Washburn Review: BT4

History:

Purchase: I acquired this piece of equipment from Music123.com for about $150 as my first electric guitar.

What I Like About This Washburn BT4: The dark blue finish really makes this guitar stand out. It has Grover tuners that work very well, but at times are a bit too sensitive (especially when tuning the low E string). When equipped with 9's, the rosewood fretboard really is easy to move around with. The pickups sound great, and with 2 singles and a humbucker, this guitar has a great tonal versatility.

What I Do NOT Like About The Washburn BT4: It scared me to read a review about another Washburn product a few minutes ago that sounded all too familiar to one of my own experiences. I bought this guitar in July, and it sounded fine. By December, however, many problems arose. I had a terrible buzzing on all strings for the first 2 frets. To solve the problem, I took it to a local repair shop and found out there was much more wrong with this guitar than I had first thought. The frets were too high, the strings were set too low, the saddles were set wrong, and there was NO bow in the neck. A week and a half later, and $170 poorer from repairs, I got my guitar back.

Washburn BT4 Quality Rating: The construction was just fine. The body was well made, and everything seemed to be put together well. The frets turned out to be too high, strings too low and no bow in the neck though. I didn't realize that until 4 months after I bought it though.

Review Summary: This guitar would get a better rating than 3 if I didn't have to spend more money on repairs than I did on the actual guitar in the first place. It's a great guitar and sounds great. Unfortunately, it cost me a total of $320 to buy and get it to sound the way it was supposed to. I don't think I'd recommend anyone buy this guitar because of the problems that I came across. If they didn't exist, however, I would recommend this guitar to any entry-level guitarist

Rating of this Washburn product: 3

This Washburn BT4 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Alex Leary

Review Date: 2003-02-23