I've owned a xaviere XV500 for about 10 years now. Plays great, sounds great too. Mine is black and I bought during a belemished sale, it has a small blemish in the binding on the body. It's in one spot about 1/2 inch. I paid $179 at the time. Am extremely happy with it. You owe yourself to take a look at their products. Great review as always Max.
YES!! Xaviere is amazing. I have a few (I think 3) of their Tele style guitars. All amazing in their own way. I really appreciate how you bring value guitars to people's attention. I guarantee there are beginner and aspirational players benefitting from your knowledge, so thank you for doing that! Much respect as always.
Thats medevil sword? Norman? Derive from roman sword? Period 1? U do really great job on post.thanks 4 sharing. Got kick out of butt licker made comment about dye and hair! Dye and Hair. Little mister has no ideal? Of sacrifices wo make 4 our fans! And im sure never will know! Lol
$289 with split coil and great fretwork?! You could install a Vega Trem, double price of guitar, but still be around $600 for an axe with a real maple cap and gorgeous. Good find!
I literally just got mine today. I have the xv pro 500. The single cut without the tremelo. Unboxed it, tuned it, and played. This thing is amazing straight out of the box. I also was very impressed with the frets. I got the guitar with hardshell case shipped to my door in nc for $359. Love your channel by the way . Am a subscriber.
Since my last update I purchased the guitar featured in this video (in lemon drop) and PRO XV-875 HSS strat (in sunburst). Both came nicely setup. The PRO XV-875 humbucker also comes with coil splitting. You really can't beat these guitars for the money. Fit, finish and sound is great on both.
The BlueBurst they have now is pretty cool too. These guitarfetish guitars are good deals , never got a bad one, they of course need some tweaking, but for the price what do you expect.
@@nraugseem2 dude they're all made in china, that's a given at this price. But it doesn't matter where a guitar is made - a good guitar is a good guitar.
GFS pickups are insane value because they stand toe to toe with many “boutique” brands. I’ve been using them since around 2008/9. And I lots of parts if you’re into hot rodding guitars. Highly recommend ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
@MAGUS I don’t buy anywhere near as much as I used to but o never had that problem. That being said most of my dealing was over 5 yeas ago ind I do believe they’ve grown much bigger since. They had really good customer service so message them with compliants and I bet they’ll take care of you.
I finally got my hands on one of these. I was on the waiting list for months. I almost gave up. I ordered the XV-500 Purpleburst and I am very impressed. It feels nice and plays well. The fit and finish is outstanding IMHO. I may experiment with some of the other quikplug pickups but the stock crunchy pats sound damn good!
They are out of stock again currently. I have been thinking about getting something inexpensive with the locking trem system . I'm glad to see your comment, it helps me decide to wait. I'll get on the waiting list and hopefully someday i'll have one.
I have their "Crunchy Pats" in a LP style buyout guitar I got from them and they sound great! That guitar cost me less than $200 total and it's definitely a gig worthy axe. This and DBG I'm loving the GFS love!
I have a non-trem version. Very happy with it. Amazing value and those quick-change pickups are a really useful feature. Good customer service from Guitar Fetish too.
That purple burst is beautiful. You're right to say that a lot of companies claim that their push/pull pots do the job, but don't. I found this one did a great job with the coil splitting. Awesome demo dude!
Dude the guitar looks amazing and it sounds amazing as well, and there’s no one else I can think of to do this amazing of a job for a test. Your amazing man thanks for all you do🤘
I have been tempted to buy a GFS LP for a couple of years now, I just wasn't sure of the quality. Now with your review and the guitar being set up with the wiring for the quick change pick ups I no long have a reason to wait! Curses, I don't think I have room for another guitar.
Own the same model but with a maple fret board. What I can say from my experience is that the frets were rounded nicely. With that said my burst was a lot darker, the frets needed leveled and my treble volume knob was installed kind of crooked. With all that said, after a level job it felt amazing to play. Still one of my favorite guitars to pick up. I've experienced 0 issues so far with the FR on it when it comes to staying in tune. The knob I live with. It's a really inexpensive guitar and it play's really well. If you're curious about GFS pickups they're honestly not bad, I'd say it's what they're most known for. I'm using the ones in this Xaviere and I have a set of their hotter HB's in an older Ibanez of mine and honestly it sounds great. The Xaviere guitars and the GFS pickups are really worth a look specially if you're on a budget! Great review Max!
Thanks for the review. BTW I purchased your course Guitar Solo Essentials, I started practicing and then using the backing tracks. I could not believe how much my soloing mixed up with your techniques have improved! Thanks so much for that, what I'm learning is priceless.
I bought a set of Van Halen VEH pickups from GFS for my squier contemporary, and they sound amazing. They're everything you'd expect, with sustain for days.
I bought a VX500. I was excited when it came. When I tightened the strings a tailpiece peg popped out. So I sent it to a setup guy and he tweaked it, reset the tailpiece & bridge and stuff but it still had a horrible action. He said he did all he could. I was going to dump it on Craigslist when I just said I'd try to adjust the neck myself. After 1 1/2 turns the neck now plays like butter and it's now the guitar of my dreams. MORAL: You might have to REALLY tweak it, but with a little patience and luck you can literally have a fantasy-level guitar. Right now as I play it, I don't think I could even WISH for a nicer guitar... It's basically everything I wanted, and possibly more. A PERSONAL ASSERTION: Cost does matter... A badass $300 guitar is MUCH more desireable than a $3000 guitar... Just me, but this is the one.
i have owned several Xaviere XV-500 guitars in Lemon Drop, Quilted Vintage Natural Maple, Gloss Black and Transparent Red. I love them. The best value in an LP style guitar. They sound fantastic and the quality is miles above the price point. I recommend them highly.
Thank you for this video. I've been curious about Xaviere guitars. I like GFS pickups, I use them in some of my guitar builds. The quik plug system is really cool. This guitar is now on my radar.
I know, I've been watching em for months. Thanks for giving it away, Max. Lol, j/k. They're excellent. The neck tenon comes all the way to the first pickup cavity. The maple top is over a half inch thick. Frigging guitar is exceptional for the value.
One more, man. When you do have that loose trem bar problem, take a spring, one about the size of the ones in click-type ball-point pens, unscrew your trem bar, drop the spring in, and screw your trem bar back down.
That's funny , I bought the model he is showing and it would not stay in tune had frett buzz on some of the frets and had 2 chips on it. TOTAL TRASH! I sent it back.
Super cool axe! 😎👍👍 I definitely MUST have one of those! It looks amazing, sounds fantastic and the price won't break my bank! Unbelievable guitar, Max! Oh, and it's an LP style with a Floyd Rose! I'm sold! 😁👍👍🎸🎶
I got an Xaviere guitar one time that had all sorts of issues with it and despite calling Xaviere about it on the day I received it, their customer service guy refused to take it back. He just wanted to argue with me about it. I was able to track down the CEO's number and call him directly, and was finally able to organize a return through him. It was such an unpleasant experience I haven't touched Xaviere or GFS since.
I bought a strat style and I love it, also I got in touch with the customer service and I had great results. Before anyone says why did I have to get in touch with customer service it was because I wanted to change my humbucker pickup to coil tap and so I did without any trouble.
Thanks for the very nice review and excellent demo! I just bought the Pro 500 version, which has no trem (in the lemon-drop finish) and I think it's an excellent guitar for the money. It came nicely set up and intonated. The fingerboard is quite beautiful black walnut (it has a semi-polished finish). Fret ends are smooth with no sprout. I love Guitar Fetish's Kwik-Plug system. I have a Tele-style guitar from them that was so easy to upgrade the pickups, and their better/higher-priced pickups are still very reasonably priced.
I bought one of the Earl Slick Tele’s. It’s killer. When it arrived, the neck was broken. Sent them a picture and they shipped a replacement that same day.
I bought a PRO500 Less Paul last week in lemon drop..it's FLAWLESS!! Best looking guitar I own..and I own a few! The only thing I could find that I wasn't totally happy with, is the three position switch feels a little mushy..but works just fine. Plus, it has split pickups as well.😀 I love it!!
I soldered in a $6 Musiclily switch from Amazon and it was night and day. It was 3 leads and a ground to solder, really easy. The cream tip matched too.
I purchased a green one after watching this. Man, you are not joking when you talk about it’s quality. Plus the Floyd Rose is an awesome addition. I got the $249 version. I put in a set of Dragonfire Vintage Buckers and this thing is now one of my top go-to axes. Thx!
seriously cool watching you improve with your playing. and i just bought one of these guitars, thanks a max million.:) update: guitar needed some minor work, filed the neck down for the nut and action was higher than hell. changed out the pickups...pretty decent now.
Thanks for the video. Have seen your Chibson reviews and you obviously know your stuff. I thought like these Xavieres were a crazy good deal, glad to see you give your seal of approval! Again, really appreciate your work reviewing these guitars that people can afford!
we asked for it you bring the goods!.. nice job pointing out all those specs.. I like Xavier guitars for value for sure but they can be hit or miss on some finish details.. but if that does not bother you.. shred on.. great job treating all budget guitars for what they are man.. !! love it.
Bought a 500 with a fractured neck for 169!Simple repair on a beautiful green burst!Replaced some parts,14" radius roller bridge,strings of course!Loving it!!
Man I might have to stop watching your videos. I have bought 5 guitars since I subscribed to your chanel, a few days ago!! lol Seriously tho, love your chanel, love your presentation style, absolutely love and enjoy listening to you play! Thank you for all the information you share! You have inspired me to start playing again!
I just got my black smoke in today and I was concerned after watching some of the you tube videos… WOW… what a nice playing beautiful guitar. Other than the g string had popped out, I popped it back in, and it tuned up nicely. As far as the action goes it is sweet, pretty low. I could not be happier with it, playing through a Marshall 15 and it sounds great!
Don’t own one of the guitars but I did switch out the electronics for one of their pre-soldered harnesses and two of their pickups. One is the kwik connect version of their Alnico 5 fat pat humbucker. The other is the gfs pro alnico 2. One of the cool things that they offer are conversion kits to make any pickup kwik connect. Love the sound.
I have a xaviere guitar, their version of the telecaster. My sense of it is that it is about on par with a Squier generally. It needed a little attention on the neck, as would be expected. It came with a dented neck pickup, which GF replaced, no problem. Wasn't too impressed with the tuners, so I replaced them with some inexpensive locking tuners and some nicer string trees, which I think was fine. Very playable, and it might be the best sounding guitar I have.
I dont mean to be off topic but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account? I somehow lost my account password. I would love any help you can offer me.
@Jalen Orion I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Like Robert Fripp and Steve Hackett I would choose a quality build LP with Floyd trem. Fernandes/Burny are famous for that. But this is a steal! Even though shipping to Europe adds €150 to the bill still verry affordable. Even a wide choice of cases is a good option. And look what the Guitar Fetish catalog has to offer!
I've been looking at some of those guitars and this video makes me really want one now. They have some nice stuff, and inexpensive too. Definitely putting this on my xmas list.
Wow $289 nice Axe with a good Floyd that's a bonus nice fretboard! great for playing some Alex Lifeson Rush tunes i bet with out the Gibson price great demo Thx stay heavy:)
I own one of the Xaviere Jazzmaster guitars and love it. They are a great budget buy company and I will be trying some of their pickups and parts, since I have the kwikplug system as well. Thanks for all the good reviews you do.
Really liked your review. I think the fact that it comes with a floyd setup for that price is really nice considering a floyd by itself is about that price now days not including installation. Very cool....
Wowmax I am glad I came across this video of yours that you did about 10 months back I am amazed at the sound and quality and looks of that Xavier LP style guitar you are playing. That's exactly what I have been looking for I have been looking online for several months I've seen all the Glen Burton's and all the Monoprice and all the other LP standard style guitars out there but this one really does it for me I am definitely going to order one thank you for this video max. Take care man have a good week.
Another great video! So funny to see these start popping up spontaneously. Im on my local CL/offer up constantly and iv been seeing these guitars pop up all of the sudden. Prices are fair unlike firefly. I usually mind my own business, but if I see a firefly for 400 then I have to tell the seller what's up.
I bought one 3 days ago in blue, cant wait to see it! Some of the criticisms I’ve heard were squashed today by you, whew! Great job on playing it you are really talented
Nice Bugera. I have one and always get a kick when I see someone with one. I was thinking about a guitar like that... But then I put an EMG 81 in a telecaster and I think I'm done with Les Paul style guitars.
I was wondering if this Xaviere guitar was worth owning. I got a EVH Wolfgang Standard a week ago. BTW: Max your playing guitar in the opening like it's 1980's rock - nice EVH tribute i reckon. Well done.
I own one with out the tremolo, and love it. I didn’t know they made one with a tremolo. I’m tempted to buy this model instead of a Strat because I can’t find a Stat with all these features under $300. Dudes, this guitar is not only beautiful but it sounds awesome to me. I had to adjust some of the frets so if you can follow a RUclips video on how this is done you won’t need to spend the money getting it properly tuned and adjusted. This is a Diamond in the rough!! Beginners and intermediate players, buy one!
I'm really glad you did a review on this guitar, because I've been thinking of pulling the trigger on it for a while now. But, now of course the model I was interested in is now out of stock. Ain't that the way it always goes. Great review as always. William C. of Indiana.
I bought one of those last year. It's a really nice guitar. I gave it to my grandson because I wanted him to have a good guitar to start with before I give him something along the lines of an American Fender.
I've got GFS vintage extra hot humbuckers in my epiphone explorer. The gfs pickups are a great upgrade from most stock no name pickups and a pair of them is usually less than $80.
Nice guitar, and very good price. Thanks for demoing the Tremolo. I find it strange/suspicious when a demo of a guitar with a Tremolo doesn't include a close look at how well it performs. I know how fiddly Trems can be, but if it's there, then we should hear it in action. Thanks
I've actually owned one of these, it was a fantastic guitar for the money. It ended up being a project guitar that my brother kind of turned into his own version of Neal Schon's custom Gibson LP.
I had an XV-550 (which is the hardtail version of this) and I gotta say...it was an EXCELLENT guitar, for the money or not. Finish was stunning, it sounded fantastic, and I loved the quick-change system for swapping pickups. The frets were polished and slick and the neck was a joy to play. Electronics were solid, and I loved the coil tap on both bridge and neck pickups. If you're into Les Pauls, this is definitely worth checking out. Turns out I'm just not a fan of Les Paul-style guitars, so I sold it.
I've owned a xaviere XV500 for about 10 years now. Plays great, sounds great too. Mine is black and I bought during a belemished sale, it has a small blemish in the binding on the body. It's in one spot about 1/2 inch. I paid $179 at the time. Am extremely happy with it. You owe yourself to take a look at their products.
Great review as always Max.
YES!! Xaviere is amazing. I have a few (I think 3) of their Tele style guitars. All amazing in their own way. I really appreciate how you bring value guitars to people's attention. I guarantee there are beginner and aspirational players benefitting from your knowledge, so thank you for doing that! Much respect as always.
Thank you Simon!
I've owned a total of 7 Xaviere's. My XV-950 hollow body has done over 100 gigs and put around 50 grand in my pocket. Great guitars. AMA
how fragile are the les pauls
@@GammaFZ not fragile at all. I played the Marysville Balloon Festival with mine. Huge gig. Big stage. Memories
So you make $5,000 a gig? Who do you play with, what band? I call BS on that.
@@TeleCaster66 How did you get $5,000 a gig from $50,000 / 100?
@@TeleCaster66 Should delete your bad math comment!
The portrait with his missus behind him.. King Arthur and Gwenevier!.Oh! My!
Lord Farquar
Thats medevil sword? Norman? Derive from roman sword? Period 1?
U do really great job on post.thanks 4 sharing.
Got kick out of butt licker made comment about dye and hair!
Dye and Hair.
Little mister has no ideal? Of sacrifices wo make 4 our fans!
And im sure never will know! Lol
@@creamwobbly 01
$289 with split coil and great fretwork?! You could install a Vega Trem, double price of guitar, but still be around $600 for an axe with a real maple cap and gorgeous. Good find!
Goofy math lol
@@tylerparker3024Calm down. It’s gonna be okay.
I literally just got mine today. I have the xv pro 500. The single cut without the tremelo. Unboxed it, tuned it, and played. This thing is amazing straight out of the box. I also was very impressed with the frets. I got the guitar with hardshell case shipped to my door in nc for $359. Love your channel by the way . Am a subscriber.
Since my last update I purchased the guitar featured in this video (in lemon drop) and PRO XV-875 HSS strat (in sunburst). Both came nicely setup. The PRO XV-875 humbucker also comes with coil splitting. You really can't beat these guitars for the money. Fit, finish and sound is great on both.
The BlueBurst they have now is pretty cool too. These guitarfetish guitars are good deals , never got a bad one, they of course need some tweaking, but for the price what do you expect.
Loving all the love for Xaviere/GFS I'm seeing lately. They deserve it!
I bought the blue burst version of this guitar. Very happy with it once I got the Floyd tuned properly.
I bought a green one. It is made in china though. But has tune-o- matic bridge.
@@nraugseem2 dude they're all made in china, that's a given at this price. But it doesn't matter where a guitar is made - a good guitar is a good guitar.
GFS pickups are insane value because they stand toe to toe with many “boutique” brands. I’ve been using them since around 2008/9. And I lots of parts if you’re into hot rodding guitars. Highly recommend ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
@MAGUS I don’t buy anywhere near as much as I used to but o never had that problem. That being said most of my dealing was over 5 yeas ago ind I do believe they’ve grown much bigger since. They had really good customer service so message them with compliants and I bet they’ll take care of you.
Damnit! I finally get my hands on a Firefly LP and now I'm obligated to get this guitar as well lol
You won't regret it. I got the non trem version and it plays like a $600 guitar
You can't compare these to Firefly. Xaviere's are great instruments
A Man can never have too many guitars, Brandon. Go for it !
@@TheMerc1950 Hi can you please a link on the guitar you got.
@@mervroland5893 what are your opinion on the Wolf guitar
I finally got my hands on one of these. I was on the waiting list for months. I almost gave up. I ordered the XV-500 Purpleburst and I am very impressed. It feels nice and plays well. The fit and finish is outstanding IMHO. I may experiment with some of the other quikplug pickups but the stock crunchy pats sound damn good!
They are out of stock again currently. I have been thinking about getting something inexpensive with the locking trem system . I'm glad to see your comment, it helps me decide to wait. I'll get on the waiting list and hopefully someday i'll have one.
The people from guitar fetish need to learn something called demand
@@jonathanjohnson8656 Did you end up getting one?
@@batphink2655 not yet unfortunately.
@@jonathanjohnson8656 do you know what is better the pro 500 or the 550
I have their "Crunchy Pats" in a LP style buyout guitar I got from them and they sound great! That guitar cost me less than $200 total and it's definitely a gig worthy axe. This and DBG I'm loving the GFS love!
Thanks! Looking to use this then!
I have a non-trem version. Very happy with it. Amazing value and those quick-change pickups are a really useful feature. Good customer service from Guitar Fetish too.
Oooh, you went with the trem model!!! I honestly didn't know that anyone else suggested it. Thanks for giving it a try! (Currently still loving mine)
That purple burst is beautiful. You're right to say that a lot of companies claim that their push/pull pots do the job, but don't. I found this one did a great job with the coil splitting. Awesome demo dude!
Thank you!
I heard they weren’t alpha pots, still good though?
Dude the guitar looks amazing and it sounds amazing as well, and there’s no one else I can think of to do this amazing of a job for a test. Your amazing man thanks for all you do🤘
I have been tempted to buy a GFS LP for a couple of years now, I just wasn't sure of the quality. Now with your review and the guitar being set up with the wiring for the quick change pick ups I no long have a reason to wait! Curses, I don't think I have room for another guitar.
Own the same model but with a maple fret board. What I can say from my experience is that the frets were rounded nicely. With that said my burst was a lot darker, the frets needed leveled and my treble volume knob was installed kind of crooked. With all that said, after a level job it felt amazing to play. Still one of my favorite guitars to pick up. I've experienced 0 issues so far with the FR on it when it comes to staying in tune. The knob I live with. It's a really inexpensive guitar and it play's really well. If you're curious about GFS pickups they're honestly not bad, I'd say it's what they're most known for. I'm using the ones in this Xaviere and I have a set of their hotter HB's in an older Ibanez of mine and honestly it sounds great. The Xaviere guitars and the GFS pickups are really worth a look specially if you're on a budget! Great review Max!
Thanks for the report!
Yes, thanks for this info! It's about what you'd expect at this price point. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the review. BTW I purchased your course Guitar Solo Essentials, I started practicing and then using the backing tracks. I could not believe how much my soloing mixed up with your techniques have improved! Thanks so much for that, what I'm learning is priceless.
I bought a set of Van Halen VEH pickups from GFS for my squier contemporary, and they sound amazing. They're everything you'd expect, with sustain for days.
Not sure why you don’t have more subscribers what you do you do as good as anybody on RUclips definitely love the niche you’re doing
I bought a VX500. I was excited when it came. When I tightened the strings a tailpiece peg popped out. So I sent it to a setup guy and he tweaked it, reset the tailpiece & bridge and stuff but it still had a horrible action. He said he did all he could. I was going to dump it on Craigslist when I just said I'd try to adjust the neck myself.
After 1 1/2 turns the neck now plays like butter and it's now the guitar of my dreams.
MORAL: You might have to REALLY tweak it, but with a little patience and luck you can literally have a fantasy-level guitar. Right now as I play it, I don't think I could even WISH for a nicer guitar... It's basically everything I wanted, and possibly more. A PERSONAL ASSERTION: Cost does matter... A badass $300 guitar is MUCH more desireable than a $3000 guitar... Just me, but this is the one.
i have owned several Xaviere XV-500 guitars in Lemon Drop, Quilted Vintage Natural Maple, Gloss Black and Transparent Red. I love them. The best value in an LP style guitar. They sound fantastic and the quality is miles above the price point. I recommend them highly.
Wow purple transparent top with a floyd that's awesome! Take my money!
Thank you for this video. I've been curious about Xaviere guitars. I like GFS pickups, I use them in some of my guitar builds. The quik plug system is really cool. This guitar is now on my radar.
Rock on!
Xaviere also has the plug and play pickups. You can easily swap GFS pickups if you want hotter or filtertron type pickups
Thank you so much for this review. I've been looking for months for reviews on these. I will buy one after seeing this.
I know, I've been watching em for months. Thanks for giving it away, Max. Lol, j/k. They're excellent. The neck tenon comes all the way to the first pickup cavity. The maple top is over a half inch thick. Frigging guitar is exceptional for the value.
One more, man. When you do have that loose trem bar problem, take a spring, one about the size of the ones in click-type ball-point pens, unscrew your trem bar, drop the spring in, and screw your trem bar back down.
That's funny , I bought the model he is showing and it would not stay in tune had frett buzz on some of the frets and had 2 chips on it. TOTAL TRASH! I sent it back.
Damn, hope I fare better. I've finally got one on the way, and just saw your comment.
Thanks Guitar Max,you hit it "outta the park"on this one !
I bought a used XV500 years ago. Great guitar! Upgraded the tuners, pots and bridge. I love it!
I've always wanted to try a GFS guitar, now the want is even stronger 😄 Nice guitar!
I own a Xaviere Candy Apple Red Tele with binding and rosewood fingerboard PRO840, Great guitar!
Super cool axe! 😎👍👍 I definitely MUST have one of those! It looks amazing, sounds fantastic and the price won't break my bank! Unbelievable guitar, Max! Oh, and it's an LP style with a Floyd Rose! I'm sold! 😁👍👍🎸🎶
I got an Xaviere guitar one time that had all sorts of issues with it and despite calling Xaviere about it on the day I received it, their customer service guy refused to take it back. He just wanted to argue with me about it. I was able to track down the CEO's number and call him directly, and was finally able to organize a return through him. It was such an unpleasant experience I haven't touched Xaviere or GFS since.
Im hearing alot of these stories but if you payed with paypale, it shouldint be too hard getting your money back.
I bought a strat style and I love it, also I got in touch with the customer service and I had great results. Before anyone says why did I have to get in touch with customer service it was because I wanted to change my humbucker pickup to coil tap and so I did without any trouble.
Thanks for the very nice review and excellent demo! I just bought the Pro 500 version, which has no trem (in the lemon-drop finish) and I think it's an excellent guitar for the money. It came nicely set up and intonated. The fingerboard is quite beautiful black walnut (it has a semi-polished finish). Fret ends are smooth with no sprout. I love Guitar Fetish's Kwik-Plug system. I have a Tele-style guitar from them that was so easy to upgrade the pickups, and their better/higher-priced pickups are still very reasonably priced.
I love their PUPs. I have the VEH in the bridge and Dream 180 in the neck of one guitar, work really well together.
I have an Xavier 560 that I bought in 2015. It sounds great. They have alot of great stuff.
I bought one of the Earl Slick Tele’s. It’s killer. When it arrived, the neck was broken. Sent them a picture and they shipped a replacement that same day.
I would love to see a budget shootout between what you have now. If you had to keep one budget which would it be?!
Yes, I am betwixt this, the 500 or 555 and the AIO Wolf.
I bought a PRO500 Less Paul last week in lemon drop..it's FLAWLESS!! Best looking guitar I own..and I own a few! The only thing I could find that I wasn't totally happy with, is the three position switch feels a little mushy..but works just fine.
Plus, it has split pickups as well.😀 I love it!!
I soldered in a $6 Musiclily switch from Amazon and it was night and day. It was 3 leads and a ground to solder, really easy. The cream tip matched too.
I switched out the 3way for a proper type and changed the pots to full size on my 560.
I purchased a green one after watching this. Man, you are not joking when you talk about it’s quality. Plus the Floyd Rose is an awesome addition. I got the $249 version. I put in a set of Dragonfire Vintage Buckers and this thing is now one of my top go-to axes. Thx!
That cool guitar looks and sounds amazing very smooth distortion! Great playing btw!
seriously cool watching you improve with your playing. and i just bought one of these guitars, thanks a max million.:) update: guitar needed some minor work, filed the neck down for the nut and action was higher than hell. changed out the pickups...pretty decent now.
Thanks for the video. Have seen your Chibson reviews and you obviously know your stuff. I thought like these Xavieres were a crazy good deal, glad to see you give your seal of approval! Again, really appreciate your work reviewing these guitars that people can afford!
we asked for it you bring the goods!.. nice job pointing out all those specs.. I like Xavier guitars for value for sure but they can be hit or miss on some finish details.. but if that does not bother you.. shred on.. great job treating all budget guitars for what they are man.. !! love it.
Bought a 500 with a fractured neck for 169!Simple repair on a beautiful green burst!Replaced some parts,14" radius roller bridge,strings of course!Loving it!!
Man I might have to stop watching your videos. I have bought 5 guitars since I subscribed to your chanel, a few days ago!! lol
Seriously tho, love your chanel, love your presentation style, absolutely love and enjoy listening to you play!
Thank you for all the information you share! You have inspired me to start playing again!
thank you so much for this review! i had been interested in the Slick brand guitars but just don't like the relic finishes. these look great!
Just in time for Christmas eh, Max!! This will be on my wish list.
I just got my black smoke in today and I was concerned after watching some of the you tube videos… WOW… what a nice playing beautiful guitar. Other than the g string had popped out, I popped it back in, and it tuned up nicely. As far as the action goes it is sweet, pretty low. I could not be happier with it, playing through a Marshall 15 and it sounds great!
I love how all these newer budget friendly guitars have mahogany bodies!
Don’t own one of the guitars but I did switch out the electronics for one of their pre-soldered harnesses and two of their pickups. One is the kwik connect version of their Alnico 5 fat pat humbucker. The other is the gfs pro alnico 2. One of the cool things that they offer are conversion kits to make any pickup kwik connect. Love the sound.
Very nice looking. I've always wanted a purple guitar and finally last week I got an awesome purple Charvel.
I love their quick connect system. The actives sound really nice!
I have a xaviere guitar, their version of the telecaster. My sense of it is that it is about on par with a Squier generally. It needed a little attention on the neck, as would be expected. It came with a dented neck pickup, which GF replaced, no problem. Wasn't too impressed with the tuners, so I replaced them with some inexpensive locking tuners and some nicer string trees, which I think was fine. Very playable, and it might be the best sounding guitar I have.
I dont mean to be off topic but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account?
I somehow lost my account password. I would love any help you can offer me.
@Asa Kellen Instablaster ;)
@Jalen Orion I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Jalen Orion it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much you really help me out :D
@Asa Kellen You are welcome =)
Like Robert Fripp and Steve Hackett I would choose a quality build LP with Floyd trem. Fernandes/Burny are famous for that. But this is a steal! Even though shipping to Europe adds €150 to the bill still verry affordable. Even a wide choice of cases is a good option. And look what the Guitar Fetish catalog has to offer!
I've been looking at some of those guitars and this video makes me really want one now. They have some nice stuff, and inexpensive too. Definitely putting this on my xmas list.
You are the only review on this guitar I can find on yt... Thanks I've want this guitar for along time. I'm gonna get one now...
check Darrell Braun's channel. ruclips.net/video/7LKgk0q8hhE/видео.html He gives more of a technical review
Wow $289 nice Axe with a good Floyd that's a bonus nice fretboard! great for playing some Alex Lifeson Rush tunes i bet with out the Gibson price great demo Thx stay heavy:)
I see, you have a good taste in music as well my friend, as that was also an idea i had, lol
@@Gldn__yami 👍😎
My I love this channel! Thank you Max!
I own one of the Xaviere Jazzmaster guitars and love it. They are a great budget buy company and I will be trying some of their pickups and parts, since I have the kwikplug system as well. Thanks for all the good reviews you do.
Really liked your review. I think the fact that it comes with a floyd setup for that price is really nice considering a floyd by itself is about that price now days not including installation. Very cool....
Was waiting for a green XV555 but couldn’t wait any longer, got an orange transparent, still very cool. Great review!
Wowmax I am glad I came across this video of yours that you did about 10 months back I am amazed at the sound and quality and looks of that Xavier LP style guitar you are playing. That's exactly what I have been looking for I have been looking online for several months I've seen all the Glen Burton's and all the Monoprice and all the other LP standard style guitars out there but this one really does it for me I am definitely going to order one thank you for this video max. Take care man have a good week.
My uncle has a set of the Earl Slick Lead Humbuckers and he absolutely loves them
Another great video! So funny to see these start popping up spontaneously. Im on my local CL/offer up constantly and iv been seeing these guitars pop up all of the sudden. Prices are fair unlike firefly. I usually mind my own business, but if I see a firefly for 400 then I have to tell the seller what's up.
I have an Xaverie XV-700 Les Paul copy and it's amazing! Affordable and great for the money! Did I mention it plays great?
Very cool! I'm curious about the Xaviere acoustic guitars. The look great!
I've had two models. One basic and one Rich Tonewood in walnut. They're nice guitars.
@@mervroland5893 Thanks! I might check one out!
I bought one 3 days ago in blue, cant wait to see it! Some of the criticisms I’ve heard were squashed today by you, whew! Great job on playing it you are really talented
I bought one today. Can't wait to see how it plays. 👍
Have fun!
Nice Bugera. I have one and always get a kick when I see someone with one.
I was thinking about a guitar like that... But then I put an EMG 81 in a telecaster and I think I'm done with Les Paul style guitars.
Just bought the Tele version, love it so far.
Just got your instructional video! Ready for some 80's vibe here :D
I was wondering if this Xaviere guitar was worth owning. I got a EVH Wolfgang Standard a week ago. BTW: Max your playing guitar in the opening like it's 1980's rock - nice EVH tribute i reckon. Well done.
Such a beautiful guitar
You are amazing and the way you break your videos and sites down,makes me love you more
I own one with out the tremolo, and love it. I didn’t know they made one with a tremolo. I’m tempted to buy this model instead of a Strat because I can’t find a Stat with all these features under $300. Dudes, this guitar is not only beautiful but it sounds awesome to me. I had to adjust some of the frets so if you can follow a RUclips video on how this is done you won’t need to spend the money getting it properly tuned and adjusted. This is a Diamond in the rough!! Beginners and intermediate players, buy one!
i cant believe im gonna say this but this is my dream guitar! it has everything i wish for
Unfair demo. Max can make anything sound great 🙂
I'm really glad you did a review on this guitar, because I've been thinking of pulling the trigger on it for a while now. But, now of course the model I was interested in is now out of stock. Ain't that the way it always goes. Great review as always. William C. of Indiana.
I bought one of those last year. It's a really nice guitar. I gave it to my grandson because I wanted him to have a good guitar to start with before I give him something along the lines of an American Fender.
I let my wife pick the color....She went for Blueburst. Should be here in a few days...Looks rad!
First Phil puts out a vid on a cool guitar, now Max!!! Stop making me wanna buy more dang guitars lol
NICE! That was SMOOOTH as usual
Just purchased a PRO500. No tremolo bar but a beautiful turquoise finish.
I have a Xaviere Strat SSS, a Tele with the hotrail and a Thinline Tele with the goldfoils. Love all of them.
I've got GFS vintage extra hot humbuckers in my epiphone explorer. The gfs pickups are a great upgrade from most stock no name pickups and a pair of them is usually less than $80.
Nice guitar, and very good price. Thanks for demoing the Tremolo. I find it strange/suspicious when a demo of a guitar with a Tremolo doesn't include a close look at how well it performs. I know how fiddly Trems can be, but if it's there, then we should hear it in action. Thanks
Thanks for the info,,,just ordered a black one...Keep up the good work...
Them are some Hot Pickups. Nice cleans tones as well for a genres. A keeper for the price.
Love the Rubric scoring method description. +5 points to you Max.
Oh it's a looker Max. Sounds good too. I have used several of their pickups in the past. Always good stuff.
I've actually owned one of these, it was a fantastic guitar for the money. It ended up being a project guitar that my brother kind of turned into his own version of Neal Schon's custom Gibson LP.
Now that sounds and looks like a great low budget guitar!
I had an XV-550 (which is the hardtail version of this) and I gotta say...it was an EXCELLENT guitar, for the money or not. Finish was stunning, it sounded fantastic, and I loved the quick-change system for swapping pickups. The frets were polished and slick and the neck was a joy to play. Electronics were solid, and I loved the coil tap on both bridge and neck pickups. If you're into Les Pauls, this is definitely worth checking out.
Turns out I'm just not a fan of Les Paul-style guitars, so I sold it.
Per Darrell Braun’s review it’s not a maple veneer top. He opened it up to show was 1/2-3/4” top. 👍🏻
Very nice guitar, the coil splitting appeared to be very effective.
Thanks for posting.
Love the playing in the beginning!
That's a beastly Les Paul! Nice!!
I keep imaging that beauty with three exposed-coil humbuckers. Great video, Max.