I bought this on a whim. I have Suhr, Gibson, PRS, etc guitars so I really don't need any more instruments. I just enjoy working on guitar related stuff so I'll occasionally buy a "project" to mess around with crowning / leveling frets or electronics. I ordered this figuring that I would need to really put some time and effort into this to make it playable. Plus I don't have a headless guitar so there's that. But so far this guitar needs nothing. Seriously. I'm sincerely impressed with this instrument! Construction: The wood is nicely finished and smooth. The clear coating is well done and the grain of the wood is actually attractive. All of the joints are tight, the controls are smooth, the pickup switch is nicely detented, and all of the screws are firmly fastened. At this price occasionally that's not the norm at all. Fretwork: The fretwork isn't PERFECT . . . but it's WAY better than what you'd get on a $500 Squier. It call it easily the match or better than a production Ibanez though. Pickups and electronics: The pickups are Eart's house brand (I guess) but I don't think that I'll be replacing them. They sound great - a nice chimey neck pickup and a mid-focused but shimmery bridge tone. The middle position sounds great as well. They aren't Seymour Duncans or Suhr pickups but they sound as good as the pickups in my PRS SEs. Amazing value and tone for the price! The electronics are very well soldered - heck they even use full size pots! Setup and hardware: The hardware is decent. The headstock end of the string holders is sleek and simple - the bridge is the only slight con of this guitar for me. The bridge holds tune well but the tuners are stiff and very temperamental - it takes very little turning to over/under tune the note you were aiming for. You just have to be very careful as you turn them. The setup and action out of the box were pretty much spot on - I might lower it a bit after it acclimatizes to my home but frankly I'm amazed. The setup is FAR better than the out of the box setup on any guitar that I've bought for less than $1000. Who ever worked on this one was a great setup person considering that it came all of the way from China and *still* had decent action and prefect intonation. I don't usually write reviews but this guitar and the attention to detail that went into it deserve it. Absolutely amazing quality for the money - I will be buying more of these for other experiments. I'd love to have one with P90s! Folks at Eart - you need to develop a fanned fret seven string version as well. If you do please let me know - I'd love to help you with product testing on that. You all know how to build a guitar! Read more

I enjoy the guitar and the price is very good. It does have nice fret work on it, the neck is very straight and the odd bridge is actually pretty good and easy to install strings on. However, the neck is has numerous issues with the finish on it, which ERAT's customer services said shouldn't affect playability...It absolutely effects playability. There are bumps, digs, and lumpy spots all over the back of the neck from the finish. Again, it 100% affects playing the guitar. Also, after not even a week of use, some of the spots on the body that are for cosmetic purposes have just fallen off. There are little "wood" filled spots to create a cool kind of dimensional look to the body and some of them have fallen off, leaving the red wood underneath showing. They absolutely were there when the guitar was first inspected. These however, do not affect the playability of the guitar. All in all, the price is still very good as it still is neat looking, has a small, straight neck, and a nice body overall. There are not many options for cheap headless guitars and this is not that bad of an option. I am debating on returning it as the neck issue I have with it is frustrating and clearly affects the playing of the guitar. Small side note; I looked at the pickups and the bridge pickup has Seymour Duncan lettering on it, however the lettering is in the middle of the pickup (I have never seen Seymour Duncan pickups without letting on the bottom, top and bottom, corners, or none at all) and the stamp on the back is the same as the Neck pickup and not a stamp that I have ever seen related to Seymour Duncan. I could be wrong, however, I would not expect real Seymour Duncan's on a cheaper guitar or on a lot of stock guitars to be fair. They also do not sound like SD humbuckers, they sound like generic stock pickups, which are by and large, fine. Read more

Where the heck did EART come from? They have like no marketing or presence online but wow you get a great value for the price. I got this guitar basically as a meme. A friend linked me to it and I was like there is no way this guitar is real but there is only one way to find out. Buying a guitar on Amazon felt very strange. It came from China after 5 days which was a little disappointing considering the Q&A said it will ship from the USA. The box had a little damage and there was a pretty gnarly hole poked in the box where the pickups were. I admit it wasn't looking good. After opening it up though I was impressed. It's light with the Strandberg shape. I have a large chest and found it very comfortable to play in a more classic position than any of the other guitars I have played. I got the black version and I'm stoked it came out darker than pictured. So if you're interested in black know that it won't necessarily look like the inside of a Butterfinger candy bar. The pickups sound pretty dang good but a little fuzzy. I don't usually play humbuckers but it has enough clarity and depth to play lots of different styles of music. The frets feel good and they look great. I have a feeling like another user said that EART probably bought them in the polished rounded state and used them in production. The wood looks nice as pictured. This came set up better than the Fender Player Tele I got last year. Tuning with this setup isn't so bad. It has a light body so I just laid it flat on my lap, pulled out the little metal tuner piece that is attached to the bridge and tightened the screws as needed, stretched the strings and tuned again. I will note that the low E string tuner seemed a little "looser" feeling. I'm concerned it might not stay in tune. I need to take a look at the bridge and see about locking it down. Hoping that's not a problem down the line. Very minimal buzzing on playing that I'm sure some tweaks on the bridge will help solve. So what's the bad stuff about this guy? There was some sticky residue from either a sticker or packing foam that got caked on the body of the guitar. There are some VERY light scratches and weirdness on the back of the body and near the cutout. The wood on the outside of the fretboard between the first and second fret is "worn" down. The plastic used on the pickup selector knob is typical quality from most cheaper guitars but the knob itself had a little flick of plastic coming off that was sharp pointed maybe from production. The switch itself is behaving just fine and has no harsh sounds on use. I have some concerns about this thing staying in tune but only time will tell. Despite all that I still think this is an excellent guitar. To put it into perspective I once ordered a $500ish Squire Vintage series and this thing is miles above that for like half the price. It feels and sounds better. I can see myself sinking hours into playing this EART guitar. If this was a more known brand I could see it selling for around $400-500 easy. Random note, I contacted the seller to see if they would do customizations. I'm pretty sure that was another Q&A answer and unfortunately they said no customizations at this time. Overall, once I picked up this guitar to play it was super easy to overlook all the little things I noted above. I'm putting them out there for any picky people. Know that this will probably ship from China and in this price range there will probably be some hit or misses but if you can get it right it's worth it. Great job people at EART stoked to see what you do next! --UPDATE-- So after playing every day for a few weeks I found a few more things. The bridge gets stuck a lot when you go to adjust action. I think it's noted in one of their pictures but you may have to tighten/loosen the strings and press the little gold piece to get it to adjust the string action up and down. Tuning to precision is a little difficult. Hoping some new and different gauge strings help out a little. The E string doesn't want to stay in tune at all. The volume and tone knobs aren't flat on the body. One is angled a little. Even with these things, at this price point, I'm leaving my review at 4 stars as I think it's a great value. Read more

First off, I payed $375 and nothing extra for shipping. A good deal, one might say. The neck feels comfortable; the fret work is flawless; the guitar plays well; but it wasn't perfect right out of the box. I had to adjust (a tiny bit) the tross rod, and lower the action from the bridge. After that, it was perfect. The first few days, there were tuning instability. The lower E string is still at times, slightly flat. The tone is warm and pleasant. If you push the gain too far, you would get feedback! So if you're a metal player, consider extra cost for pickups. But I'm keeping the pickups that the guitar came with. They have all the goodness that I'd want from an electric guitar. Of course a little bit of overdrive helps the tone; but it sounds good even without that. The switch is good. I've had to deal with cheap switches before. This guitar comes with a switch that is definitely NOT the cheap and noisy type. The volume knob and the tone knob feel right; not too soft. The tone knob cleans the sound really really well. I usually leave the tone knobs on 10, becauase in some guitars, with rolling the tone, you might lose some of the high Mid sweetness. This is not the case with this guitar. You can adjust the brightness without compromising high Mid sweetness. That's it. For nearly $400, this was a steal! If you can afford it, and don't mind the awkward look (I don't think you can impress anyone with this look) don't think twice: it's comfortable, it's well-made, it sounds good, it's good value. I'm happy. Read more

Overall, this is a great guitar for the price and for someone like me who has never played a headless guitar, it is a great and relatively inexpensive way to find out if it works for me. I picked out the color black and right out of the box it looks great and aside from tuning it, I was off and rocking on my first test flight. Weight, finish, style are all very nice - fret work is fantastic and no sprout at all. I watched several reviews of headless guitars - sometimes two and three times - to find the best value and style. The pitting on the body is nice and the back looks & feels so fine. Also, my son is interested in buying a Strandberg and even though the Strandberg is in a league of its own, this EART will give him the feel of a headless guitar. The bridge & saddle system is unique and will take a little getting used to, but I like it so far. As many reviewers said, I agree, this is an excellent guitar for checking out the headless guitar market without breaking the bank. I would have rated a 5, but the guitar arrived 3 days late and you have one big box with no padding or reinforcement whatsoever for the other box which contains the guitar. But I have to say, even though there were some bumps & tears on the outer box, the guitar got through shipping unscathed. Read more