Description
Review of the Davison Guitars Full Size Electric Guitar with 10-Watt Amp
The Davison EB2350BKPK is a 39 inch full size solid body electric guitar in gloss black, with a basswood body, a maple neck and fretboard, nickel frets, an adjustable chrome hard tail bridge and a single humbucking pickup with one volume and one tone control. It ships with a 10 watt amplifier featuring built in overdrive and distortion, a padded gig bag with backpack straps, a strap, a cable and three picks. It is aimed at a complete beginner who wants everything needed to make a sound in one box.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- 10 watt amplifier with overdrive and distortion built in. Distortion is the sound most beginners want from an electric guitar, and having it in the amplifier means no pedal, no extra cable and no extra power supply are needed to get it.
- Padded gig bag with backpack straps. Backpack straps are a genuinely useful detail for anyone carrying a guitar to lessons, and they are not standard at this level.
- Hard tail bridge. A fixed bridge with no tremolo holds tuning far better than a pivoting one, which is the right choice for a first guitar.
- Adjustable chrome bridge, so string height and intonation can be corrected rather than lived with.
- Single humbucker with two controls. One pickup means no selector switch to confuse matters and no hum from single coil designs, and two knobs are easy to understand.
- Maple neck and fretboard, a stable and stiff combination that is standard on this style of guitar.
Cons
- The scale length is recorded only as “full”, with no measurement given anywhere. Scale length determines fret spacing and string tension, so this is a meaningful omission for anyone comparing instruments.
- The listed weight of 5.6 pounds is low for a guitar, an amplifier, a gig bag and accessories together. It most likely describes the instrument alone, and the packed weight of the kit is not published.
- The stated product dimensions of 1.5 x 12.5 x 39 inches describe the guitar rather than the box, so the shipping size cannot be judged from the listing.
- No tuner is included. That is the accessory a beginner needs on the first day and every day after.
- A single pickup gives one basic voice. There is no neck position to switch to for a warmer sound, which limits the guitar’s range once a player progresses.
- No spare strings are supplied, and a beginner will break one.
Detailed Product Description
The body is basswood, the standard budget timber for solid body electrics. It is light, soft and even grained, and on an electric guitar the body wood contributes far less to the sound than the pickup and the amplifier do. The practical effect is weight, and a light guitar is easier for a beginner to stand and play with for any length of time.
The neck is maple with a maple fretboard and nickel frets. Maple is dense and stiff, which is why it is used for necks, and a maple fingerboard is sealed with finish rather than left open pored. Sealed maple feels smoother and slicker than rosewood but shows wear more visibly. The guitar is 39 inches overall, which is standard for a full size electric, though the actual scale length is not stated.
The pickup is a humbucker, meaning two coils wired so that their hum cancels while their signal adds. That gives a quieter, thicker and higher output sound than a single coil, and it is the pickup associated with rock and heavier music. Controls are one volume and one tone. The bridge is a hard tail, which is to say fixed, with adjustable saddles.
The amplifier is rated at 10 watts with built in overdrive and distortion. Ten watts through a small speaker is a home practice volume, which is what it is intended for. Why the wattage number matters less than most buyers assume is explained in the guide to guitar amp wattage for home practice.
What Comes with the Product
- The 39 inch full size electric guitar in gloss black
- A 10 watt amplifier with overdrive and distortion
- A padded gig bag with backpack straps
- A shoulder strap
- A guitar cable
- Three picks in assorted colours
No tuner, spare strings, capo, stand or instructional material is listed, and the amplifier’s power supply arrangement is not described.
Who It Suits
This suits an adult or older teenager beginning on electric guitar with no equipment at all, who wants a single purchase that produces sound on the day it arrives. The hard tail bridge and single humbucker make it a simple instrument to learn on, with fewer things to go wrong or drift out of tune.
It suits less well a younger child, for whom a 39 inch full size guitar is a large instrument, and it suits less well a player who already knows they want clean single coil sounds or a range of pickup positions. Anyone still deciding between instrument types should read the guide to acoustic versus electric guitar for beginners. Worth comparing are the ZENY 39 inch electric beginner kit, the Best Choice Products electric guitar kit and the Smartxchoices 39 inch beginner kit. The wider selection sits in the beginner starter kits section.
How to Maintain
Wipe the strings after every session. Alloy steel corrodes from skin oils and a cloth in the gig bag costs nothing.
Take care of the cable. Coil it loosely rather than wrapping it tightly around the amplifier, because cables fail at the plug and tight wrapping is what causes it. A dead cable looks exactly like a dead guitar to a beginner.
A maple fretboard is sealed rather than open pored, so it needs no fretboard oil. Wipe it with a dry cloth and leave it alone.
Tips and Recommendations
Buy a clip on tuner and a spare set of strings at the same time as the guitar. Neither is included, both will be needed within the first month, and a broken string with no replacement is how a promising start stalls.
Keep the amplifier’s gain low for the first few weeks. Distortion hides mistakes, which feels good and slows progress, because a clean sound makes it obvious when a note is buzzing or a chord is not fully fretted.
Have the action checked if the strings feel hard to press down. High action is the main reason beginners stop practising, and on a guitar with an adjustable bridge it is usually a quick fix. The details are in the guide to guitar action and setup.
Product FAQ
Is an amplifier included?
Yes, a 10 watt amplifier with built in overdrive and distortion, along with the cable to connect it.
How many pickups does it have?
One humbucker, with a single volume control and a single tone control.
What is the scale length?
Not stated. The listing records the scale only as “full” and the guitar is 39 inches overall.
Is a tuner included?
No. The kit lists an amplifier, bag, strap, cable and picks, but no tuner and no spare strings.
