Just realized....almost 24 hours after uploading, I did a video supposedly to focus on electric guitars.....and then veered left to review a nylon string acoustic just cause I had one nearby So much for staying on topic. 😅😅
@@SapulpaGuitarAcademy In north county ca we have a place called music exchange and they deal with strictly Yamaha guitars ANDDD if you buy strings there they put them on for free for you
I really like your reviews and that you take the time going over each guitar in depth. I have Squiers, Epi's, Ibanez, Firefly, Donner, Indio, HB, and a PRS SE so budget guitars are my thing. Great channel and you deserve WAY more than 500 subs.
Thanks! One day, I'm going to tackle the PRS SE line, but my PRS knowledge is not as strong as it is with the other brands. The pickups alone require a lot of research to understand the differences versus the domestic counterparts.
If simple set up prevents you from playing then maybe you shouldn't play? Learning to play is a higher hurdle than adjusting a guitar given the 100's of how to videos. The excuses were valid before RUclips but not today.
Your descriptions are quite fair. The Gearit tele is not a string thru and folks complain about bridge rattles. But...the mahogany strat is pretty nice.. I have one. Horrid nut action, mediocre pickups but a nice neck and a nice mahogany body.
(29:55) Regarding Sweetwater's 55-point inspection, understand that this only applies to guitars and stringed instruments that are priced $399 (as of this comment) and up.
Nylon stringed guitars like the blue one have no truss rod (because of less tension) and the strings are tied on. You can find ball end nylon strings but most are not. Good stuff and informative!
I do setups, repairs and custom builds as a side job and I'm amazed by the number of killer players I've done work for that have no idea how to maintain/set up their own gear.
Amen! You'd think that folks would buy a 60$-75$ set of nut files as one of their first investments. Most motocross dirt bike guys work on their bikes but guitar players are an odd bunch. If you tell em the song has a IIm ( 2 minor) most are clueless and most have no guitar set-up skills. Many seem like Stevie Wonders who buy a telescope and mostly just talk about it.
What do you think about making a video entirely about tuners and what makes them bad/good? Also, are there alternatives to simply replacing 'bad' tuners? Tips/tweaks? This might be a good topic to explore because tuners are such a common issue with beginner budget guitars
That's a great idea. I'm going to talk about some really good, inexpensive locking tuners I've been buying at around $16 a set. Not the smoothest tuners, but they have kept this Ibanez Mikro, I'm going to do a video over, in much better tuning than the stock tuners.
At 69 YO, I am a new guitar player, learning from RUclips lessons, and progressing nicely. However, I have gone through a BUNCH of guitars, all used, some of which I will donate to Guitars for Vets, and some I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I had gone far enough that that I wanted to invest in a NEW guitar. I looked around and decided I wanted a parlor sized guitar. I was seriously considering a Gretsch Jim Dandy till I stumbled across reviews on the Yamaha APXT2. All of the glowing reviews were spot on. Got it on Amazon, and out of the box, the setup was tolerable, the frets were well dressed and the unplugged tone was good for practicing at home. I was STUNNED when I plugged it in to my Line 6 Spider IV amp! It plays like an electric, and the clean tones would almost make you believe you were playing a Dreadnought or a Jumbo. It really is that good. At the price point, I really cannot recommend it enough. It is small enough to be easily portable, and unplugged is good enough for beach play or around a campfire. BTW, I AM looking to get involved with Guitars For Vets, as soon as I can find a local program.
I have two Donners on order. One is the DLP-124S and the other is the DJZ-1000S. Incidentally, the DJZ looks a helluva lot like the GearIT guitar, but of course it would because they're both Thinline Telecasters with a sunburst finish and maple fretboard. I have faith that the Donners will be good based on reviews I've seen and the fact that they don't have that "high rate of return" warning on their Amazon listings. I just bought them because I wanted three cheap-but-good guitars so that I'll be more willing to leave my expensive Godin guitars safely in their gig bags. I already have a really good Washburn Strat with a tobacco-burst finish and I think that the two Donners will compliment it perfectly with their sunburst finishes. Great video!
The nylon string guitar that you have is a classical guitar built in the traditional style. The cheap guitars normally need to be setup. They can be a great deal if somebody is going to work on them. When I bought my first guitar by in 1970 one of the first things that I did was to take it apart. i had to put it back together to play it. I learned a lot about electric guitars that way. I went to the library and checked out a book on guitar repair. I understood what you had to do to refret a guitar before I could play more than a few songs. My point is that a guitar student should as they are starting learn how to do basic repairs to their guitar.
Just wanted to say on the second guitar classical guitars don’t usually have truss rods because of the low string tension. Also tying the strings at the bridge is also normal
Great review! Truthful, honest. I went through a stage where I wanted to try different guitars just for fun .. been playing a long long time 😂 so I started by ordering a Wolfgang standard just to see what it was like, fkn awesome 😅 bought one for my son and sent it to him.. than grabbed a Mexican Strat for under 700.00 flame top HSS .. great guitar with quality I didn’t expect to see.. next up a Squire contemporary jaguar.. I love it! Can’t put it down! My thoughts before it arrived was to change the pickups with Seymour Duncan’s but I didn’t have to because of its versatility I can find the tone I need pretty much, less then 600 with a roasted maple neck and very smooth.. Most recently the reviews of a new company called Fensley were great online so I picked up the newest 800 series.. nope.. the guitar was advertised as a rock machine but fell short to me. Shaped like an Ibanez with a Strat neck.. feels weird 😂 and the finish included flame maple top that had runs lol , hard to change strings etc… but it was under 200 after 50.00 coupon so what can I say.. anyways. Sometimes it’s good to experiment with affordable equipment. Just the joy of playing music keeps me going 🤙🏾
I looked under the details for the Squier Debut, it was first made available April 1st, 2024. It's fairly new. And also checked RUclips, looks like only a couple videos popped up about it. You should add the Squier Debut to your tags for this video. Would the debut strat make a good partscaster base to learn how to mod and upgrade a guitar? Wished that there was a Tele option.
Dude, I have never bought/got a guitar that I didn't have to set up to my own preference, That's any and every brand. Fender Gibson and many of the rest. (No BS. I have Picts. lol) Buying off the shelf/wall at a local guitar store? In my experience? There is always been a set up charge. If you are dropping a couple hundred on a Squire or Epiphone, or maybe an Ibanez for instance? I get it. But once you eclipse 6 or 7 hundred dollars? it needs to be ready to gig or they should get it ready/Set up to your liking for the listed price. Me setting up my guitars. Is me bonding with the instrument. Just getting to know the critter inside and out Making it mine.
If you are mechanically inclined, learning to set up a guitar, following YT instructions, is not very hard. But it may take a while to know how to get it "right." As simple as each step is, people who are not "hands on" tinkerers may find it daunting. I've gotten great deals on many guitars that needed relatively simple repairs.
Hey Boss First thanks for the work and opinions you put into your videos you are appreciated. Somewhere in this video you land on 'kit Guitars" And kind of write them off as a waste. Stating, (I'm paraphrasing here)_ That it is not building a guitar ..Just assembling ready to go parts. kind of kin to paint by numbers. Which it true'ish But not strictly true. Ahh but I digress a bit.. Anyway my attempted point here is. What do the "Guitar Builders" at Gibson, Fender, PRS, And the rest do? (including the custom shop folks) After the after the CNC Machines are done with making the parts? They go to the Body area; and select a near 100% finished Body. Then to the Neck area; and select a near 100% finished Neck, Then collect the pickguard, Pick Ups, Machine-Tuners & Bridge, Pots and the rest from their respective areas. And now that they have a complete kit? Yup .. They simply Assemble it.. Of course there is still finish set up. But this is no different than building a kit guitar.. There is no Master Luthier, At Gibson or any of the rest, Whittling on a piece of Burch wood with his Buck knife to carve out a Strat body .. Nope it is all done by CNC machines now. Top to Bottom, Inside Out, Over & Under, Cheap & expensive. Just like the Infamous Kit-Guitar-Kit-Guitar. Sorry Boss for the long diatribe, But a Kit- Guitar is what you make it in to just like the big guitar makers. Peace Out and don't let that loud rattley-ass glass plant there deafen you. LOL
Randall, you ain't kidding about the glass plant! Between that and the train it's a noisy place to live. Thanks for the feedback, sir. I may actually have a DIY kit headed my way soon for review so maybe I'll have a different opinion if it works out.
I have this new Squire guitar. It is really good. I gigged with this already! Fender is going to challenge the under $200 market. It has good strings; Squire was a string company before Fender. It's only slightly lighter than the Fender Starcaster Strat, but a much better neck profile. Tremelo and intonation were set perfect out of the box.
How do you like the satin finish? I heard the neck is chunky too, which I really like. $119 seems too good to be true so I may have to pull the trigger on one of these.
@@SapulpaGuitarAcademy The finish is very nice: although I like gloss more. However. costs are saved with a matte finish. Also, no skunk stripe saves money. in production. This is a serious guitar for the money.
I got the squier debut Stratocaster in black. No complaints. Action was set low. Fret ends are smooth. And the electronics are good. Very noticeable tone variations on selector. Whammy whams! Tuners are fine. They work and they are no worse than any other electric I’ve had. Having to retune a guitar is just a fact of nature. I have never in my life had a guitar that stayed in tune after I’m done abusing it for a half hour.
I think nowadays, for a beginner, 9 out of 10 of these cheaper Amazon guitars are going to be just fine. It’s the more experienced player who will notice this or that, and has developed certain preferences. As far as set-up goes, plenty of higher end, brand name guitars get shipped with lousy set-ups…so in this respect, all things are pretty equal. As far as Squier goes, the one thing I think you’re missing is that these are GREAT guitars in general. A beginner who buys a Squier isn’t necessarily going to return or sell it, ever. And many VERY long-time players have a Classic Vibe series in their arsenal. Just my 2 cents.
I've put together DIY kits, but I much prefer buying the parts individually so I can get what I want. I always end up modding new guitars anyway, so I might as well start off with the parts I want. The parts that come in the kits are usually bare minimum. I at least want locking tuners and decent pickups.
friend of mine teaches guitar at a major music chain and he was telling me the Donnar guitars he has seen his students use were nothing but things breaking on them all the time
I have that lyx pro 3/4 guitar and it rocks, its not horrible at all. the neck is great. required minimal setup. and the amp sounds great too. this opinion seems unfounded.
I had students with these guitars, and I personally worked on them. Glad you're experience was awesome. My experience has been otherwise. Thanks for watching.
Yamaha has a fine reputation overall as a manufacturer. Though they may not be well-known as an electric guitar brand, I'm sure it's a much safer bet than those ultra-budget brands, easily worth an extra $100 bucks or so. Even the cheapest Fender would be a safer bet than LyxPro. But if you know how to do some basic luthier work, willing to invest the time, and like to gamble, you might be able to make them reasonably playable, and damn, they are cheap (i.e. inexpensive)! Though a beginner with no support may be extremely frustrated, and it's criminal to let a young player get so discouraged due to starting on a flawed sub-standard instrument, as I did in my youth. Anything under $150 at today's prices for the guitar alone is very likely to be disappointing.
I got a Grotesque Les Paul with stainless steel frets and bone nut set neck for $155 on Amazon and it plays better than the best Epiphone and it has P-90’s.
I have 4 budget guitars and they're the only ones I play.. I have a studio Les Paul that I could never get the action where it was comfortable to play and keep in tune., same with a 400$ PRS style Ibanez.. the budget guitars have needed little to no attention other than quality strings.
How about a look at Bass guitars? Yamaha is slightly more popular in Bass guitars maybe? I would like your thoughts on a "Leo Jaymes" brand guitar from Amazon that resembles a Les Paul custom. My interest is to pick up on your comment about the strings that come with the guitar because Yamaha guitars are far better packaged and have nearly ready to play strings out of the box.
The Debut is it's own thing. It's not a Sonic, not a Bullet, it's a Debut. They're doing it to sway people away from cheap knockoffs in that price point.
I think instrument reviews are the least reliable because the buyer is often a parent or grand parent and says their kid loves it so 5 stars. They aren't the ones actually trying to make the junk instruments work or it's for a small child who's just banging on it like it was a toy.
I disagree with your statement, that people shouldn't complain about the strings on the guitars sold on Amazon. If you buy a pair of shoes, and a string is broken, would you just buy a new pair of shoes strings. If you buy a shirt from Amazon and a button is broken would you just buy another button (if you can find one, that matches the color of the shirt). Buy a watch and the watch band is broken. Yes, most of the items Amazon sells come from foreign countries, that's why I appreciate yours and other RUclips videos that discuss items on Amazon. But, there is no reason why flawed items should be allowed or sold on Amazon or Walmart sites. No matter how long the item sets in a warehouse, or how long it takes to ship, to the United States.
The difference is that strings rot over time and are expected to be replaced on a regular basis. Do you expect brand new fresh strings on a budget guitar that spent a month on a boat, another month in an Amazon warehouse, and shows up to your door after 2-3 months in a cardboard box? It's a $5 set of strings. These aren't shoes.
I personally had better luck with Donner than Harley Benton. My DST-152 is pretty decent and the fretboard is as good or better than my Squiers. The HB offset V I bought several months ago was a dud and needed work before it was even remotely playable.
@@LeesKnives yes, and great guitars for a working, full time guitarist. Plus there is something fun about bringing a budget guitar to an open jam where hobby guitarist have 3000$ instruments and fancy amps and just smoking em with a 200$ guitar and a cheap SS amp. It's like taking a 700$ shotgun to a sporting clays event and outshooting guys with 7000$ skeet guns. Ya hafta do it in a kind manner but it sure is fun.
Just realized....almost 24 hours after uploading, I did a video supposedly to focus on electric guitars.....and then veered left to review a nylon string acoustic just cause I had one nearby So much for staying on topic. 😅😅
Did you used to work at John Michael’s Music, that used to be in Muskogee, Oklahoma?
No sir.
@@SapulpaGuitarAcademy
In north county ca we have a place called music exchange and they deal with strictly Yamaha guitars ANDDD if you buy strings there they put them on for free for you
I really like your reviews and that you take the time going over each guitar in depth. I have Squiers, Epi's, Ibanez, Firefly, Donner, Indio, HB, and a PRS SE so budget guitars are my thing. Great channel and you deserve WAY more than 500 subs.
Thanks! One day, I'm going to tackle the PRS SE line, but my PRS knowledge is not as strong as it is with the other brands. The pickups alone require a lot of research to understand the differences versus the domestic counterparts.
Some great points about the expectations for set up. If you are a beginner, some of the set up issues might be enough to put you off playing for life.
If simple set up prevents you from playing then maybe you shouldn't play? Learning to play is a higher hurdle than adjusting a guitar given the 100's of how to videos.
The excuses were valid before RUclips but not today.
Nice video. Loved the " probably makes ya a cup of coffee" comment for the Enya.
Your descriptions are quite fair.
The Gearit tele is not a string thru and folks complain about bridge rattles.
But...the mahogany strat is pretty nice.. I have one. Horrid nut action, mediocre pickups but a nice neck and a nice mahogany body.
(29:55) Regarding Sweetwater's 55-point inspection, understand that this only applies to guitars and stringed instruments that are priced $399 (as of this comment) and up.
Interesting, I was not aware it was only for guitars over a certain price. Thanks for the information!
Nylon stringed guitars like the blue one have no truss rod (because of less tension) and the strings are tied on. You can find ball end nylon strings but most are not.
Good stuff and informative!
I had no idea nylon stringed guitars had no truss rod. You can tell I don't run into these much. Thanks for the information!
@@SapulpaGuitarAcademy Uhhh…plenty of nylon have rods. My one nylon does.
I do setups, repairs and custom builds as a side job and I'm amazed by the number of killer players I've done work for that have no idea how to maintain/set up their own gear.
Amen! You'd think that folks would buy a 60$-75$ set of nut files as one of their first investments.
Most motocross dirt bike guys work on their bikes but guitar players are an odd bunch.
If you tell em the song has a IIm ( 2 minor) most are clueless and most have no guitar set-up skills.
Many seem like Stevie Wonders who buy a telescope and mostly just talk about it.
What do you think about making a video entirely about tuners and what makes them bad/good? Also, are there alternatives to simply replacing 'bad' tuners? Tips/tweaks? This might be a good topic to explore because tuners are such a common issue with beginner budget guitars
That's a great idea. I'm going to talk about some really good, inexpensive locking tuners I've been buying at around $16 a set. Not the smoothest tuners, but they have kept this Ibanez Mikro, I'm going to do a video over, in much better tuning than the stock tuners.
I like to scroll the diy kits and so far I've bought 3. It's an easy way to get a box of parts for a partscaster.
At 69 YO, I am a new guitar player, learning from RUclips lessons, and progressing nicely. However, I have gone through a BUNCH of guitars, all used, some of which I will donate to Guitars for Vets, and some I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I had gone far enough that that I wanted to invest in a NEW guitar. I looked around and decided I wanted a parlor sized guitar. I was seriously considering a Gretsch Jim Dandy till I stumbled across reviews on the Yamaha APXT2. All of the glowing reviews were spot on. Got it on Amazon, and out of the box, the setup was tolerable, the frets were well dressed and the unplugged tone was good for practicing at home. I was STUNNED when I plugged it in to my Line 6 Spider IV amp! It plays like an electric, and the clean tones would almost make you believe you were playing a Dreadnought or a Jumbo. It really is that good. At the price point, I really cannot recommend it enough. It is small enough to be easily portable, and unplugged is good enough for beach play or around a campfire. BTW, I AM looking to get involved with Guitars For Vets, as soon as I can find a local program.
I have two Donners on order. One is the DLP-124S and the other is the DJZ-1000S. Incidentally, the DJZ looks a helluva lot like the GearIT guitar, but of course it would because they're both Thinline Telecasters with a sunburst finish and maple fretboard.
I have faith that the Donners will be good based on reviews I've seen and the fact that they don't have that "high rate of return" warning on their Amazon listings.
I just bought them because I wanted three cheap-but-good guitars so that I'll be more willing to leave my expensive Godin guitars safely in their gig bags. I already have a really good Washburn Strat with a tobacco-burst finish and I think that the two Donners will compliment it perfectly with their sunburst finishes.
Great video!
44:44 Paul S is absolutely wilding 🤣
46:00 PASS ME THE BUTTER
50:05 WE GOT SCRAPPY DOO
I need to try out one of those Enyas. Maybe it'll do my taxes for me if I spring for the deluxe model. 😅
The nylon string guitar that you have is a classical guitar built in the traditional style. The cheap guitars normally need to be setup. They can be a great deal if somebody is going to work on them. When I bought my first guitar by in 1970 one of the first things that I did was to take it apart. i had to put it back together to play it. I learned a lot about electric guitars that way. I went to the library and checked out a book on guitar repair. I understood what you had to do to refret a guitar before I could play more than a few songs. My point is that a guitar student should as they are starting learn how to do basic repairs to their guitar.
Just wanted to say on the second guitar classical guitars don’t usually have truss rods because of the low string tension. Also tying the strings at the bridge is also normal
Great observations/opinions on Yamaha!
Great review! Truthful, honest.
I went through a stage where I wanted to try different guitars just for fun .. been playing a long long time 😂 so I started by ordering a Wolfgang standard just to see what it was like, fkn awesome 😅 bought one for my son and sent it to him.. than grabbed a Mexican Strat for under 700.00 flame top HSS .. great guitar with quality I didn’t expect to see..
next up a Squire contemporary jaguar.. I love it! Can’t put it down! My thoughts before it arrived was to change the pickups with Seymour Duncan’s but I didn’t have to because of its versatility I can find the tone I need pretty much, less then 600 with a roasted maple neck and very smooth..
Most recently the reviews of a new company called Fensley were great online so I picked up the newest 800 series..
nope.. the guitar was advertised as a rock machine but fell short to me. Shaped like an Ibanez with a Strat neck..
feels weird 😂 and the finish included flame maple top that had runs lol , hard to change strings etc… but it was under 200 after 50.00 coupon so what can I say..
anyways. Sometimes it’s good to experiment with affordable equipment.
Just the joy of playing music keeps me going 🤙🏾
I looked under the details for the Squier Debut, it was first made available April 1st, 2024. It's fairly new. And also checked RUclips, looks like only a couple videos popped up about it. You should add the Squier Debut to your tags for this video.
Would the debut strat make a good partscaster base to learn how to mod and upgrade a guitar? Wished that there was a Tele option.
For $119, it's definitely a good option to learn how to modify and work on guitars. Thanks for the tag suggestion!
Dude, I have never bought/got a guitar that I didn't have to set up to my own preference,
That's any and every brand. Fender Gibson and many of the rest. (No BS. I have Picts. lol)
Buying off the shelf/wall at a local guitar store? In my experience?
There is always been a set up charge.
If you are dropping a couple hundred on a Squire or Epiphone, or maybe an Ibanez for instance?
I get it.
But once you eclipse 6 or 7 hundred dollars?
it needs to be ready to gig or they should get it ready/Set up to your liking for the listed price.
Me setting up my guitars. Is me bonding with the instrument.
Just getting to know the critter inside and out Making it mine.
If you are mechanically inclined, learning to set up a guitar, following YT instructions, is not very hard. But it may take a while to know how to get it "right."
As simple as each step is, people who are not "hands on" tinkerers may find it daunting.
I've gotten great deals on many guitars that needed relatively simple repairs.
"A+++ Item as described!" I hate those reviews. Always go to the negative reviews. They are the honest ones.
Hey Boss First thanks for the work and opinions you put into your videos you are appreciated.
Somewhere in this video you land on 'kit Guitars" And kind of write them off as a waste.
Stating, (I'm paraphrasing here)_ That it is not building a guitar ..Just assembling ready to go parts. kind of kin to paint by numbers. Which it true'ish But not strictly true.
Ahh but I digress a bit.. Anyway my attempted point here is.
What do the "Guitar Builders" at Gibson, Fender, PRS, And the rest do?
(including the custom shop folks) After the after the CNC Machines are done with making the parts?
They go to the Body area; and select a near 100% finished Body. Then to the Neck area; and select a near 100% finished Neck, Then collect the pickguard, Pick Ups, Machine-Tuners & Bridge, Pots and the rest from their respective areas.
And now that they have a complete kit?
Yup ..
They simply Assemble it..
Of course there is still finish set up.
But this is no different than building a kit guitar..
There is no Master Luthier, At Gibson or any of the rest, Whittling on a piece of Burch wood with his Buck knife to carve out a Strat body ..
Nope it is all done by CNC machines now. Top to Bottom, Inside Out, Over & Under, Cheap & expensive. Just like the Infamous Kit-Guitar-Kit-Guitar.
Sorry Boss for the long diatribe, But a Kit- Guitar is what you make it in to just like the big guitar makers. Peace Out and don't let that loud rattley-ass glass plant there deafen you. LOL
Randall, you ain't kidding about the glass plant! Between that and the train it's a noisy place to live. Thanks for the feedback, sir. I may actually have a DIY kit headed my way soon for review so maybe I'll have a different opinion if it works out.
I have this new Squire guitar. It is really good. I gigged with this already! Fender is going to challenge the under $200 market. It has good strings; Squire was a string company before Fender. It's only slightly lighter than the Fender Starcaster Strat, but a much better neck profile. Tremelo and intonation were set perfect out of the box.
How do you like the satin finish? I heard the neck is chunky too, which I really like. $119 seems too good to be true so I may have to pull the trigger on one of these.
@@SapulpaGuitarAcademy The finish is very nice: although I like gloss more. However. costs are saved with a matte finish. Also, no skunk stripe saves money. in production. This is a serious guitar for the money.
I got the squier debut Stratocaster in black. No complaints. Action was set low. Fret ends are smooth. And the electronics are good. Very noticeable tone variations on selector. Whammy whams! Tuners are fine. They work and they are no worse than any other electric I’ve had. Having to retune a guitar is just a fact of nature. I have never in my life had a guitar that stayed in tune after I’m done abusing it for a half hour.
I think nowadays, for a beginner, 9 out of 10 of these cheaper Amazon guitars are going to be just fine. It’s the more experienced player who will notice this or that, and has developed certain preferences.
As far as set-up goes, plenty of higher end, brand name guitars get shipped with lousy set-ups…so in this respect, all things are pretty equal.
As far as Squier goes, the one thing I think you’re missing is that these are GREAT guitars in general. A beginner who buys a Squier isn’t necessarily going to return or sell it, ever. And many VERY long-time players have a Classic Vibe series in their arsenal.
Just my 2 cents.
I've put together DIY kits, but I much prefer buying the parts individually so I can get what I want. I always end up modding new guitars anyway, so I might as well start off with the parts I want. The parts that come in the kits are usually bare minimum. I at least want locking tuners and decent pickups.
dude love your channel I am curious to know about this watching this video today..
I think Brad over in Louisville just did a video about one of those China made, Carbon fiber, speaker/app etc guitars. He liked it. @TheGuitologist
I did watch that video, and it does seem interesting from a technological standpoint. His video was pretty in-depth, too. Thanks for watching!
friend of mine teaches guitar at a major music chain and he was telling me the Donnar guitars he has seen his students use were nothing but things breaking on them all the time
I have that lyx pro 3/4 guitar and it rocks, its not horrible at all. the neck is great. required minimal setup. and the amp sounds great too. this opinion seems unfounded.
I had students with these guitars, and I personally worked on them. Glad you're experience was awesome. My experience has been otherwise. Thanks for watching.
Yamaha has a fine reputation overall as a manufacturer. Though they may not be well-known as an electric guitar brand, I'm sure it's a much safer bet than those ultra-budget brands, easily worth an extra $100 bucks or so. Even the cheapest Fender would be a safer bet than LyxPro. But if you know how to do some basic luthier work, willing to invest the time, and like to gamble, you might be able to make them reasonably playable, and damn, they are cheap (i.e. inexpensive)!
Though a beginner with no support may be extremely frustrated, and it's criminal to let a young player get so discouraged due to starting on a flawed sub-standard instrument, as I did in my youth. Anything under $150 at today's prices for the guitar alone is very likely to be disappointing.
I got a Grotesque Les Paul with stainless steel frets and bone nut set neck for $155 on Amazon and it plays better than the best Epiphone and it has P-90’s.
I have 4 budget guitars and they're the only ones I play.. I have a studio Les Paul that I could never get the action where it was comfortable to play and keep in tune., same with a 400$ PRS style Ibanez.. the budget guitars have needed little to no attention other than quality strings.
All we are is dust in the wind dude..
Dust....Wind....Dude! 😂
Sapulpa, brings back memories of that disgusting greasy spoon called the crescent. I wish I would have known you there 15 years ago.
How about a look at Bass guitars? Yamaha is slightly more popular in Bass guitars maybe? I would like your thoughts on a "Leo Jaymes" brand guitar from Amazon that resembles a Les Paul custom. My interest is to pick up on your comment about the strings that come with the guitar because Yamaha guitars are far better packaged and have nearly ready to play strings out of the box.
The Debut is it's own thing. It's not a Sonic, not a Bullet, it's a Debut. They're doing it to sway people away from cheap knockoffs in that price point.
If you give a bad review they take away the comment section from you and you can never review again.. I’m grounded for life 😂
i LOVE KIT GUITARS AND HAVE BEEN BUILDING THEM FOR OVER A YEAR. I ORDERED 1 FROM eBAY AND THEY SENT ME A CASE OF 5 !! doh!!
Can't believe more Strat's are sold than Telecasters....
I think instrument reviews are the least reliable because the buyer is often a parent or grand parent and says their kid loves it so 5 stars. They aren't the ones actually trying to make the junk instruments work or it's for a small child who's just banging on it like it was a toy.
like everything else there is always a hit of miss factor i have several guitars both Name and off the wall brands whatever pleases the buyer .
I disagree with your statement, that people shouldn't complain about the strings on the guitars sold on Amazon. If you buy a pair of shoes, and a string is broken, would you just buy a new pair of shoes strings. If you buy a shirt from Amazon and a button is broken would you just buy another button (if you can find one, that matches the color of the shirt). Buy a watch and the watch band is broken. Yes, most of the items Amazon sells come from foreign countries, that's why I appreciate yours and other RUclips videos that discuss items on Amazon. But, there is no reason why flawed items should be allowed or sold on Amazon or Walmart sites. No matter how long the item sets in a warehouse, or how long it takes to ship, to the United States.
The difference is that strings rot over time and are expected to be replaced on a regular basis. Do you expect brand new fresh strings on a budget guitar that spent a month on a boat, another month in an Amazon warehouse, and shows up to your door after 2-3 months in a cardboard box? It's a $5 set of strings. These aren't shoes.
What's the old saying... comparing apples to oranges??
Stay away from donner
I own 2 DST200 Donners. Both are really nice guitars.
I've worked as a guitarist my whole life. Mine are perfect guitars for a bar gig.
I personally had better luck with Donner than Harley Benton. My DST-152 is pretty decent and the fretboard is as good or better than my Squiers. The HB offset V I bought several months ago was a dud and needed work before it was even remotely playable.
@@5TR4N63R The DST 200 is 109$ through Walmart. I really like mine. Needed a proper set up of course but the ceramic single coil pickups are useable.
I like Donner's guitar for what they are. Affordable student models.
@@LeesKnives yes, and great guitars for a working, full time guitarist.
Plus there is something fun about bringing a budget guitar to an open jam where hobby guitarist have 3000$ instruments and fancy amps and just smoking em with a 200$ guitar and a cheap SS amp.
It's like taking a 700$ shotgun to a sporting clays event and outshooting guys with 7000$ skeet guns.
Ya hafta do it in a kind manner but it sure is fun.