3rd Avenue Rocket Series Full Size Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Natural

Nice looking guitar but not the Spanish guitar that was in the listing for Spanish guitars and also missing it's strap.

Something is missingsmell heavy

Looks nice, that’s about it. Impossible to correctly tune as the bridge pins don’t stay in and the strings continually slip.

This is a basic starter guitar, well-suited to beginners and particularly I think for young learners moving up to a full size guitar. I’d recommend getting a tuner as well as I’m not sure how well it’s going to retain its tuning. The sound is fine if uninspiring

A good beginners guitar. It comes with a capo, two plectrums and two scratch guards, which you have to stick on. As with most guitars it needs to be tuned and retuned a few times until the strings bed in. A case is included, which can be carried or worn as a back pack. One issue we had was that the strap is quite short and brings the guitar high up under the chin. The sound quality is good. Free apps are available to help with accurate tuning.

From Chinese manufacturer Rocket comes this full sized 'dreadnought' steel strung acoustic guitar.On unpacking the instrument my first impressions were favourable. The body front is made from a blonde coloured wood while the sides and back are mahogany as is the neck. An ivory coloured plastic banding is inset into the body edges which gices it a 'finished off' look. The fretboard resembles dark rosewood although I think the dark finish is stained as mine has a lighter wood showing where the finish hasn't been applied quite correctly. Overall the guitar has a high gloss finish and certainly looks the part.Included in the package is a self-adhesive pick guard, an hexagon key for adjusting the truss rod, a plectrum, a guitar strap and a capo. I think for the beginner it would have been more useful to have binned the capo and included an electronic guitar tuner which can be bought for a couple of pounds these days.Next came the tuning up as the guitar had been shipped with the strings quite loose. The machine heads are reasonable but not of the highest quality but the guitar did tune okay but needed readjusting over the first couple of days as the strings stretched.When it comes to playing the guitar the action at the top of the fretboard, near the nut, where most open chords are played is okay but as you progress up the fretboard the action becomes higher meaning a lot more finger pressure is needed to maintain the notes. I also noted that there were a few rattled and buzzes when playing but the majority of these has settled down as the guitar is playing in.Overall I think this is definitely aimed at the beginner, especially considering its price, but the high action bothers me somewhat as this is what causes a lot of new players to abandon the instrument early on. A guitar needs to play' well' to give encouragement to persevere. Personally I would audition other guitars at a similar price before committing myself to this particular instrument.

This is quite a basic guitar and meant for beginners - like me.I like it and find that it is comfortable and good size and the design is fine. The steel strings are fine for me, but I don't have much to compare with and of course it is a bit difficult to judge the sound for me as I'm really very much at the start of my "career" and therefore nothing sounds good. But I had a friend tune the guitar and he said it was quite easy with good tuning pegs and a "not bad" sound.I will give it bonus points for the extras such as the soft carrier bag, capo, pick and guitar strap, but I will say that I have seen many similar beginners guitars on the market and at the current price of £67, the quality probably doesn't quite compare price-wise.