Is This The Best Super Strat Under $370
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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Congratulations to Bob Creech. He won this beautiful guitar and a case. Thank you to everyone who entered the contest
I was just listening to some early 70's Hot Tuna, with blues violinist Papa John Creech.
Congrats Bob. Now let's see a video of it in action.😉
Congrats Bob!
I'm glad to see these new guitars are getting more attention! More options for affordable shred guitars is always good!
Loved Trixter and Steve. I deal with Guitar Fetish a lot in my builds.
I wish they had something like that in 1989. That guitar is better than my first and second guitar combined.
your first and second guitars combined would be a double-neck (unless one of those was already a double-neck in which case...)
Found your channel a little while ago. After research and 2 guitar purchases, I started building a guitar from scratch. Thanks to your videos I had the ability to sort through my issues. The new guitar looks, feels, sounds and plays amazing. Thanks for all your help.
I have 2 SBs’s and the pickups alone are worth the price of admission. They’re the first cheap pickups I’ve not needed to change out to get the guitar inline with my other superstrats.
As always, I wish they would do a fixed bridge version of these guitars. Otherwise, they look to be everything realistically you could expect for the price point.
Ditto
Not the point…it has to have a rose
@palidiciovermingagurainia1760 Why?
Never needed a rose when crankin on my Gibbons 😎
It's supposed to be an 80's shredder style guitar. Hence the Floyd. If you want it fixed, tremel-nos aren't hard to install. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your banjo work is really coming along. Sounds great.
It took me forty+ years to appreciate the look of a goldtop, but I really like the look of that neck 🤓
I loved the banjo fret check. Who knew you could shred bluegrass?
Hahahahahaaa.
Phil, I agree with you on the non-recessed bridge. I had a Jackson Adrian Smith and it had a surface mounted Floyd bridge and the biggest issue it had was a high E that was too close to the edge and would always slip off, the neck was a bit narrow. Anyway, more top mounted Floyds for us '80s guys!
I love the new banjo music during the hi speed fret check! Lol.
😂nothings more annoying then listening to someone fretting EVERY note on the board… so it’s awesome! 😂
@@MrJackal43Agreed
I actually love that the neck is super flat lol. No one really does 20” radius. I hope they don’t change it!
Probably pot luck and you'll get 7.25"
Thanks Phillip your video is the most comprehensive and informative honest review about the details of these guitars that I have seen on RUclips
Hey its Phil.
One of the very few utubers I thrust doing honest reviews and not bought or upped to get good relations to companys to earn gear or money.
To everyone who wishes it was a fixed bridge you can block the trem from moving in about 5 min one way is to go in your garage or junk drawer and look for those L brackets that are always getting in your way…grab one one lay it up agents your trem block and screw the other end into your guitar and BAM BOO BAM you have a hard tail….or shove a stack Pennie’s or washers held together with a little tap between the block the guitar and BADDA BING
Smart! Thanks!
Fixed bridge??! That's not who's buying these guitars!
I've got the Jazzmaster one they sell in that vintage blue, and it's awesome. I've always wanted to own a jazzmaster with a floyd and they're the FIRST company I've ever seen do it with a true, classic jazzmaster body shape. I put in a trem stabilizer (something I do for higher end floyds too) and it helped a lot with tuning stability. I did also have to take my mom's emery board and file one fret that was too tall and fretting out the note behind it, but it was a valuable experience, being my first time doing any kind of fret work. After that, adjusting the action and neck relief, it was perfect. Also, I put fretlook pearloid block inlay markers and old school black witch hat Fender knobs to make it look more like a '66 Jazzmaster, and it's so classy looking now. I love it to death. I don't like the sound as much of the covered humbuckers that come with it I think, but it's its own thing and it's nice for certain sounds. Super awesome, unique and utilitarian guitar. It's my main instrument now.
Wow, Phil. You were really rocking! Loved the trem work and squeals in the bridge position 👍🏻
And he says that he's not a good player. 🤔
@@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wche's sooo modest 😊.
Thanks for all the great informative videos. I'm 70 yrs old picking since around 1972 . I have learned more about guitars in the past 3 yrs than my entire life. Wish I had them back then.
I really disagree about the heel carve, in this video you say it doesn't do anything but if you play up there with the tradition corner digging into your palm, and then play one with the "ultra" heel, I think it's way better, and objectively makes it easier to reach around the heel. If the heel area of the body is thinner with the ultra-style heel, it's even better.
Thanks for the opportunity!! Great review!!
Iam glad they offered the non relic version. Those look clean been on the fence with these but ya pushed me a little closer great honest review.
similar to the HB fusion but the fusion has ss frets, i have 2 of them, once set up right they are hard to beat, they are almost on par with my japanese AZ
Glad Phil set up my new guitar. Thanks buddy
I really like your deep dives. Entertaining and insightful. 🤘
I have enough Floyd Rose guitars already… But a fixed bridge, locking tuners and 24 frets and it will be an instant buy for me!
Yeah, my Charvel had terrible fret sprout as well. I still love it though!
This guitar looks like its a ripper!! Looks amazing with that (now proven thanks Phillip) roasted maple neck! Hot bridge pick up and warm single coils. The Floyd bridge for what it is seems to stay in tune probably more after some good string stretching. Ive seen some great reviews on these SBS guitars and Philip knocked it out of the park for me very informative and honest! 🤘😛🤘 Keep it up Phil!
Man your videos have gotten awesome! Love the content. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I shall call him "Gold Finger!"
I actually like a little bit of edge on my fret ends. I have motor skill issues and as long as it doesn't tear up my hand, that extra texture helps me feel where i am a little better
Sounded great. Love the gold finish.
Reminds me of my old hm Strat I had a while back. Wish I still had it. Might just go with one of these bad boys.
Hey Phil, your channel is one of my favorites, I always learn something from your program. Keep-on, keep'en on. CJSpeakman
Love that banjo music on the fret check 😅
18:39 .....I see you sneaking in "It's Not Love". Well done sir.
Great Review, Man. Thanks for your honesty and praise
I have learned more about maintaining my guitars than any where else!
Looking forward to hearing what @Phil 's review will be
1. This is cool you broke down the SBS guitars- they seem like a great value!
2. How did you get that Catalyst to rock that hard??? 😮
Cheers from Cave Creek
Cool guitar! The gold looks great against the neck.
I just saw Joe Lawlor (Dave Matthews' longtime audio tech) join DMB on stage in Camden and absolutely RIP on one of these in metallic purple. I thought for sure this thing was some boutique maker and he paid at least 2-3K. Imagine my surprise when I researched it and found it to be sub $400. This thing screamed for him and he cleaned up in between little bits of his extended solos - I was blown away by the player more so, but this guitar and the fact that he felt comfortable taking it out in front of 20,000 people was a ringing endorsement. I can't see a better value in an electric guitar than this.
I’m surprised the flamed neck wasn’t mentioned, maybe it’s me. Am I seeing a beautiful flamed neck? The guitars that are available under $500 is mind blowing.
Looks like quite a nice guitar for the price. I'm pretty impressed! Great review, Phil.
Their headstock looks almost exactly like 80s ESP strats used to look
The clean on neck & middle is sweet, man! I could hear that timbre all day. That tone along with great hollowbody jazz and classical guitars... those are the sounds that give me rest. At my age, Phillip, I need more restful sounds. My thrill-seeker days are behind me.
I'd spend about 3 days deliberating over the location of that AK holder and another 3 days planning the drilling operation itself.
If they made a fixed bridge version, I'd be ordering one
I just ordered a lil squier for that same reason.
I’d pay $370 for a Floyd though. Just wouldnt play it much
Seem to having some fun playing that one Phil!
When doing that sound test on the guitar your playing was a little Snake Sabo sounding and that was the tops in my book ! The guitar looks awesome for the price range ! Maybe if they made a knock off version of the Evertune bridge to put in these I think they would be better !
That is a very nice guitar! The neck treatment and body colour look awesome together.
I would be happy to clean up those few minor neck flaws, and put on a German OFR I've got from the 80s.
I've even got a late 80s PAF Pro 151 laying around if I need it…
Should intonation be checked in the playing position?
Remember when those back of headstock allen key holders were standard on many guitars? Ah, the good old days...This thing looks like a steal for a quality super S axe... XD And so nice to see you using the TremoLok/TremBlock tool. I still use my 30 year old TremoLok OG.
Great video, and excellent playing! Looks and sounds great!
Y'know it's really awesome that you can get decent guitars at this sort of a price range. A lot of people I know have been scared to get started given what it takes fiscally to even get a playable guitar (at least in the past). Hopefully guitars like this can bring a new generation to the instrument.
I got one of these guitars last year and it was anything but decent! The neck was full of dead spots!!
@@tomaslopez2940 That's a shame, hopefully a truss rod/action adjustment could help.
@@yeetyfreety6938 I tried that with two different guitar doctors and they both told me it was the frets and not the truss rod
Sounds good, looks great 🤘🤘
Would be a great sidekick to my goldtop les Paul's 😅 would be great in an sss configuration
Nice to have these affordable options for guitars Let's us expand our tonal arsenals without going broke
what a beautiful guitar! appreciate your videos and knowledge you provide to all, good luck everyone!
There is some great guitars in the lower price range , good review .
On the site
Neck thickness on the site Depth at 1st Fret- 0.75"
Depth at 12th Fret- 0.874"
As much as I love to see more information on guitar sites about their products they need to be at least accurate because Phil,s measurements would beg to differ,
Depth at 1st Fret- 0.849
Depth at 12th Fret- 0.979
That's an inch thick 😮 on a shredder axe
Dont use stainless strings on nickel frets. Steel is harder so the frets will wear before the strings.
Great review! This thing is a beast.
Oh wow I never thought of upgrading all my guitars with an allen key and holder screwed to the back of the headstock.
I do it to all my Floyd Rose equipped guitars..and the one he installed is my favorite as well..better quality than the ones that have the 2 large screws to hold the allen wrenches in place.
@@rosskrause3926 And here's me keeping my Allen keys in a little baggie in the case. DOH ! How untrendy am I.
Looks like a cool guitar. I always wonder how people pick brand names though. Brown Sound sounds too close to "brown note" to me.
Again ,best banjo picking that I have heard all day 😃
Love your channel man! Man would love to have one of my guitars on a sharpen my axe episode
Great review as always, Phil
I really like a lot of Guitar Fetish's products, and I want to love their guitars, but it seems like they always have one "feature" that's a deal breaker for me. Their "Slick" rand stuff is right up my alley, but they all have that weird fake relic look. They make a Tele clone with a Gibson-scale neck, but it comes with some of their weird, proprietary pickups that can't be easily replaced. With this, it's that Floyd Rose. I own a couple now, and I've owned several in the past, and we just don't get along. If they offered these with a fixed bridge or a vintage-style trem, I'd be all over one.
Nice guitar at a great price point! Thanks Phil - I always enjoy your videos.
I bought a Schecter Damien dirt cheap a couple of years ago because someone had the intonation all messed up lol. I have had several Floyd equipped guitars over the years and a must have is "The Key" and it makes these adjustments a breeze.
Gotta say I really appreciate the repeated process for the reviews - sure, you repeat stuff each time, but it’s good info any time and more importantly I can watch reviews from various points in time and still get similar info to compare/contrast
"No, I'm not going to CUT the neck in Half". .. when do we get to See that😁 ... Imagine the companies responses, hey it's called Deep Dive 4 a reason😎!
20 inch radius is crazy but have to admit the guitar looks and sounds good... Great demo P.
Can you go into a little more detail explaining possible causes of the buzzing low E string and what you could do to fix it?
Headstock looks surprisingly Fender like.
Gibson will sue Steve on behalf of Fender.
I was hoping it was going to be a JET
This is the second video in which I've heard that banjo soundbite accompanying the onceover of the frets.
The good thing about the lesser quality Floyd Rose bridges is that the parts are compatible with the high quality stuff. As long as it works ok, you can replace components that aren’t up to par. My MIK Agile with a Floyd has the sloppy trem arm as well. $20 fix to throw on the Schaller made arm/collar.
I always install the push in bar coupler..no more sloppy trem arms ever..doing one now.
I had a first run Charvel pro mod and I could swear the neck wasn’t roasted. I took it off and the butt of the neck above and below the spindle was clearly wood stain.
where can i get one of those wrench holders. i would like to buy a few of them
Love the Banjo Adlib!
Sweet instrument there. Needs a little TLC, but would be nice to play again. Thank you.🙏❤❤❤
Do the Jet Guitars JS700 next! I’ve had my eye on one would love your opinion
?? I wish music would play when I’m checking all the frets! ❤ PS 9-46 good tip! How about wound strings on the 6th, 5th and 4th? I do like the way that neck flattens out …
Just for comparison, my $1300 charvel required about 2 hours of removing sharp fret end material so it wouldn't chop my hands. It was like a saw blade.
Your comment on changing bridges reminds me of a saying from auto racing: The last 5% of performance is 95% of the cost. (I did replace a cheap vibrato bridge on my partscaster with a SuperVee Bladerunner than almost doubled the cost of that guitar, but took it from a bedroom guitar to stage-worthy.)
I thought people were questioning whether the flame was a stain, not whether it was just roasted. As you pointed out in a recent video, manufacturers like to roast wood to save money in drying it out more quickly, so a reputable manufacturer is unlikely to try and save extra money on faking roasting, *but* are they trying to save money by faking the flame, which is just an aesthetic feature?
That neck is gorgeous ❤
I am certain it makes no sense to most folks here, but I would love a hardtail version of this
It makes sense to Jake E Lee, so I say you are good
I wouldn't say unequivocally that PCB selector switches are inherently inferior - those Ibanez Core-Tek switches have PCBs and I have plenty of those that are 40+ years old and have never had one go bad.
Really could use this guitar!
Excellent review!
Isn't the prescribed method when checking the intonation to hold the guitar in the playing position? 🤷
Laying the guitar neck on a rest could possibly cause it to move, and affect the intonation.
Yes, you should hold it in the playing position.
By the way, I saw Trixter along with great white , open for KISS on the Revenge tour. They were pretty good live.
Holy shee-ite, that sounds killer.
I thought giveaways were only open for US residents but the T&C's makes it seem like the rest of the world (with some listed exceptions) are able to join now?
I was literally looking at this same guitar a couple days ago!
If i win it, (i only have one beat up old focus someone gave me because my ex-wife took all my gear years ago, and i got into a depression. I had BC Rich ST-111 NJ series 86 model, red, kahler Spyder trem system, the toggles, and the little adjustments you could do taught me so much, and it was a shredder super strat, but i wanted to clean fender popping tones that these hot rodded guitar pickups didn't have. Anyways learned to play on it, and got others throughout the years, but my style was a mix of blues, heavy rock, and jammy band, but i never found the perfect guitar, so i had to use several different ones playing in bands, and tune them different, and set them up differently. Now i kust have that one, and some pedals and a few practice amps to use, and im wanting a boss gt multiple effects pedal now to run direct into bands that bring me on as guests player. The last time i brought amp on stage and everyone looked at me funny, with their in ears, and all that, and im like wait i got to hear myself, 😂so the same old story. But if i was to win something i would gladly make a special video about it, and see if i couldn't incorporate it into what im trying to do with the boss gt100
I have a GFS LP type...took a little work, but I really am happy with it, been looking at these, thanks for the review!
WOW! Crazy price point! Looks amazing!
Aren’t you supposed to check the relief on both the high and low E to see if the neck is twisted ?