Floyd Rose Discovery Series DST-3 Electric Guitar 

Features: Okay, this guitar has some great features, but some of them could have been left on the Floyd Rose Discovery V series. I have owned this guitar for a little over one year and I have to say that it plays just as good, if not better, than some of my more expensive guitars. Mind you, the Speedloader system is a dream to work with, and you may never need it. I bend strings sometimes a full 2 notes, and I have yet to break one of these strings. The one quirk I have with the original pickups is that the humbucker installed was way too bright with not enough punch. It also would go "microphonic" long before any of my other pickups, even the EMG 81 installed in my Les Paul. (A quick pickup swap fixed that)Quality: Overall good quality; The screws that hold the trem cover in place stripped out quite easily. Also, the faux pearl overlay on the pickguard peeled away, leaving a satin white 3 layer pickguard behind. I also found the nut seat at the top of the neck needed to be filed down to get the strings closer to the first fret.Value: For the money, unbeatable... From gritty to clean to thick with a flip of a switch and a tweak of the volume knob.Overall: If this one was stolen, I'd definitely want to replace it. It is not my main guitar, but serves a wide scope of the music that I play.

You can't beat this guitar for the price. When I recieved it I set up the Trem. as per the instructions on the Floyd Rose web site and the thing now plays like a dream. No complaints here at all. Stays in tune and sounds great no matter how hard I beat on the whammy bar. Again you can't beat this guitar for the price.

1) At the price, you will NOT beat this guitar from any brand, anywhere.2) You HAVE TO set it up in accordance with the instructions on the Floyd Rose site. Once that's done, the tremolo is flawless.3) The strings are a little tough to find, so you will probably end up ordering them online.4) The switchgear is functional and quiet, but isn't the best out there. Replace it if you're a maniac like me. Cheap to do if you can solder.5) The pickups are good but not great. Look up some tasty Seymour Duncans or whatever you prefer. With the steps above done, it's a world-class instrument.

I own an '84 Kramer Voyager with an original Floyd Rose and I love it but I don't have a case for it and hate having to carry it around because I'm very attatched to it so when I saw this guitar and it's price I grabbed it. When I got it, it was a bit tricky at first to understand it but I got it figured out. This guitar handles exactly like my Voyager and sounds pretty good. I like the trem-block feature of the speedloader because it takes the trem spring counter balancing process out of switching string guages with it. For the cash this is a very wieldable guitar!!

This is a very playable guitar. The action is not low, but somehow it is very easy to play. The speedloader system is awesome. I think it also adds to the playability. Pick ups are good but not great. Strat like sound. Made in China, but still a great guitar.

I bought one of these for my son's birthday. I set it up and adjusted the string length, adjusted intonation, then I played it for a couple of days before giving it to him, now I have to have one! Trem is the best ever, plays like a dream with jumbo polished frets, dressed nicely with smooth edges, great feeling neck, screams through my 50 watt Marshall. Leaves your fingertips black for some reason, seems to be the fingerboard rather than the strings, hopefully this will go away. Single coil Strat and out of phase sounds are cool. Overall, an easy 10, especially for the price!

I was a bit hesitant and had to chew it over for a couple days before I ordered this, cuz as you know, you get what you pay for when it comes to gear. I am impressed with this lil' baby for the money. The only issue that I have with it is that if you play your floyd bar a bit loose to where that you have some play in it before it actuates, then it interferes with the input jack. It just hangs there and can be difficult to grab for. I am thinking that a 90 adapter might fix it but then that's one more connection. I was very impressed with the single coils on this guitar. The neck position is very bluezzzzy and the 2nd position is awesome when running on the clean side of the amp. The notes just pop off the fretboard and really stand out in a mix. The bridge pickup leaves a little bit to be desired, although it is ok and will work as it is, there are some better pickups out there that will make this guitar scream. The neck is comfortable and overall this guitar has bang for the buck. Great for new guitar heroes up and coming as well as the everyday player. Its something different if you aren't afraid!!

This is the best guitar for the money! Great neck and it stays in tune all the time. The Pickups are very neutral sounding so You might want to throw your favorites in the Pickguard, but if not you can color the sound to your liking with the tone controls on your amp, for now I am having fun with the stock set up!

I have always known the floyd rose whammy bars to be the best. Without them the 80s metal scene probably wouldn't have happened. Which is why I didn't hesitate to snap up two of these guitars; the DST 1 and the DST 3. They are both well built and fully adjustable. I had no trouble setting them up to my exact specifications. However, there is one major flaw here. There were no instructions included at all. While I drew on my 20 years of experience with Floyd Roses to figure out the new speedloader system, a novice would have been completely lost, and would likely have had to pay a professional to set it up.

What a BARGAIN! This guitar is so much fun to play! No argument about the quality of the single coils but the humbucker sure puts out. I played around with the single coils, adjusted them up & then played it through a Blues Jr. getting some great, weird tones. Set up on arrival may be a bit confusing (no instructions included but you get plenty of allen wrenches). You need to remove the back cover (like a Strat) to adjust the tremelo for the first tuning (not much tuning after that). This guitar will play comfortably with it's very well intonated neck & bridge until your fingers get tired! I bought a bunch of extra strings but have yet to break any of the originals. Mine came in blue, ugly blue, so ugly it will definitly become a collectable. This is a great guitar for oldies, surf tunes and blues. It's a Floyd Rose! It's a must have.