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(More customer reviews)I own 2 of these, one a Deluxe, and one a Standard. These are fine guitars for the money, with some amazing features. They can cover all the basics, have good sustain, stay in tune very well, and are awesomely comfortable to play, sitting or standing (or jumping). I like them so much I'm thinking of getting another to replace one I've been using for 9 years now.
There's nothing like a headless, almost bodyless guitar -- it seems like it would feel weird, but after an hour or two, you're used to it and soon, you'll wish all your guitars were headless.
But the headless, minimalist shape is so amazingly comfortable, so well balanced! These guitars are all maple, with a one-piece thru-body neck. They're solidly built and have a bright, Fender-ish tone. The pickups aren't amazing, but they are easy to replace -- on any guitar in this price range, you can't expect much for pickups and wiring, but if you're not picky, these are fine. If you are picky, they're easily replaced.
The zero fret probably helps its sustain, which is quite good, and the open strings sound better to me than guitars with a normal nut instead of the zero fret. The guitar has 24 frets, making it a 2-octave fingerboard, and it's scale length is close to or equal to a Stratocaster, which contributes to a bright tone with plenty of harmonics. The vibrato bridge has a locking feature that lets you disable the whammy, and that really comes in handy on a gig if you break a string mid-song.
One drawback to these things is that they use non-standard parts, and you just can't get replacement parts for the bridge. Any guitar bridge with a whammy might wear out, if you use it heavily as I've done with mine, but with other guitars, you have lots of choices for replacement bridges. With these, you get almost no choices, and none that are easy to find. That's why I'm keeping a watch on these and buying another when I can -- this guitar is too awesome, and a really good value.
The rest of the guitar has held up wonderfully over the past decade. Neck is in good shape, frets are fine, paint job still good, tone remains awesome. I use it with a Roland VG system, and it's just fabulous. I can't praise this cheap little Steinberger "boat oar" enough.
UPDATE, August 2011: I still play this as my main guitar, and I still love it. The whammy bridge is getting a bit 'knocky' (makes a slight knock sound when I use the bar) but I don't use whammy much at all because I have electronic gadgets for that. I'm using this guitar for mad science experiments now, and I took out all its electronics yesterday. I was impressed with the build quality inside it, actually. The pickups were well potted, and the single coil had a foam pad beneath it so it wouldn't vibrate against the body. Wires were strong and well soldered, and the input jack was a sealed, threaded barrel unit. Right now, it has only the Roland GK pickup on it, and it's even lighter, and feels and sounds great.
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