The End of Cheap Guitars

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  • @thehappyheretic2136
    @thehappyheretic2136 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm a Harley Benton guy myself
    I get them setup and modded the way I like. i save a bundle and have never been disappointed where i have two lower-quality grotes. They sound good but the quality is not there. need better tuners ,3-way switch etc

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thehappyheretic2136 Harley’s are very good. I have owned a few and Donner is also a fine brand.

    • @upsidedownnoise
      @upsidedownnoise หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why a three way switch? It's a simple passive component which, when soldered correctly, performs at the same level as any other three way switch. Even the quality of the wiring, on a three way switch, as long as it is soldered correctly, is never going to be an issue because, it is such a short run; on a guitar cable the quality does matter due to the capacitance created by the length if the cable and also, the signal noise created by the cables components.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Some switches are just really loose. You breathe on them and they move! I like a switch that you need to expert some force to move. Cheap switches seem sloppy.

    • @wilhelmvonn9619
      @wilhelmvonn9619 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@JayceAllanGuitar Yep. Any part no matter how simple can be good or bad.

  • @AkaSnugD
    @AkaSnugD หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There are lots of other things that I would like to see someone with more knowledge than I cover in videos -
    Gig bags, straps, cables, even strings
    Maybe these won’t be of general/widespread interest, maybe they would be just as expensive as buying guitars, but it’s stuff that you don’t see covered generally

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wouldn't mind doing a video on strings and cables. Gig bags tend to come with just about every guitar I buy, but that's also a good idea. Thanks for the ideas.

  • @antoonhermans8953
    @antoonhermans8953 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I think it's wise to spend some more money and just get a decent bugdet guitar , these amazon knock offs with wierd names ect. really are of no use to anyone , a beginner guitar player will also be way more happy with a good squire or epiphone .

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@antoonhermans8953 I agree the one off brands are a crap shoot but you can’t go wrong with Harley Benton, Lyx, Donner, etc. They have established themselves as brands that will stick around. I just like to buy these oddballs to see what I get. Plus I can tinker with them.

    • @mikemiller6628
      @mikemiller6628 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True.

    • @upsidedownnoise
      @upsidedownnoise หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A guitar needs to sound good and stay in tune. That is the basic minimum that a guitarist of any level needs. The guitar above fills those two requirements. I agree that it would a good idea to put a new nut and tuners in, followed by a fret polish but as it is out of the box and reviewed, it is perfectly usable.

    • @Alwaysonly1forme
      @Alwaysonly1forme หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@JayceAllanGuitar"Back in my day" I've owned several electrics and amps. Sold them all. I wish I kept my Roland Blues Cube though. Anyway I've watched a ton of reviews but am kinda skeptical when the reviewer receives free equipment. Just picked up a Donner 152R (ice blue) package. It was between that and a Fesley with a similar configuration but, since I don't have an amp yet I went with the Donner. Cost $152.00 on sale (Amazon). Decent guitar, polished the frets, oiled/treated fret board, set intonation, new strings (height was really close) and put some shielding tape in the cavity. Always wanted a low cost 335 style guitar, some day. Anyway someone mentioned doing reviews on other equipment. I'm really interested in getting a low cost amp somewhere between $200-250. Don't know if you've done it yet or were thinking about it.

    • @davidkulmaczewski4911
      @davidkulmaczewski4911 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      LOL. LMAO, even. Do you work for Gibson or Fender or something? There are *SO* many great guitars now available online, Harley-Benton is huge, and I've seen plenty of great reviews for these "cheapo" Amazon guitars. Squire and Epiphone are made in China, too. The funny part is, they're probably made in the exact same factory by the same people. It's a freaking golden age for affordable guitars. I hate shills.

  • @Greenjagsurf
    @Greenjagsurf 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Its odd because where you like the jack, i play classical tilt and want it on the top out of my lap.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Greenjagsurf oh right. I never thought of that. HILS makes some cool headless designs too that are cut for that style of play.

  • @checkyoursixgaming
    @checkyoursixgaming 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So, I had bought the Semi Hollow as well. It was listed at $90 when I bought it and I think that was the last one. Showed up free bouncing around inside a big Zon box. Was not in a branded box at all. Only came with the guitar and no accessories. So I am guessing mine was a return that was shipped to me as new. Anyhow, it had a dinged headstock and a couple of small dents on the body. The dents are hard to see unless you look closely. Surprisingly, there was no more damage than that despite the lack of protection for during the shipping. Soon as I got it though, I went to try to do a replacement for it so I could get one that was new with the accessories. However, they were all sold out. No more Aubegne guitars anywhere. They don't have a website or any way to contact them. So Amazon said I could get a full refund or a $50 credit to my account. I took the credit and kept the guitar. It plays alright and looks nice enough despite the couple of character flaws I mentioned already from the shipping process. Still, I've been checking every day to see if they had come back in stock and none of that brand has. Guessing it was a fly by night company that stamped their brand on some excess stock to sell off and be done with it.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      These models come and go, it's whatever that particular plant is making that month. I bought a strat style called Auriga. That turned out to be a great guitar. That was back in the Spring I think, and I haven't seen them again since. Too bad too, because that guitar is great. Full thickness poplar body, good components. The only flaw with that one was sharp fret ends.

    • @checkyoursixgaming
      @checkyoursixgaming 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@JayceAllanGuitar I called it excess stock because that is what these typically are. Promo or demo stock made by a factory or two. Mostly to showcase what they can do and were not meant to be sold. The pile up on occasion. Usually a couple of dozen units are made. What happens is some small company buys these excess units, has their brand stamped on them, and then sells them. Which is why they are low in volume and usually cheap. Because these tend to be promo/demo units the QC on them can be very erratic to say the least. Same thing with the Auriga guitar you have. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the Auriga and Aubegne guitars are actually being sold from the same company. They just use different fake branding so anything that is negatively report about the product by consumers doesn't stick to them.

  • @randallhaney7909
    @randallhaney7909 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There have been at least 4 changes to the "Mouse Ears" on the Gibson 335 over the years. Rounder, Pointier. Shallower and Deeper .. Just Say'n.

  • @CKS64
    @CKS64 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey have you checked out the Diamond Guitar blowout at World Music Supply?

  • @hotcakesman
    @hotcakesman หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These are great mod platforms. Keep up the great content! I would love to see a Jet review. The tele that is around 430 looks cool.

    • @hotcakesman
      @hotcakesman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      PS I love your orange kitty!

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@hotcakesman thank you. I appreciate that.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@hotcakesman hey thanks. That’s Stanley.

    • @hotcakesman
      @hotcakesman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JayceAllanGuitar I have an orange kitty. He is the best.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He’s great but sometimes lives up to the ginger cat reputation.

  • @Anon-mk4ms
    @Anon-mk4ms หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got strong Donner guitar vibes from this guitar and that picture of the Telecaster style guitar.

  • @Focal_Paradox
    @Focal_Paradox หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The f holes on my Squire Affinity Starcaster aren't bound. How is it that Aubegne can finish the f holes, yet Squier can't on their way more expensive Affinity series?

  • @AJgeartalk
    @AJgeartalk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Jayce. Glad that this Aubegne is treating you better than the tele! Be well brother.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Joe! The Tele is in pieces on my bench. Gonna do a video about how it was made (very poorly I might add). Then I'm going to mod it.

  • @HighlineGuitars
    @HighlineGuitars 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Tariffs will likely be the end of cheap guitars.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My guess is the tariffs won't happen. Trump said a lot of things the first time he ran, and some he didn't do, and some he did, but not the way he originally said. So I'll be surprised. Also, I heard an interview with a Chinese factory owner and he said that if the US puts tariffs on Chinese goods, he'll just move his business to Taiwan. There's always a way around those types of thing. We'll see.

  • @JAL-cc8jd
    @JAL-cc8jd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve got 2 Tease guitars and they were both great out of the box. One was $249 and the other $165. I have 2 Leo Jaymz guitars that were $119-129, but I needed to do some mods to make them good players, so they actually ended up costing more.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JAL-cc8jd I played and reviewed a Tease. Also talked to the owner. Great guy. He’s really trying to build a brand.

  • @davidkastin4240
    @davidkastin4240 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about after a full set up a follow up to see if it's better?

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidkastin4240 definitely. Gonna get some decent, cheap pups from Amazon to upgrade. Video to come.

    • @upsidedownnoise
      @upsidedownnoise หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This

  • @Guitar6ty
    @Guitar6ty หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you are only a home guitar warrior playing through a cheap effects unit and maybe doing some recording or even the odd gig you dont need an expensive guitar.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very true.

    • @gregoryreddy8411
      @gregoryreddy8411 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Although I find that a better guitar can be more inspiring-for me to play more. But I just bought an amazing Squire 40th anniversary strat for about $200-from GC, and it is close to as good as my $750 PRS SE Custom 24.

  • @markpell8979
    @markpell8979 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Aubegne is French, pronounced oh-benn'-yuh or something close to that. The 'g' is silent. Edit: semihollow guitars like this are made with laminated formed veneers, high-quality thin plywood really that will have several thin stiff plies laminated over a form. Mahogany is pretty fragile as a veneer, so usually these hollow and semihollow guitars are made from maple veneers. That looks like plain figured maple to me. Nothing wrong with that, the top brands are made the same way except fancier top layers sometimes. The neck could still be solid mahogany but it's probably maple too. The internal center block is normally solid maple.

    • @CKS64
      @CKS64 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the explanation.

    • @markpell8979
      @markpell8979 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CKS64 Welcome, glad it helped. Those facts were educated guesses that might not apply to this guitar. Anybody with better info please chime in! Nice looking guitar, bet it'll play nice with a little tinkering.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@markpell8979 kinda what I was thinking. The grain pattern is definitely maple or poplar. The neck is probably maple cause it weighs a ton. I’m guessing it’s a laminated wood top and back for sure.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@markpell8979 I’m thinking a pickup upgrade. The pups that came off the Tele had about half the copper wire wrapped around it than it should have. The humbuckers in this guitar are really microphonic.

    • @markpell8979
      @markpell8979 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JayceAllanGuitar Some nicer pickups would make that thing come alive. Maybe it needs a better bridge or some work on the nut slots for that 'sitar' buzz. Don't sink too much money into it though! But it would be a good little setup/mod project. Enjoyed the chat J, take it easy man and good luck with this guitar.

  • @stancoleshill8925
    @stancoleshill8925 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm sure you would have to "adjust" an $8000 Gibson to do everything you wanted to do to it. Some people cover the thing with Duct tape and they go out and make millions. Go figure.!

  • @williamhoppe4500
    @williamhoppe4500 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about garage sale guitars? An old friend picked up a Stella student acoustic for me in pretty good shape for $25. It looks good and is an American made guitar (now out of business). Thanks

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@williamhoppe4500 I always look for gear at garage sales but rarely find stuff around here. I did find an old acoustic once.

    • @anthonypanneton923
      @anthonypanneton923 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I learned how to play on a Stella acoustic back in the 1960s. It was absolutely the worst guitar I have ever played.

    • @williamhoppe4500
      @williamhoppe4500 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@anthonypanneton923 The one I have plays nice. My cousin had a Sears Silvertone electric that you literally couldn't fret a chord with as it was so lousy.

    • @anthonypanneton923
      @anthonypanneton923 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@williamhoppe4500 In retrospect, and knowing what I know now about guitars, it probably could have been a decent guitar with different, lighter gauge strings, and a bit of work on the nut, bridge saddle, and I'm quite certain it never had anyone check the neck truss rod, which as I remember the instrument now - almost certainly needed to be tightened. But as a 10-11 year old kid, playing my older brother's guitar - I had no clue about ANY of that. And I would not have dared to mess with any of that stuff, since it was my older brother's guitar. And back then, there was no such thing as a "guitar tech" at the local music store to take a look at it.. There wasn't even a local music store where I lived.
      If your Stella has survived this long, its probably worth giving it a bit of TLC.
      I have an old SIlvertone electric - its only used for slide with open tunings! My first real amp was the biggest Silvertone amp they made in the late '60s - solid state and (about) 50-60 watts output; with 6x10 Jensen speakers. Wish I had those speakers back!

    • @williamhoppe4500
      @williamhoppe4500 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @anthonypanneton923 I know that you hit the nail on the head just now. I put light gauge strings on my Stella as the old ones were corroded. The Silverstone my cousin owned probably had the heaviest cheap strings and no idea how to do setups in the 50s and 60s. I wish that I had all the guitars and cars I had back then but at 74 I'm happy to be alive
      Take care and thanks

  • @Fotosaurus56
    @Fotosaurus56 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hendrix could have used a few of these, instead of burning an actual Fender Stratocaster.

  • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
    @MarkTurner-vs7uc 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nonsense. I have a very good sounding and playing usa strat for sale . I looks a bit rough, for $ 800. If you want a great guitar to PLAY, or RECORD,it dosent matter what it looks like. Fenders are not fragile and will last a long,long time. Most guitars are bought for show. Especially Gibsons.

  • @marakima
    @marakima หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The world doesn't need any more guitars. Save resources and just play one.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@marakima you bring up an interesting point. I’m actually working on a video where I pose that very question. Does the world actually need any more guitars. Would the amount of guitars already made supply us indefinitely?

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Meh, it's better than more plastic and batteries.

    • @tomm5023
      @tomm5023 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Electric as we know them, yeah, more than plenty. But it’s a sad story in terms of innovations. What’s new in 50 years of guitar making? We have smartphones with insane computing power, imagine what you can do within the space of a guitar. No, keep on building 10 pound multi fx pedals and guitars from the 70’s. Sad sad sad progress.

    • @MarkTurner-vs7uc
      @MarkTurner-vs7uc 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Exactly.

    • @ravenslaves
      @ravenslaves 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ... heretic.

  • @JamesBach-hz1pc
    @JamesBach-hz1pc หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    GOOD
    Because we don’t know how much more
    The WORLD FORESTRY can withstand.
    Right now if we stopped making guitars
    And focused on life experience music
    We will be way ahead
    And
    Happier

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JamesBach-hz1pc well to be fair, most of the big guitar companies have enacted sustainability practices. Martin actually switched to a composite fretboard material. There’s a guitar company here in Michigan that uses lumber from old houses torn down in the city of Detroit. So there are ways to build guitars with minimal impact. Also if guitar companies switched to more sustainable woods like Black Walnut instead of Rosewood for fretboards that would also help. Black Walnut grows like a weed. In fact the whole idea of “tonewood” means that some woods that are probably more sustainable just don’t get widely used for guitars.

  • @robraaiii
    @robraaiii หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would guess it’s
    Awe-Ben-Yay.
    🤷‍♂️

  • @ronwhitfield8356
    @ronwhitfield8356 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    the world of badly brand named guitars! are these companies trying really hard to call themselves pathetic words nobody else would think of?

  • @Scrimjer
    @Scrimjer 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I like your channel and I like you are from Michigan.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Scrimjer hey thanks! I appreciate that. Was thinking one of these days I’ll do some videos about Michigan’s guitar history. Lots of instruments made here and lots of music recorded here.

  • @telecasterguitarslinger
    @telecasterguitarslinger 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A leather strap will stop neck dive. 🎸

    • @vorpalblades
      @vorpalblades 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not always.

  • @rodneykitchen3869
    @rodneykitchen3869 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Doesn’t look or sound like not much worse than a lot of higher end axes I’ve bought

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rodneykitchen3869 unfortunately that is sometimes true.

  • @JoaquinGonzalez2014
    @JoaquinGonzalez2014 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Was that a cat?

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JoaquinGonzalez2014 hahaha. Yup, that’s my supervisor Stanley!

  • @dogncatboy
    @dogncatboy 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hollow and semis are not made of mahogany. The bodies are more like acoustics, spruce, Sitka, sandwiches. If you gonna talk, get it righr

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dogncatboy You can’t be serious. First I said the body was basswood and the neck was probably mahogany and maybe the inside block was mahogany. The listing on Amazon for this guitar states the body is mahogany. Gibson 338’s are Maple/poplar/maple laminate. Some are cherry. Grote’s are basswood. So yeah, maybe know what you’re talking about before you comment.

  • @gavriloprincip11
    @gavriloprincip11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    its a Grote ,its a FyrefLy its a Donner its the same Chinese child labour sweatshop factory making the same guitars that are imported under different names and rebranded to get youtubers to review them when itrest has faded from the last "game changing" budget guitar

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@gavriloprincip11 yeah sure. Whatever. I guess you never buy anything from China. No cell phones, only wear USA made clothing? I’m sure Gibson and Fender pay all their worker a livable wage and never exploit immigrant labor.

    • @mikeandstony
      @mikeandstony หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @gavriloprincip11 Donner is higher quality than those. youre just lumping everything together so you can be negative.

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeandstony Basically.

    • @upsidedownnoise
      @upsidedownnoise หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The one thing it isn't is child labour. For one, China has inflicted a proportionately small child demographic on itself due to the one child policy. For two, China exerts a huge amount of pressure on its children to perform well at school, it has no issue with truancy as it is not acceptable; point blank.
      The rest of your point probably rings true. These small runs of guitar are probably made by the workers in their own time and cost, or walked out incognito.

    • @upsidedownnoise
      @upsidedownnoise หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Brilliant point! I think Fender and Gibson are far worse when you compare the relative price and quality of their products. Many of the top spec Chinese made guitars are equal in quality at a much better price point.

  • @kcgrignon2821
    @kcgrignon2821 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    yeah because of people like you... that's why !

    • @JayceAllanGuitar
      @JayceAllanGuitar  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      WOW! I must be all powerful to single handedly take down the cheap guitar industry! LOL.