I absolutely love mine. Frets, tone, and action were all perfect when I took it out of the box. In my search for an affordable 335-style guitar, I've bought a Hagstrom Viking Deluxe, an Epiphone Sheraton Pro II, a Harley Benton HB-35 plus, a couple of Gretches, an Ibanez Am-90, and a couple of others I've since sold off. To me, the Redid beats them all. The clearness of the tone, the harmonic thickness in the pick-ups, the ease of playing on the neck, and the true semi-hollow sound of 'air' in the tone, all add up to the best you can get versus a 335; for a ridiculous $159 (I'm a prime member, so shipping was free and the guitar was delivered next day!). My friends and I mockingly call it 'The 159' (our homage to 'The 335'), and if you don't like it, back to Amazon it goes with no problems. I half expected mine to be a waste of time, but I thought - what do I have to lose. Now, it is the one guitar I go to over my Revstar, Les Paul, or Sire S7. My lead guitarist has a $5k 59' Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul Reissue which he leaves at home now, because 'The 159' gives him everything he wants in his sound, without having to risk his 59' LP sitting in his car all day while he waits to come to practice after work. We both love all of our guitars, and they have earned their price tags when it's come to recording with them, but the Redid is truly on-par with any of them. It is not a guitar you compare using the price tag as your metric; instead, you need to compare its tone to whatever you're currently using. I would not sell mine for under $1500, because I could not replace it with anything less than that (in the event mine is a fluke, and I just happened to get a near-perfect guitar by accident). Personally, replacing it with anything less than an actual 335 is pointless. It literally is that good. I use alternate tunings often, so I've already ordered my second one, just to avoid having to retune. I've never heard of ANYONE buying a second 335 just to make alternate tuning easier. Not at $3500 for a 335.
@@MotorRoseMusic 😉... If I can save anyone the time and money I spent on my affordable 335-style guitar hunt, then it was worth it. Good luck guitar hunters; I'd start here first. After my '159' (Redid RD-100), I'd choose the low end Revstar and the Sire S7 as amazing guitar buys for the price.
Thank you. I do veer off into that territory occasionally, but I sometimes end up stumbling so I do it sparingly. Thanks for watching this video! I appreciate your comment too!
Thanks! Amazon purchase. I really need to spread my money around to other companies, but I'm too lazy to go out to a mall. Plus I hate traffic and crowds! 😆 Thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Awesome! Yeah, the 335 prices are hard to swallow, especially if it's not going to be your main guitar. Thanks for the comment and for watching the video!
..that looks like a direct copy of a Hagstrom Viking,, ..Tom Fogerty, John's brother, played a white one in Credence Clearwater Revival, .. beautiful guitar.
i just ordered one to use with my dave grohl costume for halloween. they had a blue pearl-ish one for like 170. i'll also play it too, for fun. can't wait to play it, since it's just an added bonus to have an actual playable prop!! great video bro, i was hoping to see someone play this before i got mine
Nice 🙂🙂 Another one I'm gonna add to my collection, thanks to you... I already know I'll have to do some work and change a few things, but for $160 that's a lot of guitar... Stock humbuckers do sound good though, very bright... And it's the perfect guitar to take on stage when I don't want to bring my prized Epiphones ( some of them are really vintage and valuable ) or my Gibsons... Another great video...
Thank you so much. I was just playing this guitar before you commented and I still love this guitar, regardless of the price. It sounds better live than on the video. I may add some better tuners, some vintage style. Perhaps the bridge? It's just a really good guitar.
I like the orange better than the green on the West creak. How for the better things have changed since I got my first Firefly 335 copy five-and-a-half years ago. So many options now and the quality has improved thousands of percent. Pickups on this sounds decent
Yes! I've heard that before, watching guitar repair videos! Thanks for the reminder. Thanks! I got a few of those shirts for Christmas. LOL! I think I might be done, unless Amazon throws me a good coupon on one. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I appreciate you!
Ive had a bcp. I modded it. It still needs new pots and a jack. Its been sittin on a stand for months. Picked it up last night perfectly in tune i laugh at gibson
I just got the orange one on Wednesday and this had excellent frets. Polished and no "sprout" that I could detect. The Firefly I received the week before had terrible frets with sharp edges and tarnish, plus there was actually rust on the strings. So after that horror, the Redid was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't crazy about the binding being on the sides only, but it's not a dealbreaker for me. Also, I always check the mounting posts for the tailpiece on guitars with tune-o-matic bridges, because sometimes they pull out of the body on budget guitars when tuning. Now if we can just get the folks at Redid to come up with a better name!
Great videos on this Redid and the West Creek-----I was considering one of those while I was looking for a budget ES-335. However, I stumble upon an insane deal on a Monoprice Boardwalk in Natural Flame Maple last week for $65.62 (normally $249.99) with a gig bag and free shipping. The color is now discontinued, so I guess they were just trying to get rid of inventory---it's great so far. Just discovered your channel and subscribed!
I mean this with best intentions: YOU JERK! 🤣 I wanted one of those and missed it! They had just sold out. What a great deal for those. Really insane. Congrats. Thank you for watching my videos, I really appreciate it!
@@MotorRoseMusic LOL! Sorry that you just missed snagging one---If Monoprice did it once, perhaps they'll do it again (I know, probably not gonna happen anytime soon) Enjoying your videos and sense of humor! Be well, take care.
Yes, I still love this guitar still! It has a nice beefy neck, which I wasn't aware I would like after years of playing thin necks. It sounds great too.
Damn, I wish I would've said because I can't remember. I post those details now, but I didn't then. Sorry about that. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Yeah, I understand that. They really didn't bug me while playing. It was just when I ran my hand along it as I did. I'm a bit more forgiving than some or most people. I do take into account the price. Let's face it, if this thing was as good as a Gibson ES-335 it wouldn't be $159. I have played guitars $500-800 that I didn't like as much as this and the West Creek I have as well. I do appreciate your comment and fully understand your feelings about the frets. Thanks for watching!!
@@MotorRoseMusic I would be the same way. I bought a Firefly FF338 with fret issues but, I will actually look pass that when the prices are what they are. Also, I am technical enough to fix those kind of issues as they are mostly a minor issue.
I've been hearing a lot of good things about the Firefly guitars. They are hard to come by right now. I kind of view these new, "cheap" guitars like the Silvertone, Danelectro, Harmony, and Tiesco of the 60's and 70's. They became cool as time went by, but were thought of as junk then. Jimmy Page played a Danelctro and a Harmony. Hell, Stairway to Heaven was done on a Harmony Sovereign. Who knows if these will become semi-collectible.
I learned to play guitar on a lot of those you mentioned here. My dad played lead guitar on a old Harmony Holiday guitar and, that’s the guitar I learned to play lead guitar on also. Unfortunately my youngest sibling destroyed the guitar for some reason by trying to paint it but, it never was playable again after he destroyed it. I have a few of the budget IYV guitars I really like along with my Firefly guitar. The guitars of today are far and above the guitars of my youth for sure.
I guess for $41 more you get better frets, you definitely can play rock on hollow bodies, just look at Dave Grohl and Noel Gallagher both regularly use the ES 335 style guitars.
The frets are better on the WestCreek. Pickups ate the same and so is build quality. I like the volume/tone knobs better on the Redid. The pickup switch is a little clunky on the Redid. For the price, they're both way better than I expected.
I absolutely love mine. Frets, tone, and action were all perfect when I took it out of the box. In my search for an affordable 335-style guitar, I've bought a Hagstrom Viking Deluxe, an Epiphone Sheraton Pro II, a Harley Benton HB-35 plus, a couple of Gretches, an Ibanez Am-90, and a couple of others I've since sold off. To me, the Redid beats them all. The clearness of the tone, the harmonic thickness in the pick-ups, the ease of playing on the neck, and the true semi-hollow sound of 'air' in the tone, all add up to the best you can get versus a 335; for a ridiculous $159 (I'm a prime member, so shipping was free and the guitar was delivered next day!). My friends and I mockingly call it 'The 159' (our homage to 'The 335'), and if you don't like it, back to Amazon it goes with no problems. I half expected mine to be a waste of time, but I thought - what do I have to lose. Now, it is the one guitar I go to over my Revstar, Les Paul, or Sire S7. My lead guitarist has a $5k 59' Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul Reissue which he leaves at home now, because 'The 159' gives him everything he wants in his sound, without having to risk his 59' LP sitting in his car all day while he waits to come to practice after work. We both love all of our guitars, and they have earned their price tags when it's come to recording with them, but the Redid is truly on-par with any of them. It is not a guitar you compare using the price tag as your metric; instead, you need to compare its tone to whatever you're currently using. I would not sell mine for under $1500, because I could not replace it with anything less than that (in the event mine is a fluke, and I just happened to get a near-perfect guitar by accident). Personally, replacing it with anything less than an actual 335 is pointless. It literally is that good. I use alternate tunings often, so I've already ordered my second one, just to avoid having to retune. I've never heard of ANYONE buying a second 335 just to make alternate tuning easier. Not at $3500 for a 335.
Wow, thanks for your comment and the time you took to write it! I appreciate you watching!
@@MotorRoseMusic 😉... If I can save anyone the time and money I spent on my affordable 335-style guitar hunt, then it was worth it. Good luck guitar hunters; I'd start here first. After my '159' (Redid RD-100), I'd choose the low end Revstar and the Sire S7 as amazing guitar buys for the price.
The neck splice is called a Scarf Joint, and even common in far more expensive guitars
Yes.
I can appreciate your honest raw expressions, opinions and thoughts. Seems very natural as if it was a private one on one conversation.
Thanks for your kind words and for watching the video, I really appreciate you!
Tip of the cap to you for not trying to impress us with how many notes you can spit out in 1.34 seconds.
Thank you. I do veer off into that territory occasionally, but I sometimes end up stumbling so I do it sparingly.
Thanks for watching this video! I appreciate your comment too!
I really dig that shirt
Thanks! Amazon purchase. I really need to spread my money around to other companies, but I'm too lazy to go out to a mall. Plus I hate traffic and crowds! 😆
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So do I 🙂 I need to find the same one...
I have the brown one coming in tomorrow. Plan to put some pearly gate humbuckers in there. I wanted a 335 style but didn’t want to pay 335 prices lol
Awesome! Yeah, the 335 prices are hard to swallow, especially if it's not going to be your main guitar. Thanks for the comment and for watching the video!
I did the same thing with the grote 335 but went with Wilkinsons alnico 5's. Pretty happy with it now
I think the color is the best feature.
Yes, I love the orange. Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment. I appreciate you!
Great shirt Jeff
Thanks, No name! I appreciate it!
..that looks like a direct copy of a Hagstrom Viking,, ..Tom Fogerty, John's brother, played a white one in Credence Clearwater Revival, .. beautiful guitar.
Thanks for the comment and for watching!
i just ordered one to use with my dave grohl costume for halloween. they had a blue pearl-ish one for like 170. i'll also play it too, for fun. can't wait to play it, since it's just an added bonus to have an actual playable prop!! great video bro, i was hoping to see someone play this before i got mine
Cool, glad to read your comment! I was playing this guitar tonight, I still love it! Great guitar for the $ and then some. Thanks for watching!
Nice 🙂🙂 Another one I'm gonna add to my collection, thanks to you...
I already know I'll have to do some work and change a few things, but for $160 that's a lot of guitar...
Stock humbuckers do sound good though, very bright...
And it's the perfect guitar to take on stage when I don't want to bring my prized Epiphones ( some of them are really vintage and valuable ) or my Gibsons...
Another great video...
Thank you so much. I was just playing this guitar before you commented and I still love this guitar, regardless of the price. It sounds better live than on the video. I may add some better tuners, some vintage style. Perhaps the bridge? It's just a really good guitar.
im a veteran pro and just got one and it could not sound better. really nice wood and frets and pickups and everything
Yes! I love mine. Really good, especially for the money! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
I like the orange better than the green on the West creak. How for the better things have changed since I got my first Firefly 335 copy five-and-a-half years ago. So many options now and the quality has improved thousands of percent. Pickups on this sounds decent
( Scarf Joint). They’re stronger than a traditional Gibson neck, but look crappy...
Great shirt!
How many 335’s are you gonna buy?
Yes! I've heard that before, watching guitar repair videos! Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks! I got a few of those shirts for Christmas.
LOL! I think I might be done, unless Amazon throws me a good coupon on one. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I appreciate you!
Ive had a bcp. I modded it. It still needs new pots and a jack. Its been sittin on a stand for months. Picked it up last night perfectly in tune i laugh at gibson
I just got the orange one on Wednesday and this had excellent frets. Polished and no "sprout" that I could detect. The Firefly I received the week before had terrible frets with sharp edges and tarnish, plus there was actually rust on the strings. So after that horror, the Redid was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't crazy about the binding being on the sides only, but it's not a dealbreaker for me. Also, I always check the mounting posts for the tailpiece on guitars with tune-o-matic bridges, because sometimes they pull out of the body on budget guitars when tuning. Now if we can just get the folks at Redid to come up with a better name!
🤣 Yes, the name is head scratcher! Thanks for watching this video! I appreciate it.
Great videos on this Redid and the West Creek-----I was considering one of those while I was looking for a budget ES-335. However, I stumble upon an insane deal on a Monoprice Boardwalk in Natural Flame Maple last week for $65.62 (normally $249.99) with a gig bag and free shipping. The color is now discontinued, so I guess they were just trying to get rid of inventory---it's great so far. Just discovered your channel and subscribed!
I mean this with best intentions: YOU JERK! 🤣 I wanted one of those and missed it! They had just sold out. What a great deal for those. Really insane. Congrats. Thank you for watching my videos, I really appreciate it!
@@MotorRoseMusic LOL! Sorry that you just missed snagging one---If Monoprice did it once, perhaps they'll do it again (I know, probably not gonna happen anytime soon) Enjoying your videos and sense of humor! Be well, take care.
I think that's the same as my Grote 335, which is just as playable as an Epiphone ES335 .....at one-third the price!
Yes, I still love this guitar still! It has a nice beefy neck, which I wasn't aware I would like after years of playing thin necks. It sounds great too.
What over drive? Sound great!
Damn, I wish I would've said because I can't remember. I post those details now, but I didn't then. Sorry about that. Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Nice looking guitar but, the fret issues right off the bat would probably scare me off from buying one.
Yeah, I understand that. They really didn't bug me while playing. It was just when I ran my hand along it as I did. I'm a bit more forgiving than some or most people. I do take into account the price. Let's face it, if this thing was as good as a Gibson ES-335 it wouldn't be $159. I have played guitars $500-800 that I didn't like as much as this and the West Creek I have as well. I do appreciate your comment and fully understand your feelings about the frets. Thanks for watching!!
@@MotorRoseMusic I would be the same way. I bought a Firefly FF338 with fret issues but, I will actually look pass that when the prices are what they are. Also, I am technical enough to fix those kind of issues as they are mostly a minor issue.
I've been hearing a lot of good things about the Firefly guitars. They are hard to come by right now. I kind of view these new, "cheap" guitars like the Silvertone, Danelectro, Harmony, and Tiesco of the 60's and 70's. They became cool as time went by, but were thought of as junk then. Jimmy Page played a Danelctro and a Harmony. Hell, Stairway to Heaven was done on a Harmony Sovereign. Who knows if these will become semi-collectible.
I learned to play guitar on a lot of those you mentioned here. My dad played lead guitar on a old Harmony Holiday guitar and, that’s the guitar I learned to play lead guitar on also. Unfortunately my youngest sibling destroyed the guitar for some reason by trying to paint it but, it never was playable again after he destroyed it. I have a few of the budget IYV guitars I really like along with my Firefly guitar. The guitars of today are far and above the guitars of my youth for sure.
I guess for $41 more you get better frets, you definitely can play rock on hollow bodies, just look at Dave Grohl and Noel Gallagher both regularly use the ES 335 style guitars.
That scarf joint is pretty normal. Not the best looking, but pretty strong.
Yeah, I should've emphasized the fact that the colors were so off was the alarming part. I do love the guitar and play it often.
How does the Redid compare with the Westcreek sem-hollow in terms of construction and pickup quality?
The frets are better on the WestCreek. Pickups ate the same and so is build quality. I like the volume/tone knobs better on the Redid. The pickup switch is a little clunky on the Redid. For the price, they're both way better than I expected.
@@MotorRoseMusic Thanks. Excellent review!
Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment and for watching the video!
@@MotorRoseMusicyou
I count 4 colors in your shirt, that's not terribly inordinate. I dig the shirt though.
LOL. Thank you! Thanks for watching. I appreciate that.
It was edited by a guy named Robert, hence R-edit😁
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Re did ..re done. ..as in copy
I got two glarry hollowbody guitar's..
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Can't find these guitars on Amazon either.
Redid Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar RD-100 Jazz Guitar with F-Hole,Maple neck,humbucker Pickups(Orange) a.co/d/9MppBrM
They have plenty of these.
@@MotorRoseMusic And they are all gone already. I guess your video did Redid's work for them! ( I got the orange one too!)
Damn. Well, they'll be back I'm sure.
Eddie van hallen you can play it
Thanks again!
Sounds like its worth going with Westcreek over this POS!
@@richfrazier8756 POS? Point of sale? 🤣🤘
I though musicians were deeper thinkers. who cares about the box,
If you've ever gotten a damaged product, you might care. Evidently *you* don't but others do.
I think you’re pronouncing the name wrong
Cool. How is it pronounced?