I have a Glarry ST Green body actually very pretty looking. I bought it to mod it. I changed the neck to a roasted flame maple with Gyker tuners. changed the pickguard with full size pots added Scarred pickups (S/S/S) linned the cavities and installed a Gyker tremelo (had to carve out the box to accept the big brass weight). Didario 10 gauge strings to end it. This Glarry throws out the sound !!! I want to mod a Teli next,,, total investment about $380,, worth every penny.
Honest review. Good job. Got a yeller Garry GTL delivered earlier this week. eBay vendor purchase. I paid $68.40 out the door - delivered! Pluses: Beautiful gloss finish. Nice chrome. I have not thoroughly checked it, but my quick inspection- Maple Fingerboard nice, but needs to be cleaned of a film of sorts. Frets appear to be level. Neck level. Action OK, not high or low. (I have TEMU Luthier tools enroute -when I receive them, I will do a more exact inspection of neck, frets and action.) One suspicious thing about my Garry GTL: The vendor may have sent me a returned guitar. The pick guard did not have a protective plastic attached (I don't believe) and there appears to be pick scuffing. Also, the strings are super shiny at the frets, indicating they have been played. The strings are not good, I have new strings which should arrive with my TEMU Luthier kit. Electronic control switches looked good and work well. I remember when I was fourteen years old (5 decades ago) buying my first Sears no-name budget electric guitar. I ended up hating that strat "wanna-be Strat". it had very high action and I suffered playing it. Had no idea what a truss was 50 years ago-By comparison, this GTL is a dream guitar, the irony is I paid about the same price for the piece of junk from Sears Roebuck 50 years ago. Factor in 50 years of inflation, it's even cheaper. The Garry is a nice, cheap, but well-constructed guitar that can be upgraded. By the way. tomorrow I remove strings. (recycled), clean the fingerboard, and polish the frets. I am happy with the GTL.
I got mine for 89.00 , 92.00 DELIVERED! The only upgrade I did was to the nut . Lucky I’ve learned a few setup skills. I own many guitars mostly around a Thousand dollars . My Glarry is always on a stand , ready to go .
Mine needed fret leveling and neck tilt shims. The bridge adjustment screws were machined undersized. I replaced the bridge, did the fretwork and replaced the nut and string trees. The pickups are ok but wired out of phase so both can't be used together without that quack sound. They retured some of my money. Its ok now but honesty be ready to do so work..im not trashing the guitar, but it's not for the novice. I have over 50 years with guitars and repairs.
Not bad at all fpr the money .I have a couple of Tele s a Harley Benton TE 20 hh BK which cost me £88 and a Jet JT 350 that cost £300 but is better built than a Fender imho with amazing specs.Not sure if Jet Guitars are in the States yet but look out for them the necks are something else
I don't think a Glarry works as a beginner guitar unless you have someone experienced with doing guitar setups who is willing do it for free. Mine (a HH Strat) came with ridiculously low action and a ton of fret buzz on some strings. It was virtually unplayable without a setup. The tuners are what you paid for - a little rough, but tighten them up and get the factory strings off and I found the tuning stability was at least acceptable. I've never even tried the tremolo though. I'd block or deck it - or choose a Tele for the fixed bridge. It seems there are almost certainly going to be issues to navigate, so if you don't know someone who can give you a free setup, I'd suggest a better entry level guitar rather than paying an additional $60+ for a setup on a $80 Glarry. It works better for those who have the know-how as a mod platform, but I wish Glarry would lean into that more. I really don't need the dust cover, strap and cable, much less the amp some of them come with. I actually wish I could just buy a kit that only has a finished neck and body - without even pickguard holes drilled. The bridge routing could be a little more generous to fit bigger bridge blocks. Then I can go buy all the hardware and electronics I want without the stuff I'd just end up replacing anyway. Glarry can put some of their cost savings into a better finish and quality control, because regardless of whatever you're willing to put into it, blemishes and fit issues hurt the case for making this a mod platform. Yes, it's *very* affordable, but a finished neck and body are what I'm actually buying and if there are persistent issues there, it's maybe not wise money at any price. As is, I think the best use for a Glarry is for learning to mod and particularly doing things like practicing fret leveling / dressing. There were some high frets on mine, but the ends were actually pretty good out of the box. It was very noisy prior to disassembly (even being a HH model). I don't know how far I would have had to go down the shielding / re-wiring / component replacement road to sort that out, but in my case, it was all going to be gutted anyway. There are some cosmetic dings - a small chip on the corner of the neck between the fretboard and the body. The cut for the selector switch is messy (in the future, I'd probably steer clear of models without a pickguard or plate.) There are chips, dings and impressions under the pickup mounting rings, knobs and bridge that won't ever show, but it's enough to make me wonder how the finish will hold up over time. We'll see.
Nice job man !!!! When I started playing $300-400$ got you a plywood body with a horrid neck, crappy frets, junk hardware and the most microphonic pickups ever invented…. Just flat unplayable junk…. Now for $100-200 you can get a great guitar that stays in tune and plays well. Thank you for pointing these facts out to people..
I have one coming soon, I bought it for $59 plus $19.99 shipping, it was a cyber deal I could not resist. The body alone is worth that. I work on guitars an will set it up to be a awesome playing guitar.
I have a Glarry ST
Green body actually very pretty looking. I bought it to mod it. I changed the neck to a roasted flame maple with Gyker tuners.
changed the pickguard with full size pots added Scarred pickups (S/S/S) linned the cavities and installed a Gyker tremelo (had to carve out the box to accept the big brass weight). Didario 10 gauge strings to end it. This Glarry throws out the sound !!!
I want to mod a Teli next,,, total investment about $380,, worth every penny.
Honest review. Good job. Got a yeller Garry GTL delivered earlier this week. eBay vendor purchase. I paid $68.40 out the door - delivered! Pluses: Beautiful gloss finish. Nice chrome. I have not thoroughly checked it, but my quick inspection- Maple Fingerboard nice, but needs to be cleaned of a film of sorts. Frets appear to be level. Neck level. Action OK, not high or low. (I have TEMU Luthier tools enroute -when I receive them, I will do a more exact inspection of neck, frets and action.) One suspicious thing about my Garry GTL: The vendor may have sent me a returned guitar. The pick guard did not have a protective plastic attached (I don't believe) and there appears to be pick scuffing. Also, the strings are super shiny at the frets, indicating they have been played. The strings are not good, I have new strings which should arrive with my TEMU Luthier kit. Electronic control switches looked good and work well. I remember when I was fourteen years old (5 decades ago) buying my first Sears no-name budget electric guitar. I ended up hating that strat "wanna-be Strat". it had very high action and I suffered playing it. Had no idea what a truss was 50 years ago-By comparison, this GTL is a dream guitar, the irony is I paid about the same price for the piece of junk from Sears Roebuck 50 years ago. Factor in 50 years of inflation, it's even cheaper. The Garry is a nice, cheap, but well-constructed guitar that can be upgraded. By the way. tomorrow I remove strings. (recycled), clean the fingerboard, and polish the frets. I am happy with the GTL.
I got mine for 89.00 , 92.00 DELIVERED! The only upgrade I did was to the nut . Lucky I’ve learned a few setup skills. I own many guitars mostly around a Thousand dollars . My Glarry is always on a stand , ready to go .
I got a glarry translucent green strat. Just changed strings and adjusted a bit. A very playable guitar. Worth evert penny.
Mine needed fret leveling and neck tilt shims. The bridge adjustment screws were machined undersized. I replaced the bridge, did the fretwork and replaced the nut and string trees. The pickups are ok but wired out of phase so both can't be used together without that quack sound. They retured some of my money. Its ok now but honesty be ready to do so work..im not trashing the guitar, but it's not for the novice. I have over 50 years with guitars and repairs.
I don't think I'd worry about the pick ups .When I've heard ppl playing one they sound fine
Not bad at all fpr the money .I have a couple of Tele s a Harley Benton TE 20 hh BK which cost me £88 and a Jet JT 350 that cost £300 but is better built than a Fender imho with amazing specs.Not sure if Jet Guitars are in the States yet but look out for them the necks are something else
I don't think a Glarry works as a beginner guitar unless you have someone experienced with doing guitar setups who is willing do it for free. Mine (a HH Strat) came with ridiculously low action and a ton of fret buzz on some strings. It was virtually unplayable without a setup. The tuners are what you paid for - a little rough, but tighten them up and get the factory strings off and I found the tuning stability was at least acceptable. I've never even tried the tremolo though. I'd block or deck it - or choose a Tele for the fixed bridge. It seems there are almost certainly going to be issues to navigate, so if you don't know someone who can give you a free setup, I'd suggest a better entry level guitar rather than paying an additional $60+ for a setup on a $80 Glarry.
It works better for those who have the know-how as a mod platform, but I wish Glarry would lean into that more. I really don't need the dust cover, strap and cable, much less the amp some of them come with. I actually wish I could just buy a kit that only has a finished neck and body - without even pickguard holes drilled. The bridge routing could be a little more generous to fit bigger bridge blocks. Then I can go buy all the hardware and electronics I want without the stuff I'd just end up replacing anyway. Glarry can put some of their cost savings into a better finish and quality control, because regardless of whatever you're willing to put into it, blemishes and fit issues hurt the case for making this a mod platform. Yes, it's *very* affordable, but a finished neck and body are what I'm actually buying and if there are persistent issues there, it's maybe not wise money at any price.
As is, I think the best use for a Glarry is for learning to mod and particularly doing things like practicing fret leveling / dressing. There were some high frets on mine, but the ends were actually pretty good out of the box. It was very noisy prior to disassembly (even being a HH model). I don't know how far I would have had to go down the shielding / re-wiring / component replacement road to sort that out, but in my case, it was all going to be gutted anyway. There are some cosmetic dings - a small chip on the corner of the neck between the fretboard and the body. The cut for the selector switch is messy (in the future, I'd probably steer clear of models without a pickguard or plate.) There are chips, dings and impressions under the pickup mounting rings, knobs and bridge that won't ever show, but it's enough to make me wonder how the finish will hold up over time. We'll see.
Nice job man !!!! When I started playing $300-400$ got you a plywood body with a horrid neck, crappy frets, junk hardware and the most microphonic pickups ever invented…. Just flat unplayable junk…. Now for $100-200 you can get a great guitar that stays in tune and plays well. Thank you for pointing these facts out to people..
I have one coming soon, I bought it for $59 plus $19.99 shipping, it was a cyber deal I could not resist. The body alone is worth that. I work on guitars an will set it up to be a awesome playing guitar.
I’ve goth the thin line glarry
A little work and it plays better sounds better
Looks good and not a $1000 guitar…… but I am very happy with I it
Is shielding cavity really necessary? I saw some RUclips videos that showed shielding didn't really help and useful.
Your 💯 right
He can take the saved money and get a decent shirt...
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