Mitchell TD400 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst White Pearloid Pickguard

Had mine 3 years.... Still play it daily.. The only real problem I had was the 5 way switch stopped working, But used some contact cleaner and good as new... Holds tune very well can play it for hours and not need to re-tune..

I am very happy with this guitar. Sounds and plays great

I went into my local GC looking to buy a Squier Affinity Special with an alder body (didn't want to go with the basswood builds that were slightly cheaper), and they didn't have any in stock. This guitar caught my eye, and wanting that Strat sound for home recordings, I decided to try it out. The humbucker in the bridge position was an added bonus, and I wasn't even aware of the tone coil tap that turns it into a single until I got home and played it for a bit, so double bonus. Build quality is good for a guitar at this price point and the setup was pretty much perfect, so I enjoyed not having to spend time doing a lot of adjustments prior to feeling comfortable recording with it. That being said, this guitar sounds amazing for the price. The tone from the neck pickup is perfectly balanced between sparkling and full, great for some clean or slightly distorted tones. A lot of copies get the initial concept of the Strat tone right, but I doubt someone could tell the difference on a recording. If you're switching over to high gain, throwing it to the bridge humbucker will get you all of the high output you're looking for. As someone used to playing an SG and PRS, it will make for a nice third tone option. I've never been a fan of middle pickups in general, but it sounds pretty well balanced. The 2nd and 4th positions on the switch give that characteristic "honk" if you're looking for some unusual tones. The neck is easy to play and the shaping of the cutaway makes reaching up to the highest frets somewhat easier than most of the Strats I've played with the square bolt-on. Staying in tune doesn't seem to be an issue, either, which is my usual gripe with lower price point guitars. If you're looking for Strat sound and don't mind not have a particular brand name on the head stock, I'd high recommend this guitar. I'm glad I missed out on the Squier.

I posted a review for this guitar well over a year ago and it was deleted, very interesting. Quality control with this model is horrible. The first TD400 I received had horrible fretwork. The second one I received had a broken intonation saddle screw, actually the top was sheared off with the rest of it stuck in the screw hole... and again bad fret work. When I say bad fretwork I mean bad fretwork, as in it looked as though several frets were filed and not crowned, and they were not level. I've been playing for a very long time and have worked on a lot of my own guitars so I know what a properly dressed fret should look like. I can deal with a few uneven frets, but this is the first time I received a new guitar with uncrowned frets. Oh, and I know somebody who owns 400 guitars and has been playing for 90 years will say chime in and say it's a great guitar. Yeah, o.k.. Let's see if my review stays up this time.

I have the Mitchell mx420 and was so impressed with the sound and quality of the guitar, electronics, tuners that I bought this one without playing the TD400. My first impressions are very nice and light. When I received this guitar I had it set up by the Tomball Guitar Center Luthier ( great guy and does excellent work). The Luthier was impressed by how comfortable the guitars play and stated it has a great sound. My first impressions after playing the guitar; great rich sound, playing easy and is easy to slide your hand up and down the neck(satin finish neck), the electronics play perfect, probable won't replace, no noticeable buzzing, the tuners are nice(18:1) and are lockable but have not name stamp on them. rosewood fretboard(dark reddish brown color), switches , tone and volume knobs are well constructed and seem firm but easy to turn, The saddle is a very nice wilkinson product and definite won't replace. Guitar is light and can stand and hold for long periods of time. The sound is as stated very Fender like but seem little deeper in areas. I really like this guitar and do not regret getting the TD400 and if I lost it today I would buy another.

I made 3 trips to GC over this guitar. Spent $20 in gas about 4 hours in time and when they refunded the check There bank charged me $7 to cash there check. The help is clueless with no product knowledge or inventory knowledge. I don't work there and I can find things faster than they can. I don't blame the help because all they are is ticket writers. I blame corporate for not training the employees properly.