This trips me out, as I mentioned during the live chat I could choose between this Eart Tele and the Trem Tele just yesterday and I went trem. But I want more of em 😮
Hey Ryan! Great video! I recently got this guitar in sunburst, off Amazon, and it’s now my favorite guitar! Like you, it checks all the boxes, as far as specs go, but beyond that, this guitar has “the feel”! It has just the right shape for the hand, the right weight, the right vibration in my body when I give it a good strum across the strings! The pickups sound stellar! Nice definition & clarity, warmth and balance! The construction is top notch, hardware & tuners are excellent! This guitar in my opinion, can hang with most guitars in the $1000 price range!!! Thanks for the great video, and keep up the good work!
I have found out the only things that really matter is that the guitar can be tuned, stay in tune, and the pickups have clarity and don't feedback or make a lot of noise. The last thing is playability. Does it feel good in the hands? All the other stuff is gravy. IMO.
Pretty much. Tuning stability, level frets and the right break angle so the action is playable is what makes a good guitar. Everything else is personal choice
I own this exact guitar. To OP's question, yes, there is definitely enough going on here to make this guitar a very solid choice / purchase! Zero regrets on mine, and staying in collection for a long time to come.
I was looking at the Squier Affinity tele deluxe for a while. But now that this eart has arrived, this is definitely replacing the squier in my post holiday shopping.
You missed the big sale. Squier Deluxes were $149.99 for a short time around labor day through November. CV Tele's were 200, as were Paranormals of all kinds.
@@popsfereal I have another Eart guitar though. And the specs on this T style are far superior to the Squiers. Until Fender/Squier can match the quality & specs of these other import guitars, I'm kinda done with them.
Ryan, cool that you actually played something today instead of your normal licks. Sounded great, do more. And I get opened up to some surf I might not know.👍
It takes me an extra day of work to nail down an intro like that so I haven’t been doing a lot the past few years. But I’m trying to change my workflow so I can have more time to do stuff like that.
Compound radius is unheard of in that price range. I totally dig that guitar! This thing is loaded for the price, really for any price it’s loaded- Amazing.
I have an Eart-335 and it's very nice. It's a bit strange that they don't have coil split like most Humbucker guitars have now. Ok, pretty easy to do yourself but still strange since they have so much other good stuff om them. And I like the pickups but some facts on them would be nice.
I've almost clicked the eart buy button a few times. I forget the model but it's the 2hb tele shape like yours here but sans pickguard and with a 2 point strat style trem. The colors I liked are all sold out now. Blue is all they had left.
@@jeffleecust I got yellow. It plays like a super strat. Only complaints are slight neck dive and the fret markers can be hard to see. Otherwise, I am very happy with it.
With the overdrive in the bridge pickup, it has that classy 60's sanfranciscan acid rock tone that mostly was due because of the mix between a Gibson with Pat. N°s and cranked up Fender "Blackface" amps.
That dano base back there is bad ass! I thought for a second that you were going to review a Surh. That’s a rad guitar ….looks and sounds way above the $$$!
Thanks!I just bought one of these and the only thing I don't love about it is it turns my fingers black. I've never had a guitar do that right out of the box. @60 Cycle Hum, did you experience that and what can I do about it?
It just some finish thats left on the fretboard, it will go away after a day or two or play. Its pretty common for rosewood fretboards on affordable guitars.
Great opening track! I totally agree with the roasted maple comments. I drifted away from rosewood years ago and have locked onto maple until I recently got my first roasted maple neck. I'm absolutely prefeel it! I don't know if I'll ever be able to get a uncooked neck again.
The guitar sounds great, and has wonderful sustain! It looks like EART understands how important it is to have great sounding pickups. Who wants to buy a guitar that the first thing you have to do is replace the pickups? Not me, and those pickups are keepers. I'm not a fan of large pickguards, particularly if you have to remove them to get access to the electronics cavity. The headstock design is not my favorite. Maybe they should hold a Design Contest, and the winner gets a free guitar with new headstock design. Could be good marketing,
Me. I don’t play guitars into amps in the store. Don’t care how they sound. I assume all pickups need changed, of all the guitars i got, the only stock pickups i kept were my 2022 mim tele
I have 4 Eart guitars and the Strat model is my favorite guitar right now. PRS and Charvel just sitting lonely in the corner so that should speak of the quality of these guitars. Fender doesn't even come close to giving you what Eart does. The only thing I don't like about these guitars is the name and logo and I feel they could have come up with something that can resonate with consumers better but hey what do I know, other than these guitars are the best deal in guitar today for what you get.
I wonder if you have seen that Surf rock legend Dick Dale appearance on the English Jools Holland Later show of many years ago, his band played hard and I felt it didn't complement his sound , would love to get your take on that! Happy New Year everybody!🎸
400 plus tax is a bit steep when there is so much competition. I have an Eart Strat, which is pooty good, but I paid under 200 for it. Great guitar for 159.99. Double that? hmmmmm dunno. SS fets are fine...until you need to work on them. Book matched....under the paint. "The imaginary and therefore real" Char grilled neck. I like the look, but it's kinda gimmicky...Yes, maybe "more stable" but who's worried about a neck warping? I've never had a neck twist, and I won't be around long enough to see a neck warp in 50 years either. Great opening jam! Thanks for the review.
_Every_ Tele is a budget quality instrument. That's the entire point of the beasties. Added bonus for a good neck and an F-hole. Which is also the hallmark of any fun night.
If your talking Fender level quality, then yes. If your smart enough to buy a T shaped object that says ESP/LTD on the headstock, it's definitely NOT a budget guitar.
@@andrewbecker3700I know what you're saying. I have a few Teles that transcended their humble beginnings. But are those purebred Teles, or Tele mixes? Are they a now a different breed altogether now? Like how the Pug came from the mighty wolf? Mutations that became a different animal...but still has the residual looks of a common ancestor? Natural selection, or intelligent design? It's too much for my monkey brain to comprehend without exhaustive research and soul searching. ...maybe Ryan could do a video on the subject.
So I have had many Squires and Epies. I have also had (and have) several $5k + Fender and Gibson reissues. I love your reviews but WHY are these Earts always compared to Squires, Epiphones, and Amazon Butterflies? The Earts I have are in another universe than those brands.
It would be an interesting, click worthy episode if you could find a few examples of 20-50 year old Korean/Asian made guitars to compare to the modern versions. Part of the objection to imported instruments is the bad quality from their earliest eras of production, and its a big objection that lives in the heads of people even if they didnt own or even play an instrument from that time. With tens of thousands of repetition, the Asian manufacturers have followed Demmings principle of production; when production goes up, quality goes up and costs go down. When guitar technology has not changed significantly enough to out-skill and out-tech the no-name brands and when the no names have had enough time, then it makes sense for them to make a competitive product. Competition and a free market turns out to actually be pretty cool sometimes.
As far as wood type goes ,You should question U S A ? Mahogany and Ebony grows i their back yard. Imports get the first choice ,Import wood is always the best.They get and make guitars easyer and better on average!
I'm not a guitarist, I do a bit of audio tech and I used to do a lot of forge work. I'm not a supporter of the tone wood theory but I do know that a hickory hammer handle is the favourite. If it's in your hand all day you get the feel for your tools, almost like a limb extension. To the uninitiated a solid handle is a solid handle. To the user of a timber and steel prosthetic limb extension the subtle way it flexes is important for the detailed work, the weight and balance etc they all play into it. From a user perspective it's crucial, from a technical audio point of view, if the kneck was a polymer composite with the same amount of flex it would give the same sound. To the musician it won't feel the same regarding weight and balance. They won't be able to play it the same way.
Ryan, Yes, it sure looks good and is an outstanding value. I do wonder how the pickups compare to Fender CuNiFe pickups? That would be interesting A/B comparison wouldn't it? :D
I dont think features make a guitar better other than just being higher quality...but, imo what it does is gives that person who's looking g for that stuff the ability to connect with it...I own expensive and cheap guitars I love...they all feel different and the price has nothing to do with it
Well looks and sounds as good as any 900.00 fender I ever heard,I have 4 u s a teles and 2 u s a strats ,Todays new companys are blowing us away And we all know it!
Ended up returning this... Lots of neck dive when standing up and playing it (and not the best tuning stability), but it is otherwise an undeniably beautiful, lightweight guitar.
Tons of different recipes to make stainless using all kinds of different metals to make the alloy. I will say I had my strat style cheapest eart in a beach cottage for about 8 months and not a single blemish on any of the frets occurred.
I think better specs just make it more likely the guitar will be good, but it’s not a guarantee. That’s the main reason I’d never spec a custom shop guitar, as unlikely as it is, it still might be a dog or it just might not live up to high expectations
I really want to like EART, but I hate their headstocks so much. They look like really good guitars, but the heatstock turns me off (which I can completely acknowledge is a vain in stupid opinion)
The intro has a very booming sound to my ears. I don't know if that was your intension, but this gives me a headache! And actually, I really like instrumental surf rock.
As I understand it, from the company, it's pronounced "E-art" and not "Ert". They should have the "E" a different color as the way they have it would lend more to "Ear-Tee".
We lost power on Christmas eve! Sooo?? I guess Santa couldn't find my house? What part is offensive? 12/26/22 your moderators erased everything I said 2x. If I'm not offensive I'll resubscribe. Let me know? Thanks
@60 Cycle Hum in your live chat today! I normally just watch. But sometimes comment in chats I feel comfortable in. I thought you should know beings it's your job. Thanks for responding 😀 what I wrote about losing power and Santa!
@60 Cycle Hum youtube. I wrote it twice thinking something went wrong? I seen it on the chat both times and then it disappeared? Sooo...? Someone's not playing nice? I don't know Ryan?? Something's up?
Better is subjective in a major way, I hate with a passion any Stratocaster, they just feel wrong to me, frets are too small, neck profile is janky and ... that quack.... eww ... there are a lot of people out there who don't agree with me :) So, no, better specs don't necessarilly make a better guitar for YOU.
Stainless steel frets, high end pots, wiring, tuners, a nut, and bridge are just a few dollars more than low end. There is no justification for guitar makers to use that as a selling point to charge thousands. The electric guitar industry is a giant scam. The higher the price the more lame the excuses
This trips me out, as I mentioned during the live chat I could choose between this Eart Tele and the Trem Tele just yesterday and I went trem. But I want more of em 😮
Hey Ryan! Great video! I recently got this guitar in sunburst, off Amazon, and it’s now my favorite guitar! Like you, it checks all the boxes, as far as specs go, but beyond that, this guitar has “the feel”! It has just the right shape for the hand, the right weight, the right vibration in my body when I give it a good strum across the strings! The pickups sound stellar! Nice definition & clarity, warmth and balance! The construction is top notch, hardware & tuners are excellent! This guitar in my opinion, can hang with most guitars in the $1000 price range!!! Thanks for the great video, and keep up the good work!
Opening jam was fire
I have found out the only things that really matter is that the guitar can be tuned, stay in tune, and the pickups have clarity and don't feedback or make a lot of noise. The last thing is playability. Does it feel good in the hands? All the other stuff is gravy. IMO.
Pretty much. Tuning stability, level frets and the right break angle so the action is playable is what makes a good guitar. Everything else is personal choice
I like to work backward from feels great, sounds great, looks great….I wonder what wood this is?
This is 100% truth.
I have had this guitar for a couple months (even the same color) it is absolutely fantastic.
how is your guitar now? is it still good?
I own this exact guitar. To OP's question, yes, there is definitely enough going on here to make this guitar a very solid choice / purchase! Zero regrets on mine, and staying in collection for a long time to come.
I was looking at the Squier Affinity tele deluxe for a while. But now that this eart has arrived, this is definitely replacing the squier in my post holiday shopping.
You missed the big sale. Squier Deluxes were $149.99 for a short time around labor day through November. CV Tele's were 200, as were Paranormals of all kinds.
@@popsfereal I have another Eart guitar though. And the specs on this T style are far superior to the Squiers. Until Fender/Squier can match the quality & specs of these other import guitars, I'm kinda done with them.
I just got this in Seafoam for my BD. Very happy with it out of the box. The intonation was even set.
@@dbrown6451 I just got the Seagram a few days ago. Can’t wait to play it!
I got the Seafoam for myself a couple days ago. Can’t wait to get it and play it. Especially after hearing it.
I was considering one of these versus a squier classic vibe thinline. the seafoam is so tempting!
Go for it. Get a 80 set up done on it and oh boys earts are great.
Ryan, cool that you actually played something today instead of your normal licks. Sounded great, do more. And I get opened up to some surf I might not know.👍
It takes me an extra day of work to nail down an intro like that so I haven’t been doing a lot the past few years. But I’m trying to change my workflow so I can have more time to do stuff like that.
It surfed pretty gnarly!
Compound radius is unheard of in that price range. I totally dig that guitar! This thing is loaded for the price, really for any price it’s loaded- Amazing.
Except every other Eart guitar, some cheaper. Just sayin'
The Jackson JS22 has a 12-16" compound radius for $200, so not unheard of. Definitely not common, though.
@@stephanematis I had no idea, thanks for the info.
@@randad Thanks for the info.
Cort does this all the time. Even on bass. Bigger companies just rips people off.
I just wanna say I love the 60s footage at the beginning of the video. That really sets the vibe for this guitar!
I have an Eart-335 and it's very nice. It's a bit strange that they don't have coil split like most Humbucker guitars have now. Ok, pretty easy to do yourself but still strange since they have so much other good stuff om them. And I like the pickups but some facts on them would be nice.
By the way, I dig your playing and your vibe with this channel - It’s very cool.
After buying the EART E-335...I'm totally sold. Aside from the green colour...I'm going in on this guitar too.
Just received my own in White... Flawless and playable out of the box... Difficult to get better for the price... Happy as a clam.
I've almost clicked the eart buy button a few times. I forget the model but it's the 2hb tele shape like yours here but sans pickguard and with a 2 point strat style trem. The colors I liked are all sold out now. Blue is all they had left.
Hey now, that guitar sounds really clean. It really perked my ears when you hit those couple of Steve Miller notes and the harmonics ring out big time
The Musi t-style I ordered from Amazon arrived yesterday. Can't put it down.
Which color? Those things are awesome, congrats and enjoy it
@@jeffleecust I got yellow. It plays like a super strat. Only complaints are slight neck dive and the fret markers can be hard to see. Otherwise, I am very happy with it.
@@flooptydoo1178 yea I was thinking between this or the Musi. Do you like it? Now that it’s been a little while?
With the overdrive in the bridge pickup, it has that classy 60's sanfranciscan acid rock tone that mostly was due because of the mix between a Gibson with Pat. N°s and cranked up Fender "Blackface" amps.
That dano base back there is bad ass! I thought for a second that you were going to review a Surh. That’s a rad guitar ….looks and sounds way above the $$$!
Thanks!I just bought one of these and the only thing I don't love about it is it turns my fingers black. I've never had a guitar do that right out of the box. @60 Cycle Hum, did you experience that and what can I do about it?
It just some finish thats left on the fretboard, it will go away after a day or two or play. Its pretty common for rosewood fretboards on affordable guitars.
Clean it with a bit of rubbing alcohol on cotton, if it really bothers you.
I am assuming it aint rusting strings //flashbacks of teenage years//
Great opening track! I totally agree with the roasted maple comments. I drifted away from rosewood years ago and have locked onto maple until I recently got my first roasted maple neck. I'm absolutely prefeel it! I don't know if I'll ever be able to get a uncooked neck again.
These guitars seem really interesting. I really wish hey did a more retro logo for the headstock. It looks like a weird rack unit logo from the 90s.
That fuzz was gnarly! What a cool guitar.
Yep, I love my eart tele. Got the regular flame top. Rock on.👍👍✌️❄️🎅❄️
The guitar sounds great, and has wonderful sustain! It looks like EART understands how important it is to have great sounding pickups. Who wants to buy a guitar that the first thing you have to do is replace the pickups? Not me, and those pickups are keepers. I'm not a fan of large pickguards, particularly if you have to remove them to get access to the electronics cavity. The headstock design is not my favorite. Maybe they should hold a Design Contest, and the winner gets a free guitar with new headstock design. Could be good marketing,
Me. I don’t play guitars into amps in the store. Don’t care how they sound. I assume all pickups need changed, of all the guitars i got, the only stock pickups i kept were my 2022 mim tele
Tearing it up there at the beginning! All right!
I have 4 Eart guitars and the Strat model is my favorite guitar right now. PRS and Charvel just sitting lonely in the corner so that should speak of the quality of these guitars. Fender doesn't even come close to giving you what Eart does. The only thing I don't like about these guitars is the name and logo and I feel they could have come up with something that can resonate with consumers better but hey what do I know, other than these guitars are the best deal in guitar today for what you get.
Clearly a Suhr Alt-T inspired. Not bad.
Ryan, please pass along to EART that I'm waiting for a Jaguar-style, roasted maple neck, SS frets, Mustang-style bridge guitar, and it MUST Surf.
That's as Link Wray as I've ever heard you play Ryan!
I wonder if you have seen that Surf rock legend Dick Dale appearance on the English Jools Holland Later show of many years ago, his band played hard and I felt it didn't complement his sound , would love to get your take on that! Happy New Year everybody!🎸
I love that the opening riff / tune sounds cool even if you are watching at 1.5x
Happy Christmas 🥳You're a cool dude with a great show, love your guitar playing. Good luck for the New Year🎸👍
All that matters is a 25.5" scale a really flat likes radius and level fret, that plus floating Trem and a clean n lubricated nut
The only upgrade I may do to mine is graph tech saddles.
If I got an Eart, I would name it Wyapp.
*backs slowly out of comments*
@@thebrysmith3 Brilliant
The opening of the 805 Bridge!
Yep!
I would have no problem recommending this guitar to either a beginner or working pro, It's that good! Thanks Ryan, Merry Christmas🎄
I need to check one out.
It's in my price range. Stainless steel frets. Two things going for it.
That looks and sounds awesome!
That intro is rad
Did I hear a Cake riff in there? Sounded like friend is a four letter word.
Yep!
what the hell did you use to get that second to last sound? the big airy bassy distorted one
Ryan please help, I have a bad 60 cycle hum thru my strat and pedalboard...suggestions ???
What would you expect this to sell for in a blind test. If you didn't know the brand? Just curious.
Dig the intro 👌 🏄♂️
I thought that it sounded great; fine tuners, great fretwork, good bridge with stringing options. Best in class? It must be a contender.
400 plus tax is a bit steep when there is so much competition. I have an Eart Strat, which is pooty good, but I paid under 200 for it. Great guitar for 159.99. Double that? hmmmmm dunno. SS fets are fine...until you need to work on them.
Book matched....under the paint.
"The imaginary and therefore real" Char grilled neck. I like the look, but it's kinda gimmicky...Yes, maybe "more stable" but who's worried about a neck warping? I've never had a neck twist, and I won't be around long enough to see a neck warp in 50 years either.
Great opening jam! Thanks for the review.
_Every_ Tele is a budget quality instrument. That's the entire point of the beasties. Added bonus for a good neck and an F-hole. Which is also the hallmark of any fun night.
If your talking Fender level quality, then yes. If your smart enough to buy a T shaped object that says ESP/LTD on the headstock, it's definitely NOT a budget guitar.
@@andrewbecker3700I know what you're saying. I have a few Teles that transcended their humble beginnings. But are those purebred Teles, or Tele mixes? Are they a now a different breed altogether now? Like how the Pug came from the mighty wolf? Mutations that became a different animal...but still has the residual looks of a common ancestor?
Natural selection, or intelligent design?
It's too much for my monkey brain to comprehend without exhaustive research and soul searching.
...maybe Ryan could do a video on the subject.
So I have had many Squires and Epies. I have also had (and have) several $5k + Fender and Gibson reissues. I love your reviews but WHY are these Earts always compared to Squires, Epiphones, and Amazon Butterflies? The Earts I have are in another universe than those brands.
It would be an interesting, click worthy episode if you could find a few examples of 20-50 year old Korean/Asian made guitars to compare to the modern versions. Part of the objection to imported instruments is the bad quality from their earliest eras of production, and its a big objection that lives in the heads of people even if they didnt own or even play an instrument from that time. With tens of thousands of repetition, the Asian manufacturers have followed Demmings principle of production; when production goes up, quality goes up and costs go down. When guitar technology has not changed significantly enough to out-skill and out-tech the no-name brands and when the no names have had enough time, then it makes sense for them to make a competitive product. Competition and a free market turns out to actually be pretty cool sometimes.
That’s actually a great idea. It would take money but it could be worth it
As far as wood type goes ,You should question U S A ? Mahogany and Ebony grows i their back yard. Imports get the first choice ,Import wood is always the best.They get and make guitars easyer and better on average!
I'm not a guitarist, I do a bit of audio tech and I used to do a lot of forge work. I'm not a supporter of the tone wood theory but I do know that a hickory hammer handle is the favourite. If it's in your hand all day you get the feel for your tools, almost like a limb extension. To the uninitiated a solid handle is a solid handle. To the user of a timber and steel prosthetic limb extension the subtle way it flexes is important for the detailed work, the weight and balance etc they all play into it. From a user perspective it's crucial, from a technical audio point of view, if the kneck was a polymer composite with the same amount of flex it would give the same sound. To the musician it won't feel the same regarding weight and balance. They won't be able to play it the same way.
Ryan,
Yes, it sure looks good and is an outstanding value. I do wonder how the pickups compare to Fender CuNiFe pickups? That would be interesting A/B comparison wouldn't it? :D
I dont think features make a guitar better other than just being higher quality...but, imo what it does is gives that person who's looking g for that stuff the ability to connect with it...I own expensive and cheap guitars I love...they all feel different and the price has nothing to do with it
Cool guitar
''I'm not a knob adjuster.'' That's what she said......😄
I will concede, that bridge has a decent amount of bite for a humbucker.
Well looks and sounds as good as any 900.00 fender I ever heard,I have 4 u s a teles and 2 u s a strats ,Todays new companys are blowing us away And we all know it!
Eart sounds like the brakes on my car - *Eeeeeeeart!!! 🚦🚙💥🚗💨 🚓🚑
I'll see myself out 😅
Ended up returning this... Lots of neck dive when standing up and playing it (and not the best tuning stability), but it is otherwise an undeniably beautiful, lightweight guitar.
Like it..i just wish the headstock was painted the same color...
And second point, it's in the style of the '72 Thinline Telecaster, not the Deluxe!
Stainless frets 💯
Sea Foam Green Doom!!!
I wonder if all stainless steel frets are of the same quality steel
Probably not.
Tons of different recipes to make stainless using all kinds of different metals to make the alloy. I will say I had my strat style cheapest eart in a beach cottage for about 8 months and not a single blemish on any of the frets occurred.
Hickory smoked maple
Ryan Burke "I'm not a knob adjuster"
I adjust my knob way to much
If monkey pictures are the currency of the future… im gonna be even more broke than I am now
Same, I currently have no monkey pictures.
I'll just take a bunch of selfies.
I think better specs just make it more likely the guitar will be good, but it’s not a guarantee. That’s the main reason I’d never spec a custom shop guitar, as unlikely as it is, it still might be a dog or it just might not live up to high expectations
I wish it had a cooler name eart just sounds weird, I'm sorry if that sounds mean to the company but I'm sure it's not just me.
It’s even better because the T is red so it looks like “Ear”
7:15 "for a slightly different sound" Nope. You won't find anyone who can hear the difference.
I really want to like EART, but I hate their headstocks so much. They look like really good guitars, but the heatstock turns me off (which I can completely acknowledge is a vain in stupid opinion)
The intro has a very booming sound to my ears. I don't know if that was your intension, but this gives me a headache! And actually, I really like instrumental surf rock.
Sous vide mohogany! Lol😂
Good question. I'ma say nope. They're all individuals.
Yeah, really nice, but that headstock...
40 monkey pictures? I could never afford that.
As I understand it, from the company, it's pronounced "E-art" and not "Ert".
They should have the "E" a different color as the way they have it would lend more to "Ear-Tee".
E ah tay!! is how they pronounce it. CHANGLE YATE. so Ear Tee sounds close.
@@Gene_Cali Phil McKnight actually asked the company rep and it's "E Art".
Maple smoked maple
We lost power on Christmas eve! Sooo?? I guess Santa couldn't find my house? What part is offensive? 12/26/22 your moderators erased everything I said 2x. If I'm not offensive I'll resubscribe. Let me know? Thanks
what did you say that was erased and where did you say it?
@60 Cycle Hum in your live chat today! I normally just watch. But sometimes comment in chats I feel comfortable in. I thought you should know beings it's your job. Thanks for responding 😀 what I wrote about losing power and Santa!
@@papablue3015 I get notifications when users are muted or blocked and I didn’t see any today. We’re you watching via RUclips or Facebook?
@60 Cycle Hum youtube. I wrote it twice thinking something went wrong? I seen it on the chat both times and then it disappeared? Sooo...? Someone's not playing nice? I don't know Ryan?? Something's up?
Someone doesn't like either me or you?
Better is subjective in a major way, I hate with a passion any Stratocaster, they just feel wrong to me, frets are too small, neck profile is janky and ... that quack.... eww ... there are a lot of people out there who don't agree with me :) So, no, better specs don't necessarilly make a better guitar for YOU.
Specs don’t amount to much if the execution isn’t there.
Stainless steel frets, high end pots, wiring, tuners, a nut, and bridge are just a few dollars more than low end. There is no justification for guitar makers to use that as a selling point to charge thousands. The electric guitar industry is a giant scam. The higher the price the more lame the excuses
No weight, no like.
the hard truth that no one wants to hear... the only thing that means a guitar is good is price 🤓
You are holding that guitar like the ak47
Someone’s been practicing