Ortega R121-3/4OC

Visually, this is a brilliant guitar. My son is six and had been playing a smaller guitar, so we decided it was time to upgrade.

Brilliant that the guitar also comes with a gig bag.

I chose to spend a little extra and go one step above an absolute beginner guitar. He practices regularly, and I was hoping to buy something he could grow into rather than having to upgrade again in a couple of years.

Unfortunately, after a couple of weeks, the intonation is quite poor and the guitar goes out of tune very quickly. It may simply need some time to settle, so I’ll give it a few more weeks before changing the strings and giving it a proper setup to see if that improves things.

My main concern is that if you’re buying this for a child or beginner and don’t have an experienced guitarist in the household, you may need to budget for a professional setup. Otherwise, I can imagine it being quite frustrating for a beginner to have an instrument that won’t stay in tune and sounds slightly off even when they’re playing correctly.

For context, I was previously a guitar teacher and have played and worked with many entry-level classical guitars that do stay in tune reliably. So I don’t think these issues are simply something that should be expected at this price point.

It looks fantastic and I really want to like it, but at nearing 2,500 NOK I expected better tuning stability and intonation out of the box.

Auf der Suche nach einer Gitarre für unsere Tochter sind wir auf diese gestoßen. Sie hat uns direkt gefallen und obwohl sie nicht auf Lager war haben wir die Wartezeit gern in Kauf genommen, auch wenn es sich leider ziemlich verzögert hatte.

Die Gitarre sieht super toll aus (haben sie in blau/Türkis), hat die perfekte Größe für meine 10jährige Tochter und nun hat sie noch mehr Spaß am Unterricht.
Die Gitarre würden wir sofort wieder kaufen, Preis/Leistung passt auf jeden Fall, grade weil noch eine passende Tasche dabei ist!