I Bought the cheapest Stratocaster from Amazon!! TOTAL STUD OR TOTAL DUD? YOU BE THE JUDGE!!
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So we’ve been going on and on about cheap guitars.
In the last couple that I’ve demoed It's been hit and miss.
I think I may have been duped on one of them. It was just too good.
So I took it upon myself to find the cheapest guitar I could from
Leo Jaymz on Amazon and open it in the box straight from the truck
to your eyes. I hate to say it, but I’m not getting the same vibes other
RUclipsrs give out.
Please put all your suggestions for any cheap guitars. You would like
me to try in the comments. Keep it under 300 bucks because we already
know we can build a better guitar for $300 than Fender can make.
Bwahahaha
All right I really appreciate you watching and if you have to have this guitar
I see now it only comes in a bundle but here’s a link!!
amzn.to/3Nu6JQs
Lol, them saddles look as level as a Crack smokers teeth lol 😆
Instill dont understand why more people dont just pickup these $50 to $75 squire strats that are floating around everywhere and put another $50 to $100 into them and wind up with a certified killer guitar.
For a student guitar player, Yamaha Pacifica. I swear by them. EART and Firefly are good budget options but be prepared to do a little bit of setup on those. I wouldn't spend less than 300$ on something decent for a student. It needs to be exciting enough to play to keep them interested. Hell even as a 40+ year music veteran, I still live by that rule.
I have the Yamaha 112j. I put alnicos in it, and it is great. I did order it online so it did have fret sprouts. But when you order anything that's coming from a warehouse it usually does.
When I started to play guitar my father took me to the music shop and told me to get a cheap guitar out of the used bargain bin rack. The one of FL200 guilders at the time. Which was like $100 to $150 in 80's dollars I think. He figured if he quits on it that way he wouldn't lose much money on it. Oddly enough he figured I should get a good guitar amp, so he got me a Fender Twin Reverb for like FL1200 used. A silverface with orange JBL speakers in it. The reason being it would hold its value. Which also became the bane of my then existence as its HEAVY AS F***! Whoever designed it must have hauled ammunition in the mountains of Italy during WW2 or something, thus developing biceps of steel or something. The guitar, a Japanese Les Paul clone, I lost pretty soon, ironically it ended up back for the same price in that budget rack in the same store. But I still have the amp and it has given me a lifetime lust for Fender cleans in my clean sound.
Congrats on all your channel subs Shawn I really love what your doing with the channel.
You are spittin' truth Brother. I have a guitar and drum tech business. You cannot get a guitar that doesn't need tech work, for less than $350. The Harley Benton at stuff at $250 needs tech work, all the ones I've seen need at least one issue addressed. Kids need guitars that play easily, stay in tune and are intonated. Otherwise, they give it up.
Assembled my first diy kit a couple months ago and had a blast doing it. Love the way it turned out. ( So much that my wife bought me a "Les Paul kit for father's day and my boys bought me an "SG" kit. Love the videos, keep it up bro !
That is awesome!
This guy 100% knows his stuff. I've watched a few of his videos and Im nothing but impressed with the attention to detail and the technical information. Keep up the great work!
I appreciate that!
I'd hit it with some WD40 before I tried to adjust anything!@@scarmyguitar
I trust his word
The problem with the lowest-priced guitars is quality control. Your next one might be well worth it. And I think the way this guitar was packed with the torn bag, may have been a returned item.
I agree with you that had to be a return Guitar , i Bought the same guitar for $69.00 same color and all and i had to do fret work , But the guitar turned out very good
I thought the same thing. That foam bag is shredded!
The nicest cheap strat style guitar is the Ashthorpe. It comes with a really nice gig bag. You should really check it out. The gig bag alone is worth the money.
Try the SX brand from Rondo Music. The Callisto LP copy sounds pretty good.
+1 for the SX brand. I've got an SX Furian tele copy with a trem. Nice guitars for the short money.
This is me again the old 74 year old that does the same thing you do ,But i got that same $69.00 guitar and made it sound good it did take some time on the neck doing the fret work they were some high frets that had to be leveled and polish and sand and file the fret ends sand the back of the neck to get that good feeling i was shocked by the sound of these cheap ceramic pickups maybe i got lucky but this guita turned out very good but its not a Kids guitar with out doing all this work and set up .
Love how you tell it like it is. Subbed. Have you had any experience with Monoprice? I've had really good luck with their Indios (S-style), and - at least when on sale - they're not far from this price point. I've actually played some that were downright decent.
Indio Monoprice are fairly well made and bought used are decent IF YOU can work or them a bit!
Damn I wish you were around when I was 15 years old (in 1980).
Few things piss me off worse that soft hardware.
Love you videos brother. Would love to see you start testing puckup output ohms on these gems.
I thought you were going to start singing "If" by Bread @ 8:04. 😆
I think that if you're not able to put in the work that it takes to bring up one of those inexpensive guitars then you probably should steer clear. I have Fender, Ibanez, and Charvel as well as Glarry and I believe that with work you can make the Glarrys fairly nice. That being said, I don't think a newbie can go wrong if they purchase their first guitar from a mom and pop type music store because generally they are setup already and they offer the after sales service and parts for making it a good experience. Most offer lessons as well which is another helpful tool in making the new player successful.
Typically I agree about sub $150 guitars. I did upgrade a Glarry bass once and made it respectable though. Total cost purchase ND upgrades came out to about $200 so it just shows that uou might as well just buy a $200 bass to begin with.
My Sawtooth telecaster I bought on sale for $65 and I didn't have to do anything to it. Played perfectly and sounds good. I think the regular price is around $150 though.
Every Glarry guitar I have played, or in one case owned has been garbage. I bought one of those Glarry thinlines that came out and what a headache that was. For instance, the nut was a 43mm which they cut down to 42mm instead of using the correct size nut. Both E strings were so close to the edge it was barely playable. That should have been my clue to send it back, but I didnt. I changed the nut, and decided to use this guitar as luthier practice, trust me it has given me hours upon hours of practice. Never buying a glarry again, ever.
The old adage “ you get what you pay for “ applies here. I like Fatt’s comment, for your kid buy something used that gives them a fighting chance. As always Sean you are the Master of uncovering hornswallgelling ,
Kudos
Ps …. Your videos are very educational and really bring the point home in a fun “ Jim varney “ way
Not enough lip flappin get to playin son
Turn the clock back to 1971 and a Strat-copy facsimile was rough to say the least. You have no idea what a $75-175.00 guitar was like and there was not much to choose from. We still had to make deals on pay phones following up on ads for gear. You don't know how good you have it. Cheers!
you should do a video on amps that would probably help a lot for some viewer's
You should showcase some Harley Bentons too!!
Are you going to use the CNC machine for the twenty thousand givaway? A walnut strat like the one George Harrison had would be a very cool build and an awesome winning prize. Keep on Scarring Shawn.
Dude I’m loving this channel.
Cool I’m uploading a new video now. Thanks.
I greatly appreciate your realistic approach to things! I really dig your videos man! 🤘🏼subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you!
That's not a knife, that's a knife 1:26
Sorry, I couldn't resist :)
I always feel a good first guitar is a used brand name. You can probably get your money back if you resell as well. I got my daughter an Ibanez Gio for her first electric. Paid 90 bucks for a guitar that’s 300 new.
Loving all of these rapid fire uploads!
I got a glarry st. All I Did after a wile is change pickups pots to Gilmore style . bridge block saddles and big block all from Amazon . Set up and intonation was better than my custom vibe and what a guitar big neck . Guitar cost £40 parts £70 I was lucky on price and guitars got a p bass and a tele. All excellent in set up just change pots pickups and nut . I was lucky all play great .. great videos you have🎉
Sounds better than my Japanese jimi Hendrix strat! Man the bridge pickup sucks in my guitar.
I really like what you're doing. Very useful information for all levels. Good player as well. Thumbs up for sure. Keep it up bro!
Thanks for highlighting my comment on your channel. I'm from Pennsylvania and have been playing for 40+years. I just really like your attitude. Perhaps I should send you a guitar to scar. I have an Epiphone semi hollow body. A studio dot I believe is the model. I think I paid 199$ for it, minus the case. Let me know what you think. Keep on keeping on.
You're so right about Glarry guitars. However, I got a glarry J bass that was worth every bit of the $89 I spent.
Good bones and perfect modding platform. Completely playable right out of the box...minor adjustments of course.
I agree the Bass guitars from Glarry for some reason stomp the regular guitars they sell. There's a demo of that same Glarry Jazz Bass on the channel.
@@scarmyguitar delete the scam in your comments buddy. Cheers
I had a Spectrum Strat copy and amp that I bought for $30 at kohls in 2008. It was a fantastic little thing. I used to crank it through a cheap Marshall mg100 half stack in my garage and it nailed Jimi Hendrix and David Gilmore tones
Hi Mate from Sydney Australia.... Try a company called artist guitars down here in OZ. There best value Guitar is a Telecaster TC59... Solid Ash body... Bone nut and bullbucker pickups... With the conversion rate you'd probably pay around $150 american
my friend's kid got a Harley Benton 335, it arrived completely unplayable - it's great once I set it up, but most people don't know how and get put off playing
Yeah. I have a HB strat. I can tell it will be a great guitar, but it needs the fret ends dealt with and better electronics for sure. They are really hit and miss. Mine was somewhere in the middle I guess. Other than that, it looks great and feels pretty similar to my American Strat .... considering. It cost me around 150 to my door, so I can't complain too much. Anything cheaper is absolute garbage in my opinion, and I've played plenty of those cheaper ones. Good job to this dude for calling them out, and making people aware.
Simple rule, you get what you pay for.
I saw in a later video that you upgraded this guitar but I don't see the video of you making the upgrades. It sounds pretty good now!
Got one like that surprised me it wasn't damaged and it was a pricer one to.
Good video showing the truth. Now being a left handed player, many options are not available. I did however come across an amazing "budget" guitar on Amazon. Eastrock brand, came with everything a beginner could use including a cheap amp. The highlight being the neck is roasted maple with very well finished and polished frets. The setup is very good out of the box and I have no complaints about the HSS pickups. Also comes in a padded gig bag.
So many of these little brands I've seen raving about. Firefly, Harley Benton, etc. I don't know what to belive to be honest. I've yet to be impressed by anything that falls under the "budget" category, save one brand. I had an SX strat copy that didn't suck. It wasn't great by any means, but it did not suck, and held up for awhile. Eventually, the guitar started showing issues, but probably could have been salvaged had I cared to put the work in.
I'm a total stranger, but I have had great experiences with Firefly, IYV, and especially Harley Benton. Could all of them use upgrades, yes? But they are pretty solid for the money as is. Hope that helps.
@@dalewoodring5887 Thanks for the info! I have been taking the lazy road, and just avoiding something that might need a little help to be awesome. I want to try beyond my super strat guitars, and try more Les Paul, Telecasters, Semi-Hollows, etc. Good to know about Harley Benton. I have been looking at their Les Pauls, and looking at the Firefly Semi-Hollows. I haven't seen many IYV guitars. Thanks Dale!
@@thevinylgeezer I have 3 HB Les Pauls. I call them the triplets. 🙃
Seems like a buyer beware, type o’ thang. I always had a feeling those would be tough to get to being in a happy place.
We need to collab!
20 thousand!! Congratulations! Oooh GIGGY!!! Double cut les Paul Jr body in tv yellow!!! Oooooooh yea!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Maybe if you checked the neck and crowned the frets like you did in the last video I saw, it'd be fine. My Harley Benton cheapo Strat was lovely after I adjusted the truss rod and set the action.
Buying a Guitar on line is a crap shoot . It definitely sounded like a $70 piece of future yard sale Guitar. 👍👍
For $200 or less you can get a really cool Ibanez Gio or Squier usually still in pretty good condition used at a pawn shop or local music store. My first electric was a Gio I still have and play.
While it didn't arrive without issues (needs string tree, one fret marker cracked) and is $300 budget? I have an M-Musi Fusion that otherwise is a great playing guitar. Roasted maple neck, stainless frets, locking tuners, bone nut. I grab it before my more expensive guitars. I have no worry at gig's about knocking it over or some drunk giving it a Miller Lite bath.
Necks bowed
Am I the only one who thought he was saying “that’s gonna be enough flip flappin?” 😂
No sir! You were not alone on that one!
Same
What about Donner?
I bought a guitar kits of market place someone bought decided they didn't want it. It's a lefty dean ML copy I'm a righty so I decided to build it set neck so you gotta glue the neck and everything. But I got to building it all the directions are typed by someone with a severe language barrier. But more so if you know the dean headstock on the ML.. just to make it short. The left point is a quarter inch thicker in 2 spots but also there is no hole for the pickup wires to go to the pot cavity on top of that their directions tell you to wire the pickups to the e way switch!!!?? Then run 2 wires from the pots to the 3 way and the. 2 from your input ???? Dean MLs are wired specifically to the vintage flying v wiring diagram
As low as I like to go is Squire... I mean at least they are made by a respectable brand... LOL .... And with some mods can be made into a quality guitar... In my opinion... :)
You are always gonna get what you be pay for
If you don’t know how and which guitars to buy …. Get the help from some one who does !
Not the young kid behind the desk at Walmart either
A lot of guitar players will and should help the newer player
If you learn something you SHOULD pass it on
There's a couple I need your expert opinion on. Don't know if you've already done them......Vint (Stagg) Tele with humbucker push / pull and Vision strat ST5 by MSA
Guitars from Amazon that are very cheap (under $130 or so) are not like Epiphone or Fender or PRS caliber guitars... it is common sense. They are NOT going to be adjusted and tuned to pitch in the box and do not expect ir. Sawtooth guitars are adjusted and made of good parts and are cheap, but they are the exception. Glarry, Indio and a few other China-made guitars are what are sold on Amazon. The South Viet Namese guitars are from IYV and are pretty well made of OK parts.
As for the giveaway brother, since you're doing it out of the kindness of your heart, it should be your decision. I still think a cool quilted maple top with a killer dye and sand back stain would be awesome, with a laminate body and matching laminate neck. Just, PLEASE, no Tele. I think everyone is doing those to death now!!!!!
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@scarmyguitar In all honesty, I ain't lucky enough to win, so whatever my 1.25 cents are worth, brother! Keep doing what you're doing, and hopefully, you'll hit 50k subs before you know it!
May I suggest Ibanez Iceman guitar body shape for your build.. Awesome design..Great channel love your honesty..Best of luck..I will be watching..Amen
Great suggestion!
@@scarmyguitar I was thinking a body that is a Yamaha Pacifica or the one between a PRS and a Pacifica.
Since you like racing stripes in the body, my vote for the 20,000 subscriber guitar is something like the Yamaha Revstar.
eart,firefly
i am a firm believer that body weight nor wood material makes a damn difference i sound or sustain! Its all electronics and how you set your amp up i have an Indonesia made Squier with a set of 62 "copies" if you will in it.. a little lve on the action and frets and this thing is an absolute killer! don't disagree with your opinion just adding my own,, after 50+ years of playing! hey lets bot keep bending some stainless steel!..
Even if it does it'd be so negligible, it's always sounded like marketing BS/excuses to buy more expensive gear rather than practice/write more
I have to respectfully disagree with the wood, I get a different sound with the exact same pickups in the same model from mahogony to poplar. Would a listener tell the difference? No. Can I tell the difference? Yes. It's been my experience that sustain comes from the bridge & nut, upgrading both has made the biggest difference to me. Finish has also made a difference in my experience, as paint vs natural. These are all minor nuances, but when added together make a significant difference. Electronics, & especially pups & amp settings make the biggest difference, but when you add the nuanced applications they clean up, or dirty up, what's coming through the electronics/pups/amp, at least that's been my experience from my learning process.
Congratulations on 20k Sean
Now wait just a damn minute, are you telling me i cant sound like srv with a cheapo strat copy?🤣🤣🤣🤣
Always great thank you 😊
So nice of you
Ok I will find one
I got my grandson a Squier Mini Strat. Great little guitar and easy for him to play. They have a smaller size and a 22.75 scale length. I did a setup and it turned out to be a decent playable guitar. He has not lost interest so far and brings it with him every visit. Came with a little Fender 10-watt amp.
Sure I will after I fix it
it's (james) not jams..just a heads up..
How about a good old telecaster that has a walnut finish on the body and neck with a set of quarter pounder pickups and a set of Grover tuners?
Have you reviewed m- musi tele I here there pretty nice.
A couple of years ago I bought a Yamaha PAC012 for my kid to play. I chose it due to good reviews for their quality control. Payed $179.00 for a demo model and have been happy with it. Just wondering what experience you've had with Yamaha's lower end guitars. 🎸
they rock
Yamaha is Awesome. Nobody them for some reason lol
You have got some for that price that was good though
I guess they sent you a ringer on the telecaster they sent you. It was killer, but this thing is definitely a piece of crap. It isn't worth $2. What do you think of the monoprice indio telecaster guitars? Last question are playing through an amp or software on your computer?
Wow, what a bargain. 🙄
How long can you play it before the frets get pitted or some other metal parts fail? It's why I'm leery of budget guitars to start with (still on the fence with Harley Benton).
I have an idea, but I don't know if you want to do it: Fender shootout - China vs. Indonesia vs. Mexico vs. America made Strats.
Ordering one of those coffee mugs come payday. #TELFLMIH
My son ain't gonna be the next SRV!?!...👏(slap!)😥...LOL
$69 of pain & suffering delivered straight to your door. The only gratification you get from this guitar is the ability to return it for a full refund!
In my 55 years of playing differdnt guirars, I have out crappy guitars on my 66 super reverb and made them sounf great,tho it dyd take work
Build a Gibson Invader copy with black or silver burst finish.
That's good
I'll say this, it's certainly better than the first two guitars I learned on!🤣
Better do that
I sold my guitars and equipment to pay for my cousins daughter's rehab and I'm just now trying to buy another guitar what should I buy
I'm not a betting man but i'd bet a dollar that was shipped and returned then shipped to you . The saddle thing makes me think someone tried to adjust it ...... . I bought a kit from the same company. I was going to try and build it for a friend and the neck was so bad i didn't bother taking anything else out of the box and sent it straight back . 99% of the time get what ya pay for .....
It actually sounded good after that setup... I mean, for 69 bucks...? Sure.. why not?
Hey where do we buy those t shirts from you, I like that blue and grey. Yes that guitar sounded like shit !!!!!! Roger Wombat
Sire is a decent company.
Is Glarry and Leo Jamz sister companies? Why is Glarry in the thumbnail instead? I know they're both more affordable companies but other than that I thought they were different from each other.
Truth is the Truth
Let’s make a JEM copy for 20000!
Great video.
Anyone buying a guitar under 300$ should expect to do a bit of work.
Shit I've picked up 1000-2000$ strats and Gibson's with sharp fret ends in guitar center on a couple of occasions.
I found a really nice pj bass copy by peavy at a local store and it was the best off the wall guitar ive ever picked up.
Hit and miss, its getting to where brand and price means nothing
It would sound a little better if you unplugged it.Sorry you put so much work in it😂😂😂
A truly stock Glarry is not using good pickups, pots or tuners!
Have you tried a Tagima or Stagg?
Groove guitars.
Iyv guitars they are made in Vietnam I own four of them and I think they are pretty good guitars but I'm not a technician like you are and I would like to have your professional opinion
They are probably the best guitars for the $$$ these days. They compare well to guitars costing around 75 % more.
Own an IYV nice guitar for $175.00. Especially the binding and finish. Once I set it up did a wee bit of fret work, fret board was bone dry . I'm pleased with it.
are any Indio guitars from Monoprice any Good?
100%. I buy and mod them all the time. Great builds!
Yes they are. I bought the Indio Cali Classic Strat with intentions of upgrading but I decided to leave it stock because it's that good.
Yes, the Tele is awesome
I told you they gave you the best one!! LOL Someone is getting smacked right now for sending you a bad guitar!! LOL Yea, that is a horrible sounding guitar!!
I wanna buy a sub $200 bass. What should I get ?
Epi! As far as decent basses in that price range your best bet is used: Jackson JS2, Ibanez GSR200, Yamaha RBX series-probably 150s easily in this range -maybe a few 170s, Squier Affinity. Only decent new bass in this price range is an SX Ursa available from Rondo.
Mess with it when got the free time mess with it.