THIS IS TERRIBLE! - yeah its $59 but IT IS NOT WORTH IT - Glarry/Ktaxon short scale offset guitar.

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10 ай бұрын

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Seriously, its not worth it. Nut, Frets, Pickups, Tremolo.... ITS ALL BAD.
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@JaimeCerrada 9 ай бұрын

You buy a $59 guitar and make a video complaining that it's crap? Come on man...

@60CycleHumcast 9 ай бұрын

I make a video about a $59 guitar and then you make a comment complaining about it? Come on man…

@JaimeCerrada 9 ай бұрын

@@60CycleHumcast I'm not complaining, I'm saying/asking what do you expect from a $59 guitar? That it's good? A video where you complain about absolutely everything about a $59 guitar... really? Again I ask myself: What do you expect from a $59 guitar? Do you honestly expect anything good? Do you honestly think a $59 guitar is worth it?

@60CycleHumcast 9 ай бұрын

@@JaimeCerrada why did you watch it? What were you expecting?

@tarZenization 9 ай бұрын

@@JaimeCerradaIt’s okay for a $59 guitar to be crap? People don’t deserve to know that $59 is better spent elsewhere? Come on man…

@JaimeCerrada 9 ай бұрын

@@60CycleHumcast I watch the video because I've been following your videos for quite some time, that's all. I find them entertaining, many of them, but others, like this one, make no sense, in my view, than to explain the obvious. And also because I am free to give my opinion (it seems that if someone says something different than "I like it" they are doing something wrong).

@TriangleWaveRecords 10 ай бұрын

I found a Glarry at Goodwill for $10, changed the nut and the pickups. Smoothed out the frets and oiled the neck. It's a pretty decent guitar for a total of maybe $45 additional on top of the $10 I paid.

@DMSProduktions 9 ай бұрын

Result!

@Kayro098 9 ай бұрын

An electric guitar for 10$ is actually so wild

@cm6string 9 ай бұрын

$10 firewood isn’t bad

@TheBcoolGuy 9 ай бұрын

I found a second-hand Yamaha Pacifica of some sort for, I'm not kidding, $5. Unfortunately, it is in dreadful condition, but it is the nicest-feeling electric guitar I've ever held. I'm hoping I can fix it.

@felonyx5123 8 ай бұрын

@@Kayro098 You find them at that price at thrift stores from time to time. Usually crap, but once I got an old MIJ Epiphone that's actually pretty solid. I mean it was broken, but just needed one wire resoldered and it was good to go.

@danielsgrunge 10 ай бұрын

As long as it's an offset body, they can keep putting out 300 different models and I'm falling for it every single time lmao

@Zentabes 10 ай бұрын

@DMSProduktions 9 ай бұрын

MORE fool you!

@SneedyKetler 5 ай бұрын

I don’t care how cheap they are, how many details are exposed in this video. I still see this and think “I can fix her…”

@JohnKelly2 10 ай бұрын

The easiest way to fix the guitar is to raise the action and play it as a lap steel.

@Taco_Raider 9 ай бұрын

Juste poot eet een yore but, thenne mayke aye gewd, stronge, faurt

@KenTeel 3 ай бұрын

..... only if you're looking to play steel guitar. Other than that, put in the modest amount of money that it takes to make the guitar a player. All total, you'll have a relatively modest investment, and a playing instrument. No one in an audience, or club owner, has ever asked someone to stop playing because of the brand name on their guitar. They are more interested in whether or not a player has put in his practice time. Quit trying to buy your way into impressing people. That is such a baby boomeri-ish thing to do. All yuppies signify by saying aye, or farting through their silk underwear.

@brittboyette461 10 ай бұрын

Hell, I'd buy it just for the fun of making it a great guitar that no one will steal during a gig!

@tostrmofo6686 10 ай бұрын

I once got a B-Stock Glarry for 35 bucks. Strat type body. On this thing I learned everything I know about guitar buildung, electronics, setups and how to make a piece of shit playable nicely. Best 35 bucks I ever spent in my life. After about 350 worth of upgrades and another 200 spent on tools and many, many hours of work it turned out killer. 3 single coil format hot rail humbuckers, series, parallel, phase on each pickup individually... I think I rewired the thing 10 times till it was what I wanted. Sold it in 2020 and the buyer was vers satisfied.

@SianaGearz 8 ай бұрын

Yeah spending $40 on a guitar to actually learn to build one properly is an experience i'd unironically like to personally make. It wouldn't be the first time that i buy a piece of shit and learn to turn it around and learn so much in the process.

@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn 10 ай бұрын

If it was available in Australia, I'd buy it, no worries! You got to expect to set a cheap guitar up when you get it. Cutting a nut deeper, adjusting a truss rod, setting intonation, adjusting pickup height, oiling the fretboard, pretty standard stuff.

@ibberman 9 ай бұрын

Standar stuff, and he makes a joke out of it. I had to do all that to the Firebird I just bought.

@George-xe5hp 9 ай бұрын

Bought one of these and did all the things you mentioned and this actually plays pretty good right now. For 59$ can still become decent.

@MetalWolfz 9 ай бұрын

yeah but they are selling a finished product, if I buy a cheap car and I have to change the tires, replace the breaks and put oil in it I didn't get a finished product.

@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn 9 ай бұрын

@@MetalWolfz I don't think it's the same, it's more like sliding the seat into the right distance from the steering wheel, adjusting the height of the steering wheel, setting the angle of the back of the seat so your back is comfortable, adjusting the rearview mirror and side mirrors so you can see properly. Apart from the nut, these are all just minor adjustments that you might have to make on any guitar when you first get it, or even just changing the gauge of the strings. It's not much more of a problem than the guitar arriving out of tune!

@scocat1944 10 ай бұрын

Funny when you mentioned how this guitar would be good for noise music, I was thinking the exact same thing lmao! I think another thing this guitar is good for would be as a testing platform for really crazy mods, like really weird pickup combos and strange electronic mods like built in pedals that you dont want to blindly put on a more expensive guitar

@NeoRichardBlake 10 ай бұрын

I'm happy with my Glarries. I just look at them as preassembled kits on purchase. Great intro tools for luthier skill learning. I got a couple of them to try some different ideas on.

@scooterss2112 9 ай бұрын

Its still not fair for parents that do not know those things. They just think their child sucks and never encourage them to play. NO guitar should be this bad. No matter the price. Its a money grab that does more harm than good for humanity.

@NeoRichardBlake 9 ай бұрын

@@scooterss2112 However, some of these guitars are okay out of the box. They're a little hit and miss. Also, places exist that people can take a guitar to to make sure it plays well. If a parent bought one of these and paid $100 to have a place set it up, it would probably be better than just spending that total $180 (guitar plus shipping plus setup) on a $180 guitar. Not all those come out of the box ready to play either. Everyone should really do their research before buying things in general. On top of all this... Pretty much every video about Glarry guitars that I've seen says that they're decent if you know how to work on them, but just not out of the box. Many blatantly say not to buy these for a student. It takes almost no research to find out these are kind of a gamble. If all else fails, they can be returned, no questions asked, to Amazon within 30 days. Folks will know if this is going to work out for them well before that return window expires. If they fail to return it, that's on them. I do research and I'm diligent about returning things that should be returned. It's not that hard to do.

@NeoRichardBlake 9 ай бұрын

@@scooterss2112 also, shame on a parent who would bother to buy an instrument for a child then assume they suck and not encourage them to get better at it. What a half ass parent. 😂 A parent who provides an instrument usually also provides lessons, either private or at a school, so the instructor is likely to help catch a bad instrument as well.

@StevieZero 4 ай бұрын

@@NeoRichardBlakeand the glarry is that bad instrument

@NeoRichardBlake 4 ай бұрын

@@StevieZero okay you've convinced me

@leoz96 10 ай бұрын

How dare you! i bought this model and after $1200 in upgrades it actually plays ok

@FlatDrifting265 10 ай бұрын

Lol

@TylerJohnstonGuitar 10 ай бұрын

I love my grandma but if she bought me a Glarry for Christmas, she wouldn’t be invited to Easter

@wraith_1171 10 ай бұрын

You'd still send her a valentine though right?! 🙂

@TylerJohnstonGuitar 10 ай бұрын

@@wraith_1171 Of course, that’s my grandma 😂

@jeromewagschal9485 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@willkelleher4047 9 ай бұрын

😂

@WildWildWeasel 9 ай бұрын

I will still invite her but she's gonna have to be the one to play it for the whole day 🤣

@tealstatic 10 ай бұрын

Maybe cool to mod but you will want to stay away from routing and sanding it down. They use lots of wood filler and it's SUPER soft wood. Once you unscrew the hardware, you'll have to do the toothpick and wood glue trick. I'm pretty sure it's just construction pine.

@Noahinthe802 9 ай бұрын

I had a Glarry p-bass and it was actually pretty awesome considering it was so affordable. No glarr-ing issues out of the box, only needed minor ironing out. Got a strat copy from them and might have well crumpled up my money and flushed it, it was such a turd. I can do my own setups and intermediate mods, but for a beginner most of these would be horrible to deal with…

@firstnamenonapplicable5138 9 ай бұрын

You're not supposed to say a cheap guitar is crap, you have to write "This $59 guitar is Amazing? RIVALS $1000000 LES PAUL????"

@LaserEnginesAGC 9 ай бұрын

I bought a glarry strat as a cheap guitar for experiments and to take to the pub open mic's and not be worried if it got a bit banged up. I had many of the same issues with a high nut, a few high frets and barbed wire for strings. Took very little time to sort out with the most basic tools. I also took some material off the baseball bat neck, and put it all back together. It was fine, plays better than i can and friends who can play well had no problem with it. The stock pickups arent great, but you need to roll the tone back a bit to tame their sharp nature. It makes a massive difference. I updated my pickup/pickguard to something slightly better, painted the headstock...its pretty nice now with roto yellow 10's on it. Works fine at the pub anyway.

@MisterJWJ71 10 ай бұрын

While its not a good guitar out of the box, it's funny to watch Ryan get such joy out of making noises with it.

@Rk3tSk8s-ut4yo 10 ай бұрын

I bought the Glarry Mustang dual coil recently and threw one of the Guitar Fetish fixer upper strat necks on to it, fixed the hard tail bridge (was crooked and also needed to remeasure where the neck should be at for intonation) and it now plays great. It's my guitar I use for Rocksmith. Even thinking about hacking a Glarry Bronco bass to keep in a dual guitar case for when my family and I are out of town. I love how light it is and bought the dual coil mustang for that reason. Hacking the bodies is seriously half the fun on these cheap Chinese axes. If you know what you're doing and can fix problems on the body or don't mind learning, it's not bad. Most of the problems I found compensate for the shitty neck. EG: the settings were too high on the bridge adjustments. Were set at the highest setting. Played horribly. etc.

@achannel1818 10 ай бұрын

It's cheaper than a cheap pedal. If you have the equipment to fix the frets and nut, you could make this a great guitar for the kids to mess around with but still use it like a real instrument if they start to really get into music. Lots of potential if you have the technical skills

@Louis_Velliotes 9 ай бұрын

Cool man! Nice of you to give it away to a local. I would throw a Fender neck on it, maybe some new pickups and pots. Nice cheap, light partscaster for about $500.

@vadenk4433 10 ай бұрын

Guitar fetish has some really good stuff for cheap. I ordered some of the Slick 65 Strat pickups about 7 years ago and was blown away at how good they were. And I played a guys LP junior copy from GF and I’m telling ya that for $150 or whatever they cost, it is a great looking & playing instrument. I wish these types of cheap yet decent quality guitars existed when I was starting out back in the mid 90’s. Back then a cheap starter electric was $300 minimum, and they weren’t even close in playability & sound wise to the new stuff that Squire & Epiphone make- nor imo as good as a Harley Benton or Guitar Fetish guitar. My first new guitar was a black Korean made Samick SG copy & it was $300 even before Washington’s 8% sales tax- & it didn’t even come with a gig bag- fortunately the locally owned guitar shop threw in a quality gig bag that was branded with their logo “Rock City Guitars” As a teenager you wouldn’t believe how many of those exact same gig bags I saw around town & at school. It was a great advertising decision on their part. The owner Mark died unexpectedly years ago. But a few of the original employees still operate a guitar shop just down the street from the original store. If you’re ever in Spokane, Wa stop by “Mark’s Guitars” and say hello to Nate & Bob

@Russell_Optics 10 ай бұрын

I bought a pair of P90's from Guitar Fetish and they sound good. I was very impressed by them for the price. P90's are very basic pickups though and probably the easiest ones to get right.

@anthonypanneton923 10 ай бұрын

A few months ago I bought a Glarry guitar very much like that (full disclaimer - I also own other Glarrys too - strats, teles, a LP, a bronco bass, etc...) except the one I got has 2 humbucker pickups, a hardtail bridge, and a simple 3-way toggle switch (a good one) for pickup selection. I paid $90 for it. I rewired the single pair of vol-tone pots to be two independent volume knobs - so I could blend the pickups in the middle position. it's a delightful guitar. it needed ZERO fret work, and the pickups sound good (which is not always so with low-cost humbuckers). I also have recently got (for $80) a Glarry "bronco" bass, which is basically the same body as this guitar with a short-scale 4-string bass neck. the pickup they put on those is not good for bass (its essentially a strat-style single coil pickup), but underneath the pickguard the body was routed to accomodate a larger pickup. I modified the pickguard and put a J-bass pickup on it (+new strings), and now its a nice bass now with 30" scale, and it fits in a standard guitar case or gigbag!

@gregorio4646 9 ай бұрын

I also get buzz on the G string from a home made strat. Are you going to adjust the bridge/saddle?

@mrepicpant 10 ай бұрын

Yes!! Please get the Oceans 3 verb! I want to know how it compares to the Oceans 11 and it has the only 3 reverbs I can really see myself using frequently. Pedal space is a more of a premium for my set up and for $20 less I’m heavily considering the 3-verb over the standard Oceans 11

@brianruskin8058 13 күн бұрын

Really enjoying your channel and reviews! Trusted your opinions on the Indio "Jazzmaster" before I purchased it and had good luck with Indio's Tele. However, oh Glarry...you warned me about their Mustang clone, but I rolled the dice anyway (on the hard tail HH version). And it was a mess! Nut so high the low E and A were sharp to the 7th fret! Super sharp fret ends, crooked neck pickup when raised. But, $85 from their shop and Glarry customer service was quick to help make it right (they must either want happy customers, are used to the complaints, or both). After filing the nut and frets, and most importantly, changing the strings, plays much better! Definitely appreciate your words of caution, but for the price, it is a fun, very light project guitar! Results/QC on all budget/ordered sight unseen guitars will vary, but I've learned a lot about setup, and the Indios at least are so much better than the Kay I learned on in the 80's. Keep up the fantastic reviews!

@jetpackband3523 9 ай бұрын

This guitar is indeed rebranded under several companies- there was a Craigslist ad here in L.A. where a guy had a pallet in a storage space of them and was selling them for $60, I believe, and $40 each if you bought more than one. Seems to be a distributor that was stuck with dozens of them. Also, Hi again, Ryan! Nice meeting you at Surfin' Sundays this year.

@glencooper1091 9 ай бұрын

I bought this same guitar in black and have yet to go through it, was going to mod it out with Squire mustang parts from a previous mod. As for as the SX Fluid, I bought one used without the whammy, both a Fender snap in hammy for a jaguar and it worked fine.

@urfavCCA 7 ай бұрын

@60cyclehumcast I will take you to Hodad’s Burger for that guitar! I’d love a guitar to finally learn how to level and crown frets, solder, ream holes, etc. Been a fan of the channel for a few years, your Epiphone Les Paul SL series was what got me into guitar modding!

@ClintsCrypt 10 ай бұрын

As Amazon is easy to return items, I recommend sending it back to exchange for another one and see how the service and exchange process goes. Also, it would give a second impression to see how consistent the bad product is. Good, free channel content by doing an exchange and follow up video.

@wharman1 10 ай бұрын

The Two Princes giggle gets me every time. Every. Single. Time. Hahaha! Thanks Ryan!

@cmharris67 10 ай бұрын

That's so funny, I just got through modding mine with a Fender mustang 90 harness. I effing love it the neck is great. However I had to fix the neck pocket. Ktaxon gave me 50 bucks back so I essentially got an experiment for 30.

@Hardrawker1 9 ай бұрын

Speaking from first hand experience here! On a stoopid whim, I bought a Glarry P Bass off Ebay. Delivered to my door for $60.06! Yes, it required fret dressing, nut filing, pickup adjustment, intonating, fretboard oiling and tuner tightening…..BUT, after THAT love being given, it’s the most played bass in my studio!😅 I know…..😊 And this is up against a 5 string Steinberger, an early 70’s 4001 Rickenbacker, a 6 string Spector and a mid 60’s Firstman. I know, pretty eclectic array! But yes, the Glarry IS a definate contender…..😂

@bober770 10 ай бұрын

Hey Ryan, how about to test some east block old guitar, Musima or kolana for instance?

@santabob 9 ай бұрын

I bought Glarry Strat type guitar for 70 bucks. I put cheap locking tuners, a 20 dollar loaded pickguard and a Fender bridge, also a graphtech nut and it sounds and plays great

@rocketsurgeon4461 13 күн бұрын

Is there anyway we can get an update video for what the new owner did with the guitar?

@poopdogg666 10 ай бұрын

Woah glad you reviewed this!

@oldtiger8181 6 ай бұрын

I have an IYV offset guitar like this (They make them under the Harley Benton brand name as well) for $99.00 some simple upgrades one of the best guitars that I've bought. The issue with all Glarry's is not just the string nut, but the " high tongue" where the fretboard meets the body. The fret board is always curved up to high at that location. And even with buying a new neck, that does not fix it the issue entirely without A LOT of work with rebuilding the neck pocket. You get LESS then what you pay for with Glarry.

@BeanSproot 9 ай бұрын

Honestly you could probably make this guitar an absolute monster with some basic mods. That would actually be pretty entertaining to watch. Love the video!

@madzpanda 10 ай бұрын

I have a jay turser mg thats alot like this. To make the action lower and nicer to play i had to shim the neck. The turser is a tiny bit different. A mosrite style roller bridge instead of the tune o matic bridge, pop in trem arm, vintage sized tuners, and a three way switch instead of an off on. Even though you talked about how garbage this glarry is i still want it. I like a challenge. I took a bunch of lm386 chips because people talked about how bad they sound and made like 3 different dirt pedals around it each time moding the circuit to sound more typically musically pleasing. So a wonk guitar is nothing.

@Ro-Bucks 9 ай бұрын

I want to see it after someone set it up and replaced a few things, could it be good?

@HenrikMoos 9 ай бұрын

It was fantastic for making noise!!! I need to know what fuzz and delay that is?

@retromacman620 10 ай бұрын

I love that so many guitar youtubes are posting about that Fender Modeller today, and you post this guitar! This is the video I'm watching! I don't really care about the 1700$ fender Helix...

@60CycleHumcast 10 ай бұрын

I’ll have my tone master video up by Friday lol

@retromacman620 10 ай бұрын

@@60CycleHumcast don't get me wrong Ryan, I fully expected and respect you doing a video on the Tone Master, I just appreciate that you did this as well... breaks up the monotony a bit

@pinkranger123 3 ай бұрын

1:57 Perfecto De Castro's Signature Distortion BAD 94 spotted in the background!😮😮😮 That's sooo cool!

@cheapmagic5898 10 ай бұрын

My bass player has a Glarry, it’s fine enough. It was her first bass, and it seems mostly in tune when we play. Maybe the basses are better or they are just extremely inconsistent?

@bassplayersayer 9 ай бұрын

Hi, I worked in sales for many years. Most imports are all made in the same Indonesian Samik factory. There are other places in China, Mexico, etc. The cheapest are all made there and the seller just has thier name put on the headstock. Like your video's, Rock On!!!!!

@andrascsolosz7712 9 ай бұрын

I personally wouldn't go under 300 bucks buying a guitar. I don't go over 500 either but I think this 300-500 price range is the sweet spot, you can get amazing value for the price and as I'm a hobby guitarist, it perfectly fits my needs.

@sethsikes97 6 ай бұрын

i'm late to the party. but i've got a vintera jaguar, which has an identical issue with the trem arm. the receiving side of the trem is held in with a locking nut, however if you over tighten the bar the entire unit comes loose from the bottom side of the bridge. sure this glarry is probably a load of work to get playable, but that floppy loose trem arm is totally fixable if you're willing to pull the bridge off and make sure it's properly tight on the receiving end, a little locktite will hold it forever

@saladgl0ve 10 ай бұрын

i got the iyv offset mustang (which I'm pretty sure is the same as the harley benton.) gave it new pickups, pickguard with a control plate, and a kurt cobain style pickup config with gfs. mustangs are a lot of fun.

@AdamWellsMusic 9 ай бұрын

Great video topic. Buying this was a great way to learn what not to buy.

@BringMayFlowers 2 ай бұрын

I really like that first demo on the "bridge, I'm assuming". It has kind of a crackly unsureness and dry body to it that it really reminds me of going out into the desert, or trepidaciously walking slowly into danger. Would be a very neat sound to get in a guitar that doesn't actually suck.

@a.r.1611 9 ай бұрын

If you ever get the chance, I'd love to get your opinion on the J&D DX-100. It looks solid on paper, but don't know how it plays yet, haven't dared to pull the trigger.

@patrickmcmanus5373 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I am going to try putting leds in parallel on the 12 position rotary to make a multiple high gain pedal similar to jhs rat

@smittysmat7826 10 ай бұрын

I have the IYV version of this guitar. I think it was about 100 bucks. That thing was a huge surprise. I planned to change out tuners, but still haven’t, as the stock ones will get the job done. Def a good mod platform, although I’ve done nothing to it. Bought one for my SIL and he is equally impressed. When I saw your Glarry, I figured it was prob made by same people…but after seeing your review, I’m thinking…ain’t no way.

@NeoRichardBlake 9 ай бұрын

I have both the Glarry and the IYV. Glarry is definitely more cheaply made. But keep in mind the IYV also costs twice as much.

@jackstonehenge 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I've been very curious about these but I'll pass with those sharp fret ends. Not really worth the trouble for me I think.

@poseidon3032 5 ай бұрын

I was looking to put a mustang neck on a strat body because I want the shorter scale, but still prefer the strat style. This quite frankly is difficult to find and buy and when i do find it, it's ridiculously expensive. The concerns I have are 1) will it bolt on? and 2) will I end having to reset the bridge to account for intonation? We can fork out the big bucks for a already well built guitar with all the goodies, but that doesn't mean it will fit you best as a player. Customization IMO is where it's at. Just need a decent starting instrument. Not sure a $59 guitar is a good starting point. What would a good cost average point be? Not too junky.

@allenmitchell09 10 ай бұрын

Good point! How can you buy a painted and assembled guitar cheaper than a kit guitar?

@gregorwalton Ай бұрын

I bought one of the early Glarrys for £45 new two or three years ago. It was completely playable with an ordinary (no fret leveling) setup. I stuck in a few things I had leftover from other projects: brass saddles, bone nut and a heavier block. Now, it's a great knockabout guitar. I have a set of pickguards with different pickup-and-switching combinations which I can swap whenever I swap the strings. I was so pleased with it I bought another. It was crap. The neck was raw unsealed wood, the body was blockboard with gaps everywhere, and when I took off the pickguard a shitload of sawdust fell out! After tapping in the frets properly, leveling and crowning them, and putting in a decent nut, it was playable enough to sell at a loss. So I did.

@TranscendentBen 10 ай бұрын

Has Andre Fludd ever played a Glarry? Even off-camera?

@epah9829 10 ай бұрын

string change helped alot, From a non player. i could hear the change!

@evelynedresner1353 9 ай бұрын

Bought a Glarry strat and it plays great now, just had to replace trem, pickups, tuners, knobs, nut, and neck

@ohmtronseedling 9 ай бұрын

since you mentioned The Shaggs, can you do a review of the type of guitar that was featured on their album cover? that would be brilliant.

@googaboogaloo 10 ай бұрын

I have the lyv version. I changed everything but the neck and body. It has wideranges now.

@yikelu 6 ай бұрын

Also did you reference "Crossing Over" by Van Halen at 19:35? Or was that an accident.

@jmatthew9641 8 ай бұрын

that fuzz reminds me of plugging into my Soundesign stereo and putting speakers into bottom dresser drawer circa mid 70`s

@aravindvinayakan 10 ай бұрын

Would this be worth it if all I want is the body? Mustang with a Jazzmaster Trem sounds like fun 👀

@Blue_Ridge_Ranger 10 ай бұрын

I’m giving you two thumbs up for the Shaggs reference alone!

@mtguitar5150 10 ай бұрын

If i go to the local shop and want a budget set of tuners a couple packs of strings im alteady at 59 bucks. Its a project guitar indeed

@briansteffmagnussen9078 10 ай бұрын

My tip to loose screw in vibratos is cupper tape, i works really fine.

@paulschauerman2052 10 ай бұрын

Interesting to see what you can get for so little. I wonder how it would compare to a Squier Sonic series Mustang. Obviously the big difference is the Squier's are non-trem.

@koekum2142 9 ай бұрын

How does it perform in a campfire?

@ViviSectia 10 ай бұрын

My first guitar was exactly like this except it was an unbranded Ammoon guitar which I'm pretty sure rebranded as Glarry at some point. I learned every luthier skill I could on it because it was so cheap that I didn't mind destroying it. Mine came with a free dead waterbug under the pickguard. Also, thanks for the reminder, I actually needed toothpaste from Amazon.

@martysmith7038 7 ай бұрын

>Mine came with a free dead waterbug under the pickguard. Shh! Not so loud; everybody will want one!

@sethrowm_99 9 ай бұрын

I owned a telecaster glarry it may of been a pile but i learned a lot on that thing lol. Also what part of SD you from if you dont mind me asking?

@sethrowm_99 9 ай бұрын

Ended up giving it to a friend when I bought a real tele fender and now the good ol glarry has an inch of dust and sits in a closet probably where it belongs 😂

@gatkinsjr77 10 ай бұрын

Are those pickups or ice picks? That's bright.

@Carter-X 10 ай бұрын

I'd be so happy to get that. I want one to mod and go over everything the squier I would do the same so might as well buy the cheaper one . new hardware new pickup new wiring and pots file the frets level them new nut. I hope someone does it if it's still for sale in the future I know I sure will one day.

@drpc98014 3 ай бұрын

i settled on a fesley at $130. i still had to buy some setup tools (about $20) but at least it was playable out of the box. Have to admit this is the first guitar I've purchased and still looking for ways to learn how to play. I'm playing with rocksmith 2014 as a training tool but not sure how that will play out. sure there are other methods to try out but come with a price. Worse case it becomes a wall decoration. after performing additional setup - action setting, truss rod and intonation it plays fairly well.

@60CycleHumcast 3 ай бұрын

I’ve got a Fesley demo launching tomorrow. Great guitar for the price.

@Russell_Optics 10 ай бұрын

Looks like the perfect guitar for someone to practice their Luthier skills on. The body looks fine, so level and crown the frets, install a new bone nut, maybe install a pair of P90's and do a good set-up. I would lock the trem , or replace it because I doubt it will ever work properly. You would have a nice player for under $200 all-in.

@mojorisen74 9 ай бұрын

My Dad bought a Glarry just for fun. It was the STrat for I think $70.00. When we tried to set it up we found out the bridge was in the wrong spot so it wasn't intonateable, the we tried to adjust the truss rod and when trying to pull the wrench out, the truss rod came out with it lol.....I don't know what he did with it, it's probably in storage somewhere

@60CycleHumcast 9 ай бұрын

omg, thats amazing.

@Edward-MTBKR 10 ай бұрын

Ryan, you don't do many 24' scale guitars for us small-handed folks. But if you can get your hands on a new Fender Japan Junior 24" scale Jazzmaster, love to see it. I just don't want to spend $800-$900 on EBay without knowing what I'm getting.

@Steven-kj7xq 10 ай бұрын

Your affiliate link goes to the US Amazon store. Any way you can include a link to Amazon Canada?

@OutstandingBill1 10 ай бұрын

There must be something magical about the way you mic up the two Princetons, because those pickups sounded warm and punchy to me. The star of the show was the ocean's 11 though.

@Spaceman-jo5mz 10 ай бұрын

Great review 👍

@michaelalbee4484 10 ай бұрын

That same guitar purchased off Glarry's own site is $99.99. If the wiggle stick is a screw-in, they gave you the wrong one. The photo on their site shows the plug-in stick.

@60CycleHumcast 10 ай бұрын

The trem is threaded so they must have changed trem hardware

@DMSProduktions 9 ай бұрын

WHAT we in the industry used to call a GSO:Guitar shaped object! WALL ornament Ryan!

@Mr.Monster1313 10 ай бұрын

Love this..i think you should do a series of videos on $100 or less new guitars....all kinds... make a catchy name and graphic. ..goodtimes 😊

@cdavidlake2 9 ай бұрын

Afford-a-Strat? I feel like Ryan's done something like that.

@RayC234 10 ай бұрын

And it's still an Ernie Ball Music Man compared to my first guitar lol.

@CaseyKoplinCk13 9 ай бұрын

iYV guitars from Vietnam make basically this same guitar and it’s Excellent. I’ve owned two. I’ve never seen a glarry made guitar in person yet. I love the style of these models of guitar

@robertthornton1657 10 ай бұрын

Ryan knows the Shaggs? And “My Pal Foot Foot”?!? Extra cool points to him. :)

@Blue_Ridge_Ranger 10 ай бұрын

Gave two thumbs up for the Shaggs reference!

@revivedfears 9 ай бұрын

They're pretty infamous to be fair. Objectively terrible but interesting story I guess.

@georgehatton164 10 ай бұрын

I have this guitar and a Bullet Mustang and the Glarry is every bit as good as the Bullet. Absolutely nothing wrong with it . Plays great. All I changed was pickups and strings and replaced shim in neck with a full wedge shim. Your mileage may very.

@migueldeaviladuarte7456 10 ай бұрын

Great shout out to the band that Zappa considered better than the Beatles!!! Would love to see Ryan playing and singing some classic The Shaggs tunes!!!

@brianhenderson4916 10 ай бұрын

Now I'm thinking "are Glarry dumpster diving at Harley Benton?". Appreciate the honest review, and yeah, at that price it's a good project guitar.

@basp-ef7jx 5 ай бұрын

I found a First Act guitar in the clearance section of my local toys-R-us. It was like 50 or 60 bucks marked down. Fender Turners and a bridge made it a decent instrument that surprisingly stays in tune remarkabley well.

@Superjet113 10 ай бұрын

For the money, this is a awesome guitar! I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to pause for a moment and give thanks for the great contributions of the Chinese community to our society. Their peaceful and generous nature make them ideal neighbors, lending testimony to their exceptional family values and parenting skills unrivaled by any other culture. Their commitment to academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who hope to achieve prominence as a people. Without their industrious and creative drive, we would most undoubtedly be poorer as a nation.

@perekman3570 10 ай бұрын

...but don't make very good guitars?

@ianjamieson3985 10 ай бұрын

What are you smoking?

@Superjet113 10 ай бұрын

@@ianjamieson3985 😆😅🤣

@williamj.sheehan2001 6 ай бұрын

Superjet, didn't we just see you over on the Fox News website?!!

@jamesthompson6726 10 ай бұрын

Try some ivy guitars. The simi hollow body I got is sweet.

@music-xr4co 2 ай бұрын

I bought a Glary from of all places, Temu! It was $33. it came packed well the body is red with white pickguard. It looks good, neck and frets are not bad. worst thing is the pickups..the pickup winding wire is not soldered to grommets. The pickup lead wires are soldered directly to the winding wire and covered by the black tape. lol. That is crazy. So i replaced pups and pots, the bridge and tuners. Added new strings. Total cost is less than a hundred bucks and it's pretty decent now. It's no longer a glary,lol. Sounds pretty damn good. THANK YOU Wilkinson for bridge,tuners and thanks GFS for vintage pups on sale for $10.

@news603redux 9 ай бұрын

At the very least, some perspective is in order. In 1969, I bought a brand new Teisco for $29.00 that was, by any standard of today, not even an instrument. For thirty bucks more 50 + years later, this is light years ahead of that "guitar". Also, not that long ago, Squier Strats were $100 on sale and you wouldn't even consider something like this. Today, those $129.00 Squiers are $200 and that makes these guitars at least something to consider, all the work involved notwithstanding.

@michaelorourke7032 10 ай бұрын

I bought one of the Strat copy models. Just as a project to have something to do I replaced everything on the guitar everything. Surprisingly it plays okay. Not sure if the wood is haunted but I even did a level and crown on the fretboard to get it smooth and it's still mediocre. I did the same thing to a Squier Strat edit plays amazing. So it has to be part of the design along with the questionable Woods that are used to make them LOL

@johnspokus 10 ай бұрын

To be fair, I would say do a follow up video after you’ve lowered the action at the nut and intonated the bridge saddles. Other than tuning issues, to my ears the tone is not that bad.

@jamesonpace726 10 ай бұрын

I gotta couple of pretty ok Glarrys few years ago. Still rocking, loosely....

@rjramone4051 5 ай бұрын

Would like to see you mod it out. It should sound awesome.

@briandipierro8865 10 ай бұрын

It's STILL better than my first guitar, my First Act strat knockoff from 2005. The fret edges cut my hands so I haven't touched it since I got it -- I bought an Epiphone E Series basher from my neighbor for $60 right after I got it so I probably haven't touched it, aside for screwing around, in a good 15 years..

@wisterialosenge2546 10 ай бұрын

i love my first act strat, it's my main guitar. added a neck extension so it's microtonal. has high action, neck's a little twisted, but i like it that way. i've got 55 dollars in it.

@Guitarnivore 10 ай бұрын

I see plenty of them on FB marketplace. My son;s friend bought a Glarry bass starter pack. I never touched it, but I looked at the tiny amp that came with is and was like, that's gotta sound like hot garbage. I;ve modded enough low end Squiers where I just don't care to mod/upgrade super cheap guitars. I do quite enjoy my Sonc Esquire H though.