was just playing my new Glarry strat when i stumbled onto this video. (Probably led here from pre-purchase Glarry research) What i did to the new Glarry strat (sunset body): • removed (2 layers) plastic wrap over pick guard • tightened ALL pot & tuner head nuts (not much tightening needed) • changed strings (didn't want to trust whatever cheapies it came with) • lowered bridge action (personal taste, of course ... and saddle hex key is included!) • added dampers to whammy bar return springs (just tiny cloth strips stuffed into the spring bodies to prevent them from ringing like reverb tank springs) • inspected ALL solder joints and ground connections. No problems found whatsoever. Good clean factory work. • contact cleaner/ lube applied to pots and switch • made 1/3 clockwise turn of truss rod to completely level the fret board (truss hex key was included!) • made minor intonation adjustments (pretty good, considering the action & truss work i did) • lowered pickup heights to personal pick comfort • added a tremolo spring into the whammy bar threaded hole to prevent bar from just dangling and swinging like a limp noodle. Now it stays in any position. • 1/4" output jack: bent elongated TIP contact inward a little more for better, tighter contact with guitar cord plug the body and neck are in fine condition. No sharp frets or sticky neck action. Quite smooth. the gig bag is hardly better than just a dust cover, and the included strap & guitar cord are garbage. i'm playing this nice guitar through a 1996 Fender Blues DeVille 212 amp ... clean setting with a little reverb ... and it sounds GREAT! For 64 bucks, i cannot believe i've got a rather decent strat in my collection now! my only concern is hoping there are no human rights issues at the chinese factory where they roll these things out.
I bought my Glarry Strat, identical to the one in the video but left-handed, about a month ago. It's my second Glarry instrument, the first being a left-handed Jazz bass with the same color scheme 4 months ago. All I can say is I have no idea how this company can possibly make any money, the quality of both instruments is ridiculously good, I have zero complaints, both were set up nicely right out of the box, all they needed was tuning up (and lowering the action a hair on one bass string). And unlike a lot of these Glarry reviewers given guitars free to review, I bought both and am eyeing a third. Amazing value for the money. 👍🏻
After having seen several of these reviews, I'm convinced that this is a good guitar to practice modding and repair work. And hey, maybe I'll learn to play better, as well.
So, I did a little research and then ordered one of these. Pretty descent guitar for the money. Fun to learn guitar tech stuff on. I just placed an order for Glarry #10 .. Hs ha . These are great for modding and for alt tunings that you can setup and leave for different tunings and string sets.
Subbed. This is how a review is supposed to look. No screaming metal pedals, straight up into the amp nice and clean. New players probably don’t realize we can make a guitar sound great, even if it plays like garbage. Letting the notes ring out cleanly gives us a real view into the guitar quality. Well done.
No it can't.....if the tuners suck, the nut is soft as butter, the trem sucks, the pickups junk......you can be the best in the world ....if it's out of tune you're lost!
True. But there is little things with cheap guitars that get annoying like the cheap one I had would always become out of tune. I had to adjust it before each play session because it sounded a bit off.
@@calebproductions5970 You can set it up with crap.....but you need to deal with the neck angle, the soft nut, the bad tuners, shitty pickup's (and you can get cheap chinese pickups that are very good....especially the 498t humbucker knock off's. Some of the hot stack single coil type humbuckers are good too). I've refretted tons of guitars (that includes a must set up).....dream on cup cake. Tell me how you refret darling? LOL!
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115 $ dollar SX 7 string it's amazing... no affiliation, i got it from "rondo music" google it, rondo has good stuff for cheap... good service as well. not advertising for them... but i have 4 from them and have been satisfied every-time... Glarry at 50 $ is good as well ... check out rondo. public service... NOT ADVERTISING
I received my Glarry ST two days ago. I had ordered it mainly to tinker with during these lockdown days, and about half on a lark. For the money I figured what the heck, you know? Not expecting much to say the least. Like you mentioned, I was SURPRISED at the quality of the fretboard. Mine has the blue ‘burst’ basswood body (extremely light) and a maple fretboard. Years ago I owned a Fender Strat that had fret sprout and two frets that were high out of the factory. This has a MUCH more comfortable neck. It has two really small quasi-rough places around the 8th fret, but about 20 seconds with some steel wool erased them. It took a little longer to get the intonation where I wanted than I’d like, but to be honest probably less than I expected it to. Again, for the money it’s an excellent guitar for a beginner, for someone who just doesn’t have the resources for something else, or like for me just wanted a guitar to tinker with. I’m looking at experimenting with modding it a bit. I never expected to be saying this... but if anyone wants an inexpensive guitar, try this one out!
Well done, JP! I’m not missing out this time, like with Firefly. The things I’m hearing, across the board, are essentially that, yes, it has it’s flaws, but it also seems to have surprised every reviewer I seen so far with it’s overall playability, particularly with regard to the fretwork. Sharp fret ends are a total bummer, and tedious to repair, so why wouldn’t I buy this guitar? $60? Delivered? For real? It’s almost too good to be true. I’m not expecting a product out of Fullerton, but I am cautiously optimistic about this. Thank you for the honest review, too. That nut looked like it was produced by a beaver instead of a human. Yoicks! Hey, how about a review of their Tele? Tasteful playing, too. All around outstanding presentation. More videos, please!
Finally a guitar review video that allows us to actually hear the tonal capabilities of the guitar. Plus, the guitar player lets the notes ring so that, again, we viewers get to hear the tonal quality of the guitar, plus we get treated to his tasteful playing. (Too many reviewers have such horrid and aweful vibratos it makes you cringe when you listen. This player knows how to bend a string and how to "wiggle a note".) Now I can make my own informed decision if I think that I might like this guitar and it sounds like I would like playing it and owning it.
Really liked your straight up style of review. Thanks for not trying to be cute or hyper critical. I think this guitar is a good instrument for my grandson to start learning after setup.
I'm not the only one here that would want to buy it mostly to take it apart and use it for a project. No fear getting better at fret work, refinishing the body, buying used pots and pickups on Ebay and learning how to wire stuff.. make a nut from a bone I find in the woods. Yep, a lot if fun to be had for 60 bucks.
Excellent review of this guitar. I have purchased one for my brother who is a professional guitarist and has been for 55 years. We are going to try to improve it just for kicks. I'm not a musician, I just thought it would be a good way to spend time with my brother. And if It's as good as the one you got it should be fine. Thanks for the great info.
@@JimmyParagalloGuitar Well sir, we decided that the guitar was just fine with the exception of some very sharp frets. I addressed the issue with a sanding sponge in a manner I learned in a video from Darrell Braun guitar.
Glarry is great for quality budget guitars. Plus they sell left handed guitars which you normally don't find at this price point. I bought this guitar (strat) for my son about a year ago I was so impressed with it I bought myself the left handed burning fire model. I just order the left handed p bass for myself as well. It arrives tomorrow! Can't wait!
I have 2 guitars and a bass from them and I can say they are great for the money. Only issues I've had is the strings are terrible. The nut is soft plastic so if you use the trem its gonna wear down quick. And the pickups are like little microphones(you can literally hear your voice thru them) and dont handle hi gain very well. Definitely need replaced. You can definitely make these super nice for not much extra money.
My burning fire had a great fret board.Had to replace the nut with bone,now it stays in tune well.All the hardware worked,and action and intonation was spot on.worth 65 bucks
Just got a Glarry GST red strat. The tone is fantastic, I like a darker sound, straight neck, nice maple fret board. Tuners need some lube and tremolo does not move at all. Checking with Glarry on this. I have lots of high end guitars but wanted a light, don't care what happens to it guitar. Hopefully the tremolo can be fixed! I understand that Glarry is very responsive to issues.
A review I saw said that there are 3 springs holding the trem bridge in place. One guy said that the springs were WAY too tight and he adjusted them. Now trem works just fine. I hope this helps. Best of luck to you
Nice work. I also like that your playing is basic. I love blues and for me, it's where I started playing. I watch also "Guitar Max" and his style is Very Metal, if you know what I mean. So for someone looking to start playing guitar, watching you would inspire learning the instrument. Again, nice work.
I nearly fell in the hole with others who sent money to CAMELAKE, hoping to received a name brand guitar for a steal ($65). None of them received their guitar. Avoid CAMELAKE.
Thanks for the review. I have been thinking about getting one of these in the exact same color as a project I have only heard good things about them and since I have not heard what I consider a bad review the necks seem to be good. Good basis to play with upgrading parts, learning how to do all the guitar neck maintenance and setup work. The cheapest guitar I have bought in recent history is a Guitar Fetish - Xavier XV-854 Tele Thin Line copy w/their gold foil humbuckers.. Great guitar cost me about 244 with a hard shell case. Bought in 2016 recently developed fret sprout, but that is after having moved to the desert that is Salt Lake City. I think it was due to the lack of humidity and nothing else.
MY MOST AFFORDABLE GUITAR IS MY GST BY GLARRY. I WILL NOT USE THE WORD "CHEAP". MINE PLAYES LIKE A DREAM AFTER I PERSONALLY DID A COMPLETE SET UP. OUT OF THE BOX I TUNNED IT AND CHECHED THE INTENATION. IT WAS SPOT ON. A LITTLE WORK ON IT ...ACTION, STRINGS ETC. ITS IS READY TO PUT IT THROUGH THE "TEST IT ON STAGE OR IN THE STUDIO" TIME
Great review, honest, brutal and upfront. I should add I have a guitar repair business. The real elephant in the room...? This guitar is probably better than Fender were knocking out late 60's thru the 70's, obviously less 'romance' though having no Fender monica on the head stock which what players pay for. We are proper bunch of snobs aren't we, eventually some grow out of this, some don't. NB:- I've had a few Harley Bentons go thru my hands recently for set-ups and the quality is consistantly amazing, they are also easy to move on as they are getting a really good name and a decent following. They have more a Yamaha feel to their fretboards, flat radii, slightly wider.
Hi Jimmy, Kinda late in seeing your (great) vid on Glarry. Sweet riffs you got out of it! Excellent illustration of the tone variance as well. The cheapest guitar I ever bought was a $99 Memphis LP Custom copy in Dec 1979 (equals about $350 in today's USD). Cherry sunburst, looked beautiful. Thing howled like an alley cat being violated when I plugged it in and turned my amp past 2....atrocious feedback scream due to unsheilded pick ups... I've bought two Fireflys in the past year which are both great instruments. Low priced guitars have certainly come so very, very far😀
I've got to wonder what the quality would be like if they didn't know it was going to be reviewed. Bought a Douglas several years ago for about $150, Wish now I'd bought a Glarry.
Although this video is from Jan of last year, I figured I would respond to this nice guys question of the cheapest guitar I ever bought. The cheapest guitar I ever bought was a $40.00 "Austin Bazaar 38 Inch Sunburst Cutaway Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag and Accessories" and it was a lot of fun lol. I just copied and pasted that from a old email lol. Anyhow, its frets were not sharp but it had a small chip in the fret board, it had a cheap bridge that did not hold up against steel strings, even if the guitar came with steel strings. The bridge snapped in half, and felt like that cheap wood stuff you use for crafts lol. The tuners were very low end and had a bit of slippage in them. The gig bag was nothing more than a dust cover, it did come with a pitch pipe for tuning, but I never learned how to use it. I just bought a cheap tuner that I still have to this day. With all of that said, I honestly love that guitar! I am not joking ether, I want to replace the broken bridge and put on better tuners and fill in that old chip in the fret board, and play it again. It never had the best sound, but it was my first guitar and I think it deserves a bit of respect for being with me during the darkest days of my life. Would I suggest anyone buy one like it, no. But would I do it all again, yes! because it was and is my old and busted friend.. I grew way too attached to it, what can I say lol. So sense it only cost me 40.00, I got more out of it then I would have expected I could lol.
afaik the Garry is essentially of the same quality as a Squier Bullet Strat. Iirc they're made in the same factory (Cort I think). Not bad guitars for the money as long as you're willing to do a little setting up.
cheapest guitar . first was a 2nd hand wanna be squier back in the 90's other was this Glarry GST-E i just got 2 weeks ago for 49.99 yeah its got cheap pot metal parts but it plays fine, and you cant really touch a decent body for that price if you were going to mod it.. i like it
I see you're not using the strap that came with it. Threw that in the garbage like I did? Yep, I bought one of these. Had to find out what you get for 60 bucks. Couldn't stand the suspense. So you know, mine has a phenomenal neck and fingerboard as well. That alone makes the guitar worth it.
My bridge wasn't screwed down giving it a crazy high action. A decent setup is compulsary. The wood on the neck was really dry too, not nice to play carnuba wax sorted it out ;0)
HELLO, JIMMY, I BOUGHT 2 OF THESE GUITARS. I GOT ONE LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE VIDEO,AND A WHITE ONE,,THE WHITE ONE WAS PRETTY WELL INTONATED, AND PUT NEW STRINGS ON IT, POLISHED THE FRETS AND CLEANED UP THE FINGERBOARD, BUT THE SUNBURST MODEL WAS TOTALLY OUT OF WACK, ON THE INTONATION, I PUT NEW STRINGS ON IT AND CHECKED ALL OF THE LOOSE SCREWS, ECT, BUT IT DOES NOT WANT TO INTONATE PROPERLY, I AM HAVING A TIME WITH IT, BUT FOR $60 BUCKS WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, COUSIN FIGEL
I got one of their jazz basses. It was ok for what it was...but, a warning. If you're going to mod one, they don't use standard measurements and you WILL be filling screw holes and drilling new ones.
I bought a Glarry thinline to practice setup skills and it’s great. The standard tele i bought was so badly made I returned it. The failing of Glarrys is the poor quality control and the fact that they need setting up which will be beyond most novices who are their main target audience.
When I got mine, it needed a neck shim, 3 frets filed (but not by much), and new strings. I did a full set-up on it and it sounded great! I upgraded it just today with a $17 loaded pickguard I got off Amazon and it sounds even better now!
@@tobystrickland5986 Yep! I've done a bunch of videos with it on my channel. The guitar is awesome! It's so lightweight and it sounds JUST LIKE a Fender Strat costing 20 times its price! It plays so well! And, yes, I've owned and played MANY Fenders of different price points.
The cheapest guitar i ever bought. when I was 12 years old I bought was a silver tone with the amp in a case. 25.00 bucks from sears. learn to play on that guitar. best 25.00 buck of my paper route money I spent. the year 1964. later moved up to a 57 duel sonic from the fender custom shop with a Alamo amp. then a tele and super reverb. now many many years later just a Morris music hurricane japan Stratocaster. but it is warn out after year and years of gigs. being im almost 70 retired wont ever be playing in public so im shooting for a Glarry thin line tele in red. Just cause its pretty.
Honestly, the best $50 I spent on a guitar was from a guy who needed money in the early 90's. He had a Kramer in hock, I got that guitar for $50! I later sold it because I needed the money. :-(
Posted this on another review. Can't buy a cheap kit for that! 60 bucks for a neck and a body with a not-bad finish, Got one coming. I have a set of HSS configured pickups laying around from an 80s Ibanez, and a Wilkinson bridge-takeoff from who knows where. New pots for 8 bucks. New Pickguard 15 bucks New 5 way switch 15 bucks Wilkinson ez lock tuners 30 bucks Grafteck style low friction nut 5 bucks Do a proper set-up on the guitar and sand / shape / Shellac the neck - (Brad Paisley's favorite) 120 bucks all in and from all the reviews, it will put a Squire to shame and be Gigable. You could probably do it cheaper if you scoured sleazybay and craigslist.
I teach out of my home and have a Repair and Review Website & FB Site under Construction. Not gonna mess with RUclips to many guitar channels as there is . But contacted Glarry and asked them to send my a White one same base Model as you have there . I wanted a cheap but decent quality Guitar to refer my students to incase the decide they dont wanna put the time in they wont have spent bunches of money !! They are stalling like I'm trying to get a free cheap $61.00 dollar Guitar !! I have a Charvel San Dimas and a 1968 Gibson Les Paul so I don't need their guitar for myself .It's comical when they have sent everyone I know on YT a free guitar its hilarious .... Iolo and Davidson have both offered me a free guitar but from what I have seen the cheaper Glarry seems to be the best of the 3 ? The Davidsons would by far be the best if they would use better quality Fret Wire stay away from them until they fix this issue . I will probably accept Iolos offer if Glarry doesn't make a decision this next week . I'm making content and want to review the Glarry as you just have . GREAT Video Thanks I will know what to look at if the send e one ??
Don't buy this guitar if you're not interested in modding. You will end up disappointed. It would be a waste of your money. I had to unbolt and readjust the neck. As far as feedback and hum, these guitars are surprisingly good in that department. Also look for unbranded student guitars on ebay. They're the same guitar that cost closer to $50, they're actual value. Glarry just stuck their name on these guitars. You can make this a decent guitar, but it's going to require some work and upgrades. A custom guitar is ultimately the way to go.
I got one of those and it was just complete garbage had to rebuild and would fill the whole neck pocket the fretwork on the neck was like a saw blade and it's still that way have to fix it all I ain't advisable to hold off add about $70 and find a good strat squire for 1:20
Thanks to CAD/CAM & CNC technology in China these products are precisely made. They lack fit & finish. The purchaser can do this at home and get a good instrument. On their Strat & Tele models I replaced the tuners, nut, & strings. I also copper taped the cavities and grounded the strings. The Tele needs to be hard tailed for better sustain and lower noise but this requires skilled technician work.
Most companies selling parts tell you if you buy a new pick guard you may not get the holes to line up exactly right. If you are putting in mini rail you may have to mod the pickguard a bit.
I just bought an Isin for $50 These Isin and Irin's and Glarry's are all coming from the same manufacturer. They look exactly alike down to the colors. I have a sky blue and when I go to Glarry's site it is the same guitar. I'm just gonna replace the pickup's and trem. It won't stay in tune if you use the tremolo to much. I see you didn't use their cable. The cable is useless about as thick as headphone wire with plastic ends. Makes a lot of noise. When I bought a new cable the noise went away. I do like the guitar though. Don't be put off by basswood bodies. Hell I just saw a video where Grover Jackson was making one out of basswood for Freidman Guitars and they are expensive. The pickup's were really low when I got it and I raised them up closer to the string's and the sound was much better. Also you may have to tighten the screw on top of the tuners so they don't feel loose. Dude they probably sent that one with the chip cause it was returned and they needed to do something with it. If not I would be pissed if I were you. I know it was free for you but It would go back if it were me. That chip is to big for them to be selling it. Or maybe they need to come up with a relic line lol Is the guitar good? Hell yeah for the money.
How many frets didoes it have? You can make also smoother neck joint since you will repaint it completely? If you want, it's a good base instrument, just pay attention to what you do.
Looks to me like a modder. Yes. If your into some relic go with it. Hahaha. Very good video man. You did them a service. I've seen these a million times on eBay. Hahaha. I'll snag one for kicks.
Cheaply made guitar... all dealers I note charge excessive prices that are not validated by it's poor quality. Sound output is OK but there are competing guitars of better quality for $30-40 less.
This one is the ST with rosewood fretboard. I was hoping they'd send the ST3 because I liked how it looked. But when we were finalizing the arrangements for this video that guitar was out of stock....
Jimmy Paragallo - Be glad that you did not get the ST3 . The pick guard looks like rotten meatloaf, other than that its a great guitar for the money. I did a relic job on mine than installed a dragon fire finished pick guard with phat screamers in it. NOW THIS GUITAR LOOKS GOOD AND IT WILL RIP YOUR FACE OFF!!!!
@caleb prodtoins You can set it up with crap.....but you need to deal with the neck angle, the soft nut, the bad tuners (I've seen some acceptable ones lately), shitty pickup's (and you can get cheap chinese pickups that are very good....especially the 498t humbucker knock off's. Some of the hot stack single coil type humbuckers are good too). I've refretted tons of guitars (that includes a must set up).....dream on cup cake. Many of the cheap chinese guitars will not have the bridge properly installed which means you may not be able to get it intonated (especially the LP types)......there's ways around it but it's a pain in the ass. Some of the cheap guitars won't have the frets installed in the correct position......then you might as well buy a new neck. You can always block off the trem if it's not staying in tune after working on the nut.
I just got the tele version from Glarry... and got to say I am unimpressed. The neck was very warped, the frets were "growing" out of the neck and uneven, the intonation was non exsistant. Everyone says for the value it is amazing but that value goes away if you get the guitar to a luthier to fix these. I learned a lot on RUclips so I did it myself, so I learned a lot and "saved" because of the learning experience, but am not going to Glarry for other orders.
I did order direct. There was a lot of sorry it didn't meet your expectaions, contact our customer service and what not. After about a week of them responding only once a day, even after me just getting their messages, I just wrote it off. Never was offered a new one just an apology.
I watched all the latest reviews on RUclips...I believe there are 4 or 5. Based on these reviews I bought one. All I can say is big mistake. I will never buy another guitar based a review where a free guitar was sent to reviewer.
Great news! Because of this video, Glarry has offered a special discount on this guitar until next Wednesday January 16th! Link in the description.
It's not clear to me how one might get the 'special discount'. Is there a discount number?
More info, please.
was just playing my new Glarry strat when i stumbled onto this video. (Probably led here from pre-purchase Glarry research)
What i did to the new Glarry strat (sunset body):
• removed (2 layers) plastic wrap over pick guard
• tightened ALL pot & tuner head nuts (not much tightening needed)
• changed strings (didn't want to trust whatever cheapies it came with)
• lowered bridge action (personal taste, of course ... and saddle hex key is included!)
• added dampers to whammy bar return springs (just tiny cloth strips stuffed into the spring bodies to prevent them from ringing like reverb tank springs)
• inspected ALL solder joints and ground connections. No problems found whatsoever. Good clean factory work.
• contact cleaner/ lube applied to pots and switch
• made 1/3 clockwise turn of truss rod to completely level the fret board (truss hex key was included!)
• made minor intonation adjustments (pretty good, considering the action & truss work i did)
• lowered pickup heights to personal pick comfort
• added a tremolo spring into the whammy bar threaded hole to prevent bar from just dangling and swinging like a limp noodle. Now it stays in any position.
• 1/4" output jack: bent elongated TIP contact inward a little more for better, tighter contact with guitar cord plug
the body and neck are in fine condition. No sharp frets or sticky neck action. Quite smooth.
the gig bag is hardly better than just a dust cover, and the included strap & guitar cord are garbage.
i'm playing this nice guitar through a 1996 Fender Blues DeVille 212 amp ... clean setting with a little reverb ... and it sounds GREAT!
For 64 bucks, i cannot believe i've got a rather decent strat in my collection now!
my only concern is hoping there are no human rights issues at the chinese factory where they roll these things out.
Thanks for sharing this feedback! Very cool!
I bought my Glarry Strat, identical to the one in the video but left-handed, about a month ago. It's my second Glarry instrument, the first being a left-handed Jazz bass with the same color scheme 4 months ago.
All I can say is I have no idea how this company can possibly make any money, the quality of both instruments is ridiculously good, I have zero complaints, both were set up nicely right out of the box, all they needed was tuning up (and lowering the action a hair on one bass string).
And unlike a lot of these Glarry reviewers given guitars free to review, I bought both and am eyeing a third. Amazing value for the money. 👍🏻
Wow, is this ever helpful! Thank you for taking the time to type all this out (helps us noobs!)!
After having seen several of these reviews, I'm convinced that this is a good guitar to practice modding and repair work. And hey, maybe I'll learn to play better, as well.
Arnie Nonymous I really dig this guitar for what it is. I’ll definitely be getting one soon.
I ordered one of their GIB basses to hack up and do some epoxy modding 🤘
So, I did a little research and then ordered one of these. Pretty descent guitar for the money. Fun to learn guitar tech stuff on. I just placed an order for Glarry #10 .. Hs ha . These are great for modding and for alt tunings that you can setup and leave for different tunings and string sets.
Great way of looking at it
Subbed. This is how a review is supposed to look. No screaming metal pedals, straight up into the amp nice and clean. New players probably don’t realize we can make a guitar sound great, even if it plays like garbage. Letting the notes ring out cleanly gives us a real view into the guitar quality. Well done.
A cheap guitar can be as “good” as the person who is playing it.
No it can't.....if the tuners suck, the nut is soft as butter, the trem sucks, the pickups junk......you can be the best in the world ....if it's out of tune you're lost!
True. But there is little things with cheap guitars that get annoying like the cheap one I had would always become out of tune. I had to adjust it before each play session because it sounded a bit off.
@@cugir321 Exactly I thought it was just my cheap guitar that was always out of tune and always had to be adjusted.
@@cugir321 you just dont know how to set one up.
@@calebproductions5970 You can set it up with crap.....but you need to deal with the neck angle, the soft nut, the bad tuners, shitty pickup's (and you can get cheap chinese pickups that are very good....especially the 498t humbucker knock off's. Some of the hot stack single coil type humbuckers are good too).
I've refretted tons of guitars (that includes a must set up).....dream on cup cake.
Tell me how you refret darling? LOL!
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115 $ dollar SX 7 string it's amazing... no affiliation, i got it from "rondo music" google it, rondo has good stuff for cheap... good service as well.
not advertising for them... but i have 4 from them and have been satisfied every-time... Glarry at 50 $ is good as well ... check out rondo. public service... NOT ADVERTISING
I received my Glarry ST two days ago. I had ordered it mainly to tinker with during these lockdown days, and about half on a lark. For the money I figured what the heck, you know? Not expecting much to say the least.
Like you mentioned, I was SURPRISED at the quality of the fretboard. Mine has the blue ‘burst’ basswood body (extremely light) and a maple fretboard. Years ago I owned a Fender Strat that had fret sprout and two frets that were high out of the factory. This has a MUCH more comfortable neck. It has two really small quasi-rough places around the 8th fret, but about 20 seconds with some steel wool erased them. It took a little longer to get the intonation where I wanted than I’d like, but to be honest probably less than I expected it to. Again, for the money it’s an excellent guitar for a beginner, for someone who just doesn’t have the resources for something else, or like for me just wanted a guitar to tinker with. I’m looking at experimenting with modding it a bit.
I never expected to be saying this... but if anyone wants an inexpensive guitar, try this one out!
Man this is the second video I've seen where an influencer was given one of these and both had chips in the body lol
Well done, JP! I’m not missing out this time, like with Firefly. The things I’m hearing, across the board, are essentially that, yes, it has it’s flaws, but it also seems to have surprised every reviewer I seen so far with it’s overall playability, particularly with regard to the fretwork. Sharp fret ends are a total bummer, and tedious to repair, so why wouldn’t I buy this guitar? $60? Delivered? For real? It’s almost too good to be true. I’m not expecting a product out of Fullerton, but I am cautiously optimistic about this. Thank you for the honest review, too. That nut looked like it was produced by a beaver instead of a human. Yoicks! Hey, how about a review of their Tele? Tasteful playing, too. All around outstanding presentation. More videos, please!
I have several glarry guitars. Love them all
Finally a guitar review video that allows us to actually hear the tonal capabilities of the guitar. Plus, the guitar player lets the notes ring so that, again, we viewers get to hear the tonal quality of the guitar, plus we get treated to his tasteful playing. (Too many reviewers have such horrid and aweful vibratos it makes you cringe when you listen. This player knows how to bend a string and how to "wiggle a note".) Now I can make my own informed decision if I think that I might like this guitar and it sounds like I would like playing it and owning it.
I can see why Glarry selected you to be one of the earlier reviewers of this guitar. Very fair and balanced review; well done!
Just bought one of these this morning! Thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to it.
Really liked your straight up style of review. Thanks for not trying to be cute or hyper critical. I think this guitar is a good instrument for my grandson to start learning after setup.
I'm not the only one here that would want to buy it mostly to take it apart and use it for a project. No fear getting better at fret work, refinishing the body, buying used pots and pickups on Ebay and learning how to wire stuff.. make a nut from a bone I find in the woods. Yep, a lot if fun to be had for 60 bucks.
Excellent review of this guitar. I have purchased one for my brother who is a professional guitarist and has been for 55 years. We are going to try to improve it just for kicks. I'm not a musician, I just thought it would be a good way to spend time with my brother. And if It's as good as the one you got it should be fine. Thanks for the great info.
Thanks for saying Leo! That's awesome to hear. You'll have to let me know how it goes and what improvements you decide to make!
@@JimmyParagalloGuitar Well sir, we decided that the guitar was just fine with the exception of some very sharp frets. I addressed the issue with a sanding sponge in a manner I learned in a video from Darrell Braun guitar.
Just a note. My Glarry P-Bass had two layers of plastic film on the pick guard. After the second layer was pealed off the plastic looked fine
Glarry is great for quality budget guitars. Plus they sell left handed guitars which you normally don't find at this price point. I bought this guitar (strat) for my son about a year ago I was so impressed with it I bought myself the left handed burning fire model. I just order the left handed p bass for myself as well. It arrives tomorrow! Can't wait!
I have 2 guitars and a bass from them and I can say they are great for the money. Only issues I've had is the strings are terrible. The nut is soft plastic so if you use the trem its gonna wear down quick. And the pickups are like little microphones(you can literally hear your voice thru them) and dont handle hi gain very well. Definitely need replaced. You can definitely make these super nice for not much extra money.
Fender must have come after them, the headstock is different now.
Jimmy, great demo and review! Thanks.
I love glarry I have two telles and a bass love em also stagg is a great low budget brand
My burning fire had a great fret board.Had to replace the nut with bone,now it stays in tune well.All the hardware worked,and action and intonation was spot on.worth 65 bucks
Just got a Glarry GST red strat. The tone is fantastic, I like a darker sound, straight neck, nice maple fret board.
Tuners need some lube and tremolo does not move at all. Checking with Glarry on this. I have lots of high end guitars but wanted a light, don't care what happens to it guitar. Hopefully the tremolo can be fixed! I understand that Glarry is very responsive to issues.
A review I saw said that there are 3 springs holding the trem bridge in place. One guy said that the springs were WAY too tight and he adjusted them. Now trem works just fine. I hope this helps. Best of luck to you
very good review. thanks. this guitar would be a cool gift for a kid wanting to get started.
Nice work. I also like that your playing is basic. I love blues and for me, it's where I started playing. I watch also "Guitar Max" and his style is Very Metal, if you know what I mean. So for someone looking to start playing guitar, watching you would inspire learning the instrument. Again, nice work.
I nearly fell in the hole with others who sent money to CAMELAKE, hoping to received a name brand guitar for a steal ($65). None of them received their guitar. Avoid CAMELAKE.
Thanks for the review. I have been thinking about getting one of these in the exact same color as a project I have only heard good things about them and since I have not heard what I consider a bad review the necks seem to be good. Good basis to play with upgrading parts, learning how to do all the guitar neck maintenance and setup work. The cheapest guitar I have bought in recent history is a Guitar Fetish - Xavier XV-854 Tele Thin Line copy w/their gold foil humbuckers.. Great guitar cost me about 244 with a hard shell case. Bought in 2016 recently developed fret sprout, but that is after having moved to the desert that is Salt Lake City. I think it was due to the lack of humidity and nothing else.
Additionally, I like your playing style.
MY MOST AFFORDABLE GUITAR IS MY GST BY GLARRY. I WILL NOT USE THE WORD "CHEAP". MINE PLAYES LIKE A DREAM AFTER I PERSONALLY DID A COMPLETE SET UP. OUT OF THE BOX I TUNNED IT AND CHECHED THE INTENATION. IT WAS SPOT ON. A LITTLE WORK ON IT ...ACTION, STRINGS ETC. ITS IS READY TO PUT IT THROUGH THE "TEST IT ON STAGE OR IN THE STUDIO" TIME
Love glarry they gonna put everyone out business lol couch players perfect guitar
Great review, honest, brutal and upfront. I should add I have a guitar repair business.
The real elephant in the room...? This guitar is probably better than Fender were knocking out late 60's thru the 70's, obviously less 'romance' though having no Fender monica on the head stock which what players pay for. We are proper bunch of snobs aren't we, eventually some grow out of this, some don't.
NB:- I've had a few Harley Bentons go thru my hands recently for set-ups and the quality is consistantly amazing, they are also easy to move on as they are getting a really good name and a decent following. They have more a Yamaha feel to their fretboards, flat radii, slightly wider.
Hi Jimmy,
Kinda late in seeing your (great) vid on Glarry. Sweet riffs you got out of it! Excellent illustration of the tone variance as well.
The cheapest guitar I ever bought was a $99 Memphis LP Custom copy in Dec 1979 (equals about $350 in today's USD). Cherry sunburst, looked beautiful. Thing howled like an alley cat being violated when I plugged it in and turned my amp past 2....atrocious feedback scream due to unsheilded pick ups...
I've bought two Fireflys in the past year which are both great instruments. Low priced guitars have certainly come so very, very far😀
I wish we could still get these with the F style headstock. They're different now so, obviously a cease & desist letter was probably sent to Garry.
I've got to wonder what the quality would be like if they didn't know it was going to be reviewed.
Bought a Douglas several years ago for about $150, Wish now I'd bought a Glarry.
Although this video is from Jan of last year, I figured I would respond to this nice guys question of the cheapest guitar I ever bought.
The cheapest guitar I ever bought was a $40.00 "Austin Bazaar 38 Inch Sunburst Cutaway Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag and Accessories" and it was a lot of fun lol. I just copied and pasted that from a old email lol. Anyhow, its frets were not sharp but it had a small chip in the fret board, it had a cheap bridge that did not hold up against steel strings, even if the guitar came with steel strings. The bridge snapped in half, and felt like that cheap wood stuff you use for crafts lol. The tuners were very low end and had a bit of slippage in them. The gig bag was nothing more than a dust cover, it did come with a pitch pipe for tuning, but I never learned how to use it. I just bought a cheap tuner that I still have to this day.
With all of that said, I honestly love that guitar! I am not joking ether, I want to replace the broken bridge and put on better tuners and fill in that old chip in the fret board, and play it again. It never had the best sound, but it was my first guitar and I think it deserves a bit of respect for being with me during the darkest days of my life. Would I suggest anyone buy one like it, no. But would I do it all again, yes! because it was and is my old and busted friend.. I grew way too attached to it, what can I say lol.
So sense it only cost me 40.00, I got more out of it then I would have expected I could lol.
Glarry guitar sound not bad!it's ok to do SRV's guitars things no problem!
5:42 -- That was an old Glarry headstock. They got sued.
A damn shame, the new one isn't as pretty
afaik the Garry is essentially of the same quality as a Squier Bullet Strat. Iirc they're made in the same factory (Cort I think). Not bad guitars for the money as long as you're willing to do a little setting up.
Hey is this guitar perfect to play as a beginner cuz im tryna buy a electric guitar and i wanted to know if glarry is a good brand
A bit late but harley benton is probably the best for the money.
Glarrys are great guitars you learn about modding while you learn to play
cheapest guitar . first was a 2nd hand wanna be squier back in the 90's other was this Glarry GST-E i just got 2 weeks ago for 49.99 yeah its got cheap pot metal parts but it plays fine, and you cant really touch a decent body for that price if you were going to mod it.. i like it
I see you're not using the strap that came with it. Threw that in the garbage like I did? Yep, I bought one of these. Had to find out what you get for 60 bucks. Couldn't stand the suspense. So you know, mine has a phenomenal neck and fingerboard as well. That alone makes the guitar worth it.
wished they made a Tele style guitar
I would have so many telecasters if they did :)
The do as of 9/2019. Check it out at their website. GTL Electric Guitar
@@somedude3601 You WILL have too many teles then. Good luck with that...
Love my glarry tele
How did you like the saddle screws after adjusting the action? Smooth or rough palm set?
My bridge wasn't screwed down giving it a crazy high action. A decent setup is compulsary. The wood on the neck was really dry too, not nice to play carnuba wax sorted it out ;0)
HELLO, JIMMY, I BOUGHT 2 OF THESE GUITARS. I GOT ONE LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE VIDEO,AND A WHITE ONE,,THE WHITE ONE WAS PRETTY WELL INTONATED, AND PUT NEW STRINGS ON IT, POLISHED THE FRETS AND CLEANED UP THE FINGERBOARD, BUT THE SUNBURST MODEL WAS TOTALLY OUT OF WACK, ON THE INTONATION, I PUT NEW STRINGS ON IT AND CHECKED ALL OF THE LOOSE SCREWS, ECT, BUT IT DOES NOT WANT TO INTONATE PROPERLY, I AM HAVING A TIME WITH IT, BUT FOR $60 BUCKS WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, COUSIN FIGEL
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent Review. $60? Hey! It's for fun and it is what it is ... Thanks.
I got one of their jazz basses. It was ok for what it was...but, a warning. If you're going to mod one, they don't use standard measurements and you WILL be filling screw holes and drilling new ones.
You really got a good one sounds good
I bought a Glarry thinline to practice setup skills and it’s great. The standard tele i bought was so badly made I returned it. The failing of Glarrys is the poor quality control and the fact that they need setting up which will be beyond most novices who are their main target audience.
Agreed 100% - I just covered the thinline recently and came to those same conclusions. Thanks for watching and sharing.
I got a $99 model. Set it up and you're good to go. Let me re-emphasize, set it up.
When I got mine, it needed a neck shim, 3 frets filed (but not by much), and new strings. I did a full set-up on it and it sounded great! I upgraded it just today with a $17 loaded pickguard I got off Amazon and it sounds even better now!
Really?
@@tobystrickland5986 Yep! I've done a bunch of videos with it on my channel. The guitar is awesome! It's so lightweight and it sounds JUST LIKE a Fender Strat costing 20 times its price! It plays so well! And, yes, I've owned and played MANY Fenders of different price points.
The cheapest guitar i ever bought. when I was 12 years old I bought was a silver tone with the amp in a case. 25.00 bucks from sears. learn to play on that guitar. best 25.00 buck of my paper route money I spent. the year 1964. later moved up to a 57 duel sonic from the fender custom shop with a Alamo amp. then a tele and super reverb. now many many years later just a Morris music hurricane japan Stratocaster. but it is warn out after year and years of gigs. being im almost 70 retired wont ever be playing in public so im shooting for a Glarry thin line tele in red. Just cause its pretty.
Wow, nice sound of that guitar
Honestly, the best $50 I spent on a guitar was from a guy who needed money in the early 90's. He had a Kramer in hock, I got that guitar for $50! I later sold it because I needed the money. :-(
@Jimmy Paragallo Guitar
How or what did you do to get Glarry to send you a guitar for free?
i changed the neck on my zebra glarry and kicks ass
The Zebra Glarry Strat is nice looking 👍 and so is the Burning Fire guitar. I'm hoping Glarry makes left handed versions in the future ✌
@@davidkastin4240 they do
It’s a good guitar for the price!
Have you taken off the pickguard yet? If so, what's the routing on these guitars?
Posted this on another review.
Can't buy a cheap kit for that!
60 bucks for a neck and a body with a not-bad finish,
Got one coming.
I have a set of HSS configured pickups laying around from an 80s Ibanez, and a Wilkinson bridge-takeoff from who knows where.
New pots for 8 bucks.
New Pickguard 15 bucks
New 5 way switch 15 bucks
Wilkinson ez lock tuners 30 bucks
Grafteck style low friction nut 5 bucks
Do a proper set-up on the guitar and sand / shape / Shellac the neck - (Brad Paisley's favorite)
120 bucks all in and from all the reviews, it will put a Squire to shame and be Gigable.
You could probably do it cheaper if you scoured sleazybay and craigslist.
I teach out of my home and have a Repair and Review Website & FB Site under Construction. Not gonna mess with RUclips to many guitar channels as there is . But contacted Glarry and asked them to send my a White one same base Model as you have there . I wanted a cheap but decent quality Guitar to refer my students to incase the decide they dont wanna put the time in they wont have spent bunches of money !! They are stalling like I'm trying to get a free cheap $61.00 dollar Guitar !! I have a Charvel San Dimas and a 1968 Gibson Les Paul so I don't need their guitar for myself .It's comical when they have sent everyone I know on YT a free guitar its hilarious .... Iolo and Davidson have both offered me a free guitar but from what I have seen the cheaper Glarry seems to be the best of the 3 ? The Davidsons would by far be the best if they would use better quality Fret Wire stay away from them until they fix this issue . I will probably accept Iolos offer if Glarry doesn't make a decision this next week . I'm making content and want to review the Glarry as you just have . GREAT Video Thanks I will know what to look at if the send e one ??
How did all of this work out for you?
Still never heard back . So contacted Iolo and they are sending me a nice looking white Strat style model see how it checks out ??
Don't buy this guitar if you're not interested in modding. You will end up disappointed. It would be a waste of your money. I had to unbolt and readjust the neck. As far as feedback and hum, these guitars are surprisingly good in that department. Also look for unbranded student guitars on ebay. They're the same guitar that cost closer to $50, they're actual value. Glarry just stuck their name on these guitars. You can make this a decent guitar, but it's going to require some work and upgrades. A custom guitar is ultimately the way to go.
I got one of those and it was just complete garbage had to rebuild and would fill the whole neck pocket the fretwork on the neck was like a saw blade and it's still that way have to fix it all I ain't advisable to hold off add about $70 and find a good strat squire for 1:20
Hey Jimmy!! Any chance you'd measure the nut width and the bridge string spacing?
Thanks to CAD/CAM & CNC technology in China these products are precisely made. They lack fit & finish. The purchaser can do this at home and get a good instrument. On their Strat & Tele models I replaced the tuners, nut, & strings. I also copper taped the cavities and grounded the strings. The Tele needs to be hard tailed for better sustain and lower noise but this requires skilled technician work.
I wish the used a better fret wire.After polishing,2 weeks later they are dull again
Great guitar
Great review
Thanks!
Would have been nice to hear how it sounds with distortion /gain otherwise excellent review.
Glarry is competive to the fire fly. They don't advertise much on you tube.
The question is, will Squier & Fender aftermarket parts be able to work on this guitar without any additional drilling / modding?
Exactly that’s what I want to test next...I only have tele parts lying around right now. So it’s on my to do list.
Most companies selling parts tell you if you buy a new pick guard you may not get the holes to line up exactly right. If you are putting in mini rail you may have to mod the pickguard a bit.
I just bought an Isin for $50 These Isin and Irin's and Glarry's are all coming from the same manufacturer. They look exactly alike down to the colors. I have a sky blue and when I go to Glarry's site it is the same guitar. I'm just gonna replace the pickup's and trem. It won't stay in tune if you use the tremolo to much. I see you didn't use their cable. The cable is useless about as thick as headphone wire with plastic ends. Makes a lot of noise. When I bought a new cable the noise went away. I do like the guitar though. Don't be put off by basswood bodies. Hell I just saw a video where Grover Jackson was making one out of basswood for Freidman Guitars and they are expensive. The pickup's were really low when I got it and I raised them up closer to the string's and the sound was much better. Also you may have to tighten the screw on top of the tuners so they don't feel loose. Dude they probably sent that one with the chip cause it was returned and they needed to do something with it. If not I would be pissed if I were you. I know it was free for you but It would go back if it were me. That chip is to big for them to be selling it. Or maybe they need to come up with a relic line lol Is the guitar good? Hell yeah for the money.
Awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing!
Could this be a good base instrument to build an EVH Frankenstrat?
How many frets didoes it have? You can make also smoother neck joint since you will repaint it completely? If you want, it's a good base instrument, just pay attention to what you do.
Can I upgrade this with regular parts made for Fender/Squire?
You can upgrade anything, just gotta check the specs. A caliper is ya friend bro.
i can make it sound bad for sure
Same
Looks to me like a modder. Yes. If your into some relic go with it. Hahaha. Very good video man. You did them a service. I've seen these a million times on eBay. Hahaha. I'll snag one for kicks.
Haha thanks a lot! I'd like to hear how it goes for you
@@JimmyParagalloGuitar certainly will when I grab one.
Cheaply made guitar... all dealers I note charge excessive prices that are not validated by it's poor quality. Sound output is OK but there are competing guitars of better quality for $30-40 less.
By the way, is this the ST-3? The pickguard is different, but it looks like it otherwise.
This one is the ST with rosewood fretboard. I was hoping they'd send the ST3 because I liked how it looked. But when we were finalizing the arrangements for this video that guitar was out of stock....
Jimmy Paragallo - Be glad that you did not get the ST3 . The pick guard looks like rotten meatloaf, other than that its a great guitar for the money. I did a relic job on mine than installed a dragon fire finished pick guard with phat screamers in it. NOW THIS GUITAR LOOKS GOOD AND IT WILL RIP YOUR FACE OFF!!!!
Its firewood
For the monsy? Can't be beat. I just got the Tele style and am waiting for a blonde strat.
How is the blonde strat???
I care more about what it sounds like after you drop a new set of pickups in there.
If I buy one of these guitars, can you set it up for me & mail it out? :)
Why are these videos trending again if anyone with a channel on RUclips can't review them anymore? They need to reopen their offer.
That gig bag looks like it was leftover Halloween costume material.
Haha well said!
@caleb prodtoins You can set it up with crap.....but you need to deal with the neck angle, the soft nut, the bad tuners (I've seen some acceptable ones lately), shitty pickup's (and you can get cheap chinese pickups that are very good....especially the 498t humbucker knock off's. Some of the hot stack single coil type humbuckers are good too).
I've refretted tons of guitars (that includes a must set up).....dream on cup cake.
Many of the cheap chinese guitars will not have the bridge properly installed which means you may not be able to get it intonated (especially the LP types)......there's ways around it but it's a pain in the ass. Some of the cheap guitars won't have the frets installed in the correct position......then you might as well buy a new neck. You can always block off the trem if it's not staying in tune after working on the nut.
I know this comment is late but damn that nut really messes with my OCD.
I just got the tele version from Glarry... and got to say I am unimpressed. The neck was very warped, the frets were "growing" out of the neck and uneven, the intonation was non exsistant. Everyone says for the value it is amazing but that value goes away if you get the guitar to a luthier to fix these. I learned a lot on RUclips so I did it myself, so I learned a lot and "saved" because of the learning experience, but am not going to Glarry for other orders.
You should always order directly from glarry if you did you could've just contacted them and they would've sent you a better one
I did order direct. There was a lot of sorry it didn't meet your expectaions, contact our customer service and what not. After about a week of them responding only once a day, even after me just getting their messages, I just wrote it off. Never was offered a new one just an apology.
I watched all the latest reviews on RUclips...I believe there are 4 or 5. Based on these reviews I bought one. All I can say is big mistake. I will never buy another guitar based a review where a free guitar was sent to reviewer.
Thanks for sharing Derrell.
Glarry bass guitars are not bad either.
Looks like the bloke out of styx
You think you can play like metallic or AC DC good on this 🎸
using SSS pickup guitar like this video may not give a good sound like metallica....country song is fine..kwkw
It’s not a nick on the body it’s a relic 😂
No
seeing too many reviews on these. I bought one and I'll let you know in a week if it's worth anything.
how?
All guitars are about the same. It's all in the player.
PUPS SOUND LIKE CRAPOLA..