After watching this video I purchased one the these Glarry f hole teles. Thank You. Just what was looking for. Will follow you for any upgrades, but really happy with what I got. Had ordered a red one, but got one just like you played, glad I didn't get red. This is works for me.
There's a similar Glarry on amazon for 79 bucks without the f-hole and the output jack is indicated as "soundhole for connecting device" but it looks good and probably sounds OK. If you don't know how to do the setup on your own guitar and you take it to the shop to get the strings changed you probably shouldn't buy. But if you know how to fix up a cheapo tele there's no real reason to spend over a hundred bucks.
Thank you so much for watching Mark. Your comment is just about perfectly in line with my thinking. If you consider these cheaper guitars like a 90% complete kit guitar and then do your own modding and setup if you are capable then you can have something that works quite well and modded to your own specs for not much money. I have the opinion that nothing is unfixable It might not be practical but if you are determined enough you can make anything work the way you want it too.
Thank you for watching Jose. Yes, I plan on doing a full setup on it in the future. If need be I'll do a Fret level, crown, polish, nut all that. I'm going to see how good I can get it playing. Then I'll start modding the pickups and stuff.
@@heavymetalATC cool. I've recently bough one of those cheaper fretboard notched straight edges from AliExpress (no way I'm paying over ten times more to stewmac). It's made from thick stainless steel, only thing I had to do was to sand it down a little bit over a piece of glass. It was already perfectly straight, but the edges were a little rough. I've already leveled and crowned four fretboards since then, with perfect results. Cheers, mate
@@heavymetalATC also you should adventure on compensated nuts. I've been making my own out of either brass or bone, for over ten years, and it really makes a good difference. By the way, how's the project of the alumitone workalike pickups? I've been making my own experiments, and I've found that only one coil for the transformer primary works the best.
some ppl hate the styrofoam package but hell.. a lot of hardcases have this same styro mold inside just covered in some kinda textile or another.. you could actually use it to make a hardcase :)
Thank you for watching Baron. It does a wild thing in the middle position its like an instant white stripes button when you are really digging into it. The pickups aren't the strong point of the guitar they can be modded into a good set.
I have a Squire Affinity Tele...$167, it's amazing. I also like PBR. Great sounding guitar, I know you can fix the pups, so do your magic! I recently found an Alnico for the bridge on my Tele, next string change, it's going in!
Thank you for watching TTS. Yes this guitar isnt quite the quality of a squire. I find those to actually be exceptional instruments. I see people on forums that dont actually Bash them but kinda speak of them as less than. My thoughts are basically if you dont like that Squire tele or strat then you would probably find some excuse why a vintage esquire or 60s strat didn't instantly turn you into a guitar god either LOL Squires are great instruments. Yeah, ill figure something out on these I'm thinking with the low wind count on the bridge a neo magnet might just be the perfect solution but Im still trying to figure out what to do with that humbucker a gold foil or p90 in its place would be awesome but I'm not sure if thats inline with the whole spirit of the cheapest I can mod it route.
@@heavymetalATC There is a replacement Piezo bridge and saddles on E-bay for about $70, and there is a guy from either russia or ukraine, I can't remember which who makes a small and I do mean sm-all pre amp that would require soldering leads to, but the PCB is small enough to fit under the control plate with a 9v battery. The shipping cost more than the board itself, so I was thinking when I got ready to do it, I'd buy 5 or 6 of the boards from him.
Thank you Petey. Its the same camera and lens as usual but I did try to set up some pretty shots. You see how easily I was able to play this guitar in the intro and then you see that action height and you get an idea what kind of guitars I learned on LOL
I have never been a tele bro, but I keep seeing so many vids with one that I swear there is some sort of cosmic conspiracy happening trying to get me to get one. The problem is I have to have a 12in radius, or more neck, and 24in scale length for any future guitar purchase as a minimum spec.
@@jakephilbrick7384 I mostly stick in the 300-400 USD range until I can be classified as an intermediate level guitarist so a long time from now. When I get to that point I will start looking at 500-800 USD models. If I live long enough to get to the advanced stage my guitar would be around 1k-1.4k USD as anything more than that would never be for me.
@@andrewgarcia3136 No, I really can't and the way I learn is with motivation. They are rewards for a job well done, but if I just get the reward now I will never do the job so achieve nothing. Oh, and Tokai Gibson styled guitars are to drool over though I never priced one because Made in Japan normally means my pockets will never be that big to afford one.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Commove. Its still in the state it was in the last video... A cut and buff on the body, finish on the neck, assembly and setup are really all that is needed but Its been way to hot outside for me to get out there and finish it. I may start working on it in here in my spare time if I already have the lighting and camera out.
Awesome review! I can feel comfortable recommending the guitar (and the review) to people who ask me what to buy, which happens a lot, strangely. Because I do NOT need another guitar, no matter how tempted I am by the low price!
The only temptation I have, or rather a need, is for an acoustic guitar to have an electric style bridge (no more saddles pahleese) with a 12-16in compound radius and a 24 inch scale at sub 300 USD. The scale and a minimum of a 12 inch radius are mandatory. The other two are just a dream I have that I hope one day to find.
Thank you Erick. Yes, keep in mind this guitar will need a good setup job but if you know someone that likes to tinker and do projects or would like to learn such things its a great buy.
That is silly money for just one or two of the parts... like the body and the saddles are already worth the price. But this is an actual playable guitar. Nice.
About the jack: I had the same thing happened with a switchcraft jack i have just installed. Maybe it needs to be worked in? Or the wires got in the way? I haven't looked at it yet. But it is exactly the thing that is happening to my just-assembled guitar.
Thank you for watching Akos. I think if you consider this guitar like a 90% complete kit guitar and know that it will require a setup and maybe some parts to function well. Its a great deal in my opinion.
@@heavymetalATC exactly. and it is up to you how much you want to invest and how much better you want to make it. but you can decide to just play it as is (after a setup). which is great.
ok you can go ahead and delete this comment pal . i wont care in the slightest , but at least maybe read it first . i asked glarry to ship me one of their 89 dollar basses for review and they took a pass . good job on the review . i blacked out or painted the inside of the f hole on my cozart semi hollow body strat ,i think it looks a lot better that way but its a dark colored guitar to begin with . from here i am lookin and i would almost say i might think about considering a shim in the neck pocket on that one maybe ? lol... . my opinion about these lower priced guitars is this - someone like ME , and again this is just MY opinion , its coming from my experiences with this type of guitar but NOT specifically GLARRY so ignore me . i would end up replacing every component on the guitar - including the neck screws if i unfastened one and it was wobbling a bit , i would freak out . of course i would need to set it up , IF i am able get it playable after all that well then thats great but my experience hasnt been this . its been every cheap guitar i ever ended up with i was unable to fix the issues and make it NEARLY playable . in the case of the cozart its at a luthier getting a proper set up because i played with it for over a month and man i couldn't get it playable . the guitar is really good looking but it didnt stay in tune and it played like torture . so ultimately i do not recommend buying these good deal types of guitars unless its for a beginner whom you do not lik every much or its not going to be a serious instrument wall hanger decoration to make you look like you are a more interesting person trhan you actually are. you do in fact get what you pay for and you never know what you are gonna get - not all of these are able to be set up and made playable unfortunately has been my experience with cheaper guitars and this is not a jab at glarry as i never had a one. for all i know glarry is the exception as i have heard good things but ... mind you i didn't purchase that bass because i was scared i would get a dud with a goofy warped fret buzz un-set-up-able neck , fret sprout bad finish , crack in the neck pocket etc . in order to replace everything on it with decent QUALITY parts costs a lot and with insane shipping costs it would have to be ali express which man ... this is a lot of gambling , praying and luck for all of this to line up at this point .the fact that you have to hope you get a guitar that is close enough to being set up well . if you get one that has issues it wont be a player no matter what parts you put on it . its a gamble . its no a game i am willing to play . on the other hand i ordered a 50 dollar black bullet strat on goodwill dot com , that one came , i tore it apart , sanded it down , refinished it replaced the crappy pick ups , tusq nut and some of the plastic on it to make it look a bit cooler and THAT guitar is a serious player high level functioning guitar . the tremolo works really well and it retains tuning . i love that guitar and see thats just the thing about buying a guitar online you really do not know what you are gonna get until it comes . son cheaper guitars as this may be how they get rid of B stock... if i am buying lowest end gear i want it to be the A stock ! its not worth saving ten dollars for the headaches ... no offense to glarry but also no thanks for ignoring me but its my opinion you should especially watch out for "deals" - now i could be wrong about this but i got a lower priced guitar from rondo and that one had all sorts of horrific unrepairable issues . like it was really a nightmare worst case scenario . they gave me like 10 or 15 off on the list price ... lol . anyway i dont mean to throw shade at glarry , i know they make some really good stuff for super rock bottom pricing and thats awesome . but as long as people are aware what they MAY be getting into ... i mean you can get a good one but there are also some duds out there , and even when you get a god one it will more than likely need a set up and some parts replaced . that being said those saddles looked very very nice . the back of the neck looked great , is a very good looking guitar so get it set up and there ya go !
Have you ever played a IYV? I got a les Paul copy from them that blows away Epiphone and some lower end Gibsons. It is absolutely playable and I bought for $177. It has a cult following for a reason.
Oh, Petey I'm not going to delete this comment. You have a valid point and opinion. I very well may have gotten lucky and this guitar happens to be a very fine example of this particular model. I also understand some people are much more particular than others.
Pretty full to get a perfectly serviceable guitar for the cost of a set up. Looking forward to your improvements on this one. There are a ton of inexpensive beans making totally legit instruments now.
Lyx pro also makes a very good tele for someone on a budget. You will have to perform a basic setup and dress the frets. For $110 I was blown away and I own some high $$$ guitars but I had a tele itch that had to be scratched and now I’m hooked.
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My X has that same art deco dressing
table with mirror in opening jam.
Your channel inspires me to experiment mechanically
After watching this video I purchased one the these Glarry f hole teles. Thank You. Just what was looking for. Will follow you for any upgrades, but really happy with what I got. Had ordered a red one, but got one just like you played, glad I didn't get red. This is works for me.
There's a similar Glarry on amazon for 79 bucks without the f-hole and the output jack is indicated as "soundhole for connecting device" but it looks good and probably sounds OK. If you don't know how to do the setup on your own guitar and you take it to the shop to get the strings changed you probably shouldn't buy. But if you know how to fix up a cheapo tele there's no real reason to spend over a hundred bucks.
Thank you so much for watching Mark. Your comment is just about perfectly in line with my thinking. If you consider these cheaper guitars like a 90% complete kit guitar and then do your own modding and setup if you are capable then you can have something that works quite well and modded to your own specs for not much money. I have the opinion that nothing is unfixable It might not be practical but if you are determined enough you can make anything work the way you want it too.
Great demo 👍
Thank you Leo. I need to start modding that thing but I "need" to do about 4084986590823756290786 things Hahahaha
Even though the frets may feel already good, I'd definitely take a file and round the fret ends a little bit. It's a huge difference in comfort.
Thank you for watching Jose. Yes, I plan on doing a full setup on it in the future. If need be I'll do a Fret level, crown, polish, nut all that. I'm going to see how good I can get it playing. Then I'll start modding the pickups and stuff.
@@heavymetalATC cool. I've recently bough one of those cheaper fretboard notched straight edges from AliExpress (no way I'm paying over ten times more to stewmac). It's made from thick stainless steel, only thing I had to do was to sand it down a little bit over a piece of glass. It was already perfectly straight, but the edges were a little rough. I've already leveled and crowned four fretboards since then, with perfect results.
Cheers, mate
@@heavymetalATC also you should adventure on compensated nuts. I've been making my own out of either brass or bone, for over ten years, and it really makes a good difference.
By the way, how's the project of the alumitone workalike pickups? I've been making my own experiments, and I've found that only one coil for the transformer primary works the best.
some ppl hate the styrofoam package but hell.. a lot of hardcases have this same styro mold inside just covered in some kinda textile or another.. you could actually use it to make a hardcase :)
Great review, man! The tone of this thing sounds like it would lend itself well to some crust punk music. The price is crust punk friendly, too!
Thank you for watching Baron. It does a wild thing in the middle position its like an instant white stripes button when you are really digging into it. The pickups aren't the strong point of the guitar they can be modded into a good set.
I have a Squire Affinity Tele...$167, it's amazing. I also like PBR. Great sounding guitar, I know you can fix the pups, so do your magic! I recently found an Alnico for the bridge on my Tele, next string change, it's going in!
Thank you for watching TTS. Yes this guitar isnt quite the quality of a squire. I find those to actually be exceptional instruments. I see people on forums that dont actually Bash them but kinda speak of them as less than. My thoughts are basically if you dont like that Squire tele or strat then you would probably find some excuse why a vintage esquire or 60s strat didn't instantly turn you into a guitar god either LOL Squires are great instruments. Yeah, ill figure something out on these I'm thinking with the low wind count on the bridge a neo magnet might just be the perfect solution but Im still trying to figure out what to do with that humbucker a gold foil or p90 in its place would be awesome but I'm not sure if thats inline with the whole spirit of the cheapest I can mod it route.
I've got one, mine however is red. One of the mods I'd like to do to mine is install a piezo bridge and preamp.
They're so cheap it makes for a perfect mod platform
Thank you for watching, That is something I had not considered. It might be a pretty good mod for this guitar as is does have such a resonant body.
@@heavymetalATC There is a replacement Piezo bridge and saddles on E-bay for about $70, and there is a guy from either russia or ukraine, I can't remember which who makes a small and I do mean sm-all pre amp that would require soldering leads to, but the PCB is small enough to fit under the control plate with a 9v battery. The shipping cost more than the board itself, so I was thinking when I got ready to do it, I'd buy 5 or 6 of the boards from him.
did you get a new camera ? it looks good ! the music is very good as well .i love how you re-used the infomercial back ground music too .
Thank you Petey. Its the same camera and lens as usual but I did try to set up some pretty shots. You see how easily I was able to play this guitar in the intro and then you see that action height and you get an idea what kind of guitars I learned on LOL
I have never been a tele bro, but I keep seeing so many vids with one that I swear there is some sort of cosmic conspiracy happening trying to get me to get one. The problem is I have to have a 12in radius, or more neck, and 24in scale length for any future guitar purchase as a minimum spec.
its 100 bucks, dont think id count that as your next guitar. something to just play around with.
@@jakephilbrick7384 I mostly stick in the 300-400 USD range until I can be classified as an intermediate level guitarist so a long time from now. When I get to that point I will start looking at 500-800 USD models. If I live long enough to get to the advanced stage my guitar would be around 1k-1.4k USD as anything more than that would never be for me.
Dude I had a tele and never bonded with it. The crazy thing tho is I still want one. I'm a Les Paul guy, not a tele guy, but I've got tele gas
@@generalawareness101 I've got one word for you, Tokai. To hell with your skill level. Buy a nice guitar. You *can* afford it :)
@@andrewgarcia3136 No, I really can't and the way I learn is with motivation. They are rewards for a job well done, but if I just get the reward now I will never do the job so achieve nothing. Oh, and Tokai Gibson styled guitars are to drool over though I never priced one because Made in Japan normally means my pockets will never be that big to afford one.
It’s unavailable now but I sure would have loved upgrading it.
Dang well thanks for watching. I still plan on doing that myself in video stages until its 1 bad MF.
Have you finished your Oak guitar build?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment Commove. Its still in the state it was in the last video... A cut and buff on the body, finish on the neck, assembly and setup are really all that is needed but Its been way to hot outside for me to get out there and finish it. I may start working on it in here in my spare time if I already have the lighting and camera out.
Brass saddles?
Awesome review! I can feel comfortable recommending the guitar (and the review) to people who ask me what to buy, which happens a lot, strangely. Because I do NOT need another guitar, no matter how tempted I am by the low price!
The only temptation I have, or rather a need, is for an acoustic guitar to have an electric style bridge (no more saddles pahleese) with a 12-16in compound radius and a 24 inch scale at sub 300 USD. The scale and a minimum of a 12 inch radius are mandatory. The other two are just a dream I have that I hope one day to find.
Thank you Erick. Yes, keep in mind this guitar will need a good setup job but if you know someone that likes to tinker and do projects or would like to learn such things its a great buy.
That is silly money for just one or two of the parts... like the body and the saddles are already worth the price. But this is an actual playable guitar. Nice.
About the jack: I had the same thing happened with a switchcraft jack i have just installed. Maybe it needs to be worked in? Or the wires got in the way? I haven't looked at it yet. But it is exactly the thing that is happening to my just-assembled guitar.
Thank you for watching Akos. I think if you consider this guitar like a 90% complete kit guitar and know that it will require a setup and maybe some parts to function well. Its a great deal in my opinion.
@@heavymetalATC exactly. and it is up to you how much you want to invest and how much better you want to make it. but you can decide to just play it as is (after a setup). which is great.
ok you can go ahead and delete this comment pal . i wont care in the slightest , but at least maybe read it first . i asked glarry to ship me one of their 89 dollar basses for review and they took a pass . good job on the review . i blacked out or painted the inside of the f hole on my cozart semi hollow body strat ,i think it looks a lot better that way but its a dark colored guitar to begin with . from here i am lookin and i would almost say i might think about considering a shim in the neck pocket on that one maybe ? lol... . my opinion about these lower priced guitars is this - someone like ME , and again this is just MY opinion , its coming from my experiences with this type of guitar but NOT specifically GLARRY so ignore me . i would end up replacing every component on the guitar - including the neck screws if i unfastened one and it was wobbling a bit , i would freak out . of course i would need to set it up , IF i am able get it playable after all that well then thats great but my experience hasnt been this . its been every cheap guitar i ever ended up with i was unable to fix the issues and make it NEARLY playable . in the case of the cozart its at a luthier getting a proper set up because i played with it for over a month and man i couldn't get it playable . the guitar is really good looking but it didnt stay in tune and it played like torture . so ultimately i do not recommend buying these good deal types of guitars unless its for a beginner whom you do not lik every much or its not going to be a serious instrument wall hanger decoration to make you look like you are a more interesting person trhan you actually are. you do in fact get what you pay for and you never know what you are gonna get - not all of these are able to be set up and made playable unfortunately has been my experience with cheaper guitars and this is not a jab at glarry as i never had a one. for all i know glarry is the exception as i have heard good things but ... mind you i didn't purchase that bass because i was scared i would get a dud with a goofy warped fret buzz un-set-up-able neck , fret sprout bad finish , crack in the neck pocket etc . in order to replace everything on it with decent QUALITY parts costs a lot and with insane shipping costs it would have to be ali express which man ... this is a lot of gambling , praying and luck for all of this to line up at this point .the fact that you have to hope you get a guitar that is close enough to being set up well . if you get one that has issues it wont be a player no matter what parts you put on it . its a gamble . its no a game i am willing to play . on the other hand i ordered a 50 dollar black bullet strat on goodwill dot com , that one came , i tore it apart , sanded it down , refinished it replaced the crappy pick ups , tusq nut and some of the plastic on it to make it look a bit cooler and THAT guitar is a serious player high level functioning guitar . the tremolo works really well and it retains tuning . i love that guitar and see thats just the thing about buying a guitar online you really do not know what you are gonna get until it comes . son cheaper guitars as this may be how they get rid of B stock... if i am buying lowest end gear i want it to be the A stock ! its not worth saving ten dollars for the headaches ... no offense to glarry but also no thanks for ignoring me but its my opinion you should especially watch out for "deals" - now i could be wrong about this but i got a lower priced guitar from rondo and that one had all sorts of horrific unrepairable issues . like it was really a nightmare worst case scenario . they gave me like 10 or 15 off on the list price ... lol . anyway i dont mean to throw shade at glarry , i know they make some really good stuff for super rock bottom pricing and thats awesome . but as long as people are aware what they MAY be getting into ... i mean you can get a good one but there are also some duds out there , and even when you get a god one it will more than likely need a set up and some parts replaced . that being said those saddles looked very very nice . the back of the neck looked great , is a very good looking guitar so get it set up and there ya go !
Have you ever played a IYV? I got a les Paul copy from them that blows away Epiphone and some lower end Gibsons. It is absolutely playable and I bought for $177. It has a cult following for a reason.
Oh, Petey I'm not going to delete this comment. You have a valid point and opinion. I very well may have gotten lucky and this guitar happens to be a very fine example of this particular model. I also understand some people are much more particular than others.
Glarry has a strict vetting process and I was rejected. How come I don't find any videos about Glarry on your channel?
This guitar is giving me ideas. 😈
Awesome Rob, let your mind run wild and build you some kinda twang beast.
Hell yeah brother! I might just have to bust out my wallet
Thank you for watching Andrew. If you consider this as a project guitar or a 90% complete guitar its a bargain.
Pretty full to get a perfectly serviceable guitar for the cost of a set up. Looking forward to your improvements on this one. There are a ton of inexpensive beans making totally legit instruments now.
It's discontinued as of the time of this depressed comment.
Lyx pro also makes a very good tele for someone on a budget. You will have to perform a basic setup and dress the frets. For $110 I was blown away and I own some high $$$ guitars but I had a tele itch that had to be scratched and now I’m hooked.
Thank you for watching Josh. Yes I think a setup and fret dress is kinda expected at that price point.
XD mother of toilet seat