knows what can happen.

First time dealing with MusicYo, and haven't had to contact Customer Support yet.

On it's own, it's a good buy. Compared to it's sister instrument, the Hohner G3T.. it's just an unfair fight. The Hohner wins in every single way, hands down. If this guitar was stolen, I'd be pissed because I'm dropping two sweet DiMarzio pickups and a Roland synth pickup in it.. but I wouldn't bother replacing it, I'd just drop a synth pickup into my Hohner.

Made in Korea, all-wood headless guitar. Pickup setup is Humbucker-single-humbucker. five-way selector switch. R-Trem system. Master volume and master tone controls. The pickups are EMG-Select. They are passive. The guitar is nicely finished. The tremolo system is about the best I've seen. So simple yet so effective. The guitar comes with allen wrenches to adjust intonation and saddle height. It is best to look this up on musicyo.com to perform adjustments. The guitar come with gig case, which is piece of junk. It is better to upgrade to the more expensive bag.

You need a good amp to get good sounds out of this guitar. The pickups are not design to get the maximum sound with any setup. Recommend trying out several setups to find the right sound for you. I prefer the neck position pickup. It has the most tonal colors.

Here is where the fun begins. Musicyo.com must be making a least a hundred dollars profit on this product. Anyway, the action on this guitar is awful. I believe when you purchase an instrument it should be setup in a professional matter. My Gt-Pro was set up poorly and the buzzing was horendous. The five switch does not look like it is going to last forever either. Be careful, and be prepared to do adjustments to this guitar.

For the money, it is a great value. However, you should recieve a playable instrument right out of the box. Which apparently is hit or miss with musicyo.com

NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED!!!! They have a 30-day return policy. However, you can only communicate with them over the Internet, no telephone, no mailing address. So you have wait for them to get any action done, which can be quite frustrating. I send the guitar back because of the buzzing and intonation problems. I had to pay for the return shipping, of course. And guess what?? THEY SEND THE SAME GUITAR BACK WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. How is that for customer service??? I guess this is a problem when buying things over the internet.

MUSICYO.COM IS APPARENTLY OWNED BY GIBSON. I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE GUITAR, AND MAYBE I WOULD GET AN ORIGINAL ALL-WOOD STEINBERGER IN THE FUTURE. SUPPOSEDLY, GIBSON IS GOING TO RE-INTRODUCE THE STEINBERGER LINE AGAIN. ALL I CAN SAY IS " CONSUMER BEWARE ". IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!!!! AGAIN A WONDERFUL VALUE, BUT LIKE THEY ALWAYS SAY, " IF ITS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS "

This is Korean made, I believe. Has 24 frets. It's a "one piece" instrument. Actually it's a solid body neck-through design so it's three pieces, but you get the picture. The construction on mine is well done; it looks like it was carved from a block of shiny black plastic.
There's one volume control with good range, and one tone control with a truly impressive range of sounds. There's a 5 way selector to drive the three H-S-H EMG pickups. The electronic controls are passive. I believe it's made out of three pieces of maple. The finish is a shiny solid black. The body style on this thing is not easily characterized. It's not a pretty guitar. But it's sure functional as a way to travel with the family, keep your practice regimen, and leave room in the car or the overhead bin for other people's stuff.
The bridge style is steinberger. Each individual bridge saddle is a grooved cylinder that does its job well, is fully adjustable, and lets the string move freely if you're a whammy bar kind of guy.
The tuners are also like nothing you'll see outside of steinberger. They feature a direct pull mechanism that's quite precise, if a bit awkward to use.
The neck and fret work are amazingly good. Period. I mean, they are really good. The amazing part comes from the fact that I bought the guitar for $269.00. Believe me, I've seen much worse neck and fret construction on guitars costing 3 or 4 times as much. It's a 25" scale with 24 frets.
Mine came with a gig bag which, if you use it, is how it qualifies as carry-on luggage on yer major airlines. I bought the hard case too, but it's too big; if you try to carry it on in the hard case they'll make you check it.
You don't want to do that. The case is fine for what it is, but it's not a flight case and the baggage apes will destroy this case by looking at it crosswise. The guitar is such a little brute that it would probably play in tune even after a blow that trashed the case.
Three points off for the relatively wimpy EMG pickups. I don't really care about this. They sound fine through my amp and I'm not trying to deafen the neighbors of Wembley Stadium or anything. But you can't really drive a tube preamp into distortion even with the EMG humbuckers they're so timid sounding. The clean sound is nice, but it ain't loud unless you do it with your amp.

The sound is fine. It's quite easily varied because the tone and volume controls are very well done. I practice on this guitar, mainly, so if I want more of a sonic landscape I use my POD v2.0. The clean sounds are best. You can get some snarl out of this guitar if you're all practice up on your triple stops and bends.

The factory set-up needed some correction. Lucky me, I have a very good local guitar tech. The intonation was way off. The neck was set too flat at the factory. The pick-ups were very close to the strings, but I left them that way at the tech's urging because he said the wimpy EMGs would be really, really quiet if I moved them down to give the strings and the pick some room to work. I got the $35 basic set up that included some nut-filing, truss rod adjustment, intonation set, and action adjust (raising and lowering the bridge saddles). Now the guitar plays very nicely indeed. Amazingly nicely, in fact. The only playability problems are that the shape is kind of awkward until you get used to it, and the volume control is in the way of the pinky on your pick hand. Neither of these is a big deal. After a couple hours of playing it, you learn your own "work around" routine and then it's a fine guitar.

This is a very good guitar and a great solution to the problem of every boy guitarist/traveling daddy/musically inclined husband. It's a tough little brute. I took it to London with me on a family vacation along with my battery powered mini-amp and my tuner. I shoved it under the bed when I wasn't in the hotel room, carried it with impunity through international gates at American and British Airports, and played every day. It never went out of tune in the whole ten days. The bride and daughter never complained; neither did our hotel neighbors.
I don't gig. If I did, this would be the guitar I would bring along as the one I was sure would be playable when some more elegant and expensive piece let me down.

Don't know about this. Lucky me. Music.Yo is all internet, all email, all the time so I don't know what I'll do if I ever have a problem. I don't think I will. There aren't any defects in my piece, and being one of my guitars is really an easy life. They live under the bed, get played once a day, and the dogs and kids can only get close with adult supervision.

I've been playing for 35 years. Never knew there was as good a quality "munchkin sized" travel and practice guitar as this on the market. And at such a price! I'm a happy guy with this puppy. I'd buy another if I lost this one.
I love the durability, portability, and the fact that I can practice in a hotel room on a full-sized, well-made, professional grade neck.
Other things I'd like to share? As a matter of fact, there is. First, I agree that the "documentation" sent with the guitar is hideously inadequate. Which leads me to my second complaint. The reason so many of the reviewers here say the whammy bar falls out after a few uses is because you need to go buy a 1.5mm allen wrench to loosen the ultra-tiny set screw that's just south of the whammy bar hole. You loosen the set screw, insert the whammy bar until it bottoms in the socket, and then hand tighten the screw with the allen wrench to operate the nylon wedge that pins the whammy bar in the hole. They could have told you that, right? I got it from my guitar tech, who seems to know all. Lucky me, again. Meanwhile, I gotta go play my Steinie. See ya!

2001 Korean made headless guitar. See details at www.musicyo.com
$289, extras cost extra.

H-S-H EMG Select pickups, passive electronics - volume, tone, 5-way
R-Trem locking vibrato arm
24 frets, fat maple neck-through construction

Comes with "Deluxe gig bag", which is a piece of excrement - very thin nylon bag. I bought the optional hardshell case also; it is OK, does not lock but seems pretty serviceable and is small enough to fit in an airline carryon compartment.

The R-Trem is nice, I like the locking feature a lot. The locking lever resonates a little unless you push the lever all the way up; the lever can come loose and start buzzing while you are playing; I would prefer a more positive locking action. Stays in tune quite well, even with heavy vibrato action.

One complaint - a huge sticker was placed on the side of the guitar with instructions on operating the R-Trem. This should have been done with easy to remove adhesive, or just packaged separately. When I peeled it off, a large amount of adhesive stuck to the finish and I had to wipe it off with some trepidation, not sure if adhesive remover would damage the finish.

EMG Select pickups are not bad, really. Distinct tones and a bit of quack at the 2 and 4 positions. Fairly quiet, but also not high output.

Using Marshall 4100 JCM 900 and Mesa-Boogie DC amps - the tone is somewhat neutral and a bit closer to the Strat side than the Les Paul, but different from both. A nice addition to the armamentarium. You could probably convert to a metal sound with active EMGs. Might do that as a project in the future, I'd probably order another guitar though - I want to keep one as-is since the sound is interesting.

The maple neck and body construction vibrates nicely. Chording has a nice full sound. Acoustic sound better than I expected, given the small size and shape.

Setup was not good. No relief in the neck, action way too low. Serious fret buzz all across 1st 8 frets, all strings. Had to release truss rod nearly 1/2 turn (!) to get adequate relief. Now, action is low but not outstanding. High 5th fret, slight buzzes 3rd and 4th strings at 4th fret. At least the truss rod works.

Intonation not set at all - straight bridge saddles from factory. String height also not properly set - flat across fretboard. The saddles can be adjusted without unstringing, a nice feature. You unlock the saddles with a master screw, then adjust them individually. Tools are provided with the guitar so I was able to properly set intonation and saddle height without much difficulty. Do not expect a perfectly set up guitar from the factory.

Fit & finish - a few problems. A short scratch near 5-way switch - this is a brand new guitar, right? Rosewood fingerboard is nice, but there are several white streaks along the sides UNDER the finish - chalk on the wood at the factory, perhaps? At least they are not visible from the front of the guitar.

It's a low-priced guitar and I do not expect perfection; you shouldn't either. Expect to do some setup work. Neck is fat but is fairly comfortable. I think the size of the neck contributes to the sound, so no complaints there.

Seems pretty solid, have not dropped it yet though. One complaint, the neck button is screwed into the back of the guitar (you do it yourself). This causes your strap to twist 1/2 turn, and makes it easier for the strap to fall off.

30 day money back, it's an internet company. Shipped to me VERY quickly, I live in Nashville and it arrived 2 days after my order (shipped from Nashville). No other experience

Not a bad deal for the money, just don't expect perfection and DO expect to have to adjust the guitar after you get it. I would buy it again.

Made in Korea. VERY small body size - I bought it as a travel guitar. HSH pickup configuration. Neck through body construction. Bought used - included gig bag, the old pickups, and 5 sets of double ball strings. It requires either double ball strings or buying an andpter to use conventional strings. There is a foldout leg rest touse while sitting. This guitar can be used either right or left handed - all it takes is restringing. Black color

For travel, I use it through a Korg Pandora PX-3 and either headphones or a Fender Mini-Twin. At home, I use a Johnson J-Station, a couple of overdrive pedals, and a Laney LC-15 tube amp. The previous owner had replaced the original EMG pickups with Kent Armstrongs - two humbuckers and a rail-type pickup in the middle. I can't comment on the original pickups, but these are amazing. They sound good either clean or with distortion, and are dead quiet on all settings. I had intended to use this guitar strictly for travel, but it actually sounds better than any of my other dual humbucker guitars, plus it has more flexibility with the third pickup, the small size is a big plus, and it has outstanding tuning stability. Plus, unlike many humbucker guitars, it not only has a tremolo system, but a very good one. I will probably sell a couple of my other guitars, as this one simply sounds better.

This was bought used, but it has been extremely well treated. No finish flaws that I cnn find. The black finish covers up the joins of the wood poeces well. Action is set about how I like it, and there is no fret buzz. This guitar is extremely easy to change strings.

The "canoe paddle" shape should make it pretty well impervious to damage. I would always use a backup, but if you HAD to use a guitar without a backup, this would be the ideal one to use because you could change strings so quickly.

Never dealt with the company. Found some useful information at www.musicyo.com.

I have played seriously about two and a half years, although I had played as a teenager, and have played other instruments (keyboard, bass). The other guitars that I play the most are a Fender Strat Plus Deluxe, Parker P-38, Route 101 Solimar Custom, Fernandes Retrorocket Pro, Fender Nashville Deluxe Tele, and DeArmond Jet Star. This is an amazing guitar. It is small and lightweight, without being limited like many travel guitars (my Fernandes Nomad has ONE pickup, no tone control, for example). It can be used either right or left handed. It has an excellent tremolo system without being hard to restring. It has humbuckers but still has a single coil and a whammy bar. I'd replace it in a second if stolen. It also looks like it would make a good cricket bat in a pinch.