Product: Tempo 335 Style
Price Paid: US $150 used
Submitted
05/04/2005
at
06:14am
by
exetazo
Features
:
8
I got this guitar used from a music store that I do alot of business with, so they gave me a good deal. It is a 335 style, very thin, 2 seymore duncan humbuckers, but only one tone and one volume knob. It is red all over except for the front of the headstock which is painted black. It is even bound on both the front and back and neck. I recieved nothing with the guitar. Has a few bumps and bruse's, but nothing that would keep me from playing it live, as I have done a few times.
Sound
:
No Opinion
It suits me just fine for the music that I play. I play at my church and turn the tone and volume all the way up, letting the amp control the volume. I use an old amp for everything from bass to strats to this one. I sometimes run it thru a Korg AX1g Pedal, And The Thing Plays warmer than my strat.For personal pleasure I play all types of music, and if I don't grab my acoustic, I grab this one.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
This is the one area that I have a problem with. Since I bought it used I can't say how well it was set up from the factory, but I can say that whoever set it up before I got it KNEW NOTHING about the proper way to set up a guitar. One of the tuning knobs came loose, and was replaced with a generic knob. It doesn't match but you have to pay close attention to tell.It has a knock it out of tunney bar on it, and a floating bridge. After a little work I have a great guitar.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
This guitar has such a thin body, I keep expecting it to crack. But after all this time I have not even chiped the finish. I have had People offer much higher priced guitars to trade for mine but I think I'm just going to keep it. Everything about it has held up in live situations so far and I don't see why it would stop now.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
I do not think that there is any support.
Overall Rating
:
10
For only 150 dollars you can't go wrong with this guitar. I own a Washburn Bass, Epiphone Strat, Japanese 12 String, and an acoustic 6 string, so you can see that I know a little bit about guitars. My whole family is musical and 4 out of 5 play guitar. People keep asking me to be put in my will, they want the guitar.
