I have 2 and worked on a third. All needed serious nut slot work...they were at .030"+!! I had to flip the red and yellow wires to fix the pickup issue. After a full setup- awesome guitar.
Yea there’s room for improvement on the set up and wiring. but I mean for 80 bucks it’s alright u like the Davison better I am thinking about reviewing there Strat too. It looks good on paper but it has a coil split on the bridge pickup which will prolly be worthless take care
@@KWM1972 that is one budget guitar that I have not put my hands on. I agree though at $80 it's a steal once you get it all set up. It's a fairly unique configuration too especially at that price point.
I just received my GTL-200 and even though Amazon didn’t even try to pack it properly, it was pretty much perfect out of the box. It was reasonably setup and no phasing issues in the middle position. I have pickups and a wiring harness on the way from GFS to put in her.
That’s awsome I think there was something wrong with the pickup in mine I tried to fix the phasing but it didn’t help. It’s nice to hear yours was good. Thanks for commenting take care 🎸
I got one as a Christmas gift in the surf green. Mine was problem free compared to yours on the electronics side. The intonation was way off and the fretboard was very dirty with residue. The frets were very good though, once cleaned up. The low E tuner is wonky. I'll probably replace the pickups at some point though, mainly to get a better balanced set.
nice tele clone brother! i got the surf green model and replaced the pups and switch.... "hum90" from guitarfetish(dream90)on the bridge and a soapbar p90 from guitarmadness on the neck... sounds really nice now!
Nice review,I have always wanted to do a CZcams channel. I have collected guitars since high school and have maybe 45 guitars and 15 amps,You have inspired me to maybe do reviews on them.
That’s great man sounds like you have a lot of material to work with let me know when you start it up I will come over and check it out have a great day 🎸
Sounds like you just got one with bad pickups, but you knew what to do 👍 I bought one as well, and did unboxing and review videos. I had to do some set up work out of the box too: saddles and a backbow in the neck. I was suspicious that the frets might be stainless steel because they were so SMOOTH. Since you had to work on yours a little, were they harder on your tools, or do think they are just highly polished? I also agree, not really for a beginner unless you know someone who can set it up some. Otherwise, I love it. GREAT playing, I will be subscribing!
Thanks yes I thought they might be stainless to but I don’t think so they weren’t that difficult to work on like stainless they also felt like I was playing a nickel fret guitar stainless can sound bright and zingy for lack of a better word but I mean it was 85.00 j just wanted to to show people that you can indeed make it work with a little elbow grease lol thanks for the support let me know if you have a channel I will check it out too have a good one man 🎸
@KWM1972 this is my channel. The other reasons that I suspected stainless steel frets was that it popped up when I was actually searching stainless steel frets guitars on Amazon. It was one of the first 3, even though it WASN'T listed in the details or specs. I have a handful of stainless steel fretted guitars, because once I got the EART Telecaster with them, I was SPOILED! 😆 Mine really DOES feel like it, but it could be just an amazing polish job. 😆 Either way, feels absolutely GREAT to my hands! Again, great job!
Someone that has never held a guitar thinks it is something special or handmade. It feels like that the first time. It is no different than picking out shoes. They are kinda the same. Finding the one that fits.
Probably I shielded the guitar but I have a very small studio and sometimes I get that from the lights or the outlets it sux but i have to work with it
Definitely has that Tele clear bell tone.
I have 2 and worked on a third. All needed serious nut slot work...they were at .030"+!!
I had to flip the red and yellow wires to fix the pickup issue. After a full setup- awesome guitar.
Yea there’s room for improvement on the set up and wiring. but I mean for 80 bucks it’s alright u like the Davison better I am thinking about reviewing there Strat too. It looks good on paper but it has a coil split on the bridge pickup which will prolly be worthless take care
@@KWM1972 that is one budget guitar that I have not put my hands on. I agree though at $80 it's a steal once you get it all set up. It's a fairly unique configuration too especially at that price point.
I just got a Grote single single, sitting in the box waiting to shoot a review on it😎🤙I've had about 60% success rate in the affordable market.
Cool thanks for the info I am having a great time doing these reviews too. I will check yours out and go subscribe to your channel 🎸
@@KWM1972 Appreciate that, dig your channel🤙
I just received my GTL-200 and even though Amazon didn’t even try to pack it properly, it was pretty much perfect out of the box. It was reasonably setup and no phasing issues in the middle position. I have pickups and a wiring harness on the way from GFS to put in her.
That’s awsome I think there was something wrong with the pickup in mine I tried to fix the phasing but it didn’t help. It’s nice to hear yours was good. Thanks for commenting take care 🎸
I got one as a Christmas gift in the surf green. Mine was problem free compared to yours on the electronics side. The intonation was way off and the fretboard was very dirty with residue. The frets were very good though, once cleaned up. The low E tuner is wonky. I'll probably replace the pickups at some point though, mainly to get a better balanced set.
Yea it’s just the way it goes with these cheaper guitars some will be good and some will have problems nice to see you got a good one take care 🎸
nice tele clone brother!
i got the surf green model and replaced the pups and switch....
"hum90" from guitarfetish(dream90)on the bridge and a soapbar p90 from guitarmadness on the neck...
sounds really nice now!
Nice
Love this video! Yes more please! Appreciate the song at the end too. So great!
Thank you have a blessed day 🙏❤️🙏
Thanks man!
Great thorough review
Awsome I am glad it helped take care 🎸
Nice review video. I really enjoyed your playing as well.
Thank you for the kind words i have more reviews coming plus theres sone guitar instruction videos here too 🎸
Nice review,I have always wanted to do a CZcams channel. I have collected guitars since high school and have maybe 45 guitars and 15 amps,You have inspired me to maybe do reviews on them.
That’s great man sounds like you have a lot of material to work with let me know when you start it up I will come over and check it out have a great day 🎸
Sounds like you just got one with bad pickups, but you knew what to do 👍 I bought one as well, and did unboxing and review videos. I had to do some set up work out of the box too: saddles and a backbow in the neck. I was suspicious that the frets might be stainless steel because they were so SMOOTH. Since you had to work on yours a little, were they harder on your tools, or do think they are just highly polished? I also agree, not really for a beginner unless you know someone who can set it up some. Otherwise, I love it. GREAT playing, I will be subscribing!
Thanks yes I thought they might be stainless to but I don’t think so they weren’t that difficult to work on like stainless they also felt like I was playing a nickel fret guitar stainless can sound bright and zingy for lack of a better word but I mean it was 85.00 j just wanted to to show people that you can indeed make it work with a little elbow grease lol thanks for the support let me know if you have a channel I will check it out too have a good one man 🎸
@KWM1972 this is my channel. The other reasons that I suspected stainless steel frets was that it popped up when I was actually searching stainless steel frets guitars on Amazon. It was one of the first 3, even though it WASN'T listed in the details or specs. I have a handful of stainless steel fretted guitars, because once I got the EART Telecaster with them, I was SPOILED! 😆 Mine really DOES feel like it, but it could be just an amazing polish job. 😆 Either way, feels absolutely GREAT to my hands! Again, great job!
Someone that has never held a guitar thinks it is something special or handmade. It feels like that the first time. It is no different than picking out shoes. They are kinda the same. Finding the one that fits.
Do I hear the guitar buzzing at the beginning of the video?
Probably I shielded the guitar but I have a very small studio and sometimes I get that from the lights or the outlets it sux but i have to work with it