When i was a teenager this guitar would blow away what i got for 50 bux. Impressive for so cheap. This is the perfect guitar for your kid who is interested but you don't know if it's going to be a just a quick fad for him or her. My friends kid wants a strat. She doesn't play an instrument at all. This is perfect. You can't complain about anything on this with a $65 price tag. Any complaints can be easily fixed by a person who has a little experience setting up guitars. I'm not talking swapping out pickups, bridges, tuners and nuts... I'm saying simple stuff like smoothing out fret edges, setting action, adjusting neck and intonation. SIMPLE stuff! Any paint issues can be handled by stickers! :)
Great comment ..you are so right. Such a lot depends on what you plug it into Someone like Joe Satriani would probably make one of these guitars sound fabulous after it had benefitted from a quick set up. Maybe they should 'challenge' him to do just that...Joe plays a cheap guitar straight out of the box. I would watch that.
I just unboxed the Glarry version of the Ibanez RG series. It was practically Good2Go out of the box. I gotta say I'm impressed, and I have 7 really nice guitars!
Some of these comments make me wonder about peoples' perspective... "Gosh, you paid less for this whole guitar than you can get a DIY kit... Why isn't it perfect?!" "My Squier that costs like 7x more sounds and plays better than this..." Umm... DUH! I should hope so! How about if you pay less than a DIY kit, expect it to kind of be like a DIY kit. LOL I would never expect one of these to be perfect, just that they did the painting and soldering for me in advance. ;) Anything beyond that, and I'm a happy camper for this kind of price. I've actually been wanting one of these to learn luthier work on. Can't get a body and a neck for this cheap anywhere else that I've found. The fact that it plays at all from the get go is just a bonus. :)
I think for 64 bucks it shouldnt be about the finish of the guitar, its targeted towards beginners, I would be most worried about how the action feels, function or the electronics, and staying in tune, is the neck straight? by action I also mean how the strings feel, are they stiff cheese cutters or soft silk. and if they are stiff, does a string change alter that feel enough to be comfortable. 64 dollars is way cheaper than you are going to find a good used one at a music shop or pawn shop.
I bought the Glarry Tele out of curiosity. £56 shipped. Good: Amazingly stable tuning. Really sustains well. Very light. Pick ups sound good. Not so good: High E string slips off edge of fretboard sometimes. Had one high fret (banged it back down). Overall...7/10. Not as good as a Squier in terms of fit and finish, but it definitely sounds better.
I bought one a year ago. Love it. I'm a retired player and it's good enough for a backup. Excellent student guitar. If we we lucky we got a Global in my day. Just listen.
Whats better than a cheap guitar that will stay in tune for the newer player. Half the battle to get started is to have a guitar that will stay in tune so you can learn without the constant issue of being out of tune. Good for Glarry for making this so.
Great Demo. I just purchased one a week ago. Total with tax around $70. Now I need to learn how to play it. It looked too nice to pass up for the price.
This is the perfect guitar for anybody with children who show a musical interest and would like to try to learn guitar. A lot cheaper than the piano I bought my daughter. For me, it is a great platform for checking out how accurate the build is,practicing fretwork, changing out electronics, vacuum forming veneers and refinishing. I can also give the guitar away to someone who can't afford even a $100 guitar.
I just bought 2 Glarry guitars (Telly & Strat) both fantastic. The Strat is a kit with a really good body (Mahogany). They were $89 each. I got lucky with mine.
I'll be buying one in a little under 2 weeks and I CANT WAIT! it'll be my first guitar that I bought myself and the guitar I will learn on I'm getting the red strat with a white pickguard
I bought the blue one, I have new strings to put on and hopefully it will sound decent. I used to have a couple of Washburns but sold them years ago. I'm trying to see if I can get back to playing for fun again.
Rand al'Thor right? Lol i was tempted to contact them for a freebie and do a vid just to get a free guitar to beat on. I mean they're pretty junky but i like junky guitars lol
I wrote them an email ...No response but, I'm really not sure I hit the right site. Hahaha. It may have been Irin site? Anyway I'm still a nobody and I suppose they saw my channel and laughed at me. Hahah
Hi Kennis, really dig your videos Man. Through the RUclips video I'm watching it on my TV it really sounds good coming through the TV speakers. I'm getting ready to buy some new humbuckers for my Les Paul and they're going to cost about four times what you paid for that entire guitar hahaha. I just went to their site and I noticed they charge about $16 more for the tele version I want to tell you version I already have a strat a real Fender Strat. I wanted to ask you is that a little Vox Pathfinder amp behind you? I bought one of those back in the 90s brand new such an awesome little practice amp. I noticed they're going pretty hefty bucks even being used on eBay. I'm an older guy I'm 60 years old and when I was a kid there was no way you could find a nice playable guitar for 64 bucks. It's good that you're trying these out because a lot of kids like me when I was a kid could benefit from this. Keep on rocking man!
My first half way decent electric was a Watkins Rapier 33, a mildly awful guitar which is now considered highly collectable. Oh, also a Teisco which now sells for $500 plus on Reverb. Go figure....
I don’t give a damn about scratches, what matters is when I’m dead and gone there’s a mark that says I was here and I rock’d that fother mucker! Those finger prints and paint is part of its story and time. Let it roll brother...
The red and black ones are only $56.99 US with free shipping. I have another Glarry with a much different body shape that was around the same price, but I really need to buy a fret file, it does more shredding than I can.
@@acmebrandinc Mine was a pretty standard thickness of just over 1.5 inches. It's not a Warlock shaped body, but something similar. It sure won't stand up in a standard guitar stand. It's around $65 USD but a small body, still, no neck dive. While my $1549,00 Gibson wants to throw it's neck at the floor, go figure! Love those 2 pound E-tuners! 2016 was not the year to buy my first Gibson SGHP I guess.
@@acmebrandinc No prob at all. I'd bought it a few years ago and can't find the eBay link or I'd have sent it, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. I bought a Maestro by Gibson for my as yet at that point, unborn Granddaughter, but I like the SG shape, so I screwed her over, lol and took the Maestro, replacing it with the Garry. The joke will be on me in the long run, she'll score all my gear when I get turkey'd in a gas oven. I sure hopes she takes to the guitar, she'll be getting a whole stable, a fair sized pedal board and all my amps :-) But man, the Glarry didn't need nearly the gear changes that the Maestro "BY GIBSON" needed! What shyte hardware and pups! The worst tuners I've ever had the misfortune to have used! I've played Floyd Rose old school guitars that kept better tune that one did. I got the kit and I was afraid to try the 10 watt amp for fear of killing it day 1. New pots, tuners and pups, it plays okay now. So, it only took $400 to turn a $100 guitar into something playable. I should have just bought the $400 to $500 Epiphone. But, then again, I wouldn't have gotten that killer small amp!
I wanted a Stratocaster guitar, but wanted to go cheap. I ordered this same guitar. Had dead notes on the D19, and G19 strings. The frets were uneven, no setup adjustments fixed it. The fretboard and neck were not finished. Donated it to Goodwill and bought a real Fender.
@@madferret2045 Those guitars are for people who know what they are doing modding wise.65 dollars is a great deal even if you got the guitar without....the electronics or some other hardware missing. I got a similarly priced one...a Vision guitar from ebay...yanked the frets out and put super jumbo ss fretwire(way better than a "real" fender) ,rolled the board, cut an aluminum nut for it...replaced the tuners,hardtailed the bridge and rewired the whole thing along with new dimarzio area pickups for neck and bridge.Now the guitar costs around 300 and can give a real fender thats into the thousands...a run for its money(not to mention playability wise because of the ss frets its actually better).
If you could afford to buy a Strat you should've bought a Squire. These instruments are for children or people who cannot afford anything better. Guitar snobs ruin these comment sections.
Sorry, you got ripped off.you don't know how to.set one up....I got mine singing after a few adjustments and 10 dollar hot rail pickup. For $60 a body and a neck is a damn good deal
I have 3 yellow pickup covers. I was thinking of getting the Yellow GST and putting them on there. Do you think they'd fit? Or would the pickguard need to be trimmed?
The reviewer's complaining about some black marks on the finish...it's mega cheap!, so it's no big deal. Use some car paint product such as 'T Cut'. Overall the guitar sounds a bit thin and trebly. Yep I'd soon get annoyed with its sound. But great value for a beginner. I agree with another post, that it would be better to offer a non trem version, then you could concentrate on getting it set-up better.
I got one, different color. Maple Neck . U gotta change the strings an do a little sanding on the plastic nut. I'd upgrade that asap tbh. An loosen the string trees a bit If you have a tight/lose tuners id look for a upgrade.You can try to tighten them or loosen them up. And if u are like me the pickups are weak. I found a musicily hot rails SSS 9k pre wired from China for 28 bucks.
Sounds pretty damn good to me, tight out of the box. I'm gonna order a couple of them for alt tunings and just set them up and leave them. Be pretty awesome to do a show and be able to swap out half a dozen different guitars . My vote, after this and other reviews is a deff Yes for the Glarry!
Nice vid. I bought one ,and with a little setup and new strings it plays surprising well. It's not my Fender or my Martin but it did not cost me $1000.00 either.
Learning to play in the 50s it's better than any guitar I had back then strings 3 in off the neck I would have been happy to have that guitar. What amazes me is how they can make a guitar that cheap and make a profit. They must sell an incredible volume of guitars
I have the yellow one with the F-style headstock. Paint is great on mine. I shimmed the neck, blacked out the hardware with inexpensive parts I had from other projects...I LOVE to play this thing, because it's light, and who cares if it's in the beating sun!? I would gig with it after a few mods.
I was tempted to get one of these but I thought it would be wiser to apply the 60 bucks toward a guitar of known quality. So I picked up a Squier Bullet on sale.
I got. One.replaced plastic nut,leveled high frets,changed cheap strings,tightened tuners,and screws.now it stays tuned and sounds good.i like it because I'm old with a bad back,and I really like the light weight
That Glarry guitar is light years beyond my first electric guitar, and your was playable right out of the box. The green Glarry I ordered, had a beautiful finish and cold solder joints, a busted tone pot(which I still can't figure out), and broken wiring. I got it playable with a little work. My problem with mine wasn't really much of a problem, but for a beginner it might be a major turn off.
Their not as good as some Fireflys,but their half the price and available,and lighter.they need a lot of the same upgrades and setup to be good instrument that you can enjoy playing.i enjoy working on them,,and making them better guitars,they have potential for sure
You are being too critical. The point is, for the price and then after some modding of the guitar $20 dollars or so, you will have a nice playable lightweight guitar (their strat is the most lightweight left handed guitar I can find).
I ordered one, should arrive today. I wanted a cheap one for a Jimi Hendrix guitar project so I am stringing it upside down for left handed play and using all of his original guitar set up. The only problem I have found is that even light gauge strings are not as light as what he used on the Low E string. Anyone know what brand strings Jimi used? The closest I found as for gauge is Ernie Ball super slinky but the Lowe E is still a few gauges high
I just got the burning fire today for Christmas, im not complaining about it at all, it does have small scratches going up the guitar like its been rubbed up against something, i havent heard how it sounds yet, but theres no buzzing of the frets, im going to change the strings and see if the nut is glued on, ive seen cheaper guitar brands that dont glue them on and they will fall off, but hopefully this will give me an insight of how this might sound
I bought 2 and both are perfect, they stay in tune and sound good. They need set up but all guitars do to the player's taste. I bought a hard shell case for both and I and my niece love ours. I paid 52.99 for both
I bought this last week. It came in and it was just ok. electronics didn't seem to be very distinguishable between the pickups and tones. but mostly, they sent me the wrong one. I ordered the blue with white pickguard, pickups and vol/tone controls. they send me one with black accessories. emailed them back and mentioned it to them they said their people made a mistake. they first said they'd refund me $10 to buy a new pickguard. Well I still needed the white controls and pickups. I sent back a counter offer then an hour later decided I just didn't want the guitar. They replied back they didn't want to cancel the order for a full refund. Their words were " we don't want many second hand products back". So much for their 30 day money back. so now I'm getting a refund and I get to scour the internet for a loaded pickguard and back plate. The neck was a bit thick but i'll sand and steel wool it down a bit. All in all the guitar is ok but their customer service sucks. Guess I'll list it for sale after I change out the pickguard then look for another low priced strat to buy. Not that I need one, I have about 10 others around. LOL
Funny how for every compliment, there just *_HAD_* to be a few trivial and pointless nitpicks just to keep bashing on it and in the end, it was all for nothing cause he (hesitantly) gave it a good overall mark. I mean, it's a budget $60 - $70 beginner guitar _(they even say so on the website)_ - no way it's gonna sound, play or look like a $1000+ guitar. That's like the local rich boy brat getting a brand new, stock, entry level Mustang and complaining that it doesn't perform like a top of the line, current gen Ferrari costing hundreds of thousands more. So many videos like this trying to unfairly bash on Glarry's and other budget instruments, only to finally (and more often than not, hesitantly) give them a good passing grade.
@@LeoMottaLeerdam it's all about skill and knowledge....sure it would be great to have a $4000 guitar...most of us aren't that lucky.....actually my 2 favorite guitars I own are my seagull acoustic that I bought used for $150 and my rogue rocketeer electric that I only paid $80 for used.....i have strats and a nice telecaster but the 2 cheapest ones seem to sound the best and play the best for me personally
Actually, quality can make a huge difference. While what you said has some truth to it, some guitars are just unable to sound good. Sure, there are some guitars that may not sound very good with some people and great with others, most $20 guitars aren't going to sound good even if the best guitar player in the world plays it.
I appreciate this video because his playing sucks to be quite honest. I've seen others make these glarrys sound beautiful. Kind of false advertisement because of their High skill level. Having someone play it with basic Middle School skills gives a better impression of what the new beginner can expect
How is that possible for 64 dollars ? Surely the labour to put it together costs more than that? Or even the wood ? Madness. Seems solid for the money.
My first guitar was a small Japanese no name guitar mini size. And the action was about 2 feet from the neck. The strings were barb wire. That was 40 yrs ago. I have 20 guitars now. Some 58 and 59 les Paul's. And this guitar for the price is a excellent starter
Makes ya wonder why Fender charges so damn much for their guitars. Hell, my 97 American strat wouldn't even stay in tune after just a single use of the whammy bar. Is it just me or does this Glarry sound a bit flat and lacking in tone? For the money it's a no brainer for a beginner guitarist, but I'm wondering if I'd be better off buying a cheap used Squire Strat. Anyone have any opinions between a Squire and a Glarry?
Set up the yamaha professionally, switch pick ups, pots and nut....killer strat. The older Pacificas had alder wood bodies and Canadian rock maple necks and fretboard. Love my "Mexican strat killer"...
I'm a newbie to guitars but am a tinkerer.. I ordered one for $58 with shipping for now.. If the upgrades snowball on me, I'll get something on marketplace one day but I have the ability to do some soldering for upgrading electronics and other fine tuning.
I got one of these. With an amp, I initially thought the amp was fucked because it just had a constant horrendous buzzing and couldn't here anything else with the cable plugged in. But I went to my dad's house and borrowed one of his fancy cables and the buzzing was completely gone and the amp worked perfectly. So yeah that cables are absolutely shite!
I have a Devlin Les Paul style guitar. Those Devlin guitars are phenomenal for an inexpensive guitar. Blows away any Epephone, and some Gibsons I've played.
I have the Davison branded guitar exactly like this. Terrific guitar, money disregarded. 60 years of playing with dozens of gits of all price ranges. The neck is pure gold on mine. I stare at all my guitars while playing this one....go figure....thx
I would consider a $64 guitar a DIY project. As long as the neck and fret work is OK, $20 will buy alnico pickups, the frets can be leveled, truss rod adjusted, body refinished. Look ar that! It's a low cost education in working on guitars.
I'd say this is a great project guitar to learn set-up on. But if I were to get a first guitar for myself or a relative, I'd get a Squier Bullet instead. Yes, they are more expensive, but they're way better than this.
A year ago it was $64 and now it's $76. Next thing you know those best choice guitars from Amazon that cost like $52 will cost $75 after someone reviews them on youtube. Oh well.
11 minutes into the video & he's already said that's staying in tune pretty well. Cheaper guitars are hit & miss though, because their QC varies tremendously.
I actually just got one, so I can't speak to truth yet. It's sitting on my lap waiting for me to change the strings. Oh there was some buzzing on the 1st 2 frets of the low E. I'm hoping string change & adjusting the action will help. 😀
The glarry factory in china is two blocks from where they make Jackson guitars and Ibanez guitars. They just don't add the Jackson or Ibanez stickers on these and saves you $300
Finish flaws don't mean a thing. What do ya expect for $64? I have seen a lot of these reviews before and the first thing is they go after the finish. Man, to me if it has blemishes, or a bump here or there, it gives it character.
anemic pick ups in these things....put a boost pedal on it. I got a 50.00 ebay special last year....same guitars Glarry sells....spent about 30.00 more on it and it's one of my fav's....put hot stack single coil humbucker chinese pickups in it for 6.00 each..had some old grover 305 tuners, a bone nut, blocked off the tremelo. 500k pots. i had an old guild single coil from the 1980's that was noisy....put it in the middle position and put foil down in the cavity....sounds awesome now. It's now a HSH. It actually holds tune and sounds very good in a few positions. I could gig with it. Oh yea....had to level the frets. The frets were leveled horribly. typical of these types. If you want a low action you will be leveling and won't have a lot of meat on the medium frets to get it super level. they will be about .039 high to start. Glue the frets down first. I laugh when I pick it up.....it plays better then a 500.00 guitar. I need to put a good 5 way switch in it....did replace the jack....they put a junk one in it....4.00 for that. Add some steel saddles and boom! As good as most 1000.00 guitars.
Looks like a Fender guitar painted with cheap lead paint from China Good for beginners, just hope they don’t get lead poisoning from it. Sounds like crap, but worth learning on until parents get convinced that the next purchase is an SRV signature Strat. Or can also be used as an El Kabong
I disagree it's a great guitar for modding you can take and put new pickups and pots in there and for still less than you pay for a high-end squire you can have a really nice guitar to jam with
My phone was the one that wrote the word squire not me because I own several and I know what I'm talking about when I talk about modding them as well as the glarry I have a telecaster Glarry which I intend to upgrade
@@jamespollock9403 Cool! Sorry about that, I just see so MANY people spell it 'squire' instead of 'squier' (ie Billy!) Hey yeah, for THAT sort of scratch, you CAN'T even buy a raw body and neck! (Let alone a FINISHED 1!) They ARE built to a budget, but hey, I WISH we had such cheap, PLAYABLE guitars like these what I was a kid! (WOULD have made learning easier that's for sure!)
I can't believe a $64 guitar has finish flaws, good god
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WITH gig bag and strap.
Blemishes give the guitar character! Besides, a $64 guitar won't have much resale value anyway - with or without finish flaws.
@@rookmaster7502 I don’t even know if you could resell it lol
@@sbbeowulf8296 Sure you can. If I saw a guitar like that at a flea market for $20, I would probably buy it.
When i was a teenager this guitar would blow away what i got for 50 bux. Impressive for so cheap. This is the perfect guitar for your kid who is interested but you don't know if it's going to be a just a quick fad for him or her.
My friends kid wants a strat. She doesn't play an instrument at all. This is perfect. You can't complain about anything on this with a $65 price tag. Any complaints can be easily fixed by a person who has a little experience setting up guitars. I'm not talking swapping out pickups, bridges, tuners and nuts... I'm saying simple stuff like smoothing out fret edges, setting action, adjusting neck and intonation. SIMPLE stuff! Any paint issues can be handled by stickers! :)
Great comment
..you are so right. Such a lot depends on what you plug it into
Someone like Joe Satriani would probably make one of these guitars sound fabulous after it had benefitted from a quick set up. Maybe they should 'challenge' him to do just that...Joe plays a cheap guitar straight out of the box.
I would watch that.
I just unboxed the Glarry version of the Ibanez RG series. It was practically Good2Go out of the box. I gotta say I'm impressed, and I have 7 really nice guitars!
Some of these comments make me wonder about peoples' perspective... "Gosh, you paid less for this whole guitar than you can get a DIY kit... Why isn't it perfect?!" "My Squier that costs like 7x more sounds and plays better than this..." Umm... DUH! I should hope so!
How about if you pay less than a DIY kit, expect it to kind of be like a DIY kit. LOL
I would never expect one of these to be perfect, just that they did the painting and soldering for me in advance. ;) Anything beyond that, and I'm a happy camper for this kind of price. I've actually been wanting one of these to learn luthier work on. Can't get a body and a neck for this cheap anywhere else that I've found. The fact that it plays at all from the get go is just a bonus. :)
I think for 64 bucks it shouldnt be about the finish of the guitar, its targeted towards beginners, I would be most worried about how the action feels, function or the electronics, and staying in tune, is the neck straight? by action I also mean how the strings feel, are they stiff cheese cutters or soft silk. and if they are stiff, does a string change alter that feel enough to be comfortable. 64 dollars is way cheaper than you are going to find a good used one at a music shop or pawn shop.
I bought the Glarry Tele out of curiosity.
£56 shipped.
Good:
Amazingly stable tuning.
Really sustains well.
Very light.
Pick ups sound good.
Not so good:
High E string slips off edge of fretboard sometimes.
Had one high fret (banged it back down).
Overall...7/10.
Not as good as a Squier in terms of fit and finish, but it definitely sounds better.
I bought one a year ago. Love it. I'm a retired player and it's good enough for a backup. Excellent student guitar. If we we lucky we got a Global in my day. Just listen.
Whats better than a cheap guitar that will stay in tune for the newer player. Half the battle to get started is to have a guitar that will stay in tune so you can learn without the constant issue of being out of tune. Good for Glarry for making this so.
I bought one of these and changed the saddles on it and adjusted the truss rod. It plays great! I love it!
Great Demo. I just purchased one a week ago. Total with tax around $70. Now I need to learn how to play it. It looked too nice to pass up for the price.
Great blue color, especially with the maple neck ! I wish Fender, etc. made more shades of blue similar to this. Really looks great.
This is the perfect guitar for anybody with children who show a musical interest and would like to try to learn guitar. A lot cheaper than the piano I bought my daughter. For me, it is a great platform for checking out how accurate the build is,practicing fretwork, changing out electronics, vacuum forming veneers and refinishing. I can also give the guitar away to someone who can't afford even a $100 guitar.
I bought a bootleg strat for 75 dollars and I love it. It sounds 100 times better then my Mexican strat .
I just bought 2 Glarry guitars (Telly & Strat) both fantastic. The Strat is a kit with a really good body (Mahogany). They were $89 each. I got lucky with mine.
I’m just looking for a lightweight body for a parts caster. I don’t care about the rest. If Fender parts fit on it would be great.
I'll be buying one in a little under 2 weeks and I CANT WAIT!
it'll be my first guitar that I bought myself and the guitar I will learn on
I'm getting the red strat with a white pickguard
Enjoy, now you can invite Josh Smith to come over and play it.
It will sound like a signature Strat when he’ll play it.
How was it?
I bought the blue one, I have new strings to put on and hopefully it will sound decent. I used to have a couple of Washburns but sold them years ago. I'm trying to see if I can get back to playing for fun again.
Glarry just throwing guitars to anybody with a youtube channel!!!
Rand al'Thor right? Lol i was tempted to contact them for a freebie and do a vid just to get a free guitar to beat on. I mean they're pretty junky but i like junky guitars lol
I don't believe that. A guitar costs a certain amount of money. You completely ignore the influence of the RUclips channel owner.
@@wendyfeng4284 what is it like working for Glarry? Is the pay good?
@@Rand_al_Thor372 You can try to ask Glarry for a free guitar. We will wait for your news. I also want a free one.
I wrote them an email ...No response but, I'm really not sure I hit the right site. Hahaha. It may have been Irin site? Anyway I'm still a nobody and I suppose they saw my channel and laughed at me. Hahah
Well it appears to stay in tune better than a $3,000 Gibson Les Paul!!! I'll bet the headstock will not break like a Gibson.
It has a 60s sound and I don’t mean dollars
Hi Kennis, really dig your videos Man. Through the RUclips video I'm watching it on my TV it really sounds good coming through the TV speakers. I'm getting ready to buy some new humbuckers for my Les Paul and they're going to cost about four times what you paid for that entire guitar hahaha. I just went to their site and I noticed they charge about $16 more for the tele version I want to tell you version I already have a strat a real Fender Strat. I wanted to ask you is that a little Vox Pathfinder amp behind you? I bought one of those back in the 90s brand new such an awesome little practice amp. I noticed they're going pretty hefty bucks even being used on eBay. I'm an older guy I'm 60 years old and when I was a kid there was no way you could find a nice playable guitar for 64 bucks. It's good that you're trying these out because a lot of kids like me when I was a kid could benefit from this. Keep on rocking man!
Seems like a great beginner guitar...way better than what I started out with!👍😎🎸🎶
Tell me about it, i had an Oscar Shmidt x10 lookalike.
@@mgg4142 my first electric isn't even worth mentioning, it was so bad!👍😎🎸🎶
My first half way decent electric was a Watkins Rapier 33, a mildly awful guitar which is now considered highly collectable. Oh, also a Teisco which now sells for $500 plus on Reverb. Go figure....
@@Peasmouldia yep...some of the cheap old ones aren't too cheap anymore. I have an old Teisco too.👍😎🎸🎶
Mine was a Stargazer strat. I learned how to solder on that pos
For the scuff marks on the blue areas just use Automotive Polishing Compound and it will buff that right out.
I don’t give a damn about scratches, what matters is when I’m dead and gone there’s a mark that says I was here and I rock’d that fother mucker! Those finger prints and paint is part of its story and time. Let it roll brother...
The red and black ones are only $56.99 US with free shipping. I have another Glarry with a much different body shape that was around the same price, but I really need to buy a fret file, it does more shredding than I can.
@Damaged262 are the Glarry bodies full thicknes? being 1 3/4" or are they like the Squier's at 1 1/2? thick..Thanx in advance...
@@acmebrandinc Mine was a pretty standard thickness of just over 1.5 inches. It's not a Warlock shaped body, but something similar. It sure won't stand up in a standard guitar stand. It's around $65 USD but a small body, still, no neck dive. While my $1549,00 Gibson wants to throw it's neck at the floor, go figure! Love those 2 pound E-tuners! 2016 was not the year to buy my first Gibson SGHP I guess.
@@Damaged262 Thanx 4 taking the time to write back!
@@acmebrandinc No prob at all. I'd bought it a few years ago and can't find the eBay link or I'd have sent it, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. I bought a Maestro by Gibson for my as yet at that point, unborn Granddaughter, but I like the SG shape, so I screwed her over, lol and took the Maestro, replacing it with the Garry. The joke will be on me in the long run, she'll score all my gear when I get turkey'd in a gas oven. I sure hopes she takes to the guitar, she'll be getting a whole stable, a fair sized pedal board and all my amps :-) But man, the Glarry didn't need nearly the gear changes that the Maestro "BY GIBSON" needed! What shyte hardware and pups! The worst tuners I've ever had the misfortune to have used! I've played Floyd Rose old school guitars that kept better tune that one did. I got the kit and I was afraid to try the 10 watt amp for fear of killing it day 1. New pots, tuners and pups, it plays okay now. So, it only took $400 to turn a $100 guitar into something playable. I should have just bought the $400 to $500 Epiphone. But, then again, I wouldn't have gotten that killer small amp!
I wanted a Stratocaster guitar, but wanted to go cheap. I ordered this same guitar. Had dead notes on the D19, and G19 strings. The frets were uneven, no setup adjustments fixed it. The fretboard and neck were not finished. Donated it to Goodwill and bought a real Fender.
If you expect frets to be leveled, polished and rounded for $65 your expectations are waaaay off
@@madferret2045 Those guitars are for people who know what they are doing modding wise.65 dollars is a great deal even if you got the guitar without....the electronics or some other hardware missing.
I got a similarly priced one...a Vision guitar from ebay...yanked the frets out and put super jumbo ss fretwire(way better than a "real" fender) ,rolled the board, cut an aluminum nut for it...replaced the tuners,hardtailed the bridge and rewired the whole thing along with new dimarzio area pickups for neck and bridge.Now the guitar costs around 300 and can give a real fender thats into the thousands...a run for its money(not to mention playability wise because of the ss frets its actually better).
I got the same guitar and I had no issue with dead notes and the frets were even
If you could afford to buy a Strat you should've bought a Squire. These instruments are for children or people who cannot afford anything better. Guitar snobs ruin these comment sections.
Sorry, you got ripped off.you don't know how to.set one up....I got mine singing after a few adjustments and 10 dollar hot rail pickup. For $60 a body and a neck is a damn good deal
It sounds good these new cheap guitars are .surprisingly well done .i have a mono price and a iyv iv been gigging with
I have 3 yellow pickup covers. I was thinking of getting the Yellow GST and putting them on there. Do you think they'd fit? Or would the pickguard need to be trimmed?
The reviewer's complaining about some black marks on the finish...it's mega cheap!, so it's no big deal. Use some car paint product such as 'T Cut'.
Overall the guitar sounds a bit thin and trebly. Yep I'd soon get annoyed with its sound. But great value for a beginner.
I agree with another post, that it would be better to offer a non trem version, then you could concentrate on getting it set-up better.
They sell good upgrade kits for the pickups if you want. Still a good investment
He isn’t complaining it’s an observation. You are seeing things from your negative point of view. Take of your hate goggles.
@@bluwng where can you buy Hate Goggles?, they sound like just the thing for today's mixed up crazy world. Ha ha
I got one, different color. Maple Neck . U gotta change the strings an do a little sanding on the plastic nut. I'd upgrade that asap tbh. An loosen the string trees a bit If you have a tight/lose tuners id look for a upgrade.You can try to tighten them or loosen them up. And if u are like me the pickups are weak. I found a musicily hot rails SSS 9k pre wired from China for 28 bucks.
Sounds pretty damn good to me, tight out of the box. I'm gonna order a couple of them for alt tunings and just set them up and leave them. Be pretty awesome to do a show and be able to swap out half a dozen different guitars . My vote, after this and other reviews is a deff Yes for the Glarry!
Nice vid. I bought one ,and with a little setup and new strings it plays surprising well. It's not my Fender or my Martin but it did not cost me $1000.00 either.
Learning to play in the 50s it's better than any guitar I had back then strings 3 in off the neck I would have been happy to have that guitar. What amazes me is how they can make a guitar that cheap and make a profit. They must sell an incredible volume of guitars
I could see past the roughness...they sound alright tbf...and nice colours, this isn't bad...few tweaks and it's perfect.
I have the yellow one with the F-style headstock. Paint is great on mine. I shimmed the neck, blacked out the hardware with inexpensive parts I had from other projects...I LOVE to play this thing, because it's light, and who cares if it's in the beating sun!? I would gig with it after a few mods.
Buy cheap, play cheap! At least it's a start.
@@poodlenme Hahaha...what do I know, I'm just a silly rabbit! 🐰🎸🎶
I was tempted to get one of these but I thought it would be wiser to apply the 60 bucks toward a guitar of known quality. So I picked up a Squier Bullet on sale.
Good call. Love my HT Squier Indonesian Bullet.
Hahahaha Me too. Got a tele. Surf green bullet FSR. I posted a few vids about my thoughts and its tones. It's amazing for 119!
Can’t go wrong with a Bullet. I gig a stock Bullet Strat regularly. I love how it plays and sounds.
@@erictoniaschwab1009 that's awesome!
I got. One.replaced plastic nut,leveled high frets,changed cheap strings,tightened tuners,and screws.now it stays tuned and sounds good.i like it because I'm old with a bad back,and I really like the light weight
That Glarry guitar is light years beyond my first electric guitar, and your was playable right out of the box. The green Glarry I ordered, had a beautiful finish and cold solder joints, a busted tone pot(which I still can't figure out), and broken wiring. I got it playable with a little work.
My problem with mine wasn't really much of a problem, but for a beginner it might be a major turn off.
Their not as good as some Fireflys,but their half the price and available,and lighter.they need a lot of the same upgrades and setup to be good instrument that you can enjoy playing.i enjoy working on them,,and making them better guitars,they have potential for sure
Anyone know if the neck pocket on the Glarry strat's are standard Fender size? Thinking about putting a squier neck on a Glarry body.
I paid £25 for a strat copy in 1979
That was half a weeks wages, and it was second hand!
You are being too critical. The point is, for the price and then after some modding of the guitar $20 dollars or so, you will have a nice playable lightweight guitar (their strat is the most lightweight left handed guitar I can find).
Just adding new tuners alone can REALLY help. Making the nut slick is a no-brainer.
I ordered one, should arrive today. I wanted a cheap one for a Jimi Hendrix guitar project so I am stringing it upside down for left handed play and using all of his original guitar set up. The only problem I have found is that even light gauge strings are not as light as what he used on the Low E string. Anyone know what brand strings Jimi used? The closest I found as for gauge is Ernie Ball super slinky but the Lowe E is still a few gauges high
They used banjo strings back in the day when g strings were wound.
then again why did You order it?
How’d you mic this video? That’s not a Royer, is it?
I just got the burning fire today for Christmas, im not complaining about it at all, it does have small scratches going up the guitar like its been rubbed up against something, i havent heard how it sounds yet, but theres no buzzing of the frets, im going to change the strings and see if the nut is glued on, ive seen cheaper guitar brands that dont glue them on and they will fall off, but hopefully this will give me an insight of how this might sound
I picked one up today for $56, just want a backup for if my guitar messes up or someone else wants to jam
I bought 2 and both are perfect, they stay in tune and sound good.
They need set up but all guitars do to the player's taste.
I bought a hard shell case for both and I and my niece love ours.
I paid 52.99 for both
I bought this last week. It came in and it was just ok. electronics didn't seem to be very distinguishable between the pickups and tones. but mostly, they sent me the wrong one. I ordered the blue with white pickguard, pickups and vol/tone controls. they send me one with black accessories. emailed them back and mentioned it to them they said their people made a mistake. they first said they'd refund me $10 to buy a new pickguard. Well I still needed the white controls and pickups. I sent back a counter offer then an hour later decided I just didn't want the guitar. They replied back they didn't want to cancel the order for a full refund. Their words were " we don't want many second hand products back". So much for their 30 day money back. so now I'm getting a refund and I get to scour the internet for a loaded pickguard and back plate. The neck was a bit thick but i'll sand and steel wool it down a bit. All in all the guitar is ok but their customer service sucks. Guess I'll list it for sale after I change out the pickguard then look for another low priced strat to buy. Not that I need one, I have about 10 others around. LOL
Thanks for the great review!
Dang...makes me appreciate my Bullet Strat lol.
Exactly
Lmao
Funny how for every compliment, there just *_HAD_* to be a few trivial and pointless nitpicks just to keep bashing on it and in the end, it was all for nothing cause he (hesitantly) gave it a good overall mark. I mean, it's a budget $60 - $70 beginner guitar _(they even say so on the website)_ - no way it's gonna sound, play or look like a $1000+ guitar. That's like the local rich boy brat getting a brand new, stock, entry level Mustang and complaining that it doesn't perform like a top of the line, current gen Ferrari costing hundreds of thousands more. So many videos like this trying to unfairly bash on Glarry's and other budget instruments, only to finally (and more often than not, hesitantly) give them a good passing grade.
magna electric guitar is usd 33 from the shop..
Great guitarists can make a $20 guitar sound good....skill is everything.
i have seen another youtubers doing great stuff with that guitar, they can make it sounds great !
@@LeoMottaLeerdam it's all about skill and knowledge....sure it would be great to have a $4000 guitar...most of us aren't that lucky.....actually my 2 favorite guitars I own are my seagull acoustic that I bought used for $150 and my rogue rocketeer electric that I only paid $80 for used.....i have strats and a nice telecaster but the 2 cheapest ones seem to sound the best and play the best for me personally
Scrip bip in bippity... hibbity hobbity hoobity
Actually, quality can make a huge difference. While what you said has some truth to it, some guitars are just unable to sound good. Sure, there are some guitars that may not sound very good with some people and great with others, most $20 guitars aren't going to sound good even if the best guitar player in the world plays it.
I appreciate this video because his playing sucks to be quite honest. I've seen others make these glarrys sound beautiful. Kind of false advertisement because of their High skill level. Having someone play it with basic Middle School skills gives a better impression of what the new beginner can expect
How is that possible for 64 dollars ? Surely the labour to put it together costs more than that? Or even the wood ? Madness. Seems solid for the money.
labor is cheap if you use children/prisoner/slave workers.
My first guitar was a small Japanese no name guitar mini size. And the action was about 2 feet from the neck. The strings were barb wire. That was 40 yrs ago. I have 20 guitars now. Some 58 and 59 les Paul's. And this guitar for the price is a excellent starter
jdez10 “some 58 and 59 Les Pauls” you say? Hmmm; I think either your nose is growing or your pants are on fire!
@@allthings1150 you keep dreaming Because I'm not. Sorry for you.lol
Dude...I've seen 2 NEW squiers at at GC that were worse. The red sparkle telecaster. The "clear" coat was actually white in a couple of places.
sound not bad! standard Nako sound!especially neck+middle position and middle+bridge position!
Makes ya wonder why Fender charges so damn much for their guitars. Hell, my 97 American strat wouldn't even stay in tune after just a single use of the whammy bar. Is it just me or does this Glarry sound a bit flat and lacking in tone? For the money it's a no brainer for a beginner guitarist, but I'm wondering if I'd be better off buying a cheap used Squire Strat. Anyone have any opinions between a Squire and a Glarry?
65 bucks hell yeah that's a good deal I've spent more than that one night in the bar
No bed guitar. What is a microphone for recording?
Can’t decide whether I want to keep my shitty black 1990 Yamaha eg112 strat ( in pretty poor condition) or buy a cheap glarry strat...not sure
Set up the yamaha professionally, switch pick ups, pots and nut....killer strat. The older Pacificas had alder wood bodies and Canadian rock maple necks and fretboard. Love my "Mexican strat killer"...
Just change the pickups and the tuning machines and you're set
You are a very skilled player!
Definitely a guitar-shaped object.
I'm a newbie to guitars but am a tinkerer.. I ordered one for $58 with shipping for now.. If the upgrades snowball on me, I'll get something on marketplace one day but I have the ability to do some soldering for upgrading electronics and other fine tuning.
I got one of these. With an amp, I initially thought the amp was fucked because it just had a constant horrendous buzzing and couldn't here anything else with the cable plugged in. But I went to my dad's house and borrowed one of his fancy cables and the buzzing was completely gone and the amp worked perfectly. So yeah that cables are absolutely shite!
It’s the type of guitar you play the life out of and don’t really care what happens to it
Hey I own one of those
Very nice review. Thanks
I have a Devlin Les Paul style guitar. Those Devlin guitars are phenomenal for an inexpensive guitar. Blows away any Epephone, and some Gibsons I've played.
You're high, you obviously don't play
@@ochomarvo7189 Im sure i play WAY better than you! Lmao...
Is there copper in the pickups at that price?
I dont think you can make a pickup without it.
I have the Davison branded guitar exactly like this. Terrific guitar, money disregarded. 60 years of playing with dozens of gits of all price ranges. The neck is pure gold on mine. I stare at all my guitars while playing this one....go figure....thx
I personally wouldn't waste my money.but for a beginner yeah.
Me either, just a bit TOO cheap!
Fabulous colour I want an orange one
does anyone know hwat the resale value of this guitar would be
It's a super cheap guitar, you'd probably find something similar at a garage sale for £20
Of course any guitar needs a minimal build quality. The real sound comes from who's playing it. Sound comes from the hands...not the guitar...
Science would argue to a degree. If the pickups, strings and overall tuning systems suck, then you can only blame the hands so much.
@@AllThingmac A talented guitarist can make any guitar sound good. Only guitar NERDS would give feedback on things nobody else would ever hear. 🤓
I would consider a $64 guitar a DIY project. As long as the neck and fret work is OK, $20 will buy alnico pickups, the frets can be leveled, truss rod adjusted, body refinished. Look ar that! It's a low cost education in working on guitars.
I have seen the same tune issue with brand name guitars
I'd say this is a great project guitar to learn set-up on. But if I were to get a first guitar for myself or a relative, I'd get a Squier Bullet instead. Yes, they are more expensive, but they're way better than this.
Screw that go buy a Kramer Baretta special they blow us Squire out of the squire is not even in the same league as a Kramer Baretta special
A year ago it was $64 and now it's $76. Next thing you know those best choice guitars from Amazon that cost like $52 will cost $75 after someone reviews them on youtube. Oh well.
Send it back !!!!!!! They will take it back and send you a new one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How well does it stay in tune
If those tuners are anything like the ones on my son’s Glarry six-string banjo, not very well at all. They’re clunky as all fudge.
11 minutes into the video & he's already said that's staying in tune pretty well. Cheaper guitars are hit & miss though, because their QC varies tremendously.
@@LoPet6225 yeah I’ve experienced that, someone I know has a Glarry, that stays in tune well but it’s a bass so I wasn’t sure
@@LoPet6225 thanks
I actually just got one, so I can't speak to truth yet. It's sitting on my lap waiting for me to change the strings. Oh there was some buzzing on the 1st 2 frets of the low E. I'm hoping string change & adjusting the action will help. 😀
Yeah I think I'll save my 60 bucks
is that a kramer duck beak headstock?
Anybody got any good cheap amp recommendations for beginners?
The glarry factory in china is two blocks from where they make Jackson guitars and Ibanez guitars. They just don't add the Jackson or Ibanez stickers on these and saves you $300
I say YES!
Spend some time on the finer details and I reckon she will play tops!
Nothing like having a good practice guitar, you can make it playable with your expertise!!!!
Really, we’re gonna be critical of a $64 guitar?
James Hartwell well yes, would you pay $64 for a lump of excrement ?
Finish flaws don't mean a thing. What do ya expect for $64? I have seen a lot of these reviews before and the first thing is they go after the finish. Man, to me if it has blemishes, or a bump here or there, it gives it character.
How are people get these for 64 bucks
have you reviewed any Harley Bentons ? Get a HB and you wont look back.
anemic pick ups in these things....put a boost pedal on it. I got a 50.00 ebay special last year....same guitars Glarry sells....spent about 30.00 more on it and it's one of my fav's....put hot stack single coil humbucker chinese pickups in it for 6.00 each..had some old grover 305 tuners, a bone nut, blocked off the tremelo. 500k pots. i had an old guild single coil from the 1980's that was noisy....put it in the middle position and put foil down in the cavity....sounds awesome now. It's now a HSH.
It actually holds tune and sounds very good in a few positions. I could gig with it. Oh yea....had to level the frets. The frets were leveled horribly. typical of these types. If you want a low action you will be leveling and won't have a lot of meat on the medium frets to get it super level. they will be about .039 high to start. Glue the frets down first.
I laugh when I pick it up.....it plays better then a 500.00 guitar. I need to put a good 5 way switch in it....did replace the jack....they put a junk one in it....4.00 for that. Add some steel saddles and boom! As good as most 1000.00 guitars.
To me all guitars sound the same lol it’s up to the player who plays and the soul
Here's a review of the Glarry Telecaster as well... ruclips.net/video/crRobd31A90/видео.html
Why does a $64 guitar have more frets than my $230 squier?
Looks like a Fender guitar painted with cheap lead paint from China
Good for beginners, just hope they don’t get lead poisoning from it.
Sounds like crap, but worth learning on until parents get convinced that the next purchase is
an SRV signature Strat. Or can also be used as an El Kabong
Sounds ok. A bit too cheap really, but for a beginner if set up well would be ok. Glarry is disadvantaged in that its range is very limited.
I disagree it's a great guitar for modding you can take and put new pickups and pots in there and for still less than you pay for a high-end squire you can have a really nice guitar to jam with
@@jamespollock9403 Squier.
My phone was the one that wrote the word squire not me because I own several and I know what I'm talking about when I talk about modding them as well as the glarry I have a telecaster Glarry which I intend to upgrade
@@jamespollock9403 Cool! Sorry about that, I just see so MANY people spell it 'squire' instead of 'squier' (ie Billy!)
Hey yeah, for THAT sort of scratch, you CAN'T even buy a raw body and neck! (Let alone a FINISHED 1!)
They ARE built to a budget, but hey, I WISH we had such cheap, PLAYABLE guitars like these what I was a kid! (WOULD have made learning easier that's for sure!)
Stays better in tune than my fender player, also less fret buzz. And no I’m not a newby, they r just.. well...
Thanks, Kennis. I just ordered one to capture the Strat tone.
I just bought a $100 Ibanez GRX20-JB dark blue. It plays and sounds better than the model 100