Electric Guitar System Review

A complete package to electrify any music enthusiast, the Robson amplified electric guitar system comes with everything you'll need to start strumming. Along with the guitar, you'll get a 10 watt amp, an interactive tutorial CD-rom, nylon carrying case, shoulder strap and even an extra set of strings.

Features:	8.3
Sound:	7
Action:	6.5
Reliability:	7
Impression:	7.5
Overall rating:	7.3
Users rating:	5.9
Comments:	15

overall: 7.6

Featured review by: los92, on june 22, 2007

Price paid: $ 102.6921

Purchased from: Best Buy

Features: I just bought this electic guitar form best buy. I got this because I am a beginner and I didn't want to spend to musch money on a guitar. This is an okay guitar. It was made in China. Mines a solid black with a white pick protecter. it has 21 frets. It seams as if the body and neck of the guitar are made of a wood/plastic compound. It came with a 10-watt amp, cable, extra strings, the guitar, a soft case, picks, and a strap. It has one volume knob and 2 tone knobs. // 7

Sound: This guitar wouldn't be too good to use in a gig. it sounds fussy and cheap when the volume is cranked up it's made more for practicing. The strings sound a lilttle fusy and I suggest that you Switch them. The one thing that I don't like is that the amp has no distortion features on it so I can't really rock out with it. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar came fully assembled. I made some minor adjustments to the strings, the pickups, and I had to tighten the cable connection on the guitar. It can take dents and knicks without messing with the sound of trhe guitar. It came to me with the neck a little bent so I had to gt a few adjustments on that but other than that it came to me in great shape and might need to be fixed every once and a while. Also the strings come out of tune easily and need to be tuned often. // 7

Reliability & Durability: This guitar was made for begginers that at fiorst wont be too carful with their guitar. It can definetlly take a dent or two. You don't havee to woorry about the strap buttons they are on there so good that they'll never move. I would not suggest using thsi in a gig it is far too cheap. // 8

Impression: Overall I think this is a great guitar for beginners. It comes with a nice amp and everything you will need to get started except for a stand and a tuner but other than that this guitar has seved me well and I will continue to use it until I improve my skills and get a knew guitar, which will probably be a Fender. // 8

overall: 6.4

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 04, 2007

Purchased from: Futureshop

Features: Nice looking Strat style guitar. Beginner set and comes with 15W amp. It's a laminated top with a 21 fret rosewood fretboard. Mine was a solid black finish. Has three single pickups, two tone knobs and a volume knob. Comes with CD, soft gig bag, strap, cable, picks and an extra set of strings. // 8

Sound: It's very useful for heavier music as the amp is fuzzy. Works nicely for metal and hard rock. You have to really twiddle with the amp to get the right sound and even then it's hard to get a good one out of it. Buy a new set of strings. The ones it comes with sound lousy and don't stay in tune. I got myself a nice set of Ernie Ball's and it sounds much nicer. The strings make a vibrating noise on the frets every once in a while, but not distracting enough to matter. The guitar has a dull sound generally, but good for a beginner. // 5

Action, Fit & Finish: My guitar came with a crack in the laminated top, near the neck. The action was a little messed up (I had to adjust this). The pickups were fine, I adjusted them to get a little more variety of sound. The wood quality is pretty bad. I looked at the inside and it looks like some kind of plastic/wood compound. The cable plug-in nut was loose, so I tightened this with a ratchet. The second fret sticks out and catches my finger when my hand slides past it. // 4

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is tough. It takes dings easily, but it lasts. The strap buttons aren't going to move on you and the guitar has been through almost two years with no major problems. I wouldn't use it in a gig due to the sound, but it will last plenty for a beginner. // 8

Impression: This guitar is great for any beginner despite the style. This was my first guitar, and I'm selling it now, as I got myself a BC Rich Warlock Bass. I would've preferred a better guitar for sound quality, but I'd have wrecked whatever I got since I was just learning. I'm going to miss this guitar when it's gone, and will keep missing it until I buy a new one (probably going for a Peavey V-Type Exp). I love the fact that it served me well for my first guitar, even with all the problems. I just wish it was better quality, but for the price, I'm not complaining. // 7

overall: 8

Reviewed by: krymson, on august 14, 2006

Price paid: $ 158

Purchased from: Future Shop

Features: This is a starter set. Comes with an amp, and Strat style guitar. The amp is 15W which is great for practicing. The guitar is a standard black Strat, 21 frets, with a white pick guard and two pickups. It has a 5-way switch with a volume and two tone knobs. It came with a soft case, a patch chord, picks, and some instrucional CDs that I never used. // 10

Sound: The sound is pretty dull. Great for starting because you won't really notice, bt once you pick up a Epiphone or something you'll notice. I've ran it thorugh the strater amp, and my Marshall MGDFX and it does it's job. It buzzes a whole lot, on pretty much any setting but more if the volume on the guitar is up high. The guitar is good for rock and punk pretty much. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar came to me perfect, the action everything. The picksups we're fine, the bridge was proper. There we're no flaws except the material to make the guitar was very cheap and scratched easy, but hey itsa 100$ guitar so Who cares. For a future shop guiat I was pretty impressed. My friend got something along these lines and the slots where the string goes for the but was huge but this is fine the way it is. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This guitar could withstand live playing, but with buzzing you'd be forced to keep the guitar low. The guitar seems like it'll last. This thing has a taken a hell of a lot of abuse. It's dented been knocked over countell times band on desked, chipped everything. The wood seems to dent pretty easily though. The start hardware seems like it'll last though. // 7

Impression: I play lots of metal now, and it doesnt't give me a good enough sound, but it is a starter guitar. I would've asked to be give a les paul but seriously, at the time all I need was this. If it we're stolen or lost I would be very said because this guitar can take a beating, it'll chip and dent, but it can take it anywhere. The one thing I don't like thouhg is the dull sound. I kinda wish it had a thinner neck also, with some more frets, but that's a Strat for you. // 8

overall: 7

Reviewed by: Zofar, on march 16, 2006

Price paid: $ 118.4921

Purchased from: Future Shop

Features: Being a basic beginer guitar. It has nothing special, but nothing to be needed, with 21 frets, rosewood fretboard, black Stratocaster like body, 5-way pickup selector, 2 tone and one volume control. It has the basic 3 single coil layout that the Fender Strat does, it looks nice too. But it goes out of tune quite easily. It comes with everything you need, amp, cable, picks, strap, etc. // 8

Sound: I play rock and metal mostly, but this guitar can pretty much play it all. Being a beginer guitar it has good flexibility, I notice quite a bit of fret buzz when playing a but fast, but nothing that will hinder your learning. I have used it with a 30w Line 6 Spider and it sound really good. I was suprised at how well it sounds. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: One problem I have with it is the volume and tone controls are very lose, but still repsond well. Like any guitar, I strongly reccomend switching the strinfs as soon as you get it, luckily, it comes with sone extra. // 7

Reliability & Durability: I would not use this live at all, but it is not meant to be used, so no problems there, the strap buttons are stronger than the ones on a Fender Stratocaster, my brother complains about them often on his Fender, but I have no problem with these. No paint problems as of yet. // 5

Impression: I got this guitar for christmas this year, this is the only one I own, but I have played an Epiphone SG 410 and Ibanez RG 170, and this can stand its own against both of them, not very well, but it can. I highly suggest this to someone starting out, it is a great little package for a good price. // 7

Comments

[Slash_HuDsOn]

future shop sells guitars?

[ph3n0m]

yep.

[pjack]

i don't think this guitar can stand a ibanez (g)rg 170 (dx)

[razordimeback]

this guitar sounds like hell, my friend has one, it's even worst than the worst squier, you better buy something a bit more expensive, because you will be bothered really fast with this guitar, and it comes from futur shop so you weren't hoping something good right?

[heavymetal13]

Well, put it all together, futurshop sells games, computers, and gaming systems. Not to mention some nice sterios, but honestly, why would you buy a guitar from this place?

[krymson]

oh snap sigged mike.

[Barboom]

wtf? wheres yo' grammar?

btw, sigged bitch.

[SillyRabbit]

This was my first guitar in grade 7, then I got an awsome Mexican Fender(RULES)

[tomrock]

Thinking about buying one at BestBuy and researched it, guess for a beginner you cannot go wrong with this guitar kit and they also have a website now = robsonmusic.com.

[OhSoInsane]

ur right tom, this was my first guitar and i dont regret buying it, its really good for beginners. Just the amp sucks but get yourself a zoom g2 or something and ur good to go

[DevilsDance76]

I was walking around best buy today....and spotted this immitation
I tried it out.....lots of fuzz.
I think it's all from the amp and cheap dollar store cable though

[Hate666]

lol... well i can tell you all somthing... lol i bought a robson guitar/amp combo a long time ago and ive been stuck with it for the past 2 years... its a peice of crap and would never recommend it nothing on it sounds right and the (overdrive) on it isnt really even overdrive its just a boost button yes it makes it sound heavier in a way but the pickups in the guitar are crap so it really dosn't make a difference it just sounds like a peice of crap and all the notes when you play it from the frets for 1.are all mixed together for 2.fuzzy and for 3. the guitar just sucks even for $100... like seriously you could just save up a few hundred more and get like a bronze warlock or somthing lol....

[iTzMaTT]

I have this. It's pretty crap.

[Shread_6009]

dude... future shop wtf? even shitty knockoffs from cheap little music stores are better, save ur money and buy an epiphone or a squier or maybe an ibanez artcore

[los92]

man not all beginners wanna go and spend that much money.... they might not even end up like playin the guitar so u can take that epiphone or squire and shove it right up your ASS