Ktaxon Flame Design Electric Guitar

I normally don`t do reviews. This guitar for the price is worthy of some praise. So here we go. The guitar arrived in factory packaging so you could see the logo and know exactly what was in it. After opening it up and inspecting it, I found the finish was flawless. The guitar was very light. A lot lighter than I would have guessed it to be. I used to have an ESP LTD bass that was nearly the same body shape as this. That bass had some heft to it, so I expected this guitar to have some weight, but it felt like a feather. The neck was thin and slim, there was also no sharp fret edges on my guitar. It was a pleasure to play. Perfect for rock, metal, or thrashy riffs. After the initial tune up I plugged it into my Gamma 50 practice amp and was blown away. The guitar sounded really good. Almost too good for a guitar that cost as cheap as it is. I used my behringer UM300 and tube screamer pedals on it and the guitars sound took off into outer space. It had crunch, smoothness, and sustain. It doesn`t sound as good as my Jackson but it sounds killer for what it is. Now there a few downsides to it that I`ll walk through now. The tuners are cheap and don`t hold it in tune. At least mine didn`t. I bought a set of guyker tuners for 25 bucks and called it a day. The pickups are very microphonic. I noticed when I have both my distortion pedal and overdrive pedal both on at once, this guitar made some white noise through the speakers. Turning the level down on the overdrive solved the issue mostly but my other guitars can get away with higher level before the noise becomes an issue. Despite this, the pickups give a good sound and are serviceable. The tremolo bridge on the guitar is very, very tight. I didn`t bother using it cause the guitar would just go out of tune like crazy. Thats about all I found with it that needed attention. I would say this guitar would be awsome for a beginner. For the price you get a guitar, strap, gig bag/cover, cable, pick, and hex keys. So, if this was a gift and the person getting it turned out to not be into learning the instrument, you wouldn`t be out 500 bucks or more for a cheap guitar from one of the name brands. I would change the tuners ASAP to keep it in tune. I think the guitar would be awsome even for an advanced player. It`s feather light and has an awsome neck and has even more potential if you decide to change bridges, electronics, ect. Just do yourself a favor and change the tuners!

Great little starter guitar

It’s a smaller scale. So if you’re a big person who likes a long scaled guitar look elsewhere I’d classify this as a learner guitar. Through my Marshall amp it’s got a basic metal guitar sound for alternate rock / PG-13 metal or a good rhythm guitar. Great gift for a learner / songwriter or a good wall hanger for decor “my use” I put Earnie ball slinkies on it but I think it would be better suited for a bassier heavy guitar string for rhythm personally. 8/10 as far as China guitars go I’m impressed tbh. The intonation is on and okay. Fret board is smooth doesn’t catch my fingers.

Had some imperfections here and there but for $60 it's still as fun as my professional guitars, despite some issues that I won't be naming I was still able to alternate pick, down pick, up pick, use pinch harmonics, chug (because we love it), use natural harmonics, slide, vibrato, hammer on, pull off, use sweep picking techniques, pick scrape, and tap many notes as fast as I could, it is lighter than my Kramer focus vt211s and has 3 more frets so I can get those sweet spots, I replaced the pick-ups with high output pickups with extremely high gain, rewired the entire system with lower gauge wire and I wired the humbucker to the middle pickup so I can get more gain like a mad man, still plays perfectly, looks absolutely awesome, and all for the fraction of what it costs at the guitar shop, if I ever get a gig I want to use this.

I love my guitar, had it for a few months and instantly have no regrets. Looks and feels like a premium built guitar as similar to those expensive guitars from in-store retailers but with a affordable price! Has a nice shape and structure, easy to carry. Sound quality is good. Easily repairable. Everything about this guitar I just love it! I highly recommend it.

Cool guitar for the price. Everything works

For $60 (with $20 shipping so technically $80) its not bad, it makes really good sounds and it's really easy to play chords

The best guitar I’ve ever owned. Pick ups are dynamic. Action perfect. I don’t care if the whammy bar untunes the strings. Sharp inlays!

The title says it all. It's very playable as is and will get better as I work on it. The action was high out of the box so I needed to adjust the bridge and file the nut slots. I still can't get it as low as I would like so I'll try shimming the neck and see if that works, but, given the price, I can't complain. The intonation also needed adjustment, but this is expected for this quality of guitar. I've had to do more work on more expensive guitars. The in-between positions (2 and 4) are thinner than I would have expected. I wonder if the middle pickup is wound out of phase? But they are interesting, usable, sounds, just not what you would expect with a single coil and humbucker in parallel. Definitely worth the price if you're looking for something that doesn't look like a typical Strat or Les Paul clone.