I’M A SUCKER FOR BEAUTY.

Back in 2003 I bought a Warrior Fully Armed Guardian and was disappointed. My main beef with that guitar was the recessed bridge which I felt sucked the tone from the guitar. Since I was so in love with the body design I thought that it would make perfect sense to check out a 55 Throwback model. After all, it has a floating tremolo instead of the recessed bridge. It is fair to say that this is a better sounding guitar but it still falls far short of where a guitar in this price class should be.

The guitar is designed to produce the sounds of a 1955 Fender Stratocaster. While it does do a decent job of mimicking that sound, it plays nothing like a Fender Strat. It is my opinion that they have not improved the feel over a great vintage Strat. I am absolutely convinced that I do not like Maple fingerboards. They feel too harsh on my fingers. Another thing about this guitar is that it DOES NOT stay in tune worth a damn. This is probably due to the cheap Warrior tuners. This is absolutely, positively unacceptable. This guitar is good but mediocre in many regards. That means I am selling it. I will never buy another Warrior.

Here are some of the features for reference:

• Lightweight Alder Body

• Alder deep dish carved Top in Pearl White

• 1 piece Maple neck

• Faux body binding

• 22 Fret Birdseye Maple Fretboard with Abalone inlays & graphite nut

• Mann floating tremolo

• 5 way pickup selector with Agate stone control.

• Warrior Angel Pickups

• Bridseye Maple pickup covers

• Recessed Spalted Maple Knobs

• Weighs about 7.4 lbs