I picked up this guitar deal to satisfy my “mid-life crisis” desire to learn to play the guitar. I agree with what many have already said here in that it’s a good starting package. The guitar itself seems well built and mechanically solid. The color is slightly different from the picture, but very beautiful. (The picture certainly does not do it justice.) Mine has a slight green tinge to the blue. As someone has said earlier, the “Sky” logo on the guitar and amp have been replaced with “BC”. It appears BestChoiceproducts is now branding them as their own. Amazingly, this has no effect at all on the sound quality it produces. 🙂

The unit comes in a very well-packaged box which is wrapped in a standard Amazon shipping box. The outer box had a hole in it large enough to put my small finger through when it arrived, but the inner protective packaging was hardly scratched. Well protected for shipping! When I unboxed it, there was some remnants of protective coating on the pick guard portion. Looks like they tried to remove it prior to shipping and did an incomplete job. About 5 minutes with a blunt pair of tweezers to pull the plastic from under the strings was all that was needed.

The strap is basic but appears to work fine. I’m 6’1″, and used the adjustment on it to have it sit comfortably on my shoulder. I don’t think I would want to use this for hours on end as it isn’t quite that comfortable. However, if I ever get to the point where that becomes an issue, I’ll go splurge on something of higher quality. However, the included one is stable and I have no concern over the guitar dropping or the adjustment sliding while using it.

I was really amazed at the size of the included amp. For those of you old enough to remember the days before ebooks, it’s about the size of a large Oxford Dictionary or a couple of encyclopedia volumes back-to-back. When I put it next to my 14″ Lenovo laptop, it easily fits inside the footprint of the computer. It’s only about 3″ thick, which makes it a great practice amp. I can take it to any room in the house easily so as to not disturb others while practicing. Yes, the overdrive on it is basic, but you would never use this for any sort of performance anyway. Also, when you are learning, the overdrive just seems to make it harder to hear if you have the chords right. So in summary, great amp for a beginner like myself.

As mentioned, the guitar itself seems quite solid. The mechanical tuners hold their positions reasonably well. (Or so I have been told by those more experienced than I.) Now if they were only self-tuning! The pickups have a clean sound which makes it easier to hear your bad fingerings while learning. I’m no expert, but the strings may be something worth upgrading. I’ve noticed the low E string seems to have a large amount of fluctuation in tone depending on the strength of how hard you strum it. My digital tuner shows it going almost half a note sharp or flat depending upon the strength of the strum. None of the other strings seem to have this issue. Given that strings are cheap, it’s probably worth switching them out to see if there is any difference. I haven’t tried the included replacements yet to see if they are any better. Having said that, I can tune it to whatever my current strum strength is so that I can continue to practice with the string in reasonable tune.

The included gig case is very minimal. It’s essentially a dust cover. There’s no protection at all for your guitar while inside. I’m only practicing out of my home, so I am not overly concerned. At least the large font, all caps “GUITAR” printed on the back will prevent you from accidentally using it for your Stradivarius violin. Otherwise, I think this is the one area I would buy a replacement for if I had a need to carry the instrument out of my home.

Overall, very satisfied with this purchase as a beginning guitar player. I would recommend it to others.

great guitar came within three days after ordering because my husband wanted to learn the guitar so i felt this would be an good beginning guitar my husband absolutely loved it!! the color is beautiful pictures online does it no justice!

Overall this guitar package is worth the money.. great for beginners. Gave it a 4 star because The amp doesn’t have the greatest overdrive sound but still not bad