Customer Reviews:
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 Great starter for kids September 29, 2009
Nora Charles (Tampa Bay, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this guitar for my daughter 4 years ago. Her guitar teacher recommended it as a good beginning guitar. The price on Amazon was much better than in the music store. My daughter used this for 3 years before she outgrew it size wise.
 Looks good, OK sound, holds tuning poorly July 21, 2009
SixteenAcres (Oregon)
The finish and construction are quite good; the guitar is attractive. The tone is pretty good, and it has good volume. However, I don't think much of it as a musical instrument, because it is difficult to tune, and it fails to hold its tuning very well. The difficulty with tuning is this: when you start with any string and progress through the other strings, by the time you are done the first string is out of tune significantly. You end up cycling through the six strings repeatedly until the process converges - almost. And then if you want to play it the next day, you go through it all again. I think that the neck is just not stiff enough to resist the tension on the strings properly.
Excellent for kids age 10 to 16! April 9, 2008
Enrico Camejo (Trinidad & Tobago)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this guitar for one of my students...didn't expect anything much as it wasn't a Robelli, Ibanez or even a Yamaha Classical...but boy! for the price and for the child beginner, it's perfect!!
It's economical enough not to worry if the kid tends to knock it up a few times (and even then, the guitar still manages to look good, no cosmetic surgery needed), but even if the kid is serious about his sessions, the volume and tone is very very good...
A child student can superbly play on the Amigo ¾ size from childhood into his adolescent years without sacrificing posture...heck even I played it a few times, ran some solos, and I felt very comfortable!!
The only thing I noticed was that passing the 12th fret, the tuning goes a little FLAT, but that's nothing major I guess, because in my opinion these sizes are built for beginners anyway, and from the time I have them fingerpicking and soloing beyond the 15th fret, they will be NEAR ADULTS and need to but a full-size guitar then anyway!! But of course if they choose to stay playing folk guitar and strumming chords, then they can very well use the Amigo ¾ for life!
So for cost-effectiveness, durability and playability for the target market, despite the one con, I STILL GIVE THE GUITAR 5 STARS!!
 Ok for the price February 18, 2008
I. Merani (Miami FL)
This guitar is ok for the price paid. The sound is not very good but you can't expect more for this money. The construction is solid, the tunning mechanism a little hard. I bought it for my 7 year old son, I wanted something cheap for him to start playing, to see if he really likes playing guitar (my own guitar is a full size, very big for his hands). If he starts learning and shows me interest, I'll buy him another one more expensive, I don't recomend this one for a serious learner. My only complain is that this guitar has no a finish coat, is a little rough at the touch and I think it'll be affected by humidity.
Very nice for the price March 14, 2006
M. Rubin (bucks county, pa)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Purchased for my smallish 7yo daughter. Good size for her to learn on. Guitar has a solid spruce soundboard, which is amazing to find on such a low priced instrument. The tuning machines are easy to use and do the job they're supposed to. The guitar stays in tune pretty well and has a good even tone for a small instrument (that solid spruce soundboard again). Strings sound ok, one of them (the 4th string) popped soon after purchase but at $0.80 to replace it's not a big problem.
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