EART Guitars TL-380 Modern Humbucker Pickups Double Coil Split Two Point Tremolo Bridge Solid Body Electric Guitars

I watched many videos on YouTube about this guitar. The reviews I watched were all very positive, so I ordered one. The reviews were correct. This guitar would be hard to beat at this price point. The pickups are very hot through my Fender Prosonic and difficult to lower at room level (mostly due to the high gain Prosonic), so I purchased a Blues JR IV to use it with, and levels are manageable with a lot of nice sound options. Workmanship on guitar exceeded some Gibsons and Fenders. Great neck and nice rounded frets on an attractive roasted maple neck. Finish has a couple very minor paint flaws that aren’t noticeable unless you look for them. It will be my “go to” practice guitar as I’m very happy and surprised at its looks, playability and sound.

Crazy how good it is

Alright...this is a first impressions review.So, is it the best guitar I've ever had? Nah. Certainly not.BUT...for two and a half bills...I'm a bit taken aback.The fretwork is as is shown on the photos: each fret end is perfectly rounded and polished. The ends of the fret slots are sealed with a filler.The neck is a nice, fat, chunky C shape. Very vintage LP-like. It might not be for all players, but I tend to like fatter necks.The guitar came set up very well, and after a bit of tuning I was wheedly wheeing my heart out. The finish on the neck is fantastic.The blue metallic finish on the body could have used a bit more buffing and polishing at the factory, but honestly I'm OK with that given the price point.Wiring is clean enough. Pots look to be copies of CTS designs. The tremolo is surprisingly good! The baseplate and saddles are magnetic, so those are definitely steel. The sustain block is likely zinc, it is not magnetic, and taking a file to it reveals a silvery color.The tuners have a high gear ratio and feel quite nice. The nut is cut quite well too.Truss rod adjustment is easy, EART sends these out with a nice little trem-bar style tool to adjust the wheel. The screws that attach the spring claw are a bit awkward looking, though: they're a large button-head style and don't allow the claw to sit very nearly.Tuning stability is about what you'd expect...don't abuse the whammy, but it returns quite well. It's set up from the factory for dive-only, but there's a little space in there to float it.First thing I did was slap on some elixir lite top heavy bottoms and tuned down to C standard. It's a wonderfully resonant guitar played acoustically: better than the majority of dead-sounding gaudily finished imports from GC.Honestly...I have no idea how they can offer a guitar that is *this* good for *this* cheap. It's kind of amazing.I plan on doing some mods: locking tuners, gotoh vs100n trem, BKP pickups, switch to black hardware. It's a steal when compared to anything twice the price...certainly worthy of players of all skill levels.

Let me preface by saying that I own Gibson, Fender, G&L, Peavey, and Gretsch guitars, which I have spent thousands on. While not disappointed in them, I have had some issues here and there. In comes this Eart guitar, which I only bought because it was $279. I wanted a Tele body style, so I figured for the price I couldn't go wrong. It was to be a modding platform more or less.Well, I got my T-380 yesterday, and it was absolutely perfect! (No dings or holes in the box. Thanks UPS for a change) I was not only impressed with the frets, but the neck was as straight as an arrow, and other than a string change, (I prefer 9-42's) I didn't need to do anything else. I was a bit surprised at how quiet it was even in single coil mode. Even my Strat hums like a nuts. The pickups are a bit bright, so a slight roll off in volume, or tone helped fix that. I found no high frets. no buzzing at all. I love it!One thing to keep in mind. While there is a two point tremolo, the routing of the guitar does not allow for a pull up on the stick. That could be remedied with carving out a bit more of the body cavity if you really need it that bad. Other than that, the trem works fine and is pretty stable considering the overall cost.I have nothing really bad to say. I have seen relatively few complaints about this guitar. Oh, there is one minor thing, no serial number. That's a non issue though. I feel lucky that I managed to get a good one given the price point. Like that elusive perfect $39 Tiesco DelRey I got as a kid.I only got this because it was $279, but it's certainly worth $400 easily.