ST-20MN CA Standard Series : Good at three times the price

I'm a bass player and wanted a cheap guitar to lay down a few guide tracks and for noodling about, nothing serious. For £56 I really wasn't expecting much, even given how good modern budget instruments are for the money, and the rise of Squier, et al and so on and so forth. So I was very surprised to find that this is a very good electric guitar. It was very close to being set-up out of the box. The action was surprisingly low, it sounds fine, the stock strings aren't rubbish and it's very easy to play.

The only downside for me is that excessive use of the whammy bar tends to put the guitar out of tune, but I think this may be because the strings are new and are still stretching, so we'll see. I don't know much about tremolos anyway, I've never owned a guitar with one fitted before.

This instrument would be a very good buy at three times this price, so it really is a steal. If you were worried that a guitar this cheap surely can't be any good, then worry not and get your credit card out. :)