Hi everyone, I got an electric guitar and amp cheap from a friend, and I have no idea if itās any good, or what to do with the settings, etc. I have been playing acoustic exclusively up until now, and Iām trying to find information on my own, but thereās just so much of it. Iām already going throigh Justinās course on how to set up an electric, but I would love to know what Iām working with here. Therefore my question: Do you know if this is nay good or not? I made pictures, I can probably get an audio recording up somewhere, but I do not want to do video.
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If it feels good in your hands, is relatively easy to play, and makes noise when you plug it in to an amp, then Iād say itās pretty good. These days you really donāt need to have a big brand on the headstock to have a great guitar, unless youāre a collector. There are plenty of little-known and cheaper brands making very good instruments for those of us on a budget.
As for the amp, Iāve never used one. I have heard/read Line 6 and the Spider in particular being very poorly reviewed in the past, but have no idea what specific models they were or even how old they were. But as the old saying goes, if it sounds good, it is good.
One piece of advice though, if you donāt like the way the guitar sounds, donāt immediately blame the guitar. Take it to your local guitar shop and try out some of their amps. Or if you have an audio interface, try a free version of the various amp sims that are available. While people will wax lyrical about the tone of various guitars, a massive part of that tone is down to the amp which is processing your guitarās signals and the speaker which is producing the actual sound, not the guitar itself. So itās well worth trying different amps before deciding whether your guitar is any good for your intended use.
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I have no idea about that brand but it certainly looks very nice!!
Anyway concerning setup, itās a Strat copy, so literally hundreds of videos on you tube about how to set it up.
Basically as the post above says, if it feels good and sounds good then itās good for you. Itās all quite subjective.
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I was curious about J&D, so I did some searching. Very inexpensive guitars, but get surprisingly good reviews for build quality and materials. Built in China, apparently theyāre the house brand for a chain called Music Store.
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Now you ask? I kid. 
Play what you paid for and report back. How bad can it be?
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Itās a generic Strat copy - probably equivalent to a Harley Benton or basic Squier. If it sounds goodā¦ Second hand from a friend shouldnāt be costing you much more than 150 US, Iād guess, with the Amp. Check out Thomann for prices on new similar guitars
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Give it a clean, learn to love it and play it, job done, you will soon find out any instrument is good as long as it is set up and playable, like Scott says, probably no difference from Harleys or Squierās, good look, Eva cheers HEC
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What you have there is an ST-style fender clone. Alder body, maple neck, canāt go wrong with that.
This might be a wonderfull platform to go out and explore the magic world of sound.
Starting with strings, over to pickupās, pedals and ampsā¦ (Down the rabbithole you goā¦ )
Since the guitar itself didnāt cost all that much, you have a wonderfull startingpoint to start learning lots of stuff.
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Hey, thatās nice, Sevi!
I donāt know if you practiced power chords when it came along in Justinās course?
That should be fun with this guitar and a bit (or a lot) of distortion ādriveā on the amp. Ah, possibly push the ācrunchā or āmetalā knob too.
Or try to play what you usually play and see how this feels, you probably need a lighter touch than on your acoustic to not push the strings sharp, especially the third, the G string is prone to this.
If youāre unsure, just report your observations back or even post some video of you playing!
PS. These big sheets of paper were intriguing - are they for sewing clothes?
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Itās probably reasonably good, most large stores that have cheaper clones made to sell ensure they are a good starter guitar.
The best thing you can do is a simple check and set up, if you follow what this guy shows you it isnāt hard to do, and cost very little. If the strings have been sat on the guitar a long time then replace them, probably with 9s or 10s so they are not too hard to bend when your learning
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Thank you everyone, Iām trying to find out what āsound goodā means to me, since I have not previously taken much notice of how electric guitars sound, or where the differences are, etc. As for feel, I only know that the space between the strings is a lot narrower than on my acoustic, and the frets are quite a bit further apart. I donāt mind that last one too much, since I always skip spider exercises, so being forced to stretch my fingers more has actually helped with playing my acoustic more cleanly already^^
Nah, it was no fun on my acoustic, and it hurt my fingers too much, since the neck on my acoustic is very thick. But I think Iām gonna now, kinda have to, yeah?
Jup. They are sewing patterns for 1920ās menās clothing. I was altering one of the trousers patterns for my body shape at the time, since I went to a vintage party yesterday^^
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Thanks for the video, it is extremely helpful. I am glad that on an electric, you can adjust everything without pulling it apart, which I had to do for my acoustic.
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Very interesting, thank you very much.
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