Falcon FG100

I bought my Falcon second-hand from a cash-conversion shop.

It was dusty and very obviously had been hanging on the wall a fair while. I tried it-wildy out of tune. Tuned it to drop-D,tried again. I was pleasantly surprised at the 'brightness' of it's tone. NO fret buzz,even though a few of the frets were less than smooth.The strings have been replaced,as the strings of ANY 2nd-hand guitar should be. While they were off,the frets were checked and where necessary smoothed. Now,it plays as well as ANY acoustic in my collection-but at a peanut price! This stuff about needing constant retuning...well,if you leave the original strings on,yes. They're not great.. A decent set solves that. Yes,the body is thin-but a thicker body does NOT necessarily mean a good tone,that depends mightily on the quality of materials used.All-in-all a good instrument for a small price.

Ok-a precis; good guitar for it's money-change the o/e strings and be very happy-don't expect Martin quality for Mickey Mouse money and you'll be ok.

OK so this guitar isn't brilliant compared to a £200 instrument, but (and its a huge but) its only £50.

Upon first buying the guitar I was impressed by it's apperance however unfortunatley, I wish I could say the same about the actual quality of the product. The guitar need vigurosouly re-tuning everyday and the actual body of the guitar crush into my solar plexus alot. The re-stringng process is what really made me lose it! The guitar was almost impossible to re-string and after trying every method under the sun to fit the strings back into the guitar I eventually gave up. After sending John Hornby Skewes (the manufacturor) a pleasent yet frustrated e-mail my problem was still not awnsered.

In conclusion this product is definatley a no-go, I hate to be 'that guy' to dismiss the product completley, but it really is a one star guitar.

My dad got me a Falcon guitar a few weeks ago, its quite good but a one complaints. It goes out of tune very quickly so your contiously tuning it. Other than that its AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good beginner guitar

After having the guitar for a few months it needs tuning practically every day and then eventually it wont tune. As soon as its in tune the strings snap and the restringing design is absoloutly terrible, you need to put your hand through the hole (wich has very little space for moving around) and then try and thread the string through to the top! Seriously dont get it!

Guys,i I bought this guitar in London for 50 quids.....what do you guys want from a guitar that cost this little ?? I personally thought it was a beautiful sounding and smooth playing guitar !! I'd even buy another one,you see I've tried some 300-400 £ Corts or Ibanez that sound like s*** compared to the Falcon !! For a backup or beginner guitar,I'd definetely reccomend buying one (or even two).Best value for money ever

Bought for me as a Christmas gift. First impressions were good, on closer inspection not so good. Poor paint work, overspray in the sound hole, fingerboard poorly finished with black paint, binding cracking, machineheads are very poor. Other points are the materials, the actual body must be made from the thinest wood ever! Lifted it and it hardly touched my Sg and it cracked! CRAZY! finally neck to think and badly contructed.

So, for 50 quid people would say its ok, but for a little bit more you can buy a half decent guitar! Also something else that bothers me is "suitable for beginners",,,nonsense! Beginners need the best to get them started! Overall, its your choice! If your on a budget, go for it. But if you can wait I urge you to do so, because I guarantee you will junk this for something else within 6 months!

In nearly 20 years its the worst I've ever seen or player. Rubbish.

Goodluck.

I luv diss Falcon FG100 guitar is well cool because it is a big guitar i neva sn 1 like iyt before and it is a well stylish guitar

Just wanted to praise this Falcon FG100 guitar. Stays in tune really well and is great to play in the lounge or at parties! If anyone spills a drink on it, it don't matter so much! :)

This guitar sounds like a professional expensive acoustic guitar that you can play all styles on, only it comes as a very reasonable price. If you are an amateur or just beginning to learn the guitar this is a great option to start with.