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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2025
Excellent idea. But the volume being mounted on the bottom, facing down is pretty awkward. The neck is perfect. And the pups sounds fantastic. Will mod how the strap mounts on the body as other's on here have done to make playing it more practical.
my name
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2025
Not a huge fan. I like the idea, but I find that it does not hold tune very well and is uncomfortable to play. It is very portable, looks cool, and very well made. Restringing is a pain if you don't have a battery powered bit driver though. Price is about right, sound was good through my portable amp, action level was a little low on mine so I had some string buzzing. I raised it a bit and it was easy enough to change. I didn't have the original instructions and I was not able to find info online on how to change the strings so I had to figure it out and it was pretty easy. There are included tools and cable, which is nice. I wish there was something to attach to the body that would allow it to be played sitting down.
Droidiphile
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2025
Got this for practice at work. Works really well! Tuners are a little finicky. The case has a courier strap suitable for bicycle commuting, but I strongly recommend adding more foam inside the case. I read complaints about strap button placement, and honestly, if I play sitting it works fine - but the real estate is there if you do want to move or add a strap button - I'd place one near the neck like on my Gibson SG. Setting intonation was a breeze to dial in perfectly with my Peterson Strobo tuner.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
Really nice guitar for beginners. Easy to transport and strong build…
patrizio
Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2025
Strumento solido e ben fatto. Molto comodo il manico, oltre le aspettative e ottima installazione dei tasti che non presentano sporgenze fastidiose sotto le mani. Il pickup Humbuker estremamente potente con una discreta versatilità considerando che la chitarra è equipaggiata solamente con uno. Lo strumento è arrivato nei tempi previsti e con un ottimo imballaggio. Non ho dovuto fare nessun settaggio per lo strumento se non una accurata accordatura giustificata dai vari sbalzi di temperatura durante il trasporto e le corde nuove ma che non avevano subito lo stretching manuale necessario per ottenere una più rapida accordatura. Conclusioni: soddisfatto per avere uno strumento sempre a portata di mano quando si vuole sfruttare ogni occasione per avere la possibilità di fare tecnica, ripassare qualcosa al volo o memorizzare qualche idea musicale che si ha in mente. Non possiamo pretendere troppo dato il piccolissimo ingombro del body che non offre appoggio per il braccio e la mano destra. Bisogna trovare ed adattare il corpo per non stancarsi o rimanere frustrati non trovando punti di appoggio. Quindi bisogna ingegnarsi in base alla propria fisicità e usare una tracolla che aiuterà in questa fase di adattamento. Del resto ci sono altri modelli di travel guitar con supporti da agganciare al body per ovviare al problema, ma costano molto di più e non hanno la rapidità di utilizzo della batking.
Salva
Reviewed in Spain on April 6, 2025
Hola, me ac4ban de s3nsur4r una reseña. Todavía no me ha llegado. He tenido que p4gar 9 3 € en Adu4n4s.Bien!! Perfecto
James
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2024
I used to take my Martin backpacker on flights when I planned to work on some music while travelling. Sadly, although it is designed to fit in the overhead lockers, at 92 cm long it's over the 80 cm limit on hand luggage with BA - and I don't fancy putting any of my guitars in the hold. The Batking is 73 cm long, or 79 cm in the supplied gig bag, so I can take it as-is, or even put it inside a small suitcase as carry-on. All travel guitars are about compromises so I wasn't expecting much but I'm pleasantly surprised. The fretboard is nicely finished, the frets are smoother out-the-box than my Gibson j200 was, and the action is low with no buzzing or choking. The pickup sounds good through my Marshall JVM 410c. Things that could be better: the padding on the case isn't very thick, tuning is a bit fiddly, and the whammy bar is a very loose fit. All perfectly OK at the price. It came with a set of allen keys but surprisingly no strap, and it's tricky to play it without one as there's not much to hold on to. I've bought a nylon one that adds almost nothing to the weight. Overall, I wouldn't choose it as my only guitar but for travelling it's brilliant and very good value.
Fletch Kincaid
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024
I’ve had this guitar for about a month now and it’s exactly what I wanted. I wouldn’t recommend it as a first guitar, but it’s great for learning. It lives in my living room because it’s so tiny I pull it out to practice scales constantly. It pairs perfectly with my mini crush and spark, so I have a whole tiny rig that I can take anywhere. My family does singalongs when we get together and bringing full size guitars has always been a pain. I’ve also snuck this into work a few times, when I would never try sneaking an obvious guitar case in. Otherwise, I’ve always wanted a 2x4 guitar like a la baye and this is the same kind of animal. This is my first headless, but it won me over to them. I didn’t understand the name Batking until I had the guitar and realized that it’s probably useable as a baseball bat if I ever have a break in.Things to know: without a real body it doesn’t play like other guitars. It’s awkward to hold at first, and you’ll notice you have to look at the fretboard more because the neck will move more since it doesn’t have 5-10 pounds of wood holding it in place. That said I got used to it after a few days. Otherwise the humbucker is a little higher from the bridge than I would have placed it but it’s placed to work well with the coil split.Also: the single pickup has a push-pull coil split. I didn’t see it in the listing but it switches the guitar from the humbucker to the single coil. It’s a hot rail, but with the right amp settings I can take it from relatively clean with single coil low volume to full volume distortion with just the one knob. This is the fix if you’re worried the pickup is too hot. I’d say this is probably my most versatile guitar since all my others tend to just have either all single coils or all humbuckers.Tuning is different, but fine. The strings took a day or two to stretch after I got it but it stays in tune for days now. Tuning is much easier with the included key but I didn’t even check the bag that came with the guitar for like two days after getting it because I couldn’t put the guitar down.Overall I’m extremely happy with this. At less than $300 I expected to have to tinker with the guitar but I haven’t actually set it up yet and haven’t had any issues with action anywhere on the neck. I did have one quality issue with the bridge lock becoming too loose to stay locked after a few days but it doesn’t affect playability and I’m so happy with it in general that I don’t care. Headless bridges seem to either cost as much as this whole guitar or suffer from quality issues so it is what it is.Since getting the guitar I moved the top strap button to the neck’s heel because at the neck the guitar rested awkwardly at the midpoint of the guitar, halfway up the neck. On the heel, the guitar twists down a bit from the weight of the instrument cable. I’m going to try an eye hook opposite of the volume knob instead, but haven’t got around to it because it’s still fine as-is.
Nb
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
This electric guitar was perfect for the size and use for my project so i really wanted to like this product. Found that the tuning was very unreliable; there is a tuner lock but it comes unlocked way too easily to do its job. Also due to the shape of the guitar it must be played while wearing a strap. This is no problem for me as i always wear a guitar strap anyways. But due the balance of the guitar and the terrible placement of the strap buttons, it is basically unplayable. I had no problems with heat, but if it can’t stay in tune or been comfortably played, its not a guitar worth having. Instant return, do not buy.
Patricia Pérez
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2023
I love every piece of this little thing!! It fits on all I need it for!! It sounds great and i couldn’t imagine anything to make it better! It is just what I needed and I couldn’t be happier after having receive it today!!
Customer
Reviewed in Japan on November 5, 2023
ストラップの取り付け位置が悪いので、ホームセンターで売ってる薄くて細長い鉄板を使って変更したら、とても良くなった。😃弦交換の方法が分からなかったが、ピッチ調整ネジをどんどん緩めていけば弦が外れ、穴が見つかった。😃軽いし、アームが付いてるし、安いし、と最高の商品です。 😃
Evan S.
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
Very nice playing guitar! Thicker neck then I thought but no big deal, pretty decent sounding humbucker! Good for metal, nice bridge but just go slow while tuning it as it's touchy, seems well made! My only real complaint is that it doesn't really balance well at all, they need the hook that Anygig came out with for sure, will be keeping it!*Edit*: After having it for a few weeks I noticed a couple of issues. The tremolo really doesn't stay in tune that well when you dive on it. With the trem locking mechanism it seems to hold tune fine. There seems to be buzzing on the whole fretboard so I'll need to level the fretboard unfortunately, could be better! And a few finish blemishes mainly on the neck and hardware blemishes so definitely not perfect but will need working on.
shopmanlerxt
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
Pros: small and portable. Neck is well made. Tremolo seems reverse engineered from a high quality model. Nice sound.Cons: Not ready to play. Had to get a repair tech to make it playable. Tremolo position adjuster doesn’t work. It only turns a few times and stops. I’m afraid to force it any farther. Strap buttons are always required because holding it in my lap puts pressure on the tremolo forcing it out of tune. One strap button is on the end of the neck making it awkward to hold and play.Conclusion: great idea that needs design improvements.
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