I'm gonna chime in on this now that I've had my 'starter' guitar for a month. I have 5 friends who all play guitar; and 3 of them own a real strat. Not one of those friends has had a bad thing to say about my guitar other than the fret-ends need a little filing. I spent $100 on the starter pack, and I've spent about $30 on stuff for it since then. I mean, I know my guitar isn't the rule, it's the exception, because most starter guitar manufacturing plants are very inconsistent with their work. You can pick one guitar up, and be horrified... Then you pick up the same exact model, from the very same batch, and be completely surprised that it actually feels like a solid guitar.
The thing you have to remember about buying a starter pack... test the SPECIFIC guitar that you are attempting to buy before you take it home. Every single store will allow you to take the guitar out of the box and get a feel for it if the manager is around to witness it.
Like I said... I've spent a total of $130 on this thing, and I am a 100% satisfied customer.
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