Guitars

Advantages: The neck is perfect, no stretching and very comfortable
Disadvantages: Nowhere to put a whammy bar

...it. Much better than the fender strat squire I began with, the fret boards lighter coloured wood looks better and in my opinion makes it easier to see what your doing. The neck has the best feel I have ever felt from any guitar I have played. The neck is quite skinny so easy to get your fingers around for people who suffer from that problem but it doesn't compramise on the fret boards width, i.e. the strings are not too close together. Its not that ... Read review

Advantages: Very cheap to buy, very nice sound.
Disadvantages: Boring standard shape.

...to anyone starting guitar. The Yamaha Pacifica sounds much better than any other guitar in its price range, and is much more versatile. It is a combination of the telecaster and stratocaster style sounds. The guitar is also very strong, its a heavy, well built guitar. I have never had any problems with my pacifica, and now mine is more than 10 years old, the only problem I have with it is the pick guard has turned a slight yellowy colour. Maybe ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent value, fast playability, Light
Disadvantages: Not enough frets, not for all style of music

So I purchased this online after trying it out at my local guitar shop, and I was very surprised at the standard of the guitar for the low price a paid (£280 new). Themaple neck makes it sooo easy to play, much better than rosewood, and this gitar is VERY light, allowing me to throw it around and jump about without struggling with the weight unlike many other guitars. It also stays in tune no matter how hard you play it which was also a big plus ...
...put in is that firstly it is a little short of frets (21), and preferably I would've liked to have a 22 fret guitar but hey you can't have it all. The factory set up was also a bit bad, but only needed to change the action as there was a lot of fret buzz. Dependiong on your style of music this guitar is great, if you play heavier styles then you may want to fit maybe a seymour duncan hot rails humbucker (single coil) size in the bridge as this really ... 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

Advantages: one of a kind tone
Disadvantages: the bowled back can make it hard to hold

Ovation have always produced beautiful guitars and the Celebrity Deluxe is one of the best examples of this before you get to their more expensive Adamas range. For many years these were not available in the UK (I had to travel to Aspen, Colorado to get mine flow in from Denver!) and reperesent the best all round, acoustic-electric avaialable. The shallow bowl version is easy to play sitting down and like all Ovations really comes to life when you ...
...it really shows off the rich timbres made possible by that trademark bowled back. The only drawback I have had with this guitar is the tarnishing of the machineheads - not sure if this is a general problem or just down to my own, but over the years these have certainly weatherd. ... Read review