MonopriceIndo Series 6 String Basswood-Body Electric Guitar, Right, Sunburst (625882)

Overall rating for this OS20 is good or very good for the price. Pickups make for a slightly dirty sound that’s not quite Jazzmaster, but still quite acceptable. Build quality is better than expected and great value. Monoprice has done something amazing with the Indio line, and despite the incredible price, these are not cheaply built beginner models. I would expect the price to continue to increase as these become more popular.DELIVERY / UNBOXING: Box arrived a little beat up with a big gouge at the bottom and a smaller one towards the top of the neck. Neither resulted in damage to the guitar or gig bag. Maybe if it had been raining, it’d be different. The guitar itself was in its gig bag, and wrapped in a foam packaging sheet. It was nice and snug and secured with just a rubber band. Strings were wrapped in paper, secured with tape. No rust, and were not stretched. There was an Allen wrench and short cable on a small ziplock bag and tremolo arm was loose in the box.BUILD QUALITY: Materials are average. The body is basswood, with a maple neck bolted on, and what appears to be rosewood frets. There were a couple of superfluous holes drilled that are hidden under hardware covers and my pick guard came with a 1” hairline crack. The neck is semi-glossed and slightly bent (concave) but within tolerance. Pickups are P90 like, though not exact. Despite what some reports have said, fret wire ends are not sharp, and no filing will be necessary. The gig bag is a lightly padded synthetic, about what you would expect to pay $20-30 for, so again, very nice at such a low cost. It is absolutely not waterproof though.PERFORMANCE: I won’t comment on the Jazzmaster design, as clearly it’s meant to be an offset bluesy guitar. It’s largely faithful to the Fender aesthetic, with a 5-position pickup selector switch, single volume and tone switches and output jack on corner / bottom of the body. Tuners are okay and don’t need to be adjusted that often between sessions. The string height is low and comfortable. The sound is mostly what you’d want, though it does not have as much twang / “surf rock” and produces a crunchier effect, especially in the mid-range. As a practice platform or rock/metal lead, it would work very well. It’s a little too dirty to be a dedicated jazz rhythm guitar, but to each his own.

This is basically a Jazzmaster type guitar that has a HSS Strat pickup configuration. This company does have a similar guitar that has Jazzmaster style pickups, so that would be the one to get if that’s the type of guitar you’re interested in. In this case, the body is a bit lighter and has good balance and is really a nice playable guitar. The HB at the bridge does give you a bit of the Kurt Cobain Jaguar type sound and having strat style pick ups in the middle and neck give you a lot of flexibility. The build quality is easily as good as a Squier, but at a lower price. The guitar did need some set up, mostly adjusting the neck and action but that’s to be expected with any new guitar, particularly when you get online. The process of setting it up certainly gave me less problems than I’ve had with some Squiers and Epiphones in the past. I’m enjoying the guitar a lot and recommend it but just be aware that you’re basically buying a guitar with a Strat sound.

The media could not be loaded. I've played bass for years but never owned a guitar until I bought this one last year.Overall, I've been pretty happy with it.The vibrato is extremely tight and takes a significant amount of pressure to activate. The vibrato arm also is looser than desired, it stays in place facing backwards which gives me a up-pitched vibrato rather than down which isn't bad... Just different.The frets are fairly sharp, I oiled the neck twice in the past year to see if that would relieve some of the neck dryness to try to alleviate some of the sharp frets. They're still sharp but manageable.The cost of this guitar made me take a chance on it, as I loved the 3 pickups and offset body. Overall I'm happy with my purchase and have gotten hundreds of hours of playing on it.

This is my third Indio (by Monoprice) guitar, and they have all been fantastic quality for the price. This OS20 (Offset) model looks and feels awesome: glossy neck, clean finish, vintages knobs and pickups, mostly smooth frets. Better, it plays really well: intonation and action were correctly set up right out of box, and the HSS pickup configuration allows plenty of tonal combinations. I was pleasantly surprised by the output of the bridge humbucker! As usual with Indio guitars, you get a quality padded gig bag, too. Just a beautiful looking and sweet sounding "Jaguar"-style offset guitar with unique "super Strat" HSS pickup configuration...kind of like the old "Jaguarillos"!Minor complaints: tuners are cheap so some feel loose, others stick. But tuning seems stable so far. Fret ends a tiny bit sharp, but not unplayable, and easily sanded/filed. Certainly not the worst fret ends I've felt, and smoother than several more costly guitars I own.All three Monoprice's Indio guitars I've purchased (Retro Classic Tele, OS40 and now this 0S20) have been very solidly crafted, gu. To play and comparable to entry/mid level guitars by more well known name brands. A little set up, new strings, and you're playing a fine instrument on par with those that lost for several hundred more.