I Bought The Cheapest Guitar On Amazon. (2023)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- I searched for and found the cheapest electric guitar on Amazon.com. These were my findings.
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My first thought was to mock it, but being it's Christmas morning right now (8:19 am, NJ USA) I'm thinking about parents that maybe got this as a gift for their kid who wanted a guitar and that's all they could afford. So someone, somewhere, maybe right this minute, is tearing the Christmas wrapping off this thing & is super stoked they got a guitar like they asked for. Cheers!
I hope you're right to be honest, I also hope kiddo doesn't cut his hand on sharp fret ends 😂
I like your take on this.
Great point.
For less than $50, it's pretty impressive. Nice looking paint, plays fairly decent, Fluff says. Hopefully someone in the family can tune it and make minor adjustments. You could easily spend a lot more for something that can be forgotten in a month by the kid.
Eyyy jersey here too for the holidays, solid take on it!
How can you be a guitarist and never heard of a Laurel fingerboard?!
Right? I'm mystified
Was wondering the same.
Cheaper wood than the stuff on the guitars he uses is my guess. You usually don't find laurel fretboards on guitars over $1000 or so if I'm not mistaken.
Most production guitar brands have only recently made the switch to indian laurel for fretboards so it makes sense.
Seems like a pretty fun toy, I think a lot of us would have been thrilled to get this on Christmas Morning when we were young. A little research and some screwdrivers and maybe some Allen keys later I bet this could be pulled into line.
Merry Christmas. I remember selling guitars in a pawn shop, and you had to pay $80 - $100 or more a guitar of this quality in 1976. with an 5.34 inflation factor to 2023, that would be $534 guitar you got for $44. Spend $500+ wisely on a guitar today, and you have much more that a beginner guitar. In fact for that money at a pawn shop, and you can get a gig worthy guitar. Great time to buy for beginners and modders.
The problem is along with decades of inflation, we have a cheaper mindset than ever. Nobody wants to pay what things are worth. It's either pay very little for garbage or pay a ton for hyped junk. Actual quality is lost on the general public. Hence, Amazon.
@@rmaxtpmx "There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person's lawful prey."
You can get a gig worthy guitar brand new for $500-$700. Even Squier Affinity series can probably be gig'd with. But you can get a nice PRS SE model for that price range, and those are made pretty amazingly.
@@rmaxtpmx lol, you think the budget guitars in the 70's were quality? My dad has some of his cheap sears guitars from back in the day. They are not worth the wood they are made out of. Insane action, shitty frets, not intonated and they never can be because the bridge isn't in the right spot. Modern super budget guitars are OK.
Some kid somewhere, who doesn't have a ton of money, is going to get it and it will spark his interest in guitars, but you weirdo guitar snobs hate seeing these guitars because it isn't as good as your "name brand" budget that you payed 6x as much for.
It's now listed at $59.00 according to your link.
That is a great price for a guitar to practice luthier skills on.
Set ups, fret work, electronics, etc.
No real loss if you screw it up.
Yeah, I was thinking the same. I wouldn't care too much if I messed up a rout in this body.
@@HexagonalMan6 Pawnshops are great for cheap guitars too :D
@@ared18t Yeah if you wanna overpay. Pawn shops jack up prices on old, used instruments to make a quick buck. Hard pass.
I was hoping you were going to do a string change and a setup and let us know how it played then. This is the quality of guitar I started on in the 80's. My first guitar was a Harmony ST copy from Fingerhut. Also Merry Christmas!
Yeah, all it needed was some minor adjustments. He wouldn’t have been able to bust on it that hard in that case though.
Also, I love how it being 5 pounds somehow sucks for it being the weight of this guitar, but if it were to be the weight of a higher priced one it would be praised. lol
Mod project!! Locking tuners, graphtech nut, graphtech saddles, Seymour Duncan pickups, and a good setup!! Might make a nice lil guitar
How come I never see "I Bought the Most Expensive Guitar on Sweetwater?" THAT video I would watch.
Sounds completely fine. No noise or anything.
The frets can be filed, and it can be set up (I suppose it does have a truss-rod, right?)
And the strings can be changed.
If the tuners are the cause of it not holding the tune, they can be changed pretty cheaply as well.
So yeah, this guitar seems alright!
I saw this guitar a few weeks ago, and I said to the wife, for 50 bucks what a great guitar to
mode, practice relicing, practice refretting, repainting a crazy color, adding stickers, etc. Things I "would not" do to
my rather expensive guitars (at least expensive to me) She ordered it and gave it to our son
to gift to me for Christmas, knowing he’s on a tight budget this year. I’m going to have a blast
messing with this el-cheapO ! Who knows maybe I'll gift it to someone else after having my way with it.
Can you practice relic on a guitar like that? Not because its cheap, but more because its a poly guitar. You need (as far as I know, maybe you can correct me here) a nitro guitar to relic. Otherwise the paint just break off like a shell. Whereas the nitro can actually be worn down for the look that people want in a relic'd guitar
@@ICee712 Yup, you are correct ! And I thought about that. I've watch several video's of folks using a heat gun or powerful hair drier to peel that stuff off like ice from a car windshield in the winter. Always wanted to attempt it to see how difficult it really is.? I've sprayed a few guitars with nitro in the past, so I know what to expect there. Just waiting till summer. Cheers!
@@kylemoran4343 cheers to you too. Happy new year from another Moran.
@@ICee712 Happy New Year to ya fellow Moran
Hey fluff, lutihier and guitar tech for nearly 15 years here. I've been a tech in new and used music retail for the past 10 of those years. I might suggest an initial before/after restring/adjust since the initial setup and string quality on these guitars is abysmal at best as you described. although I generally see a good mix of higher end usa and foreign instruments, lately I've had a TON of glarry/firefly/BC/Donner/(your name here) guitars come across the bench among other cheap new and used guitars from every major brand out there. I've been continually impressed by how much guitar they can pack into a low price point. Given the cheap guitars typically have sloppier tolerances and humidity problems, the vast majority set up very well with minor to somewhat moderate effort. typically reseating high frets, dressing fret ends, string height, and intonation. For the cost of entry, I'd say things have never been better, with a caveat. Get your new guitar inspected by a reputable tech! It will do wonders.
I bought I firefly baritone to play around for 200 Shipped to my house and was amazed by the quality at that price really good feeling neck and fret job
@@Rvriffing I've been impressed with firefly instruments given the price. I've seen a couple dozen in the last year and they are very close your average Epiphone at half the price. Good buy. Get it looked at by a tech to be sure.
If someone in my fam got this as a gift, I would have also offered to set up the guitar properly. A fresh set of strings and fixing the action would've gone a long way.
This is still light years ahead of the plywood Harmony Strat copy from Sears I got when I was 10. And even THAT was a dream come true.
Can we all pause to realize that at $50, they STILL made a profit on it?!?!?! 😂
Good point. I almost included that in my original post. Crazy though to think that they must only cost like $20 to make.
It means, maybe the guitars from Fender. Gibson and etc are too expensive then? What do you think?
Do you think so lol.
@@Adi-megatron
ROBOTS work for nothing!
@@Adi-megatron They can be! Just a few years ago I heard the COST manufacturing price for a LP, with all machine & hand labour was ~$800US!
That was an actual clean tone. Is everything okay?
Lmao yeah I have baffled meaning times when fluff has said “here’s my clean tone” and then strums a chords that is almost fully overdriven.
and nobody talks about crunch
@@brandonbryson3317 Next thing we'll find out that he's used Blackstar amps for every upload.
What a time to be alive! Manufacturing has become so much cheaper and better. Lots of really great guitars out there sub $300
I'm curious to see what various upgrades could do to improve this, such as strings, tuners, possibly pickups, etc. I'd be really open to seeing you do a mod video!!
I think it would be interesting to see how much of an improvement you could make to that guitar by modding it. Personally I like seeing as much of the modding as possible, granted that some things should be fast forwarded if shown in full. But yes I would like to see that video!
Fun video! I think it looks cool. Spend a little time setting it up and a few bucks on the most crucial parts upgrades and it would make a great 2nd video!
I would absolutely love to see you mod the hell out of that thing!
When I worked in a music store, I had an Ibanez gio go through my hand, after some care it was a great guitar, easily my 2nd favorite and the only guitar I would hand clients to try amps.
Like many cheap things, if a guitar is cheap, it's mostly quality control and setup that will make the difference
Born and raised in a third world country this guitar would have been my biggest dream come true as a kid, even when I moved to the US at age 21 I bought my first guitar ever with my first paycheck, it was a cheap brand from Walmart and I loved with all my heart, went back to my hometown to visit family and friends a year later and gifted it to my best friend, about 4 years younger than me, I will never forget the look on his face. What a happy memory.
I dig the mustang look on. Cheapos usually you need to fuck around with the action.
Thank goodness there's a company like Glarry that still makes cheap beginner guitars that Mom and Dad can afford to buy their kid for Christmas. When I was a kid it was Silvertone (made by Kay, Danelectro, Supro, Valco and National, and sold by Sears). The brand is still around, but they're not the same guitars as those made back then.
Merry Christmas bro.keep rocking
So I bought a Glarry bass earlier this year just to teach myself the basics of bass. Honestly, for the price it's pretty amazing. The only things I did was to give the fretboard an oil and the frets a polish. For the price there was nothing else even close to it. Great piece of gear. I wouldn't shy away from the Glarry stuff if you just give it a bit of TLC.
This is awesome for a pure beginners, wish that we had something like this to purchase when we started playing sometime 25-30 years ago in Bosnia after the war.
Can you please do a comparison video between this unbranded guitar and your Gibson Les Paul custom
What amp did u plug into , sounds decent from here . Merry xmas .
I’d be very interested to see what it was like with decent strings and a home setup (saddles and neck adjustment), before the modding starts.
Cnc machines and robots have started to level out the playing field . Between el-cheapo guitars and medium guitars .
I need help. Which song should I play on acoustic, I play finger style like blackbird titanic etc. I heard wonder wall was good? Any other suggestions? I like to learn with RUclips video with tabs on screen!
For 50.00 it is better than nothing. Perfect for a kid who changes his mind every 15 minutes. Trust me, they are out there.
I sprung for a Fender Duo Sonic for my son. He played it twice, then went back to playing video games. I should have bought one of these cheapos but at least I got a Duo Sonic out of the deal.
Yes and no. The setup is so bad that the kid will be disgusted with playing immediately… 😊
So yes ok to buy it, but set it up afterwards
Honestly, those negative things you mentioned (frets poking out, dry fretboard et.c) was the exact same thing I had on my Squier mustang when i bought that. Is it hard to fix frets poking out on your own (I dont have any luthier experience at all)
I would be curious to see the result of setting the truss rod, saddles and properly stringing with new strings.
It’s honestly not too bad and for the price it can’t be beat. Waaaayyy better than the one I started out on back in ‘89. 😂
I can see a new player taking this, getting a good setup and for the price having a good beginner guitar. The nice thing is, if after 6 months, the student gives it up, no major loss of money.
I set up a super cheap Glarry Tele belonging to my kid's old school last year, it was unplayable when it arrived but kinda playable when set up - sounds pretty bad but kids are learning to play on it so fair dos.
A modding project would be fun I think. Just to see what is possible with a cheap base like this.
Great video definitely would be cool to mod it to the max for another video
I've been wondering about Glarrys double cut set neck guitar. Also curious about their Ovation copy.
Mod it! Always fun to watch.
I've had great luck modding Glarry guitars and basses. Plus, people are less likely to steal them from a gig.
Hey Ryan: This video brings up something I’ve thought about many times and that is can a guitar be so bad that no amount of upgrades with save it and make it sound/play good? Thanks
My rule of thumb is nothing under $500 dollars list price. Sale prices will sometimes sneak in under that. I'm treating myself to an affordable mod project tomorrow. A Yamaha Revstar Element in black. I have a vision for it, that will make it the most metal Revstar in existence. I've accumulated most of the upgrade parts off other mod projects. I'm calling it the DEATHSTAR! The pickups from my Epiphone AJ sig. and the Gotoh magnum keystone locking tuners off my old Epiphone LP custom silverburst are the main ingredients for the build. The 2 wire Probucker Custom is going in the bridge so I can use the 4 wire SD Distortion in the neck for coilsplitting. The only parts I'm buying for it are the 3 way switch, output jack, tone cap and treble bleed curcuit. Should be a very unique, yet hopefully great sounding and versatile guitar. Merry Christmas guitar villains! Rejoice in all this affordable guitar goodness!
I have a few decent bits and pieces of gear, but I bought a glarry for about 70 bucks just to kick around. Bit of setup and some good strings she plays better than my first guitar. Not great but I play it tons with no worries about messing up my more pricey stuff.
Wondering where new strings and a set-up will take you before any mods?
I smell a possible collab with sweetwater coming. This may be the most positive video I've heard of any Glarry guitar honestly. That said if it's possible for it to be decent with mods it could be fun
All that aside. Merry Christmas Fluff. Hope it's an awesome one for you and your family
There's a saying about putting makeup on a pig.
A few years ago I asked my wife for a guitar x-mas and received the Viper Combo Pack🤪 I buy my own guitars now!
This is how you end up with an embarrassing large collection. Be careful, and Merry Christmas!!
Needs a Dimebucker and a 59 neck; plus legitimate setup. I swap the tuners to Schallers.
For the cost of dinner and beers with a friend, you get a guitar you can use. Keeping in mind it was $45, what exactly can a person complain about? I would love one just for slide or alternate tuning. Good thing I got a bunch of Amazon gift cards today!
I bought one, just to see if it was better (or worse) than a Squire Mustang HH, that I modded for a friend. And it actually was!
I want to see an updated video of this guitar "Fixed"
I'd like you to meet my associate:FLUFFY!
Say hello Fluffy.
'Err hello fluffy!'
Mod it make it as good as it can be and give it to a kid who wants to get lessons! So he or she has a great rig to build that foundation.
Properly setup, it’s probably decent. Nothing to write home about for someone who has guitars at home, but like you said, great for a beginner.
I bought one a few years back. And when tuning it the high E-string broke. So i replaced all . Not a bad guitar,
Curious about the neck routing….you can get decent pickups cheap these days.
24" scale, so it's a short-scale guitar. I agree that it looks like a Squier Bullet Mustang with just a different headstock. With heavier gauge strings and a little tweaking, it could be a cool little guitar.
Merry Christmas Ryan and thanks for the good content 2023. How does Glarry make any profit at this price? I'd gladly pay $100 for this in a lefty. I have 3 Glarry Strats but they needed alot of work to be playable and the pups I threw in the garbage so bad 😂 they make good mod platforms if they are playable.
Imagine in the 60s kids getting Kays and Teisco's and LOVING them
Honestly if i had that sound for my first guitar i would have stuck with it longer. Probably most of that is your sound processing, though, and your own personal skill. Looks pretty decent too tbh.
Damn, when you removed the foam cover all I saw was the freboard dying of dehydration. That thing drier than a virgin
Merry Christmas fluff
Honestly, it doesn't sound that bad. Would be a good guitar to ugrade and mod up. Or practice set ups, electronic work, refinishing, fret work, etc. Honestly, I'd probably buy one just to use the body for a parts-i-tar.
Yeah, you can't just yank a $45 guitar out of the box and expect anything beyond it making a sound. Even a minimal effort on setting this guitar up would make a world of difference. Silvertone/Kay/Harmony were cheap, awesome guitars and basses revered for their tone enough for certain models to be sought after and replicated/reissued.
As a first guitar this is pretty good. Beats the crappy Starforce I started out with back in the 80s.
Would be cool to see you clean this thing up and improve it. Clean up that fret board, swap out some strings, and throw some new pickups in it and then see how it sounds 🤙🏼
Glen and Larry's guitar gets another "Cheapest Guitar on Amazon" review.
Thought about the headless Eart guitars cause they have the cheapest headless i've seen so far...
Happy holidays Fluff…
If I do the same on Amazon France, I can get a guitar from 80€, a Rocktile or a Fazley, basic b&w strat...
Set it up, put some decent strings on it, and play it. I bet it'll be just as good as any other beginner guitar out there. I'd gig it once I took the time to set it up correctly.
If I was a teen in the situation I was in wanting a guitar badly, I would have bought this just to get going!
For 50 bucks its a great project axe. Make a player out of that with nothing but tools if possible
I work at a music shop and I've seen glarry guitars come in for restrings, repairs, and the occasional trade in, I've noticed an increase in quality over the past couple of years in this brand, still would not recommend over a squier, ibanez, or epiphone.
hey i bought one strat glarry 90£ thats lets say 100$ with amp its great cheapest on amazon change the strings lower the action looks pretty good its not american strat but it will do the job especially for a starter
I bought two of em, one to learn my son to play, and one to burn by the mancave! 🤭
Replace the strings. Put Beefy Slinkys on and tune to Drop C. Lower action. Raise up the pickups.
Would this mean that outsourced manufacturing companies in Asia have raised the bar a little bit (at least) in terms of QC, compared to 5 yrs ago? 🤔
It looks like they cloned the Squire Bullet HH Mustang, which is actually a pretty great entry level guitar, imo.
As someone who's known about Glarry for years, long before they were on Amazon, when I see their brand name on a box I get vietnam flashbacks
would love to see that guitar modded for a video
Hopefully you change the strings, file the fret ends and oil the fretboard and set the action up and get back to us.
Hey Ryan: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! As far as that guitar goes “you get what you pay for” Also a beginner style guitar shouldn’t break the back but it should at least sound decent and have good enough quality that it doesn’t turn someone off to playing guitar. Just my $0.02 worth and all the best in 2024…🎸😎🐝
My first guitar in 1995 was $50 and it wasn't half as good as that one! 😅How do they even ship a guitar for $49?
First off it was packed better than the Esp LTD I ordered a few weeks ago and honestly the cruchy didnt sound that bad 😅lol Thats crazy for $45 bucks 🤣
Honestly.. for a budget, beginner (mostly likely child) it's not a horrible option on a tight budget. That being said, I'd never get my child this as a guitarist myself. But for the bare minimum? I think it's an awesome deal for only $45! Especially with inflation these days. An extra $50 and a guitar tech could set it up right with fresh strings and proper string height
that lowkey looks amazing
Are we doing this again already, so soon.
At that price I could decorate my house with them! 😂
Glarry guitars are meant to be modded anyway
About the one hundreth video I have seen on the cheapest amazon guitar.
A string change, a setup, a better set of tuners, and maybe some better pickups, and that might just be a pretty decent guitar. The question is, is it worth it to put a bunch of money into a $50 guitar instead of buying something that's already good? Probably not, but it could be fun.
All that stuff with that cheap guitar is cheaper than buying, like, a fender. Or even a squier. So yeah, I'd say it's worth it.
I got their bass guitar and it does not sound bad. But I am a beginner, and I don’t know much 😅
You should mod it one or two things at a time with things that would make the biggest difference and most sense and for the money. Like , strings first, and a setup. Show what that does. Then maybe a fret end file ($25 vs a tech doing all of it) and some decent tuners, which is stuff they can do themselves with some RUclips instruction. I'm sure you get the idea. Find a balance point where the juice isn't worth the squeeze. I see vids like this from others where they might start with strings and a setup and then it's straight to a set of pricey pickups, a bone nut, hardware, and Plek'ed and sub-$100 axe has $700 of gear and labor into it. A hundred bucks to make it work for them til they're ready for a better guitar is a good deal. Plek'ing is fine and kinda funny on a $45 guitar but nobody should seriously consider it.
I really want to see you mod the crap out of it.
Not complete trash, but i can't get past that Samick-esque headstock.
Still stays in tune better than a Gibson.
High action will help strengthen those beginner fingers ;)
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