GOLDRIFF 39 Inch Electric Guitar Starter Kit – HSS Pickups, 10W Bluetooth Amp, Gig Bag & Full Accessory Bundle

Most guitars under $150 come with an SSS (3 Single Coil) configuration. This one doesn't.

GoldRiff uses an HSS setup: 1 Humbucker at the bridge + 2 Single Coils at the middle and neck position. That one Humbucker changes everything.

What does that mean for your sound?

Single Coils give you bright, sparkling cleans — perfect for pop, funk, country, and classic Strat-style tones. They're what you hear in John Mayer and Hendrix recordings. But they can sound thin when you crank up the gain.

The Humbucker at the bridge gives you thick, warm, high-output tone that's ideal for rock, blues, metal, and anything with overdrive. It's what makes a Les Paul growl. Most players discover they use the Humbucker position 60%+ of the time.

With the 5-way pickup selector, you get 5 distinct sounds in one guitar:

Position 1 — Bridge Humbucker: Full, powerful rock and metal tones
Position 2 — Humbucker + Middle Single Coil: Warm, scooped blues tone
Position 3 — Middle Single Coil: Classic bell-like clean
Position 4 — Middle + Neck Single Coil: The "quack" — funky, percussive
Position 5 — Neck Single Coil: Warm, round jazz and ballad tone

The competitor comparison:

Squier Debut Strat at $179? SSS only — and that's just the guitar, no amp or accessories.

GoldRiff gives you HSS at $129 with a complete kit. That's the sound advantage.

The amp that comes in a guitar starter kit is usually an afterthought. We made ours the centerpiece.

Most kits at this price include a 3-5W mini amp the size of a deck of cards. It's loud enough to hear yourself, but that's about it. No Bluetooth, no headphone jack, tinny sound.

GoldRiff's 10W Bluetooth amplifier is a different animal:

🔊 10 Watts — Loud enough to fill a bedroom or small living room. Actual speaker presence, not a tinny buzz.

🎵 Bluetooth 5.0 — Stream music from your phone wirelessly. Play backing tracks, follow YouTube lessons, or jam along with Spotify — all through the same speaker you're playing through. This is how modern players practice: guitar + your favorite song playing simultaneously.

🎧 Headphone Output — 3.5mm jack for completely silent practice. Perfect for apartments, dorm rooms, late-night sessions, or when your family is sleeping. Plug in any headphones and the speaker goes silent.

🎛️ Real Controls — Gain, Volume, Tone knobs + Overdrive switch. Shape your sound instead of just turning it up and down. Go from crystal-clean jazz tones to gritty rock crunch with a flip of the switch.

🔌 Dual Use — When you're not playing guitar, it works as a standalone Bluetooth speaker for music, podcasts, or calls. Two devices in one.

What competitors include at $129:

Donner DST-100 → 3W portable mini amp (no Bluetooth, tiny speaker)
Best Choice Products → 10W amp (no Bluetooth, basic controls)
Ashthorpe → 10W amp (no Bluetooth)

GoldRiff is the only $129 kit with a 10W Bluetooth amplifier. You'd need to spend $40-60 to buy a comparable Bluetooth practice amp separately.

"Do I need to buy anything else?" No. Literally nothing.

Here's everything inside the box, and what each piece would cost if you bought it separately:

🎸 39" Full-Size Electric Guitar (HSS, maple neck, tremolo) — $120-150 standalone
🔊 10W Bluetooth Practice Amplifier — $40-60 standalone
🎒 Padded Gig Bag — $15-25 standalone
🎯 Digital Clip-On Tuner — $10-15 standalone
🎶 Guitar Strap — $8-12 standalone
🔌 10ft Instrument Cable (1/4" to 1/4") — $8-10 standalone
🎸 Tremolo Whammy Bar — $5-8 standalone
🔧 Allen Wrench Set (truss rod & bridge adjustment) — $3-5 standalone
🎵 6× Guitar Picks (assorted gauges) — $5-10 standalone

Bought separately: $210 - $270
GoldRiff Complete Kit: $129

That's 55% less than building the same setup piece by piece. And you don't waste time researching which cable fits which amp, which tuner works best, or whether the strap fits your guitar. We already figured that out for you.

What competitors include at the same price:

A typical $129 guitar kit from other brands includes 5-7 items: guitar, small amp, bag, cable, picks, strap. No tuner (another $10-15 purchase). No whammy bar. No allen wrench set.

GoldRiff includes 11 pieces. You open the box, plug in, and play. That's the promise.

One more thing: Free shipping on every order. The price you see is the price you pay — shipping and tax included. No surprises at checkout.

The uncomfortable truth about $100-$150 guitars: most of them are made in the same handful of factories. The difference is who controls quality — and who takes the markup.

GoldRiff instruments are manufactured on the same production lines as the world's #1 musical instrument brand — the brand that holds the top-selling positions across guitars, pianos, and drums. Same factory. Same materials. Same workers. Same quality control standards.

So why is GoldRiff $129 instead of $180+?

Traditional guitar brands go through 3-4 layers of distribution: factory → brand headquarters → regional distributor → retailer → you. Each layer adds 15-30% markup.

GoldRiff goes: factory → our US warehouse → you. We control the entire chain — from production quality to packaging to California-based fulfillment. No distributors, no retail markup, no middlemen.

What that means for the guitar in your hands:

🪵 Solid Poplar body — A genuine tonewood with balanced resonance. Not the plywood or particle board found in some budget guitars.

🍁 Canadian Maple C-shape neck — The most popular neck profile in the world, used in instruments 3x this price. Smooth satin finish that won't get sticky during long sessions.

🎸 Die-Cast Chrome tuning machines — These hold tuning stable. Budget guitars use stamped tuners that slip constantly and need re-tuning every few minutes. Die-cast machines mean you tune once and play.

🔩 22 Medium Jumbo frets — Properly crowned and polished. No sharp edges, no buzzing. The fret work on a guitar determines how it plays more than almost any other factor.

🎵 HSS Pickup set — Proper copper-wound pickups with ceramic magnets. Not the muddy, low-output pickups that make cheap guitars sound like they're playing through a tin can.

Every GoldRiff guitar passes a 12-point quality inspection before it ships. We check neck alignment, fret levelness, pickup height, intonation, tuner stability, electronics, finish, hardware tightness, string action, nut slot depth, tremolo spring tension, and overall playability.

Backed by a 1-year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship, plus a 30-day return policy if it's not for you. We stand behind every guitar that leaves our warehouse.