The CHEAPEST Guitar I've Ever Played! - What Does It Sound Like??
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- Is an ultra-cheap guitar worth buying? Let's find out!
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GLEN: We should totally start a guitar company!
LARRY: Dude! Let's do it!
Both at the same time: GLARRY!!
Or maybe G&L! ;)
Maybe upgrade it and see what happens and what the price and time turns out to be in comparison to it being worth it?
This is a good joke, I wonder who wrote this script?
You’re way off. It was Lenny and Gary
Darrell Braun Guitar I’m wondering if that hole is the neck pocket because they suspect people will want to put on a adjustable fender neck? Which I didn’t know fender made until you mentioned it
I can make any guitar sound like an $8 guitar.
🤣👍
😂😂😂
Yeash I'm good at that as well !!
I'm up to about $8.50
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Glen: Mom, I'm gonna start a guitar company.
Mom: Okay, but you gotta bring your brother Larry.
The Dalarry Guitar Company (sounds.. uh.. better!)
Larry: This is my brother, Darrell, and this is my other brother, Darrell.
🤣🤣🤣
Uhm am I still going
So im iben and this is my little brother, nezzy
Is it wrong to share the bed with your step sister??? Find out on the next episode of dragonball z
Back in the 80's a cheap electric guitar was $600 and amp $350
Meh... I bought a basic Charvel strat in 1986 for $375
Welcome to the future old man
I got a used Westone and a used Crate 10W amp for $120 1986 money. Still have the Westone. It's a nice guitar.
@@buzzcrushtrendkill Westone is a total sleeper brand, I love my Concord
Those guitars that were 'cheap' now go for thousands.
Gotta say when it came out of the box it looked *a lot* nicer than I was expecting. I was waiting for a bright red SSS strat copy.
I know. I'm expecting something that I could sand down and custom paint. Then he pulls out a perfectly nice looking tele copy.
That's actually a really beautiful looking guitar- love the colour.
Well, colour is definitely the most important guitar feature, isn't it!
Catharsis
Blue guitars have a really... blusey sound
If you want a beautiful guitar to look at. Look at a telecaster instead of this 😂😂
What's funny is the actual Fender tele with this finish is like 1200 dollars
I know tbh im new to the hole guitar stuff and this company seems nice they know there the a company for new people and they do it with respect and not exploiting us new people from what it seems
that's way better sounding than i was expecting, pretty shocked tbh
Yep. It's actually nowhere near as bad as the 20$ guitar I bought in the store.
@@trikalabris 20 dollar guitar what??! 💀💀
Maybe do one of those "how to make a cheap guitar play and feel like a million bucks"? I know you've done that before, but I personally love that type of content
The perfect guitar to learn how to mod, fret level and bevel, etc.
Donald Parker No it’s not, these guitars are unsalvageable, the wood is warped and there are many problems that can’t be fixed even by a skilled luthier
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@@nocaster5120 I think to say that is misleading. Mine came in perfect, non-warped condition. I will say I agree with you though to the extent that with the bottom bin guitars its very much luck of the draw. But for the money I still think it's worth it.
Also perfect guitar for people who can't afford it like me.
@@nocaster5120 You know this from first hand experience? Aside from a twisted neck, it is hard for me to imagine an unsolvable problem on something as simple as a tele style guitar. And even a twisted neck might be salvageable (but probably not worth it since you could buy a new one - just like Leo intended).
I would buy that even just for wall art.
if you buy one, it's yours and you can do with it what you like, but I always feel bad when I see guitars permanently mounted to a wall. luthiers make instruments with which to play music. it's a tool to accomplish a job. it can absolutely look fantastic, but a tool that doesn't do the one job it was created for tugs at my heartstrings.
Josh Hardin don’t think this one was built by a luthier
@@tomholton235 a luthier!? Lol,
it wasn't even made by an adult
@@sheamaddy9893 lmfao
@@sheamaddy9893 that's a lot of damage...
I love the Glarry brand. They are very affordable and tought me more about guitar setups and the general mechanics of the guitar than any book or video could.
The price emboldened me to do things I would have been scared to even try on an expensive guitar.
Lots of trial and error, but the lessons learned are worth it!
Yeah, the $90 guitar seems perfect for modding practice. And kids who won't take it seriously.
"I've seen a lot worse on a lot more expensive guitars."
That tells a lot about the state of the affordable guitar market today. The positives far outweigh the negatives now and hopefully it will force the high end and midrange market to up their game and make sure we get what we pay for, especially in the customer service department.
What I am curious about those cheap guitars though is how durable are they? How many issues will pop up in the long run? How many musicians will play their original Glarry 20 years from now because it's still as good if not better than the day they bought it? Especially considering if you can buy a new one for 80$, why spend hundreds to fix and maintain it?
I hope this one lasts a long time because it looks like beautiful, well worked pieces of wood have been used to build it and it would be a shame to waste it if a solid instrument could have been built instead.
Jack Strap, They’ll probably do well overtime if they have been sealed properly and have enough solder. Most will probably see some work overtime, and some might get sacrificed in punk and rock shows since they’re so cheap
I assume the neck will warp and the frets will sprout easily. The bridge may corrode considering it's not stainless steel.
@Jack Strap I think you're absolutely right. We _know_ that many of the same manufacturing techniques are being used in the midrange market, but "midrange" prices have, if anything, become less attractive, and instruments in that price bracket still have many of the same issues that may become evident in these after some use.
Perhaps the neck will warp, frets will sprout, etc, but those issues happen on more expensive instruments as well. Just look at Darrell's video on why he's done with Gibson. If you spend over 2000$ you expect something that doesn't even compare to an affordable guitar, and it's getting harder for them to deliver.
I guess we need more punk rock shows because the market is saturated with cheap guitars. They can't smash them fast enough.
Maple wood is maple wood. Frets are frets. Solder is solder. Time isn’t going to change the basic elements. Assuming it isn’t so far out of whack to begin with, the only thing that may not hold up is the finish. Which honestly, for $80, it’s easy enough to refinish one if that is what matters most to a player. I make players out of clunkers so these $80 Glarry’s are almost a no-brainer... and better than 80% of the reviews on these are pretty positive. It does look like some basic shielding is about the only thing that MUST be done.... besides that, they seem like pretty decent project axes.
Very fair review, D. It’s a shame that the gear snobs still feel the need to sneer because it’s not a $2000 Gibson. It’s an affordable guitar which works really well for most people, especially those of us who aren’t loaded. Keep up the good work!
I wouldn’t recommend glarry, for $40-$60 more, you could buy a Donner. But yeah, guitar snobs suck, I’m perfectly fine playing my $160-$200 guitars out of my cheap amps.
@@psyche234 yea I got a $230ish Ibanez gio and a katana 50 and I feel like I'm learning on a Cadillac. definitely didn't need to spend that much but I'm glad I did
If there is a snob that's impressed by his $2,000 Gibson les Paul, he's more than likely a boomer. If you're buying a $2,000 guitar, get something that has unique qualities. Get something with a shape other than a les Paul or a fender strat...
The extra hole under the neckplate is there to hang the body during the painting process. Older squier's and other import guitars had these holes.
OverLord Opps what??
I thought is was to make it easier to change out the neck with a real Tele neck. But what you're saying does seem more logical.
Rich
Ýes, agreed. They also hung the unfinished parts on stands with studs to move them around and store them.
Now it could be used for snuffing your cigs out! 🤣
It's for hiding dilithium crystals. Who would ever look there?
One thing to note about Glarry guitars is if you are interested in buying one to modify, keep in mind, the routing is slightly off from specs used in Fender replacement parts. You will need to route the pickup holes 1/8" to accommodate a new bridge pickup. The pick guard is specked to Glarry's pickup dimensions which means you will need to buy another pick guard that is cut to fit your neck replacement pickup.
Also, the switch and pots are smaller than Fender replacement parts meaning you will have to buy a new plate along with your new pots and switch.
If you plan to replace the tailpiece to fit your bridge pickup replacement, the strings on the Glarry ARE NOT through the body. Which means, your Fender tele plate will require you to drill string holes through the body in order to feed your strings through the bottom of the Fender Tele tail plate.
Lastly, the screws for both the tail plate and pick guard all need to be reset to the new parts as the holes do not match.
If you are not comfortable with modding guitars and working with tools like routers and drills, this is not the right instrument for you to modify.
I love the opening clip of you running through the snow and then wiping out. Being from Ontario, Canada I've had a few of those wipeouts myself. Thanks again Darrrell for another informative vid. Cheers.
Man i've always wanted to visit Canada, especially Toronto. How ya doing?
It looks like a good guitar, especially the neck. It's a smart move to buy a real cheap guitar with a fixed bridge. One less problem to deal with.
“I think this pickup is microphonic, can you hear me?” Yes Darrelll, I can hear you. :)
Microphonic is not a big deal, you can easily fix it yourself by so many tutorials on youtube..
Lol
Neck pickup def a keeper, for the bridge pickup nothing a trip to Guitar Fetish can’t solve.
😂
But I can read your comment
Bought this guitar about 2 months ago as my first guitar and I have had so much fun. I put a set of strings on it, roller string trees, and it plays pretty good. Stays in tune. Like the one here, the bridge pickup was really microphonic and the output jack went bad after a month, so I replaced the bridge pickup with a GFS Lil Puncher XL Humbucker (Sounds really good compared to the one it replaced) and a Switchcraft output jack. Definitely not an AMAZING guitar, but an amazing value that is good to learn how to mod guitars.
did you replace the bridge pickup yourself? never owned an instrument before n i'm not much of an engineer lol so I'd be so nervous doing any replacing on my own.
I actually got one of these last year. Mine is a strat style, black on red. It is surprisingly a very sharp looking guitar. I used your foam block hack on the fret ends and threw a Dragonfire screamer in it. It sounds good and it is actually a fairly nice guitar, if you can believe that!
Posted 10 minutes ago and they're already sold out of the T-styles! Keep working your charm Darrell 😃
They have left handed on stock! Thank god I'm left handed lol!!
Somewhere out there, a Trogly is smiling
Lol right! Love my boy trogly
Lollllllll
Whats that?
@@chardmb it's a guitar channel he is document a vintage guitar
Dats right!!
Darrell I just wanted to say THANK YOU. After watching so many other crappy You Tube channels that do things like no mic up the guitar properly so it sounds like a speakerphone, and then they do the comparison with long passages all over the place, and then switch to the other comparison a half hour later using different settings, and different passages. Net result total waste of time. Every time I watch one of your reviews/presentations you get right to the most interesting stuff, and do a perfect side by side so you can narrow down your preferences. THANK YOU for saving us from drowning in a sea of You Tube debacles. Okay there are some other ones out there that aren't that bad but yours is the top.
Wow, that was fun for me to watch. You covered all the same aspects that I would explore in a new guitar purchase. As to the hole in the guitar body neck area, it wouldn't surprise me if that is there to facilitate the production and/or painting process. Great camera work to show us close-ups of the features that matter!
larry: "what should we name our company?"
Glen: " Gee larry IDK itll be stuck with us for life we better put a lot of thought into it"
Why did I laugh
@@applesaus395 because you read this in the voice of either beevis and butthead or bill and Ted?
Gintokitoki I read it in a Canadian accent
@@applesaus395 idk why it made you laugh either hahahhaha
Gintokitoki lol
5:21 - I caught a reflection of an Imperial Walker up on your shelf in the guitar finish 👍
Great catch
Thanks mate. I too like my Star Wars fixes with guitars as well.
Great work as usual, thank you! Looks like the “humbucker “ route is more of weight relief route. The hole in the neck pocket is most likely for tooling purposes. Overall sounds like if you spend $50 on a new bridge pickup, $30 for a Wilkinson top load bridge w/compensated brass saddles, $30 for a decent wiring harness (I would go for the Mad Hatter 4-way Tele kit for $90) and $50 for a fret level/dress/polish job if you can’t do it yourself , that for $250-$310 you could have a much better guitar than a squire or other brand that is more $ and you would have to do the same thing to it anyway.
Very nice, respectful review. Thank you for posting this.
Duuuuuude this is a nice guitar! I love the finish. You should probably do a follow up video on this guitar and upgrading some of the parts to see if you can make it sound even better :)
Agree. Would love to see you shield the cavities, swap out the pickups (hear a humbucker in the neck slot), etc. Call it "intro to Glarry upgrades" or "no more microphonic bridge!" Terrific vid, Darrell - thank you for introducing Glarry T-style to us!
Larry: we should name our company after something awesome I was thinking “Larry” Glarry: I have a better idea
After watching you and Phil McKnight I can absolutely see buying a guitar like this, adding $150 of parts and love, and ending up with what sounds/feels/looks like a $600-$1000 guitar. Pretty awesome.
Just watched your video on the glarry tele ,what I like about watching your videos is you are not a guitar snob you point out the good and bad things about the guitar.someone who may not have a lot of money they can pick up 0ne of these guitars spend a few bucks to modify it and have something they aren't ashamed to play. To many of the you tubers Harper onhigh dollar guitars ,not everybody can afford a 800 to a2000 dollar guitar.
Glenn and Larry were crying with tears of joy after seeing this review. If you are good guitar player like Darell, you can be like Hendrix even on the crapiest equipment ever made :)
Seriously. If you don't already watch Dave Simpson's channel, check him out. He can make a Squier Bullet sound like a million, nay, a billion bucks!
Time for another Budget Guitar! Love these episodes, man.
we would love to see you upgrade some of the parts and make a separate video on it ❤️
Thank you Darrell. I always enjoy your videos.
Darrell: Too Attacky
Technical Term: ICEPICK
These things just have a great tweak and modify potential.
Also perfect for learning how to work and repair on your guitar 👍🏻😎
Beautiful colors! I think this one deserves some (documented) upgrading just like the Indio Strat last year
I have several glarry guitars. I love them. Beautiful finishes, I get them set up and replaced the pick ups and rock out
I bought one of the Strat style. Put on a loaded pickguard (paid as much for it as the guitar!) Did some work on the neck, and added roller string trees. Pretty nifty rock and roll machine now! Super light and comfortable, and it plays great!
I stripped and reshaped headstock, swapped bridge pickup for a Fender Japan '62 (20 quid on ebay) - great banger.
I did the same but I put a Dragonfire Screamer in mine. It plays great and sounds awesome. Win win!
Pickguard was loaded with Wilkinson Vintage Voice (ceramic ?) Pups. Gives it a very '60s vibe
The center hole in the neck pocket is usually for hanging the guitar during spraying the finish
NIce review, Darrell, I always appreciate your reviews! Thank you!! 👍👍👍
Great job man, fun to check out!
That’s a beautiful dark blue tele!
Planning to own a tele in the future. My goal is to have the trio: strat, tele, and les Paul
A couple years ago I bought a Glarry "burning flame". It was $67 shipped. I still have it. Put some chinese lockers on it and a Dragonfire Crusader on it. It's my drop D. Still floored at how well it was built. It played and sounded fine out of the box. Did my amateur luthier on it and still using it today.
I love it when he falls in the snow after throwing the guitar. :) love your videos. Keep it up
Looks like a perfect base to customize a bit and still be waaaaay under budget! Thanks for sharing Darrell.
Looks like an ideal guitar to start learning. It sounds really good and after maybe 1 year, maximum 2 time to upgrade!
Its great to see there’s some very good cheap guitars out there!
I love how you are doing this when last week you did a glass neck that cost more than this guitar😅
Hi Darrell, Just luv ur channel & accent & articles, thanks a whole bunch.
Bryon Gibbs
In New Zealand.
Great review...I bought there bass guitar played it as was besides the strings only cuz I like flat wounds about 6 months in and a few gigs later one of my pickups kept humming changed them out and still loving it
I remember when I was a kid I got an Indian made acoustic guitar for somewhere around $23, and my first electric guitar was also a used Indian electric guitar which I bought back then for $42. It's still a privilege for passionate people to afford such guitars here in South Asia
Thanks D! Throwing that guitar on the snow covered roof and falling while running away, cracks me up!
Thanks for sharing brother and Be Well All!
Thank you, very informative.
Really appreciate your videos bossman very very helpful .you are providing a valuable service in a commendable intelligent and non self aggrandizing way you are a great teacher thank you👍👍
These guys are going to take over the music world. I don't think it'll be long before you start seeing professional musicians rocking these, simply because it's what they learned on, or they realize a huge price tag doesn't mean it's any better than this. I already own the semi-hollow body version of this T-style, and I also own a Burning Fire bass and a Burning Fire guitar, both in the Sunset paint job. I've bought strings from them, both for bass and ukulele too. They ship fast and free, and they respond to email questions. I love a good bargain. I've barely spend over $320 for two guitars and a bass, and I'm happier than I would have been if I had bought a single instrument at just about any price. I own two (much more expensive) Ibanez basses, and I prefer my Glarry over both. I plan to buy a 5-string "GIB" and an acoustic-electric from them as well. I'll have a whole arsenal for less than the cost of a single, low-end Fender Strat.
I know professional musicians who tour with 100€ guitars since their collection guitars was stollen.
Plus, a cheap guitar needs no spécial care, get scratchy, bumped, customised, and gets a good look for the stage.
I bought my daughter a Glarry Strat and I’m am jealous of how light it is.
Awesome video, very instructive.👍
This is the brand my after school program would use for the guitars. I got a wave of nostalgia seeing and hearing this :')
Harley Bentons usually come with D'Adarrio strings which are OK to leave on.
The headstock is a really interesting shape. Don't know if it counts for anything - but I quite like it.
You might like Fujigen strats then
Fernandes guitars have those style headstocks
Great project guitars especially for beginners like me who want to take a guitar apart and play with modifications. I bought the green Strat style and it looks great.
Another great video! I would love to see an upgrade of this guitar, especially adding a humbucker and getting that microphonic issue fixed. Any chance you’ll do a budget hot rod video of this model?
I've heard a lot of positive things about Glarrys. Have you ever checked out Wolf/AIO guitars from All In One guitars? Not as cheap as a Glarry or Harley Benton, but their LP style guitars are half the price as a Gibson and 10x more beautiful!
Give it up, Mr CEO of AIO
He's being honest. Those Wolf Les Pauls are beautiful and they are exactly 500 bucks
Its not just AIO/WOLF it all comes from the same factory which is in korea, in Europe they are called Green guitars .
@@callumhayes9733 Nope, just a proud owner of one of their beautiful guitars.
@@Ghosy01 I know they are the same. They started with the Wolf brand and added the AIO brand a couple of years later. Didn't know about the Green guitars.
Those holes are in like all the cheap bolt on Chinese kits, they are really good to hang the guitars from to dry them
I got the Thinline version of this Glarry. Same problem , bridge pup super microphonic. Swapped them for a set of Fender Drive Deluxe and the guitar sounds now really, really good!
I have a Strat style Glarry that I paid $58.00 for it Shipping was $7.00. I did a little fret filing and sanding and that's it. I love this guitar! It plays great and sounds great. I'm amazed at what they can put together for so cheap in price. I may buy a T-style next, don't need it, but I do like the looks of them. Great video by the way, big fan of yours. Very informative. Thanks.
The color is actually amazing. Glen and larry must have been smoking some psychedelic stuff and saw colors beyond our spectrum.
Spending a half hour repotting a pickup in candle wax still werf.
Hole in the neck pocket was for painting.
I need to learn how to do my own mods, but was SERIOUSLY nervous about attacking my Ibanez.. getting a Glarry and parts to practice with! GREAT review, thanks! Now to study fret buffing...
Very interesting!!! Nice hands on look inside😁👍👍👍
The six million dollar man plays an 89 dollar guitar. I'm pretty sure he could make anything sound good. I love this channel!
six millions?
This model is known as the Glarry "Sawdust".
true, but it's a notable step up from the Glarry Cardboard.
Great Review Darrell!!
I have exact same guitar, I took the neck off and put a fender replacement neck on it and switched the pickups, plays amazing.
The price is crazy cheap, especially if it includes shipping. A great idea for a guitar to learn or improve your Luthier skills on even if it just ends up as wall art. I paid more than that for a strat kit to practice doing upgrades and fret work. I don't know how they can sell them so cheap and include shipping. It actually looks pretty nice and comes with extra sawdust if you have to patch a hole :}
Darrell, I absolutely love your channel. I myself own a few cheap Glarry guitars as a beginning left handed player. I mod most of them and they sound decent. Thanks, for the review it was excellent.Keep up the great work. I watch lots of you tubers doing guitar reviews and yours is the best! You are honest, knowledgeable and a great player! Keep em coming and have a rocking day!!!!
Darrell, Love your review vids... this one is of special interest to me because I've bought about a dozen Glarry Tele & Strat style guitars so far for modding, and for customers who wanted a decent beginner guitar. Yes they need fret work and some setup to be real playable. But I know any cheap guitar does {FWIW, I played guitar for 50+years, and have done mods, repairs, and actually some scratch building back in the 70's} Personally I love these super light weight imports... they are so resonate [almost have an acoustic property to their tone]. I've modded and played several in my bands.
A couple different observations I would offer... I'm quite sure the wood used for these Glarry, and many import guitars, is Paulownia or Empress... not Basswood as they say. I learned this several years ago when I first bought a couple imports and was amazed at how light they were.[sometime too light... even where the neck is headstock heavy], and researched what the body wood was.
Another FWIW, Brad Paisley's favorite Teles are made of Paulownia wood. His first one was built by Bill Crook Guitars, and then he contracted with Fender to make a Paisley signature Tele which is also made with a Paulownia wood body.
I'm impressed. Glenn and Larry did a great job
Whenever I'm scrolling for guitars on Google so many glarrys show up. Too many glarrys
Careful, you'll go blind! 🙄
I guess you could say its a glarrying issue 😎
@angel torres
hilarious
What do you mean too many half of the electrics are sold out
@@yaboidustin2447 you know that Google shows products that are out of stock right?
Darrell - Nice.
His intro- Scary.
I bought a Gear 4 Music LP Jr. The wood is pretty. I took it out of the box and played it for 10 minutes and tore it apart and went to work. Tusq nut, fret leveling and polish, CTS pots, orange drop cap, Kluson deluxe tuners, a modified Epiphone P-90 pickup, new set of knobs and a new pick guard. This thing rocks!!!!
The hole in the heal is to hang it for painting. They paint many of those as a high volume instrument so they use the assembly line approach.
For The Price, You Can't Go Wrong. Great Guitar To Give To A Beginner Or To Customize.
That is surprising for being that cheap and there's lots of room for improvement too if you are willing to modify it, beginners shouldn't be afraid to modify that guitar, make it how it feels good to you and if something feels off about it learn how to FIX IT and you will learn how to make your guitar into your own that you love! That being said I think I'm going to get a Soviet Union Tonika EGS-650 and mod it exactly how I want it to be for how I want it to play!
I bought the Orangewood Oliver Mahogany Grand concert acoustic guitar based on your review of it and I'm so happy I did. What a great guitar! And I got it on outlet for $150, a steal! Thanks!
As long as the neck and body line up well, the price makes this an awesome platform for modding. Add some shielding and ground wires, new pickups, electronics, strings and tuners make it a much better guitar for still not too much money. Something someone who is inexperienced could probably handle.
You need to do a first act guitar if you want a inexpensive guitar😂😂
Lyxpro guitars. 3/4 scale.
@Myke Fuller yep, brent hinds plays a first act custom, few other doomy/stoner bands play a custom as well.
0:16 hold up wtf that’s sick
Yeah each roller can have 3 pickups. Each roller has a switch to roll them so you can get a tone of mixes. Not cheap though.
@@ubermac85 cheaper to get a variax and do the exact same thing, plus changing tuning with the modeling.
This is, hands down, THE most essential guitar channel on TH-cam!
When Darrell makes an $89 guitar sound better than my Gibson R9😭😭😭
What amp are you using?
A fender hot rod deville (I know this is a horrible combination for a Gibson lol)
You nailed it with that “gig bag”. It’s definitely more of a dust cover.
Lol better than nothin i guess. Has a handle!
Really fun review! I watched it because I've seen very inexpensive guitars online, and the Glarry brand. This dovetails into my suspicion that there is a lot of snobbery involved in guitar buying.
Great demo. I bought a Glarry Tele and case. Superb stuff for the price. Now to trick it!
How's that neck when you move it, almost flamed looking. Pretty wild I thought for something so cheap.
Once I noticed he ends each sentence like a question I can’t unhear it. Help me
I hate you
@@ot4kon Instant karma's gonna get you...
That’s because he speaks Canadian.
@@VivianLund Eh?
@DMSProduktions yah hey der
Great review Darrel! Top notch as always! I bought a Glarry ,, and the playability is great! Once you change the strings ,,, get the action where you want it and mess with the intonation! Really nice guitar! Didn’t have that problem on my bridge pickup that you had with yours. Takes a a little bit to get used to the lightness’s of the guitar,,, but I’ve had some top of the line guitars over the years. Bought them when things were good and sold them when things got tough! But since I’m not a professional,,, just a hard core enthusiast .. always love having a guitar around! My take why these are so inexpensive is that they are mostly all machined these days from your $3000 guitars to your $89 dollar guitars. Probably from the same type of CNC machine! And in China the workers are paid practically nothing compared to the workers here! So from the body ,, fret board and neck,, you probably getting the same quality on the $3000 dollar guitar as you would on the $89 dollar guitar! If you were to switch out pods,,pick ups and got some locking tuners and a bone nut probably wouldn’t cost you more than $300 dollars,,, and you have something that would rival or be better than that $3000 dollar guitar!!!
Hey Darrel love your vids keep up the good work!!! Also i would like to suggest the harley benton st20 hss thats about at the same price range as this tele.Hope we see the vid soon 😊
I don't know how comfortable I'd feel buying one of these things. That low a price? someone is having a hard time somewhere... Are they putting ten year olds on the machines or something?
They are pretty much 100% always made in sweatshops in China. It's places where people are fired if they drop a guitar, and there is no fire safety whatsoever.
What makes you think the big brands do not use child labor? If you really know of a company that they pay fair wages: great! If you just assume it because of the price... Yeah well i am no expert on guitars but even 1000 dollar clothing comes from china
@@thomas.thomas Hey, I'm with you there all the way; you've gotta look into where and how your instrument is made before buying it. Every single maker will outsource it to asian sweatshops if they can, unless they are the type that actively care about their workers.
That latter category is a rare one, though...
I'd bought a fazely guitar in the UK from dv247 for £69 delivered. Take away their postage to me, the postage to them, import duty and their profit. These things are being made for sub £20 at most. Crazy to think.
You know not everyone can afford a guitar worth thousands. Some people are just starting out and aren’t sure if they won’t give up. I absolutely hate people who are so judgemental. Yes it’s not the best but why can’t you look at it from a positive perspective? It’s a good guitar for a beginner who can’t afford more.