Glen Burton GA204BCO-BK Acoustic-Electric Cutaway Guitar - Perfect for Beginner and Experienced Players

DJB: Have purchased several of these and all have same general positives and negatives. Plastic nuts all need cleaned out, fretboards dry, string height high, some of the tuner nuts loose. All these issues can be improved fairly easily. I spent about an hour on each one I received, once a set up is done, and fretboard oiled, they are a great value. I did replace a few of the plastic nuts with bone ones I made, also replacing strings with higher quality ones helped. Amplifier is good, especially for home use or playing in smaller rooms. Gig bag is about useless, but other accessories I found adequate. Flame top veneer pretty, gloss finish nice, transparent red mahogany back, sides, neck and headstock are attractive. Frets are a medium to thinner thickness, fret ends needed touched up a little bit not terrible. EQ system works fine, sounds clear through amplifier.

United States on Mar 27, 2023

s joness jones: The media could not be loaded.  I really love the guitar. I decided to pick the guitar back up after stopping for few years. It took about three days to come after initial purchase; I ordered it on a Friday night and received it on Monday morning. The guitar is really beautiful. The kit includes three picks, guitar (of course!), amplifier, guitar strap, and guitar bag. The amp is really not that great due to the fact that it is really low. The guitar audio sounds the same with and without the amp. The only plus is that you can manipulate the guitar equalization with the amp. The customer service was really great, when I had issues it was solved right away!

United States on Dec 14, 2019

Kelly S.: While there is no such thing as "cheap" when talking about the price of a guitar (that isn't a toy), this one is above what one would easily expect of a "cheap" guitar. I would even go so far as to say that in my 30 + years of owning/learning/playing guitars, I've never purchased one that I didn't immediately have to file down the nut, adjust the bridge, reset the neck etc, just to get the action set so that it wasn't painful to play... in layman's terms... most guitars , when purchased new, have the strings set so high above the neck that you have to press so hard on them to play, it can be so painful that you dread picking up the instrument... this scares alot of people off from learning in the first place, or makes it very hard to focus on learning.
I don't usually do reviews... I can only echo what the other good reviews have already pointed out... its a $140.00 price tag... so don't expect perfection.. but I simply had to mention the action, as I didn't see where anyone else had mentioned it.. Out of the box, the action is as good as any guitar I have (all of which were taken to a local shop where they had to be adjusted to be playable). I will be changing the strings out...

United States on Apr 16, 2019

Paul BaxterPaul Baxter: I won't lie, I was VERY skeptical ordering this. But I figured that if its not great, I could sell it. After getting it, this package is amazing for the money. I am definitely keeping it! I own/have owned $5,000+ models and some $100 "disposable" axes and I was shocked at this beautiful guitar. First off, the flamed top is gorgeous. It doesn't have a cheap look to it. The fret board is so so but you cant expect too much here. The frets don't have sharp edges and nicely done. The sealed tuners are smooth and after a minute of the inital tuning (with the included chromatic tuner), I played it for a few hours and it kept proper tune. The overall tone of the guitar is warm and projects well. I got absolutely no rattle or vibration. Then I plugged into the included amp. I will admit, the amp isn't great but but its a free practice amp. So I plugged into my Peavey and man....it sounds awesome. It also came with a so so gig bag, few picks, a strap, a truss rod key, sorta cheap guitar cord, an extra set of strings, and batteries for both the tuner and for the preamp on the guitar. Speaking of that, its a 3 band EQ with a gain control, volume and a battery checker. I paid $140 for all of...

United States on Sep 13, 2018

Zachary KurzZachary Kurz: Awesome for the money! I have had my guitar for about a month now. The guitar itself is worth the money. I play on a 100w amp at church and it sounds good. Definitely not the highest quality but still a good full body sound. (After restringing it. The strings it comes with are garbage) The amp that this comes with is nice ... I actually was using it as a practice amp with my bass and it did fine. Nothing that I could play with any other instruments but definitely can hear what I'm doing. My son also uses it as a practice amp on an electric guitar and it does fine, it doesn't have any functions just meant to be an accustic amp. Definitely worth the money.

United States on Jan 19, 2018