Deluxe Steel String Guitar Pack Review

Esteban Deluxe Guitar Package, Steel String, with hard case, 2 instructional videos, electronic tuner, "Enter The Heart" CD, strap, extra strings, extra picks.

Features:	6.7
Sound:	5.7
Action:	5
Reliability:	5
Impression:	5
Overall rating:	5.5
Users rating:	3
Comments:	11

Featured review by: unregistered, on april 03, 2007

Price paid: $ 110

Features: This guitar pack features an Esteban 20 fretted guitar, a gigbag, 1 VHS lesson tape, picks, extra strings, strap, allen wrench, and an Esteban CD. The finish of the guitar is the classic wood finish that you see on most acoustic guitars. It's a dreadnought style. For what you get, it's not a bad price, though the Lesson tape is very short and you really don't need the CD. It's nice that it comes with extra strings and a gig bag. The guitar Esteban uses is the video is obviously a different guitar. // 7

Sound: Actually purchased this guitar out of pure curiousity. The infomercials make the guitar seem like you should be paying thousands of dollars for it. When it comes to acoustic, I play about everything from blugrass to spanish influenced songs and I figured with Estebans musical background this might be worthwile. Well, it wasn't. The strings that come stock with it suck, and the action is terribly high. This leads me to believe it's a beginner guitar and the action is set high so that you can build callouses easier, but it really takes a toll on your playing, especially if your used to to other acoutics or electrics. The guitar sounds dead pretty much, the strings are horrible. I took them off and put some martain strings on that I use for my D35. It improved the sound a bit, but not enough to really change my opinion on it. You can't pull any type of good sound out of this guitar. // 5

Action, Fit & Finish: As stated before, the action is horribly high. The guitar looks nice when you get it out of the box, and as far as appearance goes, it is a fairly nice looking guitar. The advertisments make it seem like the guitar will be made out of some extremley rare and fine wood that you can only find in some unknown forest somewhere, but really, you could probably make a better guitar out of a tree in your backyard. Overall in this section, the finish is nice, but the action and overall setup is crap. // 4

Reliability & Durability: I would never use this guitar live. The sound is horrible, and the guitar itself is not durable at all. A few slight bumps and you've got dents and scratches all over it. I had it leaning against my door one day and it fell over, put a little gash in the side of it, easily fixed, but I wouldn't even bother investing it it. On top of that the the tuning keys come loose easily and give you a buzzing sound, meaning you'll have to frequently tighten them to get rid of that sound. The guitar only has 1 strap button and you have to tie the strap around the headstock, which I hate. If I ever had to use this in a gig, I would defineatly have a backup because it'd probably fall apart in the middle of a song, but as I said, I'd never gig with it. Finish is nice, but with all the scratches you'll put on it just taking it out of the gig bag will make it look like crap anyway. // 5

Impression: I play almost all types of music when it comes to acoustic guitar. This guitar cannot help with any type of music at all. The lessons that come with the guitar are short, and pretty pointless. The action is high, the durability is crap, and features are lame. Do not buy this guitar, it isn't worth your time or money. Save up and get a good acoustic. If you're thinking about buying out of curiousity as I was, it's a waste of money. If it were stolen, I'd feel sorry for whoever stole it, but thank them for taking it off my hands. I don't love anything about it other than it looks nice before used. I chose this product to see if it was any good and it wasn't. Do not buy this guitar. // 3

overall: 9

Reviewed by: psquartsoff01, on december 08, 2008

Price paid: $ 225.00

Features: Esteban Cadillac Guitar White Diamond Limited Edition Includes: Cadillac guitar with 3-band equalizer - measures approx. 41"L x 16"W x 4.5"H, Nylon hard-sided guitar case - measures approx. 43.5"L x 17.5"W x 6"H, Numbered certificate of authenticity, Custom guitar strap , Guitar case strap, Allen key, Polishing cloth, Chord chart poster, 6 picks, 6 extra strings, 10 Esteban Master Class Steel String Instructional DVDs

Product Features: 'Cadillac' is written in cursive on sides of guitar; back has circular Cadillac symbol that reads 'Cadillac Motor Car Division,' 10 Esteban instructional DVDs - get over 220 hours of instructional lessons, Handsigned label by Esteban, Guitar top made of spruce wood; sides and back made of linden wood, Neck made of maple wood; fingerboard made of rosewood, Case exterior is black nylon; interior is silver velvet, Requires 9-volt battery for equalizer,Steel strings, Comes with a manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty. // 10

Sound: The main reason I bought this guitar is because I wanted some varity in my music instead of just playing my electric guitar. Now, due to learning off the instructuional dvd's, I'm starting to like acoustic styles more. So as far as sound goes I began to play My Name is Jonas by Weezer on it and sounded very good on the acoustic guitar. I rate this guitar over all of the electric guitars that I've owned. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Upon recieving the guitar, it looked nice when I took it out of the case very carefully wrapped so it wouldn't get scratched the finish was fine it had a little bit of a 'glittery show' when you put it up against light. I could due without the part with the Cadillac signiture on the side and the Esteban signiture on the back. But I give it's fit and finish a good. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I highly recommend this guitar for performances due to the incredible sound it gives off when you play it. This guitar seems that it will last me a long time, as long as i keep good care of it. Then again there isn't very many guitars that will break as soon as you get it. // 8

Impression: Sinse I got this guitar my style of playing has been slowly changing, not that I don't play my electric guitar anymore. I had no regrets since buying this guitar. Since this guitar has good durability I don't plan on getting another guitar for a long while. // 9

overall: 2.6

Reviewed by: ghawk152, on october 13, 2007

Price paid: $ 110

Purchased from: HSN

Features: The features of this pack aren't exactly terrible. You get most of what you need to start at a low price. The only problem is, what you do get isn't all that good. You receive with the pack, the guitar, a gig bag, extra strings, some picks, a strap, and a VHS tape lesson. I also got a Esteban CD as a bonus. The guitar seems poorly made, with a weak body, terrible neck and high action. The strings that came stock with the guitar had a terrible sound, and the extra strings you receive with it were the same. It has a dreadnought body and altogether looks quite nice as long as your not using it. A few minor bumps here and there can make some very large gashes in the body. Can't really say much for the gig bag. Doesn't really protect the guitar at all. It's more for storage. The lesson tape is terrible. Although Esteban does a fairly decent job at teaching, it's not that long, and he is clearly using a different guitar, claiming it's the exact same one you are using. The rest of the VHS is a performance he did. The strap seems okay. It never broke or anything. Basically, you get what you'd need, but it isn't good at all. // 3

Sound: The guitar's sound isn't very good either. The strings you get with it are absolutely terrible. I experimented with some Martin strings and they seemed to improve the sound of it a little. The guitar isn't at all very versatile, given you can't get a good sound of it anyway. I've played acoustic guitars for 50 bucks that have a better sound than this. // 2

Action, Fit & Finish: I cannot stand the action on this guitar. It would help a beginner build callouses quicker, but you'll quickly begin to hate it. The overall finish of the guitar looked very nice before it was ever used. It's durability was very low though, so the look did not last long. The fretboard become uglier the more you play, and it isn't very slick at all. No real flaws to the guitar, just poor quality. // 3

Reliability & Durability: I would never recommend using this guitar live. You'd be lucky if it didn't fall apart in your hands on stage. I'd only use this guitar as a last resort. If you plan on breaking a guitar on stage for part of your show, this guitar would be perfect for it. The finish, as said before, looks great, but doesn't last long. After playing it becomes uglier and uglier each time you pick it up. // 2

Impression: I bought this guitar out of curiosity after hearing all these great things about Esteban. I have to say, do not believe the lies. Esteban may be a talented musician but his guitars are cheaply made and have a terrible sound to them. I chose this guitar because it received great reviews on HSN and had a low price. The only reason you should buy this guitar is if you do not plan on playing it and would like to set it up in your room or something, as the finish looks very nice at first. All in all, this was not worth the buy. Terrible quality, terrible lessons, terrible everything. Please, do not buy this guitar. // 3

Comments

[cloned_insanity]

Wahahaha its worse than those guitars from cash converters.

[XgolfcoreX]

my dad bought this guitar out of the curiosity of it as well. he never really does play, but it looks cute in the corner and its a nice corner piece. anywho, it has horrible action indeed, and the fretboard feels like sandpaper. oh frown esteban, you broke my heart.

[scarfacesuit]

esteban, esteban, esteban.....
::sigh::

what con artist you are, my friend. someone might sue you one day buddy!! and we don't want that!!

[TravisWongPG]

haha, I was always curious after seeing the informecials about how amazing this guitar is. Kind of funny now

[I_Forgot_My_Pen]

This is hilarious. I don't know how many times my friend and I have sat around thinking about going in on the Esteban pack. It doesn't say anyhting about the electric side though. I want to know how that rockin overdrive sounds.

[I_Forgot_My_Pen]

This is hilarious. It doesn't say anyhting about the electric side though. I want to know how that rockin overdrive sounds.

[mckay21]

I_Forgot_My_Pen :
This is hilarious. I don't know how many times my friend and I have sat around thinking about going in on the Esteban pack. It doesn't say anyhting about the electric side though. I want to know how that rockin overdrive sounds.

I just tried to play "Master of Puppets" on mine. Didn't work out to well, with the action and all. And I have nasty callouses and was using the biggest baddest pick I could find. So, I don't think you need to worry about the overdrive much. It sucks. But it doesn't matter because you need to actually be able to play the thing first, which is pretty damn hard.

I stand by saying my Epi LP electric has a better acoustic tone. I'm 95% sure he has good intentions, but these things just aren't good. Charge more and come out with a better product. I have the black one, the American Legacy, I guess, and the black coating is actually falling off the back in a few spots. Reviewing not too high quality wood. I could slam my epi into it (and that's just an EPI!) and destroy it, without injuring my epi.

[MLaMotta5992]

My dads friends gave him one of these. My dad didnt like it so he gave it to me. Very very very NOT good.

[Tortiss]

Its not a crappy guitar Pickles, you CAN stand on it.

[Hart_Attack]

Tortiss wrote:

Its not a crappy guitar Pickles, you CAN stand on it.

LMAO!

[Partyboy2k05]

My mom bought this as well...horrible guitar. It played alright at the beginning. Like everyone said, the action...you have to have utter and insane strength to push them strings down. It's horrible how high it's put.

Not to mention after one year, the neck started seperating from the body of the guitar. Biggest P.O.S. ever... I also say shame on esteban. You and your 2 grand guitar, there's no way he could play what he does on stage with this guitar. It'd just sound horrible.