When buying a Guitar there is lots of things to consider, there's many different makes and models to go at. With some starting at only £30 and going all the way up to £1000 its hard to choose which guitar to buy if you're a beginner.

I've been playing for about 10 years and I'm still surprised at how many beginner guitars are out there that are not very good quality. This search for quality drew me toward the Peavey Raptor - its a decent brand name and a reasonable price.

 

I decided to buy the Peavey Raptor Junior since I wanted a guitar to Mod which didn't cost to much, and which had some half decent parts from a respected brand. The guitar arrived packed very well in a standard guitar box, and came with a Cable and the Allen keys for the Truss Rod and the Saddles. 

 When it came to plugging the guitar in I couldn't get any sound out of it at all. "Bad cable maybe ?" I thought and decided to change to one of my more reliable (and better quality) guitar cables.

Having a quick go i noticed that the guitar had not been setup very well, it doesn't seem like they set the guitar up at all in the factory, and although the action was not bad, the string buzz was horrendous and i found it near impossible to tune the guitar with the strings provided. 

I think its possible the guitar had been in storage for a long time, although its impossible to tell as there is no date sticker on the guitar - the only thing i could find was a sticker that said it has been "quality tested" which doesn't seem to have been done very thoroughly!