Fazley FSC318SB Sunburst Electric Guitar
Bought one of these recently, considering this is probably the simplest electric guitar to build other makers seem to charge unreasonable amounts for their version of this classic instrument. Generally the Fazley is good, the neck and jumbo frets feel good and the p90 is very authentic sounding. I needed to lower the action and adjust the intonation. The fretboard is poplar which is not as resilient as rosewood or ebony. It is fine if the wood is sealed. The fretboard was very dry so I oiled it several times and polished the frets. The nut was not bad but I did need to cut it a fraction lower. The worst aspect of the guitar are the machine heads, I fitted a better set. Fazley are missing a trick here, if this had a better set of machine heads and a laurel fretboard and priced at £100 it would be a fantastic buy. As it is I am surprised, as once set up for £75 it plays and sounds pretty close to the real thing. I forgot one other issue was one of the bridge posts was badly drilled this is a critical part on this guitar design so I had to epoxy it in which worked fine. If you put in a little time, effort and a better set of machine heads this is an excellent guitar and a lot of fun. The p90 is surprisingly good and like the real thing cleans up when you back the volume off when using distortion
March 29, 2025
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Squarebear
