Tradition SP1

Solid Basswood w/ Flame Maple Top
Neck Rock Maple w/ Rosewood Fingerboard
Hardware 1 Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Way Switch. 3 Coil Tap Switches
Electronics 3 High-Output Coil Tapped Hot Rail Humbuckers
Ok I admit I just pasted this stuff in...but it's already been covered.
Anyway, I bought this on ebay 3 weeks ago, on a second chance auction. I couldn't resist the price. I had heard a lot of good stuff about Tradition. I swore I would never by another strat copy, but at the price I was offered, I figured I couldn't lose. This guitar has tons of features. It has a great pop in whammy bar, coil taps, Grover locking tuners. rollers on the bridge saddle, hotrail humbuckers...scads of cool things. The whammy works great, never throws the guitar out of tune

I am currently running my guitars through a Crate VTX200s Stereo amp. I use a Zoom GFX-1 with a Boss Chorus pedal. I forced myself to hold off on a doing a review until a reasonable amount of time had passed. I always go through a period of euphoria when I first get a guitar...thinking...wow...this is the greatest guitar ever...then later...mmmmm I don't know if I really like this...and there I go back to Ebay. Well, in the case of the Sp-1. I sent my Schecter corsair and Gibson SG packing after 3 weeks with this guitar. Frankly, with all the tonal possibilities, and the incredibly warm sound of this axe...I just didn't need those guitars. It's just a really fine guitar. Man, when I run this thru the Zoom with a little gain and chorus, and then use the coil taps to switch to single coil...it just nails the jangly bell like Fender sound. I read in another review that you can't get the fender sound with this guitar.....you gotta be kidding...it's right on the money. Just great for mellow blues, but also, in the humbucker mode, great for any other kind of playing...even metal. I love this guitar! And this is from a guy who is not really fond of the ergonomics of the strat...but I am forcing myself to get used to it. I hate to give any guitar a 10...but this one is a 10.

The action and intonation were just fine. The overall construction is really impressive. I don't have a single complaint.

This is my default guitar now....who knows about the dependability? It seems as solid as can be.

I haev no idea about the Tradition company...but a good indication is the quality of the instrument they produce.

Been playing for 10 years this time around...would buy another Sp-1 even at full price.

Body Solid Basswood w/ Flame Maple Top
Neck Rock Maple w/ Rosewood Fingerboard
Hardware 1 Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Way Switch. 3 Coil Tap Switches
Electronics 3 High-Output Coil Tapped Hot Rail Humbuckers
Finish Transparent Flame Maple
Colors Black Cherry Burst, Honey Burst, Natural, Cobalt Blue, Red, Tobacco Sunburst mine is a late 2005 model and has roolers on the bridge saddles too. i traded this for a red sunburst and got the tobacco sunburst the new one not as nice flame top but still prety to look at

this does well with most songs i play at church like chris thomlin type off music. i play through a vintage club 50 with 3 10's the pickups can get very thick on humbuck mode to nice and straty sounding split

neck needed a little tweek out of the box and the nines taken off it the guitar is almost made flawlessly IMOP i sold my strat after i got this guitar. it sounds great unplugged no flaws to speak of

would not use at a gig without a backup because of string breaks but i think this guitar is made very well and would not expect this to break downgreat laquer finish and has great hardware really nice guitar!

not sure of warranty but the company is local and would say it would be easy to get serviced if need be

i would like to own another in a different color so i would definatly repalce it i have been playing for 18 years and had many guitars and amps this guitar beats all strats i have ever playedcant find anything i hate but would like to see a liitle deeper burst on the tobacco burst

Korean made 2004 model. Strat style. 2-piece (beautiful) natural flamed maple top on a 4-piece basswood body. 22 frets in an Indian rosewood fretboard on a hard rock maple neck. Abalone position markers. 3-twin blade humbucking Tradition pickups (look like Joe Barden pickups) with coil taps for each pickup, plus a 5-way switch. 1 Volume, 1 Tone. Pearloid (MOTS)pickguard. Wilkinson "style" floating tremolo. Grover locking tuners. Roller nut.

Play predominantly fingerstyle jazz chord melody and blues in a solo setting, and in a pop/folk/jazz/etc. duet with my (vocalist) wife. I have only used this guitar at home to date. I have used it in conjunction with my Fender Acoustisonic SFX and Polytone Mini Brute amps to get great clean, clear jazz sounds. I have also used it with my Roland Cube 30 for great overdriven blues and rock sounds. (I was originally shopping for a new archtop when I found this guitar. I was especially taken by the clarity, articulation, and warmth of the pickups in humbucking mode. The pickups also sound great in single coil mode. (Compared to my 1972 "transition" Stratocaster and American Standard Telecaster)

The guitar was originally set-up with .009 guage strings. Changing to .10 guage really brought the guitar to life. The guitar is very well put together. All of the workmanship is top notch. Inlays are clean, frets are level and smooth. The only minor flaw that I have found is that the low E and high E are not exactly centered on the fret board. The difference is hardly noticable and has not affected the playability at all.

Appears to be a very well built guitar. Playing solo chord melody arrangements may be the least stressful duty a guitar may ever see. I think I could hang without a backup.

Never had to deal with the company to date. I have heard that they are good people to deal with.

I have been playing for 33 years. Like everyone else that seems to write, I own a lot of guitars (25). Many (many) years ago I took a chance on an unknown guitar company, Ibanez, that was just starting to make a name for its self with their excellent copy guitars. My 355 copy has been one of my main guitars for years. The Koreans are now making excellent, affordable, instruments. This guitar is a good example. For the price, I think it's a no brainer. If it were lost or stolen I would get another one immediately. First, because I could afford to. Second, because it is a great, versatile, fun to play instrument.

Made in Korea, 2004. Traditioin guitars. Cant find any real info on the guitar. email tradition and they say they'll update soon. ive had the guitar for 4 months and still no info. all i know is.....looks to be basswood body with a maple top , but could just be paint job. sunburst, white poloroid pickguiars. 3 tradition single-size humbuckers with coil taps and a 5 way switch. maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 1 volume, 1 tone. grover 18-1 tuners, and what appears to be a wilkerson style. it has a roller nut as well.

It sounds great. i can get a reall nice blues and indie rock sound out of the guitar (i have a sovtek 50mig hooked to a 4x12 marshall cab) i can get bright acoustic sounding tones, metal tones, old zepplin and sabbath tones. single coil is noisy as exepected.

ITs all good.

guitar would be awsome live, hardware looks really nice, finish seems nice.