Encore KC3

This is a great little guitar for beginners/ intermediate guitar players. This was actually my first guitar and I still have it today and use it frequently. This is a fairly cheap guitar and I think I got it with a small 10 watt amp for about £100, but that was a while ago now. The quality isn't great, and if you are already at a decent standard you may want to consider paying a little bit more and buying a better guitar. Encose tend to make decent quality guitars, at prices that don't break the bank. This guitar is certainly in that mold. Even though this is a cheapish guitar, if you have is set up properly, you can still get a very good sound of ...  Read the complete review

Encore are a guitar company that have pretty much managed to retain a certain bad reputation about themselves, unnecessarily. The first time I heard of them was when they used to produce extremely cheap children's and beginner's guitars for catalogue company, Argos. These guitars were extremely cheap and tacky and really intended more as a beginner's messabout guitar, cheap in both price and quality, to learn on. This is how Encore have managed to build their bad reputation in the world of guitars. However, a few years ago they were taken over by a well renowned guitar company called John Hornby. This was when they decided to start producing decent quality ...  Read the complete review