DC-Junior Pelham Blue : Plays Very Nicely

Nice playable light weight guitar.

I like the pelham blue colour with the black headstock and chrome hardware.

Unfortunately there were two screws that were loose in the scratch plate caused by over-tightened screws in manufacturing. This was also the case with the bottom strap button, and that could be potentially disastrous! Because the guitar looks and plays nicely I fixed the loose screws by fitting longer screws. This should not be necessary on a new guitar and suggests poor manufacturing and marginal quality control.

The Wilkinson tuners and bridge are good quality and perfectly functional and look good too. The volume and tone controls are smooth and progressive in their range. They are not noisey in use at all, which is commendable.

Neck is great for me and the painted neck is surprisingly smooth to play on. However there was a very small blue paint chip on the back of the headstock. The black paint around the tuning posts is patchy but you have to look close to see this.

Nice smooth fret ends with the no fret sprouting but the fret facings are a bit scratchy.

The guitar plays and sounds very good. It is of good value for money but the QC in production and pre shipping could be better.