CAUTION: From my personal experience with 10s Guitars, I cannot recommend them. I enjoy and respect many of the reviewers on UA-cam, but keep in mind that most if not all of the social media influencers on UA-cam received their guitars at no cost to them. 10s Guitars knows these instruments will be used in a review and has assured that they would not be embarrased in an unboxing and review. This was not the case with the purchase of the10s Guitars Chords of ORION model guitar that I received. In my opinion there was no quality control performed at all. Deeply disappointing, as after seeing all the reviews on UA-cam, I thought they would be different than the guitars you find in the Chinese marketplace. The Chords of ORION guitar scale length was to be a baritone specification and was shown on their website having a 27.7" scale length. The one I received was 27". The strings supplied were light guage and for a standard tuned guitar. When tuned B-B as a baritone instrument, it was unplayable. The toggle switch and/or neck pickup did not operate at all. Although the process took weeks to resolve, In short, this was my experience when contacting 10s Guitars to advise of the condition of the instrument: In regard to advertised scale length on their website, they responded by stating the the scale length I saw on the website was an "error by their employee". They have since changed the advertised scale length on their website. They wanted video of the playablity issues with the instrument, and it was provided to them. I was then offered a discount to keep the instrument. In my opinion it was not sufficient for the repairs required and appeared to me to be a ploy to move their quality issues onto the customer. I attempted to negotiate a larger discount based on my experience in repair of guitars. They refused. Based on these issues and what I deemed to be a cheap poorly constructed instrument overall, I elected to return it. That being said, I do have a "Chibson" instrument I purchased from China that I stripped and after replacing the pickups and hardware plays ok. On build quality alone, I honestly did not see the value of return on investment with the instrument 10s Guitars sent me, and I feel I could buy a similar quality instument from Ali Express at a fraction of what I paid for the 10s Guitar. 10s Guitars would not take responsibility for their errors and stand up for their brand by providing return postage in full, offering me a small fraction of my return shipping costs. Again, in my opinion a ploy to get me to keep the instrument. I tried to negotiate compensation for shipping and was essentially told, they would provide the small shipping credit they were offering (Quote) "Take it or leave it". I cannot recommend 10s Guitars, but if you decde to take the gamble: Be sure to use PayPal for some protection. They were very helpful assuring a refund for the guitar and postage to me, but not the aditional shipping costs for it's return Before purchasing be sure to find out what it will actually cost from your shipper to return it if you need to. It cost me considerably to return it to them. Lesson Learned.
Fantastic performance 👏 Big LIKE Greetings from Sweden Rene Di
Will y’all do bodies like jazzmasters too?
CAUTION: From my personal experience with 10s Guitars, I cannot recommend them.
I enjoy and respect many of the reviewers on UA-cam, but keep in mind that most if not all of the social media influencers on UA-cam received their guitars at no cost to them. 10s Guitars knows these instruments will be used in a review and has assured that they would not be embarrased in an unboxing and review.
This was not the case with the purchase of the10s Guitars Chords of ORION model guitar that I received. In my opinion there was no quality control performed at all. Deeply disappointing, as after seeing all the reviews on UA-cam, I thought they would be different than the guitars you find in the Chinese marketplace.
The Chords of ORION guitar scale length was to be a baritone specification and was shown on their website having a 27.7" scale length. The one I received was 27".
The strings supplied were light guage and for a standard tuned guitar. When tuned B-B as a baritone instrument, it was unplayable.
The toggle switch and/or neck pickup did not operate at all.
Although the process took weeks to resolve, In short, this was my experience when contacting 10s Guitars to advise of the condition of the instrument:
In regard to advertised scale length on their website, they responded by stating the the scale length I saw on the website was an "error by their employee". They have since changed the advertised scale length on their website.
They wanted video of the playablity issues with the instrument, and it was provided to them.
I was then offered a discount to keep the instrument. In my opinion it was not sufficient for the repairs required and appeared to me to be a ploy to move their quality issues onto the customer. I attempted to negotiate a larger discount based on my experience in repair of guitars. They refused.
Based on these issues and what I deemed to be a cheap poorly constructed instrument overall, I elected to return it. That being said, I do have a "Chibson" instrument I purchased from China that I stripped and after replacing the pickups and hardware plays ok. On build quality alone, I honestly did not see the value of return on investment with the instrument 10s Guitars sent me, and I feel I could buy a similar quality instument from Ali Express at a fraction of what I paid for the 10s Guitar.
10s Guitars would not take responsibility for their errors and stand up for their brand by providing return postage in full, offering me a small fraction of my return shipping costs. Again, in my opinion a ploy to get me to keep the instrument. I tried to negotiate compensation for shipping and was essentially told, they would provide the small shipping credit they were offering (Quote) "Take it or leave it".
I cannot recommend 10s Guitars, but if you decde to take the gamble:
Be sure to use PayPal for some protection. They were very helpful assuring a refund for the guitar and postage to me, but not the aditional shipping costs for it's return
Before purchasing be sure to find out what it will actually cost from your shipper to return it if you need to. It cost me considerably to return it to them. Lesson Learned.