Picked up today for my 14 year old Son for Christmas. I wanted a cheap but decent quality starter guitar. Looks like this is a win for a 14 year old starter. Thanks for the review, great playing. By the way it's the exact CT20 in orange. Got him a little Orange brand amp to match. I'm certain he will go crazy when he opens them.
Very Cool! I think it sounded great, and for $200. if i needed another "strat" styled guitar, I'd buy one. This is the perfect "leave your good guitar at home" for gigging, or for a backup guitar. Also, an excellent mod platform to make it your own. I like it, and think it's super cool. Beautiful job with the review Emily! I greatly enjoyed it!
Admit it, you had “the look” when that guitar was cranked and distorted. It’s a guilty smirk when you hit the deeper, nasty chords that make you feel the power of metal, if only for a few moments. I like that guitar. Thank you for the review.
Nice review & demo video. I picked up a used Sterling Cutlass CT50 hss earlier this year and it is an awesome guitar. Might put in different pickups and rewire the electronics.
Thank you for another great review, Emily. I think for $200 that guitar is an excellent starter/practice instrument. I had an American made 83 strat that was pretty similar when I first got it and the pickups didn't sound as good as the Cutlass and it broke strings constantly until I replaced the bridge pieces with graph-tech. I would jump on the Cutlass for a spare/practice guitar.
I really like the color, but like my Sterling CT50, the pickups just sound flat to me. It's like they have no dynamics. I plan to swap the pickups on my CT50 soon.
I've seen a lot of reviews on Amazon where the guitars arrived with rusty frets. There's a few bad reviews on RUclips as well. I almost grabbed one but the bad reviews changed my mind 😏
my only issue sides the sub tuners and bridge is the body is only 1.5" thick .. meh like the bridge is just bent metal at the rear its not solid steel, tuners are welp, budgets.. pups too .. all that can be dealt with but the 1.5" body cannot, deal breaker for mwa
The (clean) bridge pickup sounds...off. I'm guessing it's due to the pot/capacitor value. The single coils sounded fine. Agree that they are built for distortion, but for the guitar's price it's an easy mod. $200 = a great starter guitar that can be easily modded to suit your needs. It's a keeper.
It sounds almost like a really dark pickup. I didn’t catch the pot resistance if she did say it but agree. It was surprisingly dark and almost muffled.
These days, a good affordable guitar is hard to come by. This looks like a good one. If I had one, I'd call it "Dreamsicle." Looks cool, and sounds cool.
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Picked up today for my 14 year old Son for Christmas. I wanted a cheap but decent quality starter guitar. Looks like this is a win for a 14 year old starter. Thanks for the review, great playing. By the way it's the exact CT20 in orange. Got him a little Orange brand amp to match. I'm certain he will go crazy when he opens them.
Very Cool! I think it sounded great, and for $200. if i needed another "strat" styled guitar, I'd buy one. This is the perfect "leave your good guitar at home" for gigging, or for a backup guitar. Also, an excellent mod platform to make it your own. I like it, and think it's super cool. Beautiful job with the review Emily! I greatly enjoyed it!
Hey Emily....The guitar sounds good and so do you! Nice Jazz chord progression you played, it got my attention. Excellent review.
Admit it, you had “the look” when that guitar was cranked and distorted. It’s a guilty smirk when you hit the deeper, nasty chords that make you feel the power of metal, if only for a few moments. I like that guitar. Thank you for the review.
that bold orange finish really pops.
Nice review & demo video. I picked up a used Sterling Cutlass CT50 hss earlier this year and it is an awesome guitar. Might put in different pickups and rewire the electronics.
Yes keep the CT20.🎸🤘🏻
Thank you for another great review, Emily. I think for $200 that guitar is an excellent starter/practice instrument. I had an American made 83 strat that was pretty similar when I first got it and the pickups didn't sound as good as the Cutlass and it broke strings constantly until I replaced the bridge pieces with graph-tech. I would jump on the Cutlass for a spare/practice guitar.
I have a CT50 HSS and it is a great guitar. weak spot were the switch and pots. the rest of the guitar is awesome
Divine Hammer!
Good demo ! What's the song AT 2:48 please ?
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@@GetOffsetThank you very much madame ! Good week-end !
How is this compared with the Squier Affinity Strat?
Nice to hear some Breeders! :)
I really like the color, but like my Sterling CT50, the pickups just sound flat to me. It's like they have no dynamics. I plan to swap the pickups on my CT50 soon.
I've seen a lot of reviews on Amazon where the guitars arrived with rusty frets. There's a few bad reviews on RUclips as well. I almost grabbed one but the bad reviews changed my mind 😏
Rusty frets? That's wild. I didn't have that issue.
@@GetOffsetRusty Frets was my great grandfathers name.
my only issue sides the sub tuners and bridge is the body is only 1.5" thick .. meh like the bridge is just bent metal at the rear its not solid steel, tuners are welp, budgets.. pups too .. all that can be dealt with but the 1.5" body cannot, deal breaker for mwa
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The (clean) bridge pickup sounds...off. I'm guessing it's due to the pot/capacitor value. The single coils sounded fine. Agree that they are built for distortion, but for the guitar's price it's an easy mod. $200 = a great starter guitar that can be easily modded to suit your needs. It's a keeper.
It sounds almost like a really dark pickup. I didn’t catch the pot resistance if she did say it but agree. It was surprisingly dark and almost muffled.
These days, a good affordable guitar is hard to come by. This looks like a good one. If I had one, I'd call it "Dreamsicle." Looks cool, and sounds cool.
Good adorable guitars are more ubiquitous than ever.
This is extremely wrong. The quality of cheap guitars like Squier bullets, Yamaha pacifica, Jet, Soloking, etc. is better than ever.
one divine hammer....
There's not too many guitars that arrive not needing a complete setup.