2004 has seen even more budget electric brands flooding the market place with prices which seem to get lower and lower by the month - We live in a World where pressure is put on manufacturers to produce products at cheaper and cheaper price points to fulfill "consumer demand" but regrettably this is at the expense of quality (or put simply the enjoyment you will get out of the guitar you receive!)

Many guitar manufacturers work on the principal that as long as a guitar LOOKS good it will sell - By and large they are absoloutely right too.

However, at Regent Guitars we will never sell a guitar (budget price or otherwise) unless it can play to a level that will inspire the person who is purchasing it. For example, this means that if it has a trem - the trem will work!

Walk into a music shop near you and the chances are you will find the trem on their budget guitars totally redundant IE unusable!! (It should move up and down with fingertip pressure) The shop will tell you that in order to own a guitar with a trem that works you will need to spend more money.

You may find this hard to believe but totally true all the same.

Buy a budget electric guitar from us with a trem and it will operate perfectly - this is thanks to our meticulous quality control and and finsihing process that occurs on ALL guitars sold. This process has a value of over £50 and will not only enable you to play more comfortably but will also help the resale value of your guitar in the future too.
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This package includes over £80 worth of free products and set up service...

Aria STG003 Electric guitar (* the best value "budget electric guitar" on the market today)

Peavey Blazer, Marshall MG15CDR or Kustom Solo 16R amp (all of which share the same features, including REVERB (in my opinion imperative on your first amp). The Kustoms are lesser known but have superior tone both in clean and overdrive modes - making them my first choice (they have a quality celestion speaker too).

Gig Bag

Strap

Quality Cable

Replacement Set of Strings

Plectra x3

Quality control, set up and signed certificate

In other words - Everything you need to get you started!

The good news is that due to our meticulous set ups, your guitar will feel like a guitar valued at 2 or 3 times the price.

At £219, you will not find a better playing or sounding package - guaranteed. I would happily give a full refund if you felt differently when you received it!

In more detail...

Aria STG003 Guitar RRP £129 - This is a Str*t*caster copy made by Aria. Excellent guitars that we can get to play perfectly every time, at no extra cost to yourself. This guitar comes in some fantastic colour options such as candy apple red (metallic red) and lake placid blue (metallic blue), black gloss & sunburst - Even raspberry metallic (metallic pink).

Peavey Blazer or Marshall MG15CDR - The 2 best selling amps on the market for home use. Both of these amplifiers are incredible value for money and any beginner will be overjoyed with the sound they produce. Both amps share the same high level of specification including CD input for jamming over your favourite tunes, twin channels and reverb!

Kustom Solo 16R - For some time I have been singing this amps praises to in store customers. It shares the Peavey and Marshall specs. but it has a tone and quality of overdrive that is in a class of its own. However - it is not a brand name and we do not sell so many online (as you cannot hear how good it is!) but needless to say this has become my own personal favourite which I ensure all my in store customer get to see/hear when they are trying amps.

Strap £6.99 - Choice of strap colours inc. blue, red, black, white, grey etc.

FMJ10 lead £9.99 - Quality lead by Peavey. Will last for years and will also ensure you get the best out of your amp/guitar combination.

Plectrums x 3 £1.20 - Soft, medium and hard plectrum to see which you get on with best!

Cover RRP £9.99 - Soft bag to keep off the rain and dust.

Set Up, quality control & certificate - valued at over £50. I cannot stress how important this aspect is - which is generally completely overlooked by the majority of stores in the UK. The Aria guitar recommended will only play as well as it does BECAUSE of this process. However, the Aria has all the right geometry to enable the technician to produce the results he does.

* Based upon 8 years of testing, research and monitoring quality of the STG against other brands
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Our Price:  £186.38 £219.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

Hopefully, you have read the relevant pages at our web site such as buying your first guitar, the Q & A page, and the technical services page. This will illustrate to you what you should be looking out for generally when buying a guitar and amp. If your budget about £200, the best possible package we would recommend is as follows.

Aria LST 06 RRP £149 - This is a Str*t*caster copy made by Aria. Excellent guitars that we can get to play perfectly every time, at no extra cost to yourself. Colours available include sunburst, black, white, thru red and thru blue.

Peavey Blazer or Marshall MG15CDR - The 2 best selling amps on the market. Both of these amplifiers are incredible value for money and any beginner will be overjoyed with the sound they produce. Both amps share the same high level of specification including CD input for jamming over your favourite tunes, twin channels and reverb!

Strap £6.99 - Choice of strap colours inc. blue, red, black, white, grey etc…

FMJ10 lead £9.99 - Quality lead by Peavey. Will last for years, not like a lot of cables!

Plectrums * 3 £1.20 - Soft, medium and hard plectrum to see which you get on with best!

Cover RRP £9.99 - Soft bag to keep off the rain and dust.

Set Up Normally £55 - This is the hand finishing process that ensures you receive a perfect example of the guitar that you require. This is what makes us so different to many other guitar shops out there.

Total recommended price approx £350!

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Our Price:  £211.91 £248.99 Including VAT at 17.5%

This is Fenders starter package which comes complete with..

Fender Squier guitar

Frontman amplifier (with reverb)

Strap

Lead

Pleactrum

Fender Bag

Tuitional Audio CD

Tuitonal Video

If you want the name - this is the one for you!


Our Price:  £203.40 £239.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

Hearing yourself play!

A four track recorder enables you to not only listen to what you just played, but you can then record 3 other parts which can all be heard at the same time.

For example, rather than playing boring old scales, you can now play a c major scale over a chord "progression", instantly making your practice A) Far more pleasurable B) More constructive.

whether you use the 4 track recorder for practicing or for making music, you will find the rewards that it brings far outway the £99 you will pay for it!

Believe me!!
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Whether you’re an experienced player or a complete beginner, each lesson starts off by introducing something new like a fret hand technique, a new scale, or new chord ideas. You then learn a Cool Track or Study which will help you perfect it. You practise what you learn with video and backing tracks at different speeds.

The extensive video uses the most advanced technology to bring you crystal clear views of exactly what to play and there is a full range of angles, shots, and speeds to choose from.

At every level of Electric GuitarCoach there’s a massive range of music to work on. Among the tracks are songs in Rock, Blues and Indie styles by Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton, Bush, and Placebo among others.

GuitarCoach software has received fantastic reviews over the last 2 years and has built a well deserved reputation for delivering high quality and exciting learning to guitarists all over the world. This brand new Electric GuitarCoach is the best yet and we can promise that you will not be disappointed

Click Here to read the incredible reviews from independant sources such as Guitarist magazine etc.

Our Price:  £25.52 £29.99 Including VAT at 17.5%

Every guitarist has NO excuse not to own one of these amazing new devices by Tascam - and just £149?!

Hot footing it from this year's NAMM show the TASCAM CD-GT1 portable guitar and vocal trainer - a versatile, easy to use and cool looking practice and jamming tool.

Designed with all the style and panache of TASCAM's world-beating portastudio™ range, the CD-GT1 comes with a whole host of features and on-board performance aides, making it easier than ever to practice licks, rehearse songs and improve playing technique. The integral CD player includes a Slow Down Speed Audition facility allowing you to reduce the tempo of a song by up to 50% without changing the pitch of the track. Alternatively the pitch of a track can be altered without changing the tempo, enabling a song to be tuned to a guitar, preferred vocal key or any other instrument such as a keyboard.

Seamless in and out looping capabilities, with flash start and seamless locate and play cue point function, enables phrases, songs or solos to be rehearsed over and over. For quick set-up of authentic sounds, 43 built-in modelling effects include 15 distortion and 15 clean guitar tones - with reverb, delay and chorus effects - and 15 vocal sounds, including selections of reverbs and processing effects. Footswitch operation enables stopping and starting of the CD and scrolling through the effects. An onboard chromatic tuner is also included.

Power from either mains adaptor (optional accessory) or batteries ensure the CD-GT1 can be used everywhere, from the bedroom or the music class-room to the tour bus. And needless to say that at £149 SSR, the CD-GT1 is as keenly priced as it is smart and colourful.

So what are you waiting for?


Our Price:  £126.81 £149.00 Including VAT at 17.5%