Years ago I bought a $79. Tele-style guitar online, so I could learn setups and upgrades. I bonded with that lil guitar and love it as much as the expensive ones. Thanks Landon. 🎸
I once grew Paulownia Trees at my old farm. They grow very, very fast. In 8 years I had a 30’ tree. But the roots protrude from the ground. Paulownia is basically like Bamboo - branches are hollow on the inside like bamboo. Great smelling flowers in the spring. Strange tree though.
It would be great that you upgrade the shit out of this guitar and do an A/B comparison too see if this is worth modding it ! Great video as always Landon and its so true what you say about the actual society we live.
I bought one as a gift for a buddy 2 years back - routed and added a humbucker bridge and put in a p90 sized humbucker (then an esquire pickguard). He loves it and uses it every day, and now he's famous while I salt away in the wilds of New Brunswick...
It takes a lot of confidence in your own star power to not get around to opening the box in a video about its contents until the six-minute mark. Brava.
For mods: Take the pickups out, take off the cover and tape, and carefully squirt superglue into the copper coils. This will "pot" them on the cheap. You can also use thinner epoxy/resins, or wax to do this, but superglue is quick/cheap. Set-up the action, check the nut slots, all the usual other stuff. I bet it comes across like a different beast altogether.
Judging from the things we see coming out of China… they don’t strike me as at ALL interested in things like patents or copyrights. Things like the tsunami waves of ‘Chibsons’ that have been coming into the states stand as solid evidence of that. I wish though that if they’re going to copy names & products like Fender, Gibson, etc. without any legal worries at all, they’d concentrate on making better/closer ‘copies’ of the real thing. Now that I’ve typed that out… it dawns on me that this would only make the problem worse. 🤦♂️🤣
@@gearmeister I don’t think anyone is suggesting such a thing. I have to imagine that the difficulty of doing so is pretty much the reason that Chinese companies do it.
I'm interesting in seeing how this performs with new tuners, pickups, and strings...if the neck and action can be setup well, it might be a fun project...
Hi Landon, thanks for the video. Yes, it’d be really interesting to see what a full upgrade (tuners, bridge, p/ups, pots etc) does to/for that guitar. Greetings from South Africa
I'd like to see this in a quick demo after it is set up with a more normal action.Btw, that action reminded me of a Raven Bass I bought in '72 or '73. It was like trying to play on a cutting steel trampoline. Boingy! An upgrade video is definitely in order so we know if the bones-body and neck- are good.
Many of the original telecasters were made from pine and were surprisingly light. Recently I tested some new ‘made in the USA’ telecasters and they weighed a tonne (10lbs plus). When I commented on this to an old timer who lived next door to the Fender factory back in the day he said “And many of the Gibsons were really light back then as well.” I couldn’t believe that as every Les Paul I’ve ever touched has been a boat anchor (including my own). Next time he visited he brought his early-days LP with him (must be worth a fortune) and it was 2lbs lighter than my 2010 model.
Thanks for putting this video out. I would be curious to see how this would sound with a setup. After that, you can decide what you want to do with it. That's my input.
I have a LyxPro. Seafoam Green. I put aftermarket pickups on it. New tuners, swapped out the tone cap. Oh, and put brass saddles on it. I also dressed the frets. Plays great! Mine was $139. I play it regularly.
If the saddles are slammed for height, a flat shim in the neck pocket for full size cures the higher action & saddle/string break angle that won't ever happen if the fretboard is slammed to the pickguard. Just have to adjust the pickup heights for the shim thickness. Basically a set up that most every guitar needs to be finished off to preference. The sub $ 100 guitars are basically assembled for being "in the cheap seats of the ball park". As long as the pickups aren't microphonic, it's going to eventually play in quite well. Might take a set of strings.
Just got my first “Amazon cheap guitar” a Westbrook Racer and I have to say fit and finish are on par with guitars 3 times as much money. There are some incredibly nice guitars out there right now for very low cost.
It's nice when you get surprisingly good cheap guitar .A few months ago I bought a Harley Benton TE 20 HH T style for £76 +p&p for a laugh expecting very little and its a great little player .The fact that that one is so light makes it very appealing and interesting to see how it turns out after a bit of work .
I was just saying the other day I wish Landon would do another cheap guitar video. Because I've haven't seen one on CZcams in like 30 seconds. Thanks for scratching that itch.
Cheap guitars are usually good except for the tuners. Good machine heads cost $140-200 Canadian. I have an excellent Harley Benton, but it needs locking tuners.. which is worth doing for playability, but you’ll never get it back when you sell. And I’ve sold every guitar I’ve had except my first.
Fun video, thank you for sharing! Yes please on doing a video with you modding up this instrument. I believe it is very nice looking. I've heard worse pick ups on other cheap guitars. My beater practice guitar is a StratOGlary, and it doesn't sound great. Your LyxTelCaster looks quite nice.
I want to see the add new pickups , tuners , adjust the neck , dress the frets , add new bridge plate with modern 6 saddle set up... perhaps add new full sized pots and switch.. or whatever you think it needs update please.
Bought a used Squier bullet for like 70 bucks that didn’t sound as bad as this thing to begin with. You can upgrade and modify the hell out of anything and make it sound and feel like something twice as expensive. Just need a solid foundation and you have to decide if it’s worth it.
About two and a half years ago I decided that after playing for 20 plus years, I wanted to finally try a T-style guitar. I ended up ordering three different ones from Amazon. One of them was a Lyx Pro identical to the one you have in this video. My experience was similar to yours. The finish on the body was nice, and I really liked the neck, but everything else was "meh"... I ended up sending the Lyx Pro back. I do think that it could have been a good base for a mod platform though. Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours...
Paulownia doesnt even feel like real wood its so light. Had a strat unfinished body made from that once, felt more like hardened cardboard or styrofoam than anything else. Returned it.
Mod it, good sir. MOD IT! 🤣 I spent the lockdown(s) learning to work on guitars, and it’s turned into a really enjoyable hobby. I’d like to see what you can do with this & maybe get a few ideas along the way. So yes - mod it. 👍🏼 I can’t help but wonder if maybe the body is chambered. A lot of the less expensive guitars seem to be lighter than usual. But that sounds REALLY light. The truss rod access caught my eye too. Looks like a really long rout… all the way to the first tuner?
Mod it Landon, see what you can do with just tuners and pickup upgrade. And of course a proper setup. That will be interesting for sure. Theoretically, if you drop some pickups & tuners in it, and do a setup - you would have something like an upgraded Squier Classic Vibe Tele, for less than the sticker price of a CV Tele.
I wonder what the radius of the neck pickup is? and if it is even close to the fretboard radius, I like the grain on the body but the colour is a bit too dark for my liking. That high action might be an indication of big problems with either the neck or the pocket, hopefully its a neck shim that they messed up!
I like that you showed the full experience of unboxing and tuning a cheap guitar. It’s a good thing for people to see. Too bad they come with such high action, because If you bought this as your first guitar you wouldn’t be able to learn very easily on this.
Agreed, but they come with the Allen wrenches to adjust that and CZcams has a zillion videos on basic set up. If the nut action is high all you have to do for a temporary fix is tune it a whole step down and capo it at fret #2 and then re- tune. Learning basic guitar set up is just like owning a bike. It is essential to know how to adjust your brakes an air up your tires. Folks too lazy to do that need some therapy.
Depends, if one is learning Cowboy Chords & staying within the first 5-7 frets pf the neck, how bad can the action really be as an issue that dropping the saddles & pickup heights is a learning instrument ? I get it though, if one is learning guitar, they'll assume that the build & set up on a new & out of the box guitar was done for them. Even a beginner is going to have to learn how to tune it for Standard E.
I think you should definitely NOT mod that guitar. Paulownia wood is the lightest, softest wood ever. I'll bet there's a bad neck dive. And no screw is gonna stay tight in that crappy wood. But hey, knock yourself out if you want. I'm sure it will be an interesting, entertaining video.
Great video , it brings back memories of what cheap guitars use to be like years ago, after watching you tune it, i needed to go to the dentist...geeeez .....great channel thx for what you do...
It could use a quick setup but overall, it doesn't seem too horrible. I wonder what it will sound like if it gets intonated and the bridge set up and the nut filed I want to get one of these, or the Glarry mustang looking guitar (which is around 59$ usd in America right now) and use it to learn how to solder and wire new pickups
Your first impression and description of this guitar is the same as my observations of the Leo Jaymz tele diy kit I got for my birthday. I had to shim the neck the get the action acceptable, and even though it’s “mahogany” it’s incredibly lightweight. Also, the stock strings wouldn’t stay in tune and broke after less than a day. I think they may be exactly the same guitar except the kit has a paddle headstock and you have to apply your own finish.
HEY Landon, Greetings from Northeast U.S.A. Good job on the video. Your studio is looking great. Most people are pretty cool. Don't let the idiots get to you. They don't have anything else to do. Light guitar and inexpensive. Being broke and having a broken back this would be just what the Doctor ordered. happy Holidays.Cheers
Would love to see this set up properly, and to see it ridiculously modded (like Cunife) and perhaps go crazy and add a piezo and synth output. I mean, go beast mode crazy.
Palawania wood is super light, like BALSA wood. I have a strat body I never used made of this. They used to make rickshaws and carriages out of this because of its light weight. I have no idea if it has good sonic qualities but other guitar manufacturers would be all over it if it sounded good.
absolutely, do the improvements for us to see. Also would be nice to see a step by step set up, for those of us who have never done that before. By the way, your price on the photo states $89.00. You said out loud, $149, for what its worth.
It's kinda pretty, and I kinda like a light guitar... But dear God it sounded horrible. I felt bad for your poor Princeton having to make those noises. I would be interested in knowing just what it takes to get playable. Clearly tuners and a FULL setup. Probably recut or replace the nut, possibly shim the neck just for "playable" condition. Only then would we have any idea if the PUP's and controls are salvagable. It's like Amazon is selling guitar tech training material. So, while I find the setup and mod videos quite enjoyable to watch, I almost feel it's not worth the effort unless you simply need the content. The time and materials are going to cost way more than the guitar did.
I’d love a follow up! A lot of cheaper guitar reviews I see only use the strings out of the box and no setup I feel like a lot don’t do them justice. New strings on there and it will sound sharp.
There's a reason it's light, because it's shite wood. It'll be the cheapest lump of softwood they could buy, (probably made from old pallets glued together). It most likely will bend and warp over time and become unplayable in a few years, but ya know, you might just drop lucky. It's entry level so hopefully it'll inspire some new guitarists to go on to new and creative masterpieces in the future.
More than likely that'd be something like Alder or similar. technically a hardwood but very light. You can guarantee it'll be decent quality with Fender.@@landonbailey
Some of the "budget" guitars are worth modding because some have light body and nice neck and the rest can be upgraded especially with used hi end parts. Thanks for sharing!
Got me an Eart ""T-style" in a beautiful cherry red finish off of Amazon for cheap. I feel it could be turned into a very nice pro level instrument with a few upgrades and a proper set-up.
The body is Paulownia wood, an Asian species. There are some plantations in the US, the Jimmy Carter estate, for example. The “mahogany” in the description is a bit misleading, probably referring to the colour, although that’s a bit inaccurate as well.
I bought one of them from that brand not like that it’s like an old strat brown n black. And learning the whole guitar I got it to learn. But heck out of tune most of the time but that could be me but mine is very light as well. And yes let’s see the upgrade.
So did I you content thief! :P I've got a video coming out later this week I believe. It's actually not bad, ok, perhaps I need to watch this first instead of ranting :) Mine is the same colour, replacement pickups, bridge and added string ferrules already in hand! First the bought the cheap guitar video, then the I upgraded a crap guitar video. My action was a lot better than that though. Probably the cold? I got mine in September I think it was, the same $149CDN. Fun little guitar!
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I would just say that the neck pickup has a radius to match the fingerboard... 😂... that's a beautiful wood & finish
Acclimate and adjust the truss rod first!
Looks like it's gone up in price, $149.99😂
Project guitar yes!
i bought one of theese about 6 months ago turned it into an esquire and put a bonenut and it plays welll for a 1300 dollar build
Years ago I bought a $79. Tele-style guitar online, so I could learn setups and upgrades. I bonded with that lil guitar and love it as much as the expensive ones. Thanks Landon. 🎸
Rock on!
I should have bought one below 100 I was always hesitant to modify or set up my guitar.
I once grew Paulownia Trees at my old farm. They grow very, very fast. In 8 years I had a 30’ tree. But the roots protrude from the ground. Paulownia is basically like Bamboo - branches are hollow on the inside like bamboo. Great smelling flowers in the spring. Strange tree though.
i once had pawlownia strat. Best sounding strat i ever had, but body broke middle in 2 pieces within 4 weeks.
It would be great that you upgrade the shit out of this guitar and do an A/B comparison too see if this is worth modding it ! Great video as always Landon and its so true what you say about the actual society we live.
YES!....Please
And prefeably upgrade with cheap ebay pick ups first and then maybe branded ones to get an A-B-C comparison.
Looks and sounds like a good donor body. Put a good neck on it.
I bought one as a gift for a buddy 2 years back - routed and added a humbucker bridge and put in a p90 sized humbucker (then an esquire pickguard). He loves it and uses it every day, and now he's famous while I salt away in the wilds of New Brunswick...
How famous, is he a legend in his own mind!?
It takes a lot of confidence in your own star power to not get around to opening the box in a video about its contents until the six-minute mark. Brava.
No it doesn’t 😁
@@landonbailey if you say so
For mods: Take the pickups out, take off the cover and tape, and carefully squirt superglue into the copper coils. This will "pot" them on the cheap. You can also use thinner epoxy/resins, or wax to do this, but superglue is quick/cheap.
Set-up the action, check the nut slots, all the usual other stuff. I bet it comes across like a different beast altogether.
Even Leo Fender couldn’t use “Telecaster” when he owned G&L. He used “ASAT” which supposedly stands for “Also Sold As Telecaster”.
I heard ASAT was As Same As Telecaster
@@harryebbeson Maybe so. At any rate, it would appear that using the Telecaster name is some kind of legally prohibited infringement
Judging from the things we see coming out of China… they don’t strike me as at ALL interested in things like patents or copyrights. Things like the tsunami waves of ‘Chibsons’ that have been coming into the states stand as solid evidence of that.
I wish though that if they’re going to copy names & products like Fender, Gibson, etc. without any legal worries at all, they’d concentrate on making better/closer ‘copies’ of the real thing. Now that I’ve typed that out… it dawns on me that this would only make the problem worse. 🤦♂️🤣
Suing a Chinese company for copywrite infringement is harder than it sounds
@@gearmeister I don’t think anyone is suggesting such a thing. I have to imagine that the difficulty of doing so is pretty much the reason that Chinese companies do it.
Loving the vid so far! Cool to see you trying out more long form ones as well as the Shorts content
I'm interesting in seeing how this performs with new tuners, pickups, and strings...if the neck and action can be setup well, it might be a fun project...
Def would love to see a follow up vid on this with you upgrading and setting it up! 😎🎸
Hi Landon, thanks for the video. Yes, it’d be really interesting to see what a full upgrade (tuners, bridge, p/ups, pots etc) does to/for that guitar. Greetings from South Africa
Pretty color and wood on the body.
8:35 I think on export for convex, so it goes „out“, and for concave it‘s „cave“, wich is scooped. 😊
I'd like to see this in a quick demo after it is set up with a more normal action.Btw, that action reminded me of a Raven Bass I bought in '72 or '73. It was like trying to play on a cutting steel trampoline. Boingy! An upgrade video is definitely in order so we know if the bones-body and neck- are good.
Many of the original telecasters were made from pine and were surprisingly light.
Recently I tested some new ‘made in the USA’ telecasters and they weighed a tonne (10lbs plus). When I commented on this to an old timer who lived next door to the Fender factory back in the day he said “And many of the Gibsons were really light back then as well.” I couldn’t believe that as every Les Paul I’ve ever touched has been a boat anchor (including my own). Next time he visited he brought his early-days LP with him (must be worth a fortune) and it was 2lbs lighter than my 2010 model.
Thanks for putting this video out. I would be curious to see how this would sound with a setup. After that, you can decide what you want to do with it.
That's my input.
I got this. Give it a set up and replace the tuners and probably nut. I did a fret job too. Mine’s a solid guitar now.
I have a LyxPro. Seafoam Green. I put aftermarket pickups on it. New tuners, swapped out the tone cap. Oh, and put brass saddles on it. I also dressed the frets. Plays great! Mine was $139. I play it regularly.
Very nice!
Looks very nice! needing a setup and maybe pickups and better tuners, not bad at all
I just bought the five below guitar and I’m making a vid on it also
That 25 dollar acoustic guitar? I'm interested
@@briandipierro8865 vid wil be coming soon
Paulownia Wood Body. How are the fret ends? Sharp?
If the saddles are slammed for height, a flat shim in the neck pocket for full size cures the higher action & saddle/string break angle that won't ever happen if the fretboard is slammed to the pickguard. Just have to adjust the pickup heights for the shim thickness. Basically a set up that most every guitar needs to be finished off to preference. The sub $ 100 guitars are basically assembled for being "in the cheap seats of the ball park". As long as the pickups aren't microphonic, it's going to eventually play in quite well. Might take a set of strings.
🎸👍
Just got my first “Amazon cheap guitar” a Westbrook Racer and I have to say fit and finish are on par with guitars 3 times as much money. There are some incredibly nice guitars out there right now for very low cost.
It's nice when you get surprisingly good cheap guitar .A few months ago I bought a Harley Benton TE 20 HH T style for £76 +p&p for a laugh expecting very little and its a great little player .The fact that that one is so light makes it very appealing and interesting to see how it turns out after a bit of work .
I was just saying the other day I wish Landon would do another cheap guitar video. Because I've haven't seen one on CZcams in like 30 seconds. Thanks for scratching that itch.
As light as it is, the wood is probably Pawlina (sp?) which is a really light wood.
Cheap guitars are usually good except for the tuners. Good machine heads cost $140-200 Canadian. I have an excellent Harley Benton, but it needs locking tuners.. which is worth doing for playability, but you’ll never get it back when you sell. And I’ve sold every guitar I’ve had except my first.
Fun video, thank you for sharing! Yes please on doing a video with you modding up this instrument. I believe it is very nice looking. I've heard worse pick ups on other cheap guitars. My beater practice guitar is a StratOGlary, and it doesn't sound great. Your LyxTelCaster looks quite nice.
I want to see the add new pickups , tuners , adjust the neck , dress the frets , add new bridge plate with modern 6 saddle set up... perhaps add new full sized pots and switch.. or whatever you think it needs update please.
Bought a used Squier bullet for like 70 bucks that didn’t sound as bad as this thing to begin with. You can upgrade and modify the hell out of anything and make it sound and feel like something twice as expensive. Just need a solid foundation and you have to decide if it’s worth it.
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About two and a half years ago I decided that after playing for 20 plus years, I wanted to finally try a T-style guitar. I ended up ordering three different ones from Amazon. One of them was a Lyx Pro identical to the one you have in this video. My experience was similar to yours. The finish on the body was nice, and I really liked the neck, but everything else was "meh"... I ended up sending the Lyx Pro back. I do think that it could have been a good base for a mod platform though. Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours...
Paulownia doesnt even feel like real wood its so light. Had a strat unfinished body made from that once, felt more like hardened cardboard or styrofoam than anything else. Returned it.
I'd love to see a comparison of pickups that are in it compared to better ones.
I've seen it on eBay
Do a deep dive, let’s see what the pots look like behind that plate
I have this guitar. The stock pickups were awful, so I installed some brass saddles and Bootstrap pickups and it came to life.
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Mod it, good sir. MOD IT! 🤣
I spent the lockdown(s) learning to work on guitars, and it’s turned into a really enjoyable hobby. I’d like to see what you can do with this & maybe get a few ideas along the way. So yes - mod it. 👍🏼
I can’t help but wonder if maybe the body is chambered. A lot of the less expensive guitars seem to be lighter than usual. But that sounds REALLY light. The truss rod access caught my eye too. Looks like a really long rout… all the way to the first tuner?
Mod it Landon, see what you can do with just tuners and pickup upgrade. And of course a proper setup. That will be interesting for sure. Theoretically, if you drop some pickups & tuners in it, and do a setup - you would have something like an upgraded Squier Classic Vibe Tele, for less than the sticker price of a CV Tele.
Hope to see what you can do with it Landon. It looked like it had potential.
I wonder what the radius of the neck pickup is? and if it is even close to the fretboard radius,
I like the grain on the body but the colour is a bit too dark for my liking.
That high action might be an indication of big problems with either the neck or the pocket, hopefully its a neck shim that they messed up!
It sounds like it is fretting out even with high action. Are the frets really uneven?
I love your style Landon, you got a Henry’s Kitchen vibe to you and I love it.
I like that you showed the full experience of unboxing and tuning a cheap guitar. It’s a good thing for people to see. Too bad they come with such high action, because If you bought this as your first guitar you wouldn’t be able to learn very easily on this.
Agreed, but they come with the Allen wrenches to adjust that and CZcams has a zillion videos on basic set up.
If the nut action is high all you have to do for a temporary fix is tune it a whole step down and capo it at fret #2 and then re- tune.
Learning basic guitar set up is just like owning a bike. It is essential to know how to adjust your brakes an air up your tires.
Folks too lazy to do that need some therapy.
Depends, if one is learning Cowboy Chords & staying within the first 5-7 frets pf the neck, how bad can the action really be as an issue that dropping the saddles & pickup heights is a learning instrument ? I get it though, if one is learning guitar, they'll assume that the build & set up on a new & out of the box guitar was done for them. Even a beginner is going to have to learn how to tune it for Standard E.
I think you should definitely NOT mod that guitar. Paulownia wood is the lightest, softest wood ever. I'll bet there's a bad neck dive. And no screw is gonna stay tight in that crappy wood. But hey, knock yourself out if you want. I'm sure it will be an interesting, entertaining video.
With that guitars tuning problems I would have already given it the Pete Townsend treatment🎸😆👍
Definitely would enjoy watching you do a mod on this one
why does that decibel reader behind you keep showing the time?
Just looking at it when you pulled it out you can tell it needs a shim and proly a truss adjustment. That thing looked like a banana!🤣
Great video , it brings back memories of what cheap guitars use to be like years ago, after watching you tune it, i needed to go to the dentist...geeeez .....great channel thx for what you do...
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Landon also do you have regrets when looking back in life ❤😊
It could use a quick setup but overall, it doesn't seem too horrible. I wonder what it will sound like if it gets intonated and the bridge set up and the nut filed
I want to get one of these, or the Glarry mustang looking guitar (which is around 59$ usd in America right now) and use it to learn how to solder and wire new pickups
The Grotes are a great value and just a bit better and more consistent. Rock on!
When did you review that nice cherry es-335 style hanging to your right? Gibson, Heritage, or Epiphone dot…?
Your first impression and description of this guitar is the same as my observations of the Leo Jaymz tele diy kit I got for my birthday. I had to shim the neck the get the action acceptable, and even though it’s “mahogany” it’s incredibly lightweight. Also, the stock strings wouldn’t stay in tune and broke after less than a day. I think they may be exactly the same guitar except the kit has a paddle headstock and you have to apply your own finish.
"Mahogany" is the finish color. The body is Paulownia.
Amazon guitars too scary for me to waste my money on personally.
Fer Crissakes dude, it's Paulownia. That stuff makes basswood seem heavy. I love your tongue in cheek videos. Youre my favoriteCZcams star.
HEY Landon, Greetings from Northeast U.S.A. Good job on the video. Your studio is looking great. Most people are pretty cool. Don't let the idiots get to you. They don't have anything else to do. Light guitar and inexpensive. Being broke and having a broken back this would be just what the Doctor ordered. happy Holidays.Cheers
Cheers!
I'd like to see you rebuild this guitar.
Would love to see this set up properly, and to see it ridiculously modded (like Cunife) and perhaps go crazy and add a piezo and synth output. I mean, go beast mode crazy.
electronics and pickups to the trash ! The amp made no miracles lol . Thank you for the presentation !
Everyone loves finding that one little cheap guitar that just gets to you. it's a quest to find these little gems, few and far between.
Would love to see you mod it mate 😀👍🏻
Palawania wood is super light, like BALSA wood. I have a strat body I never used made of this. They used to make rickshaws and carriages out of this because of its light weight. I have no idea if it has good sonic qualities but other guitar manufacturers would be all over it if it sounded good.
Is it light? Is it a light guitar? 🥴😁
Kidding! Do a follow up/fix it video! 🤘🏻🔥 Love your content and your sense of humor 😎
..looks like it's about time for a Shim, ..Slim Jim.🤷🎸
Totally by chance, I picked up my Epiphone Les Paul while watching and we ended up tuning up AT THE SAME TIME.
Mind blown.
Do you plan on selling that fender mustang competition bass anytime soon?
What sucks is the people that will buy that won't know anything about setting them up.
Last year I bought a pawlonia wood p-bass at the same price point from amazon. Its very light but then there is neck dive because of that.
Yeah, it would be cool to mod that one!
This is definitely an Amazon product level review.
I was going for Temu like your videos!
That's the Telecaster that just gives me the Blues
Gotoh tuners, some decent PU's, and see what you can do.
Looks like you bought a nice piece of firewood...lol
absolutely, do the improvements for us to see. Also would be nice to see a step by step set up, for those of us who have never done that before. By the way, your price on the photo states $89.00. You said out loud, $149, for what its worth.
I paid Canadian price
Eagerly awaiting the upgrades.
It's kinda pretty, and I kinda like a light guitar... But dear God it sounded horrible. I felt bad for your poor Princeton having to make those noises.
I would be interested in knowing just what it takes to get playable. Clearly tuners and a FULL setup. Probably recut or replace the nut, possibly shim the neck just for "playable" condition. Only then would we have any idea if the PUP's and controls are salvagable. It's like Amazon is selling guitar tech training material.
So, while I find the setup and mod videos quite enjoyable to watch, I almost feel it's not worth the effort unless you simply need the content. The time and materials are going to cost way more than the guitar did.
I think their QC is a bit hit or miss. I bought the black version as a mod project and its not bad after new strings and a set-up
I’d love a follow up! A lot of cheaper guitar reviews I see only use the strings out of the box and no setup I feel like a lot don’t do them justice. New strings on there and it will sound sharp.
There's a reason it's light, because it's shite wood. It'll be the cheapest lump of softwood they could buy, (probably made from old pallets glued together). It most likely will bend and warp over time and become unplayable in a few years, but ya know, you might just drop lucky. It's entry level so hopefully it'll inspire some new guitarists to go on to new and creative masterpieces in the future.
So why is light wood used with Fender Custom shop models?
More than likely that'd be something like Alder or similar. technically a hardwood but very light. You can guarantee it'll be decent quality with Fender.@@landonbailey
Is this guitar routed to fit a full sized P90 in the neck ?
youll see it all here czcams.com/video/Q8EbeSg1NfQ/video.htmlfeature=shared
The Glarry tele is down to 60 bucks!
Seems like it would be a neck-diving beast if it's that light.
Is it a light guitar?
Is there alot of neck dive??
I like to comment before you say anything. After that my tiny head goes into free fall confusion.
The body wood looks fantastic.
Some of the "budget" guitars are worth modding because some have light body and nice neck and the rest can be upgraded especially with used hi end parts. Thanks for sharing!
Got me an Eart ""T-style" in a beautiful cherry red finish off of Amazon for cheap. I feel it could be turned into a very nice pro level instrument with a few upgrades and a proper set-up.
@@JackTheSkunk Eart is one example of affordable guitars with stainless steel frets. You have a nice tele with stainless steel frets.
are the indio and pacifico heavy guitars?
Please check out the FGN JIL2 "tele" type. It's Fujigen factory Telecaster, made in Japan.
That's the best thumbnail of the year
The reason why it is so light is because the body is made of Paulownia wood, which is very lightweight
Yes pleaseee mod this guitar. We would love to see you make this thing sound good. Pleaseee
The body is Paulownia wood, an Asian species. There are some plantations in the US, the Jimmy Carter estate, for example. The “mahogany” in the description is a bit misleading, probably referring to the colour, although that’s a bit inaccurate as well.
For a budget guitar though you will always need to change strings and adjust action. Other than that. ?
It doesn’t look too bad from a distance. Up close, I’d prefer to back up. But if it’s what you can afford, go for it. I’ve seen much worse.
I bought one of them from that brand not like that it’s like an old strat brown n black. And learning the whole guitar I got it to learn. But heck out of tune most of the time but that could be me but mine is very light as well. And yes let’s see the upgrade.
I know this sounds like a dumb question but I’m a beginner. What did he do around the 14 min mark to make it sound electric?????
Distortion pedal you mean?
I figured it out, it’s the amplifier. It’s pretty old. Doesn’t have a gain knob. Appreciate you inquiring 🫡
Project guitar video...Yes
start w/ new strings and a setup before swapping pickups
Are you sure there was not a 3 Ply guard in the pic ?
So did I you content thief! :P I've got a video coming out later this week I believe. It's actually not bad, ok, perhaps I need to watch this first instead of ranting :)
Mine is the same colour, replacement pickups, bridge and added string ferrules already in hand! First the bought the cheap guitar video, then the I upgraded a crap guitar video. My action was a lot better than that though. Probably the cold? I got mine in September I think it was, the same $149CDN. Fun little guitar!