GE3911R Review

This is an amazing guitar for 75-80 bucks.

Features:	8.5
Sound:	6
Action:	6.5
Reliability:	7.5
Impression:	7
Overall rating:	7.1
Users rating:	5.2
Comments:	9

overall: 4.6

Featured review by: BerzleyBeast, on november 19, 2007

Price paid: $ 50

Purchased from: eBay

Features: The guitar came with no specifications as to where or when it was made. 21 frets on a Rosewood neck. Has a metallic red finish. Whammy bar sits a little high and is a bit uncomfortable at times. I tend to not have it in when I don't plan to use it. Honestly there isn't much to say about the guitar. The tuners were a bit loose when I got it so they needed to be tightened up a bit. The action was set really high. // 7

Sound: It doesn't sound like a regular Strat. It sounds a lot cheaper but does have a unique sound that can be a bit of fun. There is a lot of feed back. Getting the sound you are looking for isn't always easy, I am using a 15 Watt Ibanez, a Boss Phase Shifter and Blues Driver. The guitar has it's own messy sound. I wouldn't recommend buying it for the sound quality at all. // 3

Action, Fit & Finish: The Action was extreamly high when I got it. At the time I didn't know much better so I had a friend try to lower it. Over time I began to know how it all works and the action is still annoyingly high. I have lowered it adjusted everything possible without buying a new guitar and if I put it any lower there is a nasty buzzing sound you get from the frets and the strings. The guitar overall looked nice and was well put together. The neck was bowed when I got it and still, sadly is. The pickups were high and have been lowered. Overall if you get what you pay for and is an alright guitar to learn on. The high action is a bit of a set back though. // 3

Reliability & Durability: There is no way this guitar is meant for Live playing unless you plan to destroy it. In fact I plan to take my soldering iron to it in just a few minutes. The pickups have gotten some rusty spots and I think the sound quality is slowing starting to go. The input jack is falling out and the chord must be in a certain position for it to work. I have had a few chips in the paint along with a few minor dents in the cheap wood. But overall it still looks nice and shiny. // 6

Impression: I play a lot of classic rock, heavy metal, and I try a bit of blues from time to time. I like to play a lot of songs from the '70s and '80s and getting the sounds that I want from the guitar to match what I am looking for from the song I'm playing just doesn't happen. This guitar was great for when I was a beginner but now that I have started to gain some experience and play other guitars and have started to move up this guitar just wont do it. I've had it for 2 years and it is at its ends. I would never plan to buy a guitar like this unless I was to buy it for someone else Who wants to learn. // 4

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: Abandoned67, on april 10, 2007

Price paid: $ 80

Purchased from: eBay

Features: It didn't come with anything specificizing where or when it was made. It has a beautiful cigarette style burst. I think the paint is amazing, the guitar has been though a lot of banging and stuff so there are a few little dings but only one spot the paint has came off and it was a really bad hit to the guitar that caused it, so the paint in my opinion is great. It has 21 greatly done frets, my friend has a real Standard Strat and his fretts are acctually comming off and he only got it a little bit before I got mine. So the fretjob on it is great! It has the regular 5-way switch and the 3 controls volume, tone, and tone. If it didn't say Bridgecraft on the guitar you might mistake it for a real Strat. It came with a cheap gig bag, a set of strings, and a strap, which I bought another strap but still perfer the strap it came with. // 10

Sound: I play all kinds of music and it is fine for it. I am using it on a Crate GT15 and it sounds awesome. The pickups are amazing for the price that I payed for the guitar. It gets noisy but I think that is more of the amp then the acctual guitar, but I know the pickups add to it. The picups are two single coil Standard Strat-like pickups and then the one single coil bridge pickup Standard Strat-like. I think the sound for the guitar and the price is amazing. I'm still not saying that it has the amazing sound of a more expensive guitar though, like a Gibson or something. It almost or does match the sound of a Standard Stratocaster though. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: I have never had any problems with the way it was assembled. The picups were adjusted in a alright way they were kind of high though, so I put them down a bit. Not a biggie and all just took a second with adjusting the screws. There was not a single flaw on the guitar when I bought it, the wood is nice and fairly light and everything looked great. The grain of the wood that you can see at the burst part looks great too. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar has gone through a beeting and it stil works and sounds fine. The only thing that I have had a problem with is that I took of the Switch plasic tip to many times and the plastic wore down, but that can be fixed by buing a new one for like a couple cents at my guitar store. I can deffinitly depend on this guitar, I would use it in a gig if I hadent bought my Gibson SG. I would bring it as a backup guitar now because I have the SG though. The finish was great, like I said it has takken a lot to get it dinged up to the little bit that it is. One of the strap buttons came off but that was my brothers fault, but I guess they were not good to begin with so that is my only real complaint. It was easy to fix though. The hardware seems to last a long time and I am not worried about that at all. // 9

Impression: I think that this is a amazing guitar for 75-80 bucks. If I broke it or lost it or it got stolen I would definitly jump right on eBay and look for another one. I have rated this guitar for the money and compared to squire strats and real Fender strats. This guitar is better than freind's Squire Strat, I know two people have Squires and this Bridgecraft is definitly better. I love this guitar because it is so good for the money and I would problably even pay more for it. // 10

Comments

[mantyce]

specificizing

lol...how about "specifying".

[screamingchinky]

lolz

These guitars are horrible.

The frets wear down amazingly quickly, the pickups are your average cheapo strat copy fare and it does NOT keep tune.

Avoid it plz.

[Abandoned67]

I own it and it definitly stays in tune, the pickups are ok like I said and it is several years old and the frets are fine.

[delizio37]

there is no such thing as an amazing guitar for 70-80 bucks....dont judge a book by its cover...it may look awesome but the electronics are soo poor....thats one of the main difference between a really great guitar and a piece of S**t

[alp_1989]

well, idk if those other guys have ever played one, but i had one for a couple years that i got for free from my friend.i loved that guitar till i got my ironbird. the only thing wrong w/ it was it was passed around between a bunch of friends through the years and one broke the tremelo bar and tried to glue it back it. needless to say, that didn't work. but i really liked it. the fret board was really easy to play on and the pickups never gave me a problem. nice guitar.

[soul_power]

I used to have one of those and the action and warp on the neck was HORRIBLE. I came home one day to find that the neck had snapped. No idea how it happened but it was a clean break right through the wood but it didnt go all the way through the truss rod. I took it apart and the body is so cheap. On the surface it looks nice but underneath its really ratty and the wood is so soft i could push my fingernail into it. PLEASE do yourself a favor and stay away from this hunk of junk. Get a squier or an sx or something simular off of rondomusic.com and save yourself the trouble.

[Abandoned67]

I dont know if you guys are talking about the same guitar but I am telling you it is a awsome guitar for the price I payed. Like I said the pickups are not ones that you would find on a good expensive guitar, but I am telling you that they are definitly good for the price payed. I took the whole thing apart and the wood was good, so I dont know what elce to say.

[myself666]

after all the shit and what-not my bridgecraft bass has been through... it still works like the day i recived it!!!
the strap buttons, like you said, are crap... but it's like only ten cents for me to replace them... then again... i buy in bulk... quality is not a main factor with this brand of guitar, but they can sure as hell take a beating!
i bet if you put a fender or whatever through what mine has been through, then you coulden't even give it away!!!
all in all... i'd keep it as my first choice guitar... then again i do have a limited budget... so that's all the more reason it's a great brand!!!
hit tree doors, slamit on the ground, throw it at stuff/people, and spill drinks on it... i've done it all... and it works perfectly fine...
try that with what you've got... all in one ay... see what you've got then.

[RageFan1900]

I have one and I like. I only bought it so I could learn to play. I've played other guitars in Guitar Center and I know this isn't cream of the crop, but it gets the job done.