Fender Review: Tom Delonge Strat

History:

Purchase: I got this guitar from musicians friend for about $500.

What I Like About This Fender Tom Delonge Strat: The quality of the guitar is good. All the frets are dressed and it feels comfortable. The setup was a little out of wack when i got it (string hieght, intonation, etc.) but that was expected. After i adjusted it it was better. It played well and sounded good unamplified. When i plugged it in it sounded just as well. The clean sound was very good and trebly and distortion was all pretty good. Its a good guitar for playin straight ahead rock but not much else.

What I Do NOT Like About The Fender Tom Delonge Strat: The tuners frequently got out of tune even which was a hassle but there was no reason to change the tuners to any kind of locking tuners because theres no tremolo. Just sealed tuners will do. You are also limited to one sound out of your amp unless you dial in different settings for every song unless you have 3 or 4 equalizers. There isnt much too this guitar. Its almost too simple and you are stuck in one sound which isnt always a good thing though it can be sometimes.

Fender Tom Delonge Strat Quality Rating: Good quality. This is the quality expected of the pricerange. It would be better if they threw in some good sealed tuners instead of the being stingy and throwing those crap vintage tuners around but hey that's the established industries for you.

Review Summary: Not a good guitar for the kids and the blink-182 poseurs. I mean come on, in a few years ur tastes are definately gonna change and ur gonna be stuck with this one tone which is a good tone but still. You wont be able to experience the other great things about the electric guitar like a tremolo or a bridge pickup. I highly recommend this as a secondary guitar to a jackson or a les paul. Good guitar but too unreasonable for the beginner. I'd save my pennies for another year and get a jackson neck thru. its not that much more money anyway.

Rating of this Fender product: 3

This Fender Tom Delonge Strat Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Matt

Review Date: 2002-07-11