columbus japanese stratocaster copy.

[Oldrottenhead]

i saw one of these


in a cash convertor for £35.00 . does anyone rate them. not sure of condition etc not had a chance to try it yet.

[fenderbender]

I remember those James from years ago
I reckon you cant go very wrong for 35

Try it out
good luck

Tommy

[Flash Harry]

Check that the neck is straight!!

[Hook]

Yeah, it's always a crap shoot when looking at really cheap instruments. I've had some gems and I've had 2 ebay buys that were unplayable. Check the neck, if you can, check the intonation. You can usually tell if it's more of a toy
Vs an actual usable guitar but it could be just what you need. Good luck brother.
Rock on!

[fenderbender]

James if this one is not suitable
keep an eye out for an SX strat -cheap but pretty good and If you are running the guitar into your BR your guitar presets, will make it sound pretty good-if you know what I mean.

[Groundy]

Its a hit and miss James, I played one and it was crap , but having said that it was about 20 years ago, best try it out, 

Alex

[Groundy]

I have heard some good reports from the Harley Benton, Strat. you can get a new one very cheap...

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=22288.msg273287#msg273287

Aalex

[AndyR]

Bit late to this, but yeah...

Check the neck - if twisted, NO WAY... if huge amount of relief (bends towards the strings), probably not...

Check the frets - if badly worn, don't bother (unless it's absolutely wonderful apart from worn frets - putting those right is no biggie but costly)

Check the bridge - are the saddles worn down? are the screws adjustable? (three to each saddle, you need them all to work... they could be rusted up or buggered by someone trying to adjust them with the wrong screwdriver or allen key)

Do all three pickups work?

... In a way, it's true you can't go wrong at £35 - but I've owned several instruments like that... and you tend to end up with a guitar you don't use and have to find space to put it somewhere anyway cos "it's an instrument" and it feels wrong just binning it!

I agree with fenderbender, SX is usually good. Don't know much about Harley Benton, apart from folks mentioning them on here.