https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:24:59 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/paged/2/#post-156637 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:01:50 +0000
What i got about the fender strat was that it is a crap guitar and the pups are horrible and hum a lot.(they are saying this for a 370 $ industry standard)

About the fender amp they said that the speaker needs to be replaced.Some said that its got no tone.Some said it sound good.

What to believe and what not ? Harmony central reviews can lead one in so many directions.It better to read them to gain some foresight into the future but basing a purchase (and esp an expensive one) alone on reviews shall be a too much.

Rahul]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/paged/2/#post-156637 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/paged/2/#post-156539 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:32:31 +0000
Just put them in the trash can and go to the guitar centre to find out what you are looking for in an instrument. lol :lol:

With those HC reviews, what I do is I geenrally read all of them about something that I want to get a feel of any common problems that come up. For example, a played a Line 6 amp before, and thought it sounded pretty good. Then I found out that I could get a gig-worthy amp for a low price from Line 6, so I checked out the HC rebiews. WHat I found there is that most of the posts complained about how the amp suddenly started to smoke during use, and since this was present in most of the reviews, I decided not to consider that amp anymore. IMO, thats how HC reviews should be sued not like, "this guy give it all 10s, must be best guitar ever!!"]]> Opinions and Polls blackzerogsh https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/paged/2/#post-156539 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156535 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:24:38 +0000 Opinions and Polls Evolution https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156535 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156457 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:30:29 +0000
Jason]]> Opinions and Polls Crank-N-Jam https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156457 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156381 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:50:12 +0000
Just put them in the trash can and go to the guitar centre to find out what you are looking for in an instrument.]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156381 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156312 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:21:00 +0000 Opinions and Polls smokindog https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156312 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156311 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:11:35 +0000 Opinions and Polls U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156311 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156308 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:06:55 +0000
They also help me know what to check for when I try them since I'm a beginner. Both when trying out any guitar, and specfic models.]]> Opinions and Polls Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156308 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156291 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:09:31 +0000
I always look at the profile of the user. If they have been playing 1 year and are into punk, that generally means this player does not really have much experience with guitars and amps. So, I take that into consideration. On the other hand, if the reviewer has been playing 25 years and plays regular in a gigging band, I will take these reviews more seriously. This is a person who has been around and probably knows good gear better than a beginner.

This is not always the case, but generally it is. :D

If you read 20 reviews and 10 of them say the tuners are not too good, hey, they are not too good. You can pick up little details through reviews. If you read 20 reviews and 10 say the pickup selector switch went bad in 4 months, then this is probably a real problem with this guitar. So I pay attention to little comments like that in reviews. But if you read 20 reviews and only 1 reviewer complains about the pickup selector, then it is good, this person just got a rare defect, or more likely caused the problem themselves.

Some people will use gear without ever reading the manual for even one minute. So, they plug a 4 ohm cab into a amp that has an 8 ohm minimum load spec. The amp overheats and is ruined. The reviewer says the amp is junk. No, the reviewer is unexperienced and probably ruined a perfectly good amp. So, you have to take little things like this into consideration.

If 10 reviews out of 15 say the amp does not have a good distortion for metal, this amp does not have a good distortion for metal.

So reviews are very useful, just read them all and look at the experience and playing style of the reviewer.]]> Opinions and Polls Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156291 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156272 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:34:05 +0000 check it out for yourself then decide.]]> Opinions and Polls rocker https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/harmony-central-reviews-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#post-156272