• Old Friend

  
  As reviewed by Steve Reelgood on 8/4/2009

  I'm a self-taught punk rocker (Joe Strummer was my guitar-hero) and have always owned and played electrics (82' black & gold tele; les paul std; fender p-bass). This is my first acoustic and I couldn't be happier. The Hellcat plays and sounds awesome. The guitar is well constructed, holds it?s tuning and best of all, required little set-up from my guitar tech. The accents are pretty cool too w/ the "Hellcat" logo in lieu of the dots. Personally, I don't think you can beat the quality for the price. The Hellcat is quickly becoming my "Old Friend" and of course there's nothing quite like playing your punk favorites on an acoustic... 5 Stars baby - yeah!

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• Great little guitar

  
  As reviewed by ChrisC on 8/5/2010

  I was looking for a smaller sized guitar with a good sound. Something like a Martin 000-15, but more affordable. I happened upon this in my local GC and it is just what I was looking for. Sounds great, much louder than you would expect. Great low end too. Finish work is very good, looks like a much more expensive guitar. Some people have mixed feelings about the inlays, I like them. Finding a case may be tough. The guy at GC looked through everything they had, we found that the TKL A4363 is a very good fit.

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• Quality issues!

  
  As reviewed by Ethan on 6/2/2011

  This guitar looks/sounds great and the built in tuner does its job. Also, I like the body size and playability, but I had a few problems. First, I ordered online (new) and received a guitar with quite a few blemishes on the body. Not too big of a deal. Then after a few months I noticed some buzzing below the 11th fret and at some frets it wouldn't sound at all. I took it to a guitar repairer and had it setup. The truss rod was too tight and the bridge was too small and it had what looked like a cut out piece of a Popsicle stick under it to add space.I assume it was put in at the factory (made in china) to try and fix it, definitely a quality issue. Other than that, it gets out of tune quite easily when bending strings. I use .10's, so probably going heavier would prevent that. It stays in tune fine when strumming hard. I've had it for 7 months now and after the setup it has become my favorite acoustic. Just wish it would have arrived in better condition.

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