Squier SA-105CE BK 3-stars Reviews

Not really ideal

Rather invest a bit more and get a better guitar. The tuning keys on this one have been pretty crappy since a few weeks after it arrived, only to get progressively worse.

The sounds is alright. Can't expect much from a low end guitar. But this could have been certainly better than what it is.

Okay for the cost

Guitar itself is ok, but a few details let it down for me. The dark colour on the fretboard began to wear / flake off revealing a much paler colour underneath - obviously this happened more often on the most used frets - doesnt effect the way it sounds but looks scruffy and unattractive. The on board tuner has no automatic timed cut out, so its not unusual to find you forgot to turn it off and find the battery drained next time you pick it up.

Good beginners guitar

I purchased this guitar for my younger nephew who has been playing for about 2 years. I did a test of the guitar before i gave it to him..This is what i found....

On first inspection the guitar looks pretty good out of the box. It has a plastic bridge, laminated spruce top, plastic pins, chrome tuners and ebony fretboard. Large single cut-away on the guitar and Fishman electro acoustic panel and pickups. It came with a gig bag, tools and it may have come with a cable too.

The tone of the guitar is quite full and pretty warm. I changed the strings to some Martins as i prefer those, but the factory ones were fine. I used through a p.a, and i found this to be it's best ampiflication mode. Through a small amp it sounded thin, tinny, and scratchy, but all electro acoustics do in my opinion, not just this one.

The action was okay. I found that as an experienced player i could get around the guitar without too much hassle.

The finish of the guitar was okay. Some money saved with plastic pins, and bridge, but I cannot remember anything bad, or out of the ordinary concerning this guitar.....

I would say if you're a pro, semi pro, or pretty experinced you won't be looking at buying this guitar, as we know it won't meet our needs. Like a lot of things in life you get what you pay for. But as a learner, or someone pretty new to the game a guitar like this could be right up their street. You have to research, try some out in shops, and then take a chance on something....That's life.......

At time of writing the guitar is £80 United Kingdom Sterling. I think that's not bad value, a kid could learn whilst using it, take it to school, practices etc......And an adult beginner could start with something like this also.........