Startone CG851 1/4

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Classical Guitar

Size: 1/4
Basswood body
Nato neck
Maple fretboard
Scale: 480 mm
Nut width: 43 mm
Black body binding
Nylon strings
Total length: 75.8 cm
Colour: Light brown matte
Suitable gig bag available under Article Nr 198578 (not included)

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Cutaway No

Top Basswood

Back and Sides Basswood

Pickup System No

Fretboard Hardwood

Nut width in mm 43,00 mm

Scale 480 mm

Colour Natural

Incl. Gigbag No

Hardcase No

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perfect for kids - nice travel guitar for adults

Anonymous 24.05.2016

I wanted a small portable guitar and to experiment with shorter scale lengths.

Specs

The guitar is very small, smaller than would you think from the pictures. What I didn?t notice before I bought the guitar is that it has narrow nut length. It?s a bit difficult to play especially with the big nylon strings. The quality is ok for such a cheap instrument, the intonation is quiet good. I made some adjustments on the bridge saddle to fine tune the intonation. One thing I don?t like is the string spacing at the nut. You can see from the pictures that the outer strings are not near the edge of the neck, and that makes the neck feel even narrower. I used some tools and open the slots toward the edge of the neck and the improvement is noticeable.

The scale of the guitar is quite small, so if you want to tune the guitar in standard tuning you have to use extra hard nylon strings.

Sound

It plays and sounds fine. You cannot expect big bass sound, but it?s good for its size.

Conclusion

PROS
-cheap
-small size
-decnet quality
CONS
-narrow nut
-not perfect string spacing at the nut

For kids the guitars is fine, for adults who want to experiment with shorter lengths scale guitars, or want a small, portable instrument some adjustment are required. I am satisfied with this product.

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Cheap travel guitar but may require some tinkering

Anonymous 10.12.2016

I think the target market may be kids, but there are many who use these kind for travel. So, from this perspective, these are my notes:

Pros: Cheap. Small, the body fits in a backpack with the neck sticking out which I bag. I also use a 1/4 gigbag. Very good sound actually. I like the sound of top 3 nylons; tone is clear and easy to sing with (baritone). Surprisingly loud for its size.

Cons: Requires tinkering to get most out of it, see below.

Easy: I tuned this one 5 semitones up so it's exactly the same as standard with capo on 5, including fret lengths; ADGCEA. The strings become too loose for standard EADGBE.

Moderate/hard: The strings are too close together, and they don't sit in notches near the hole (!). I widened the strings and sawed small notches in the white part near the sound hole. Guitar stays in tune and strings are as wide as on a normal electric guitar.

If you want to attach a strap, you'd have to remove strings and drill a hole and attach at least the bottom nut. Though, the guitar is so light the strap may not be necessary.

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Quality vs Price

Els Lopes 22.03.2022

It works for the amount paid.

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More then I expected

Octomanus 02.02.2021

I ordered this for my sons birthday, just so he can get a feel for holding a guitar and did not expect it to be much more then a toy.
Ob boy was I surprised, it is very well built, sturdy which is good for kids and for traveling. The sound is great, no fretbuzz nothing, all strings and every fret sound very clear.
However I did have problem finding a good tuning for it, then decided to do standart tuning which worked out great, it went out of tune after playing a few chords for the first week or so, now this little thing holds its tune very nicely.
For this price I am honestly in awe about what I received and I might just get another one for myself.

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