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Advantages: Extremely versatile and gorgeous too!
Disadvantages: People with tiny hands need not apply.

I've owned an Epiphone Dot for over a year now, so I know it intimately. Well, as intimately as a man can get with a guitar anyway! I guess I'll start with the basics for anyone who's just starting out. The Dot is a semi hollow electric guitar, This means thats it has a solid block of wood running lengthways through the body, but has hollow chambers on either side. This means it is more audible than a standard solid electric guitar unplugged, but ...
...often a problem with all Epiphone guitars). When I first bought the guitar, the selector WAS a little crackly, but after a couple of weeks it was fine - I just put it down to some dirt. Just to make a correctiont to the other review here - dont expect a "standard Gibson shape" headstock. Its an Epi headstock, and its massive(!) HOW DOES IT FEEL? Well, contrary to the other review here, if youre expecting a light guitar with it being a semi, then ... Read review

Advantages: Looks Great, brilliant sutain, action, basically all of the features of the Gibson Les Paul
Disadvantages: Imitation pickups

I bought this guitar about a year ago now and it has become much loved by me. When I saw it in the guitar shop, I was just stunned by how beautiful it looked for the price. A little test drive was enough to confirm to me that it is what I was looking for. Back then I was not really serious as a guitar player, and thereore didn't know much about what a good guitar was etc. so I have started to appreciate its qualities over time more and more. If you ...
...without a doubt, here are my reasons: Appearance The guitar is built mainly from mahogany incorporating a maple top to give it better tone. My guitar is the Heritage Cherry Sunburst version, and I think that this is the best by far, as you get to see the beatiful highly polished wood finish. The fret inlays are perloid, which is good enough, although it may look a bit arificial for some peoples tastes it is but a minor flaw. The split-diamond headstock ... Read review

Advantages: Fabulous clear sound great for all types of playing
Disadvantages: a bit heavy :-(

First of all i would like to say that this guitar is the bees knees! The shape is good and fits comfortable to your body but does dig in sometimes, there are four knobs which control various aspects of the tone and volume which makes it really easy to get the sound you are looking for, the fretboard has 22 frets making it possible to play screaming high solos or those dark mellow notes that make your bowels rumble. The pickups are brilliant and responsive ... Read review

Advantages: PLAY'S WELL, LIGHT WEIGHT, GREAT SOUND
Disadvantages: A LIITLE PRICEY

...models in Montreal,Canada.They had several Ernie Ball,s to choose from ,and I must say it handles really sweet, it weights a little more than seven pounds,consists of Schaller M6-IND locking tuners,vintage style tremolo bridge,EMG 85 humbucker in bridge position,EMG SLV custom single coils,double cutaway alder body,unbound rosewood fingerboard,and what i really like on a good quality ax is a 1 5/8" wide bone nut ,shielded control cavities,including ... Read review

Advantages: Endorsed by Fender, very well made.
Disadvantages: Little choice of colour and hard to get left-handed.

...same factories as the "normal" Fender guitars and is of almost the same quality; just a reduced price tag. There are 2 types of Squier, and the Standard is the better of the 2. This guitar has everything the more expensive models have, and I have even seen some people performing on stage with these types rather than the full-price Strats. It is of a medium weight, and generally speaking, you will need to factor in the cost of a gig bag to carry ...
...even then it's still great value as a starter guitar. The colours and designs are more limited than its more pricey brothers and sisters but having said that, because it's cheap, you could always have fun customising its look for yourself. They are also pretty robust and are easy to clean. I did find it hard to get myself my left handed model though, so you may need to order it in specially if you need it. ... Read review