ST-Junior BK Standard Series : Oooh - fun!

I got this for my kids to play around with - they often want to play on the "'tar" while Daddy is playing on his guitar ;-). It was cheap and the reviews seemed generally positive. So even if it wasn't that great it'd fit the brief of being a guitar that a 4 and 7 year old could play with.

So what did I find when I opened the box?

- The woodworking is decent - the neck is lovely - smooth & straight, the fretwork is good as well (no sharp ends that I could find), the body to neck join tight and the finish on the body is good as well.

- It had a decent setup on it - there's barely any fret buzz.

- It's tunable (I started in A-D-G-C-E-G and then moved to G-D-G-B-D-G), but it's fiddly. Partly that's because the short scale means the strings are more sensitive but it's also down to the tuners which have a bit of backlash in them. It'll be interesting to see how well it stays in tune.

- The three pickups definitely produce different sounds. Overall the resulting sound is a bit rough to my ears - there's a lack of smoothness & a lack of high-end but it's more than adequate.

- The tone control doesn't do a lot - but that's not particularly important to me.

Overall it's amazing value for the money!