Monoprice Cali DLX Plus Solid Ash Electric Guitar - Natural, With Gig Bag, Ash Body, Maple Neck, Professionally Set-up in the US - Indio Series

I ordered the natural color as something to play around with having never tried to play guitar before. It looks great in person and is made of three pieces of wood joined evenly as thirds of the guitar body, and good chunks of it you can't tell where the joins are between pieces because the grain aligns. Mine doesn't have any defects that I can tell and sounds great. I've tried some basic setup steps based on internet searching and overall am very pleased with the product.

Like most guitar player's I'm looking for Fender custom shop quality at an affordable price. This guitar isn't quite Fender custom shop quality but it far exceeds the Fender Chinese models and is equal to the made in Mexico models. With the addition of a Wilkinson bridge & Tremolo I believe it steps ahead. mine was setup near perfect with a tiny bit of Fretsprout (very little). The action & intonation we're good and very playable out of the box. Of course most guitarists like me will set it up their own way. All and all you just can't go wrong for the price. I will add that the rear cover had some unusual holes cut in it and Monoprice would replace the guitar but not just the rear cover.

What can I say that hasn?t already been said. Buy this guitar while you can!!! You will not be disappointed.

Bought this during the Thanksgiving sale at $183 + tax. This was my 4th Indio guitar purchase after their Indio Cali Classic, Retro Classic, and the Boardwalk deluxe. I have been impressed and rated every one of those guitars a 5-star - not because they were perfect; far from it - there were some obvious flaws - some that I could fix on my own, and some that I could live with. But in each one of those instances, they represented a great value for the $ paid. The Cali DLX on the other hand left me completely speechless from the moment I unpacked it. The fret ends were dressed, no warping of the neck, no intonation issues, no cosmetic blemishes. I wasn't able to spot a single flaw that I could use as justification for the bargain price I paid. This is a great guitar - period. Other reviewers have already posted detailed point-by-point reviews of this guitar, and the fact that they have spent as much time and attention to the review indicates how much they thought this guitar was worthy of such investment. Perhaps I was just lucky with the piece that I got. All in all, this will stay with me as part of my core collection of guitars that I will enjoy playing, hopefully for a long while. To all the people who lent a hand in building this guitar - a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Great guitar that I feel anyone could appreciate and value.

It is tough finding ash bodied instruments these days - and this one is both beautiful and feels very comfortable. The Wilkinson trem is a dream, hardware an upgrade from Classic series - and tone is warm and thick. The neck is smooth, frets are great, and needed just a bit of setup!

This guitar was another great one from Indio by Monoprice----I've got a Boardwalk in Trans Red--a Retro in Cream finish--a Cali in Arctic White--a Retro DLX Plus Ash body in Natural--and finally this Retro DLX Plus in Ash Natural--All of them have been very satisfying guitars for me in playability and looks---They all needed me to do a host of setup type tweaks and personal adjustments to get them optimized but they all responded well to the treatment and now I would compare their sound quality and playability to guitars many times the price of the Indio---And this last one I was able to get on Monoprice "Halfway2BF" sale and for someone like me on limited income and usually lots of bills this is a very attractive point to be able to get a guitar that will give me pleasure to play and won't break the bank to do it--Very satisfied with the build quality-- frets were nicely done--one thing though it came with only 2 tremolo springs I like 3 on mine and going straight across where they had the 2 set in a delta fashion---overall great stuff Thanks to Indio Thanks to Monoprice--Now I kind of have a hankerin' for the Retro Dlx in Cherry Burst or CaliDLX in Cherry Burst but my sister would kill me if I do---We'll see---Thanks for the guitar--Thanks for the deal--Of course shipping was great too no damage---Sincerely, Mark Holmes

Out the box.... beautiful! Gave it a slight tuning and plugged it into the amp, happy! Don't read the reviews saying change the swicthes,pots, etc. Just play it! ?The tremelo bridge sells for almost $70 online and you would need to install it and have it properly set up. Comes with great strings and a nice padded gig bag! Take it to a local guitar shop and ask them to show you a similar guitar, equipped the same, and include a decent gig bag for this price. I was going to order the matching "Tele" but they were sold out, and I wanted to use my coupon. Monoprice is the only place for awesome reasonably priced guitars. Put it in the cart and buy it!

I really like this guitar. The neck and fretboard are high quality and the ash body looks great and has an excellent finish. The Wilkinson bridge tremolo feels good and solid. I like the way this style of saddle hold the string positively. The tone is warm like a genuine fend strat sounds. The electronics are good and very clean sounding. The hardware feels good and high quality. The tuners are fine and seem to hold tune reasonably well. The guitar looks and plays like a more expensive instrument. I?ve played guitars that cost double what I paid for this indio that were half the quality.

I like this guitar. The body of ash stands out. Way better than the Basswood body cheap strats out there. I just wish it had a wider nut width as I have large hands. The pickups and controls seem to be above average for a lower priced strat. This will be my Florida guitar as I'm a snowbird. I had an extra hardshell case that will protect it when I return to Florida in October. Thank you Monoprice!

I don't ever write reviews but this guitar deserves it. I like to buy cheap guitars and modify them. for example, I have two of the Squier Bullet Mustangs. One Is stock and the other is modded to have P90s. This is a cheap guitar that I wouldn't change a thing on. First of all the wood grain is great. Mine is a 3 piece body, but you can see an effort was made to match the grains. The sound is excellent also. Each pickup selection is a unique sound and it really has the classic Strat sounds. One thought i had before purchasing, was maybe I'd replace the neck with a maple neck., but this neck fells very nice and there is no work needed. I'm not even going to polish the frets. All I can say is that it feels and sounds like a very expensive guitar, so much so that I don't think I will care about the brand name.

This one ticks all the boxes for a gorgeous S style guitar. Ash body is fairly light weight & the guitar is a steal (I got it on sale). AlNiCo pickups sound pretty darn good.

the color was not what i wanted but ill keep the cherry burst!! only issue is the back spring cover was cut in to spots i do not know why. and there was a white powder film in there? i dont know why. but other than that ill keep this as my first strat type guitar. nice weight to it Love it!!!

Image is of a single piece Ash body and online reviews are of a single piece Ash body BUT item received is not. Initially received a guitar that was a two piece body of very very mismatched pieces. One was much darker than the other other and the grain was very off. It looked terrible with the natural finish. I returned that and got another. This one is a three piece body but the color matches and the grain is slightly better. So I am keeping it. Otherwise its a nice instrument. However, I was hoping for a single piece body since that is what is pictured and this is a natural finish. Generally pleased but slightly disappointed.

I love it, looks great, works great, plays very well.

I wanted an inexpensive Strat I could play w/o worrying about getting dinged and one I fully expected I'd have to work on upon receiving. Neither of which became true. The guitar is STUNNING. & there was nothing I had to work on; the Fret Ends are perfect & so is the set-up. It's lower than 'standard' so the actin is fast. This is my 6th 'S-Style' & becoming my fave. And the Wilkinson Trem stays in tune.

great guitar for the money! I have bought 4 guitars from Monoprice and love 'em all. This one came nicely set up and pretty much ready to play right out of the package. Solid components throughout. I don't generally care that much about guitar cosmetics, but the ash grain under the clear finish is really cool, off-white pups and knobs give it a nice retro look.