Rise by Sawtooth Left Handed 3/4 Size Electric Guitar Kit, Sunburst

The fact is, I've never written a review on a product that I purchased. However after reading the reviews and purchasing the Sawtooth Rise Guitar package, even though I have never tried to play the guitar before, I still felt that others might benefit from my experience with the product.Actually, I like the guitar. I like its tone and I enjoy practicing with it. But it did not come out of the box that way. And frankly, it is simply not realistic to expect that it would. After all, considering its price, there is no way that the manufacturer would be able to have a guitar technician properly adjust each instrument. When I first started playing the guitar, I found that pressing the strings down hard enough to avoid buzzing and getting a decent tone was very difficult. It was almost impossible to finger chords. Also, an incessant buzzing from the amplifier was very irritating. But with a lot of research on the Internet I was able to resolve all of these problems.Regarding the amplifier, I figured out that the buzzing was likely the result of the fact that the guitar and the amplifier were not properly grounded. Unfortunately the house I live in has only one grounded three-pronged plug. But once I plugged the amplifier into that socket, the buzzing largely disappeared.The problems with the guitar were another matter. After reading a number of articles on the Internet, I measured the height of the guitar strings at the 12th fret and found that they were twice as high as what the articles recommended. I also checked the neck of the guitar and found that the neck was significantly bowed, accounting for the substantial height of the strings. I read that a correction of this magnitude could only be accomplished by a truss rod adjustment. Adjusting the truss rod was not without risk, since the rod in the guitar might break under the strain. But I had to do something in order to make the instrument playable. I wasn't going to spend anymore money on it, so the truss rod adjustment was the only solution. With great care and a lot of effort, I was able to lower the string height so that the action was within the limits described in the articles that I read. This dramatically reduced the difficulties that I had playing the guitar, and the adjustment also improved its tone. Unfortunately, with the action properly adjusted, I found that I had three strings that were buzzing. Eventually, I found that two of the frets were higher at one end. With a little bit of tapping, I was able to sink the frets slightly deeper into the fretboard, eliminating the buzzing.Finally, there was the matter of the strings. No one should assume that purchasing a guitar at this price range will include an expensive set of strings. I measured the gauge of the strings that came with the guitar with a digital caliper and found that the strings were 9/41s, an extremely light gauge for any guitar. Considering that I was dealing with a plastic nut, I concluded that going to a higher gauge might be risky. So I found some strings with the proper gauge and installed them myself, after watching a dozen or so videos describing the process.So as you can see in order to get a guitar that plays reasonably well with a decent tone, you have to do more than take it out of the box and tune the strings. The fact is that the guitar comes assembled, but not adjusted. Of all of the adjustments that I undertook the truss rod adjustment was the most difficult and risky. If you are not willing to throw away the guitar after you break it (since repairing it would probably cost more than buying another one), then you probably should not try the truss adjustment yourself. But if you are giving the guitar to a child as his or her first musical instrument, you have to understand that no matter how much they practice, without adjustments some of these guitars may be hard to play and they may not sound very good. Your kids could easily get discouraged and give up, since there is nothing that they can do that will make it better So don't give up, adjust. The other thing to keep in mind is that the problems that you might experience could be different from the ones that I have described. Finally, I assume that more expensive guitars will probably need adjustments too. So I don't hold these adjustments against the quality of this guitar.For the money I think that this instrument is a good way to get an introduction to playing the guitar. But you will need to make some adjustments to the setup in order to get an instrument that you will enjoy playing. Also, I recommend buying a string gauge, a peg-winder and an electronic tuner. I hope that others considering purchasing one of these guitars will find some useful information here.

with a price tag of just $80, you should know up front that what you're getting isn't going to be great quality. I bought this guitar for my son (who is a lefty) for Christmas. He's a beginner and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something he may or may not stick with, but immediately upon taking it out of the box I was a bit disappointed. Put bluntly, the electronics on this guitar are absolute garbage. The non-adjustable pole piece single humbucker's tone was so muddy and dull it sounded like someone stuffed a pillow in my amp. The pots were scratchy and abrupt, and I couldn't tell you if the tone knob worked or not due to how bad the pickup sounded. The included amp -- which runs on a 9V battery -- was surprising loud and equally low quality. But that's alright, my son can use Garage Band or Amplitube.But if you can overlook the bottom of the barrel electronics, what you're getting is a solid basswood body with a nice looking sunburst maple veneer and a pretty decently made rock maple neck. There was one "dead fret" (b string, 14th fret) that I had to file down and polish a bit, but other than that it's straight, the fret's are nicely finished and the knock-off Gotoh tuners stay in tune. The nut is pretty bad. It's a cheap piece of plastic with DEEP string channels cut into it. I'll probably end up replacing it at some point with brass or graphite if I can find a replacement the correct size. I removed the string trees because they just get in the way and put unnecessary tension on the thin, higher strings.that being said, cheap guitar is just a good guitar that hasn't been modded yet. And that is precisely what I did with this. I completely gutted the electronics, replacing the pots with some good CTS pots, adding a neck pickup, upgrading to a pair of cream and black Dimarzio knock offs Kmise MI0337 Zebra Hexbucker Guitar Humbucker Pickup Set, Bridge & Neck , a three way Les Paul style toggle. I used an "orange drop" 22uf cap on the tone knob which is a 500k Ohm CTS push/pull pot -- position one is humbucking, position is coiltaps.I replaced the strings right away with my favorite Ernie Ball super slinkies (.9 "pinks"). All in all, I sank another $35 and a couple of hours into modding and doing a proper setup on this guitar which has made it immeasurably better. I WISH I would have had a guitar like this to learn on.

I got this for my left handed nephew to learn to play on. Guitar looks really nice. Plays decently however it tends to come out of tune fairly quickly so we spend a little time retuning for him after a few songs. (This is why 4 and not 5 star) The amp is good enough for him to get purpose and practice and haul around with him - it's really really little and not meant to be more than a practice amp. Normally plug into a big amp and the guitar has a nice sound for the cost. This is a great guitar for an introduction to guitars and to determine if your child is really interested. If so then you spend money on something a little better. With this guitar you won't feel bad about the cost if they stop playing and can get the majority of your money back at your next garage sell. Would not buy for a child who is already serious about learning and needs something a little more quality. Overall a good value for the price.

Sounds great. I Love the look and feel of the guitar. High quality and it came designed for me a Lefty. GREAT BUY! Great Product. Love the lessons. Highly recommended. Unbelievable Price!!

Literally 90 seconds after opening it on Christmas morning, the E string broke at the ring attachment while my 7 yo was barely strumming it.Thank goodness he wasn’t heartbroken and was content to play the remaining 5 strings. It was at the top of his letter to Santa. I went on Amazon and ordered a set of fender strings ten minutes later.Let’s hope the rest of it isn’t as junky. 🤞🏻Santa couldn’t afford a fender 😂

Llegó completo como se indica en la descripción, aunque la caja un poco dañada.La guitarra es para un infante porque es más pequeña que una guitarra eléctrica convencional, no es un juguete es una guitarra real.La calidad de los productos es muy buena en relación con el precio. Estéticamente la guitarra luce muy elegante y con buenos acabados. La madera de la guitarra viene sin barnizar pero está lijada, lisa y sin defecto. Las cuerdas y el acabado de pintura son buenos. Realmente es muy bonita guitarra.Además incluye el amplificador que es pequeño y portátil ya que funciona con batería; también se puede conectar a la corriente pero no incluye el cable ni adaptador de corriente, tomar en cuenta eso porque en la descripción no se incluye así que debe ser adquirido aparte, pero no olvides que también funciona con un tipo de batería aunque no lo he probado pareciera un comportamiento para pila tipo cuadrada con dos polos de un solo lado. Actualizaré pronto para comentar acerca de la funcionalidad del amplificador y la experiencia con la guitarra.Adicionalmente vienen las correas para la guitarra y amplificador, una plumilla y un poco de cuerda extra, así como un cable para conectar el amplificador a una bocina.La recomiendo si quieres obsequiar una guitarra eléctrica real a un infante principiante que le permita introducirse al mundo de la música con una guitarra muy bonita y de precio accesible.

No me gusto que tiene el diapasón de ancho muy pequeño. En ningún lugar se estableció que era para menores de edad o principiantes por lo que no me resulta cómoda para usarla (siento que he perdido mi dinero por falta de más información)

I bought this guitar to relearn to chord after 40 years of not playing.The main reason: At 70 years my fingers are weakening and are less flexible. An electric guitar is easier on the finger tips and easier to change chords. This guitar will help me retain hand and finger dexterity.The product is low cost. I did not want to spend more on trying to find out if a guitar would be helpful.As well, this product included accessories sufficient for limited use.As a beginner's guitar product this guitar is great start for a youngster.

The media could not be loaded.  Il y a un problème avec la guitare ainsi que l'amplificateur... Il n'y a aucun son qui sort de la et pour la guitare ... Que dire... Le manche est littéralement croche et abîmé au niveau du manche ... Dommage car la guitare est très belle mais pour un cadeau c'est décevant on dirait une usagé ..

I am an adult with back problems. I wanted a smaller and lighter guitar than standard full size guitar. I don't play, just use it for airbands, but really love it. It looks and feels first class.