Yamaha GigMaker EG Electric Guitar Pack with Amplifier, Gig Bag, Tuner, Cable, Strap and Picks - Black

Great set for my kid! it sounds awesome with the amplifier it is very loud for something that small! overall is great guitar!

This is one great guitar! As a beginner, I cannot claim to know much about guitars, but I did do my research. Yamaha make great musical instruments and this guitar is recommended as a great beginner guitar by several places, including About. The package has everything you need to get started. THE GOOD: The guitar - One great instrument. The build feels solid and not at all cheap. The strings are close the the fret board which is great. The tuners are very smooth and feel good. The guitar also has 3 pickups and 5 positions which allow you to change up the sound of he guitar from rock to jazz. Basically, this is a really good guitar. And it has two nobs for volume and tone. The Amplifier - This is a good beginner amplifier. It is small and has 15 watts. It has two channels: Clean and Dirty. Plenty nobs for us beginners to play with: gain, dirty volume, clean volume, treble, middle, bass. Also has a quarter inch headphone jack. Despite what majority might think, 15 watts is enough for just about anything you'll be doing. The 15 watts allows you to turn up the gain all the way up and keep the volume down and still have it sound good. The electric tuner - a nice little add-on for beginners. The DVD - great place as any to start. Goes over the basics and teaches several chords. Other - comes with extra strings :) THE BAD: The guitar - none at all. The Amp - the only bad thing with it (for what it is), is that the headphones jack is a 1/4 inch jack so most of us with 3.5mm standard headphone will either need to get new headphones or adapter to use it. But it is no big deal in my opinion. The Guitar Cable - it is one cheap cable. Mine broke after 4 days. I also noticed that in the dvd that was provided, the instructor didn't use the cable that was provided but a monster cable, which I found to be funny. You can get a monster cable for pretty cheap here on Amazon, so again, nothing too serious. Order one when you order the guitar so you don't have to wait like I do. The Guitar Strap - again pretty cheap. It is like one of those run of the mill nylon straps that you see. I am going to invest in a better one but this one will do for most. On a side note, and this is with all guitars. Invest in peg locks. They will prevent the strap from coming off the pegs on the guitar. When putting on my guitar the strap slipped off the peg, but luckily I was holding the guitar very firmly. Again, this is true for all guitars and not just this one. Bottom line: Great guitar, great package, great buy. I am happy with it.

I'm a newbie, and this is my only guitar ever. So I don't really have another comparable. But I'll say this: In terms of build quality and looks, this guitar is outstanding. The sunburst color is even better than in the pictures. It's rich dark shade of brownish red. Looks exquisite. The guitar was really out of tune when it arrived. So much so that the tuner it came with had no idea what I string I was plucking. So it wasn't able to help much. It was only when a friend of mine heard it that he realized how out of tune it was. He used his amp to tune the guitar. Since then, it's been holding up fine. I've played the guitar every day for the past three weeks, and have only had to tune it once. It sounds good (but much better when my expert friend plays). The amp is adequately powerful. Clean and Drive are all the effects I need. The learning DVD is very helpful to start with. I have recently purchased Rocksmith on Xbox in order to take me to the next level. This guitar was a great purchase and has given me something to look forward to. I've only had it for 3 weeks, but so far it's been brilliant in all aspects. I don't foresee ever outgrowing the guitar or the amp in this lifetime. Perhaps in the next, if I try to learn as a teenager.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: It really is a GORGEOUS color and guitar. I have had no technical problems with it so far. I’ve had it for a little under a week. The amp works well and the guitar plays well. I am just a beginner but it is a great beginner guitar for the price. definitely has some things wrong that i’m not seeing as a beginner but for me it’s working fine. The only thing is the plastic film on the base is peeling off as per the first picture. I’m careful not to peel it or pick at it but I’m just a little disappointed about that is all. It is a good price point so I understand that the quality is 100% great. But the guitar should not be peeling like this on the 4th day of me owning it. Beginners: Perfect set up for a beginner. Has an amp and cables and picks. Color: Beautiful gorgeous metallic red. It’s so pretty I can’t even describe it.