The Return of Glarry... and the start of SwapSunday? Glarry offers some pretty good guitars for very low cost. I didn't like this one as much as I did the ST-3 Strat Style guitar mainly because the beefy neck didn't make sense on the Burning Fire and I'm not much for a pointy guitar. For $92 - you can't complain though! Glarry Music's CZcams Channel: czcams.com/channels/XTYTalfUuIfw4fmm9X9Oyw.html Glarry Official Site: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1312951&u=1985017&m=83754&urllink=&afftrack= Glarry Strat Review: czcams.com/video/WM5P7XDDT0o/video.html 0:05 - Glarry on my Channel 1:15 - Info on Burning Fire 3:32 - GA-20 Amp 4:49 - First Impressions 6:42 - Inside Look / Specs 11:20 - Demo (Stock Amp) 13:38 - Demo (Mesa Boogie) 15:02 - Final Thoughts
I have that one Melody Maker Les Paul junior guitar pretty good cuz it has a Bridge so you can intonate it. 2003 I read somewhere there weren't very many made. It's a rock and roll machine volume and tone it works
I bought it as a project guitar so i can learn how to wire my own pickups and install my own modifications without worrying about destroying an expensive Guitar. It's a cool shape and it's actually cheaper than buying a guitar diy assembly kit.
great freaking idea. just picked up the flame style full scale bass with amp for only 46 TOTAL direct from China. It already shipped within 24 hours, but says Dec. 22....holy crap.
@@IrisGalaxis That's surprising because I figured the people I go to school with don't play guitar because the most popular music now uses drums (even if they're crappy high-hat sample beats) and bass. Maybe I just go to a really conformist school.
Doesn’t even matter what guitar it is, I just love your critique & appraisal’s. You’ve helped me a ton when looking for guitars used, brand new, Gibson or not. Another awesome video!
I love the look of ESPs. I'd love to one day get one if their les Pauls with all the abalone and stuff and put some dimarzio PAFs in it. I've tried a few LTD guitars though and they've all been very difficult to play for some reason. Maybe it's just the shops I played them in don't take proper care of them or something. So I hope ESP aren't the same. I've actually got an ESP guitar already, sort of, they have another budget range along with LTD called AXL, and I have a tele from that range which I got for £80 years ago, and I love it, it plays remarkably well considering. It's got these weird EMG passive single coil pickups in it that sound like normal tele pickups, planning to get seymour duncan antiquities or something to replace them and repaint it. I got a bridge to replace the one on it and I'm holding off on doing that cos the bridge grounds the bridge pickup and so I'm scared of doing it wrong and electrocuting myself
those guitars are for experts that can setup properly and manage the various problem given by a guitar that have no quality control... how can trogly promote this shit? because they gifted the guitar!
50 years from now, people will collect these vintage warehouse guitars and pay loads of money for them! They'll get excited when they learn, that grandpa still has one of those stored away under the bed :) BTW, where was the blacklight test? ;)
I bought one myself and it is surprisingly nice for the price, some things to be aware of though; I didn't have to adjust the truss rod but I did have to intonate it and, I imagine your mileage may vary but, the saddles that came on mine were crap so I had to replace those to get it to intonate correctly. Great guitar though if you want something you can throw around without worrying about damaging it.
I bought mine for USD $55.90 adjusted my truss , string hight and intonation and sanded my neck to (the correct shape)... And it plays like an Ibanez gax80 unplugged. Haven't plugged in yet but bought new 4 conducter humbuck cuz it comes w/ 2 conducter humbucks / also a push pull pot and ... It's a nice starting point. It'l be series parallel push pull
Thanks Austin. I watch all of your videos before I reply. I think anyone interested should just by the guitar. Used Fender Mustang 1 and Peavey Vypers can be had for @ 70 bucks used. The buyer wouldn't have to spend much more money and would have a decent amp. I really respect your opinions.
I bought one of these on ebay without the Glarry branding. This had it's advantages and disadvantages. If you are afraid to learn how to work on a guitar yourself, go with Glarry. If you get a bad one they will replace it for you. Though learning to adjust the bridge and the truss rod may be necessary either way. The ebay advantage was I got it (without the dinky little amp) for $54.00 shipped from a US seller and it arrived in only 5 days. The finish and electronics were all fine but the neck was cocked forward and it needed the nut filed and shaved and some fretwork needed to be addressed. The ultimate gamechanger for these cheap guitars is new strings. I was blown away with the huge difference a new set of 10's made over the supplied chinese strings. It sounds better, feels better to play and holds tune much better. I would also recommend locking down the trem on these unless you replace it.
Throw a set of Grovers and some fat pots and change the jack and with some of that electrical paint, you will have something the will work. This kind of guitar is a Luther's dream for putzing with.
@@JosePineda-jn8jk Hahah good one but most guitars can be adjusted, like bridge, truss rod, intonation ect. Once adjusted even cheap guitars are very playable and it will sound ok, ofc expensive guitars sounds better but still good player can make bad guitar sound good if guitar is decently maintenanced however acoustic guitars are another story.
That's true. But shitty equipment can also make a great player sound mediocre. You can still tell they know how to handle a guitar, but it won't sound good
Lol, as you know I bought that same guitar! I ended up selling it and a Crate 15 watt amp to a local grandma looking to buy her grandson his first guitar. Yes that small body surprised me as well. Guys like us are so used to Les Pauls that these small bodied guitars just don't feel right, lol. It played pretty decent and sounded "OK" for what it is. I also bought their bass in the same colors, the bass needed a new output jack which I installed. Glarry offered to exchange the guitar but to save them shipping costs and myself some time I just threw one I had laying around, took me 5 minutes and I was done. Also the action on the bass was pretty high and the I had to set the neck tension. It plays pretty good so I am keeping that to just mess around on.
The guitar with amp supplied actually doesn't sound too bad and I am listening to it through a 6-year-old phone to boot lol I was so happy when I saw you did a review on this because I was looking at it on wish and considering buying it with the intent to completely overhaul it as a cheap franken guitar of sorts I'm actually shocked though that it sounds halfway decent especially a 20 or $30 amp lol
It's utterly amazing you can buy a playable guitar and a working amp for 100 bucks. I'm remembering the 400.oo I spent on a rack mount distortion unit in the early '90's. lol
I purchased this burning fire guitar left handed model and it’s a lot smaller then my sons strat. I’m a beginner but it sounds pretty good. The 20 watt amp they offer doesn’t sound great but it’s usable for learning. Im going to take it to a tech to get it properly set up soon and replace the strings. A lot of fun for $70.
Yup... Just a pity about the name itself... They would benefit from the logo just being HB but nope! I still haven't bought one because of that... Not that Glarry has a nice ring to it 😂 but at least the Chinese don't seem to understand when something sounds lame in English... Thomann is a German company and they must've been drunk when they came up with Harley Benton... But just like my drunk uncle says stupid things at every birthday party Thomann also can't admit they were wrong after the fact Good guitars though 👌 but nah... I just REALLY hate the logo
@@shaunw9270 I have never tried those, I have a tele clone and aside from crowning its pretty damn nice haha, better luck to you in the future I suppose
Thanks for a comprehensive review of a guitar that is likely in very high demand but is also one that many "insecure" guitarists might not like to be associated with. You played this out of the box. Apparently NO preliminary adjustments to action, NO threat from vicious fret ends. Very playable. That right there is unusual for cheap guitars. I can't help but think that this guitar is dollar for dollar the best guitar deal of the century! Nice finish, darn fine neck , it seems to play as sweetly as low end models of the big brand manufacturers. For less than $100.00?? I'm in!! I ordered one. Not because I need it. Because this is just too good to pass up. I'll shim, file, use the supplied "allan's" and have an easy player, and a conversation piece to boot. Thanks for showing me this Trogly.
I meant I agree with you about buying just the guitar. Nice picking hand. That was a heavy riff. Hope you do a cheap upgrade. Like GFS or Dragonfire pickups.
Pretty insane price for the kit! As for the fretboard, my 2019 Gibson Firebird, which was never on display had a filthy, dry rosewood fretboard when I got it. It was a little disappointing, but some Dunlop 65 took right care of that. The guitar is built almost flawlessly and sounds soooo good that I forgave Gibson for the oversight.
@@lyssnicole I've modded and refinished several of these guitars and they are well worth it! Not very good out the box though. Frets need leveled, new strings, and new pots and pickups at least! Tuners are hit or miss apparently because all mine stay in tune just fine. Action needs set too because it's always extremely high for some reason. But for under 200 you can have a great sounding, great playing, and great looking guitar if you put in the work that they didn't.
@@doknox I've been obsessed with ESP guitars for many years and I recently saw the knockoffs on wish and I hope it's a glarry. I was thinking the same thing just a little bit of work and you have a really awesome guitar
Switch tip - super glue, middle pickup, useless - screw it down out of the way and forget it's there and the output jack can be pulled out, tightened and reattached and it SHOULD work fine unless it has a wiring issue. (Mine just needed to be tightened)
When you did the first Glarry episode with the strat?... Within an hour I had going online and ordered one. When it got to my house, I tore out the pickups and put in Texas specials. I put in a very early 90s American made Stratocaster neck on it too. Now it's one of my favorite guitars in my collection (I have about 25)
No. Knock off is correct. I was excited at first to see it as I love the F-type... But there are many subtle differences in construction that render this far inferior to the LTD guitars that are really cheap anyway...!
@@blacktoothfox677 You show me a pic of the guitar this is supposed to be knockoff of, because it's not trying to pass itself off as such, that's why I say "inspired by"
My mom got me this guitar and it was good, had it for a year and it's pretty good, just gotta swop those strings after a while and keep it on a stand. The paint on it comes off fairly easy but it's all in all good, getting a new guitar on christmas and a katana mk2 amp soon! Most likely an Ibanez GRG131DX or a Jackson King V!
Thanks for the this review I love the look of the guitar I saw it yesterday on the website. I don’t care for the sound but I can definitely use it for re-purposing project. Have a great day.
I bought a acoustic Glarry for like$47 free shipping just out of curiosity. Came in a cardboard box that's it no packing. I was surprised at what I got for the price. Playing it was like driving a car with no power steering. Still wasn't bad for the money.
Incredible. When I was a starting player there was nothing like this for me. I had to spend 300$ on a cheap St copy from Fingerhut because you could make payments.
I just got one of these in black out of the box It was playable I had to fix the crooked volume knob and the input jack is tight hard to pull the guitar cable out of it. I love the comfortable neck on it easier for me to play as a beginner at 57 Its a fun guitar to play.I love this guitar.
I bought a factory second BC RICH WARLOCK for $125 from a guy in Pasadena who had his apartment full of factory seconds from BC RICH. He also included a custom humbucker with beefy round head, black machine type Allen screws for the pole screws. Very metalicious! lol Sounded and played great through my 64' Gibson GA5T Skylark tube amp! Very surprised! Of course my main amp is a 73' SOUND CITY 120R.😊
I own the Left Handed Glarry GP Bass.. 😀👍 It's cool! For practicing and I think you could even gig with it! Tune it up the way that you like. Standard or down tuning.. 👍 A review of the Glarry Jazz Bass would be good.. ☺️ I always watch the guitar reviews even though I'm a bass player.. Fun and very honest reviews 👍☺️ Take care and rOcK on everyone!
I've been playing bass for 3 years but I wanna be able to play guitar too. Im not expecting much obviously but is this good for just learning? Or should I save more money
I've been playing for more than 30 days and this was my first "new" guitar off Walmart, I really liked it for the price, but the bridge humbucker sticks out higher than the middle and neck, and when I tried to lower the strings, the strings just sit and pull on top of the bridge humbucker making an "echo sound". IDK, I am very inexperience since I am new, but i don't think that bridge should stick out so high. I think I am going to return it and find a used guitar
I really like it gonna try to order one today in white or black which ever they have but really hoping for the white. I already have a good set of HBs and a Hot Rail for the middle also have a used set of Grover 3+3s if they shield it and buy new pots and change ALL the cheap cheese wireing and also Deck the Tremolo I think you could have a Really Decent Guitar for not a lot of money!!🤘🎸🎶Rock on!!!!.......!
I bought this guitar and red without the amp. Put some pretty expensive humbuckers and a coil in it. Put some top-of-the-line keys on it. Took it to a buddy of mine that had a wood lathe and trim the neck down on the back to make it thinner, put it back together and after all together about a hundred and fifty bucks at made an awesome present for my nephew learning to play guitar. And I gave him a little 12in old crate amp that I had and in 7 months he had pretty much had the five finger death Punch remake of bad company down pretty good. It's amazing what you can do with a little bit of money in changing the case of the humbuckers. Oh and I put a nut and bridge on them that was made out of the femur of a deer leg bone. People let me tell you if you want your guitar to sound way better and the toneto ring out much longer especially on an acoustic guitar put a bone nut and bridge on them. It's unbelievable what it does for the sound. I have an FG 180 Yamaha acoustic that has whale bone nut and bridge and it took the six-string e from ringing seven seconds up to about 16 to 17 seconds before you could not hear it anymore. But unfortunately you can't get well bones nut and bridge anymore
I’ve yet to come across a review of someone with this guitar playing soul, blues r&b vibes... is it a good guitar for that? I love the metal look, I just want to be able to play blues and r&b with it
@@morgantalewr6424 if this helps, when I bought it months ago, I asked someone who bought this same one on Instagram… it’s capable of everything that you want it to do as far as jazz and blues they told me ! Good luck 🙌🏾
An EBay seller in China is selling these guitars right now, unbranded, for $17.99. At that price, I couldn't resist. I guess I'll see if (a) it actually gets delivered and (b) if it has any unwanted microscopic "guests" riding on it.
Just by appearance I love the way it looks now I know there is a 2nd version of this thats outs now but doesn't look as good to me IMO but its supposed to be an overall improvement than the 1st... thoughts on the 2?
I've noticed on mine Neck and Middle, Middle and Bridge are much lower in volume than Neck, Middle , and Bridge by themselves. Have any suggestion on rewiring ?
This is the exact body I got from a Kit. I don't know about Glarry, I want to know who first manufactured this body style. There are quite a few companies not making this body style. I want to know who did it first!
The white powder in the pickup cavity is buffing compound. They didn't bother to clean it up before assembly. I've seen this also on Squire and Dean Vendetta guitars as well.
Almost bought that model because it was somewhat similar to metal guitars like the BC Rich Warlocks, Stealth style guitars which my favorite guitarist played Chuck Schuldiner used to play a Stealth. But I ended up buying a Glarry Strat style body in metallic light forest green paint and maple fretboard. I was shocked at how light the guitar was when I got it. But now I’m having troubles with intonation and I can’t get it sounding just right so whenever I play chords they sound off. Just wish I could get it to sound right and the strings were easier to bend. I’m trying to figure out why some guitars have strings that are in tune but you can bend them a whole step up easily! Like I used to have a Dean ML and it was like night and day compared to my knockoff Strat guitar when it came to how easy it was to bend the strings. But when I look it up on the internet alls I find is saying the string gauge is the only thing that really matters on why some guitars strings are so easy to bend compared to others? And I’ll watch guys on here who have guitars that look really easy to bend the strings even tuned up to E Standard. And I used to have a Gibson USA SG and it was really easy to bend the strings
The Return of Glarry... and the start of SwapSunday?
Glarry offers some pretty good guitars for very low cost. I didn't like this one as much as I did the ST-3 Strat Style guitar mainly because the beefy neck didn't make sense on the Burning Fire and I'm not much for a pointy guitar. For $92 - you can't complain though!
Glarry Music's CZcams Channel: czcams.com/channels/XTYTalfUuIfw4fmm9X9Oyw.html
Glarry Official Site: shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1312951&u=1985017&m=83754&urllink=&afftrack=
Glarry Strat Review: czcams.com/video/WM5P7XDDT0o/video.html
0:05 - Glarry on my Channel
1:15 - Info on Burning Fire
3:32 - GA-20 Amp
4:49 - First Impressions
6:42 - Inside Look / Specs
11:20 - Demo (Stock Amp)
13:38 - Demo (Mesa Boogie)
15:02 - Final Thoughts
I would have liked to hear what
Mike Needler can get out of the guitar!
I have that one Melody Maker Les Paul junior guitar pretty good cuz it has a Bridge so you can intonate it. 2003 I read somewhere there weren't very many made. It's a rock and roll machine volume and tone it works
You can find these naughty boys on wish for $66 dollars, I might actually pick one up for that cheap
So im thinking about buying a guitar and is it possible to play like how u played at 14:27 with the amp provided?
Please tell me how you made the tuning on 13:57
I bought it as a project guitar so i can learn how to wire my own pickups and install my own modifications without worrying about destroying an expensive Guitar. It's a cool shape and it's actually cheaper than buying a guitar diy assembly kit.
great freaking idea. just picked up the flame style full scale bass with amp for only 46 TOTAL direct from China. It already shipped within 24 hours, but says Dec. 22....holy crap.
We should send these kits by the thousands to high schools to fuel future rock
Luka Marinov - maybe send drums and basses to middle schools before they drop out lol
Luka Marinov nobody ever really cared about bass players so it’s fine
Na don't do that we'd get a lot of bullshit compared to good shit
The good destined rockers will eventually come to play on they're own
@@IrisGalaxis Everyone and their brother plays bass and drums in high school now, guitar players are getting less common.
@@IrisGalaxis That's surprising because I figured the people I go to school with don't play guitar because the most popular music now uses drums (even if they're crappy high-hat sample beats) and bass. Maybe I just go to a really conformist school.
it's not a BC Rich rip-off, it's an ESP Rip-off.
mrscary3105 Definitely A ESP ripoff I would Really like to see one offered in a full scale Bass🤘🎸 Rock on.
Im still mind blown his life revolves around guitars and he has never seen an esp lol
Please, don't prosecute espy😓
esp f series
ESP F series I think lol
I own a no name replica of one of these (because someone wanted to rip this off) and it's the best guitar I've ever played. Would 100% recommend.
Doesn’t even matter what guitar it is, I just love your critique & appraisal’s. You’ve helped me a ton when looking for guitars used, brand new, Gibson or not. Another awesome video!
What they said.....
The guitar is actually shaped after ESP F series. Amazing instruments btw, this knock-off doesn't look so bad for begginers also...
ESPs are AMAZING
I love the look of ESPs. I'd love to one day get one if their les Pauls with all the abalone and stuff and put some dimarzio PAFs in it. I've tried a few LTD guitars though and they've all been very difficult to play for some reason. Maybe it's just the shops I played them in don't take proper care of them or something. So I hope ESP aren't the same. I've actually got an ESP guitar already, sort of, they have another budget range along with LTD called AXL, and I have a tele from that range which I got for £80 years ago, and I love it, it plays remarkably well considering. It's got these weird EMG passive single coil pickups in it that sound like normal tele pickups, planning to get seymour duncan antiquities or something to replace them and repaint it. I got a bridge to replace the one on it and I'm holding off on doing that cos the bridge grounds the bridge pickup and so I'm scared of doing it wrong and electrocuting myself
those guitars are for experts that can setup properly and manage the various problem given by a guitar that have no quality control... how can trogly promote this shit? because they gifted the guitar!
@@SinRitual
Yeah, maybe because its a good platform for a beginner to learn how to do all that 🙄
I have an ESP LTD F-50, red
50 years from now, people will collect these vintage warehouse guitars and pay loads of money for them! They'll get excited when they learn, that grandpa still has one of those stored away under the bed :)
BTW, where was the blacklight test? ;)
Patbwoy they do the black light test for used guitars to make sure there weren’t any hidden resprays or repairs
Uh......wrong
@@gregputman he's not wrong it's gonna happen
Like some of the crappy 80's-90's gibsons people are paying 8 grand for
The ukulele videos are way underrated
I like the headstock shape.. its not easy to come up with an original headstock design.. they didnt do too bad.
Gibsonis looking to sue for some reason
Looks like höfner?
That’s pretty much PRS’s headstock
@@avicohen5202 Nope - Schecter
I bought one myself and it is surprisingly nice for the price, some things to be aware of though; I didn't have to adjust the truss rod but I did have to intonate it and, I imagine your mileage may vary but, the saddles that came on mine were crap so I had to replace those to get it to intonate correctly. Great guitar though if you want something you can throw around without worrying about damaging it.
I bought mine for USD $55.90 adjusted my truss , string hight and intonation and sanded my neck to (the correct shape)... And it plays like an Ibanez gax80 unplugged. Haven't plugged in yet but bought new 4 conducter humbuck cuz it comes w/ 2 conducter humbucks / also a push pull pot and ... It's a nice starting point. It'l be series parallel push pull
Thanks Austin. I watch all of your videos before I reply. I think anyone interested should just by the guitar. Used Fender Mustang 1 and Peavey Vypers can be had for @ 70 bucks used. The buyer wouldn't have to spend much more money and would have a decent amp. I really respect your opinions.
Richard Binder well said. 👍👍
I bought one of these on ebay without the Glarry branding. This had it's advantages and disadvantages. If you are afraid to learn how to work on a guitar yourself, go with Glarry. If you get a bad one they will replace it for you. Though learning to adjust the bridge and the truss rod may be necessary either way. The ebay advantage was I got it (without the dinky little amp) for $54.00 shipped from a US seller and it arrived in only 5 days. The finish and electronics were all fine but the neck was cocked forward and it needed the nut filed and shaved and some fretwork needed to be addressed. The ultimate gamechanger for these cheap guitars is new strings. I was blown away with the huge difference a new set of 10's made over the supplied chinese strings. It sounds better, feels better to play and holds tune much better. I would also recommend locking down the trem on these unless you replace it.
Throw a set of Grovers and some fat pots and change the jack and with some of that electrical paint, you will have something the will work. This kind of guitar is a Luther's dream for putzing with.
When it comes to cheap, tiny little amps, my favorite has got to be the good old Pignose
Pignose amps were originally made in the USA. If you have one of those , definitely 👍👍👍 They were awesome !
@@shaunw9270 I've got one of the newer made in China ones, but I still think it's an awesome little amp and I got it used for a good price
I could be a nob-end and say "thank you captain obvious" but it would be a bit out of line really. But sir, you are indeed most correct.
Love those little pig nose Amp's also had a pig nose girlfriend once and I liked the Amp's A Hell of a lot more!!😵
Even this $92 guitar's fretboard looks better than the Gibson Lzzy Hale Dark Explorer one... Feelsbadman
it's amazing what is available these day. little amp had a decent clean tone. a decent over drive might sound pretty good.
Any guitar is good with the right player. All in the handsss maan.
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I’ll make a guitar that is almost impossible to play and demo it then lol
@@JosePineda-jn8jk Hahah good one but most guitars can be adjusted, like bridge, truss rod, intonation ect. Once adjusted even cheap guitars are very playable and it will sound ok, ofc expensive guitars sounds better but still good player can make bad guitar sound good if guitar is decently maintenanced however acoustic guitars are another story.
I'm with you on that my friend!!!!
That's true. But shitty equipment can also make a great player sound mediocre. You can still tell they know how to handle a guitar, but it won't sound good
I’m gonna buy this and put an ESP logo on there.
Ppl will never know.
Lol, as you know I bought that same guitar! I ended up selling it and a Crate 15 watt amp to a local grandma looking to buy her grandson his first guitar. Yes that small body surprised me as well. Guys like us are so used to Les Pauls that these small bodied guitars just don't feel right, lol. It played pretty decent and sounded "OK" for what it is.
I also bought their bass in the same colors, the bass needed a new output jack which I installed. Glarry offered to exchange the guitar but to save them shipping costs and myself some time I just threw one I had laying around, took me 5 minutes and I was done. Also the action on the bass was pretty high and the I had to set the neck tension. It plays pretty good so I am keeping that to just mess around on.
The guitar with amp supplied actually doesn't sound too bad and I am listening to it through a 6-year-old phone to boot lol I was so happy when I saw you did a review on this because I was looking at it on wish and considering buying it with the intent to completely overhaul it as a cheap franken guitar of sorts I'm actually shocked though that it sounds halfway decent especially a 20 or $30 amp lol
Only criticism I have is , this vid should have been done before Christmas.
As soon as I hear you play slow ride on that guitar I'm like YEP I'm DEFINITELY BUYING IT!
sounds good for $69US. far cry from the starter guitars of the late 70's
I have that guitar and I love it. I use it for the nirvana tone. 😅
It's utterly amazing you can buy a playable guitar and a working amp for 100 bucks. I'm remembering the 400.oo I spent on a rack mount distortion unit in the early '90's. lol
I purchased this burning fire guitar left handed model and it’s a lot smaller then my sons strat. I’m a beginner but it sounds pretty good. The 20 watt amp they offer doesn’t sound great but it’s usable for learning. Im going to take it to a tech to get it properly set up soon and replace the strings. A lot of fun for $70.
take a look at harley bentons, great budget guitars
Yup... Just a pity about the name itself... They would benefit from the logo just being HB but nope! I still haven't bought one because of that... Not that Glarry has a nice ring to it 😂 but at least the Chinese don't seem to understand when something sounds lame in English... Thomann is a German company and they must've been drunk when they came up with Harley Benton... But just like my drunk uncle says stupid things at every birthday party Thomann also can't admit they were wrong after the fact
Good guitars though 👌 but nah... I just REALLY hate the logo
I have a Harley Benton steel body ,single cone resonator . Looks cool , awful playability.
@@shaunw9270 I have never tried those, I have a tele clone and aside from crowning its pretty damn nice haha, better luck to you in the future I suppose
UkeliDokeli what's wrong with the name? It's not exactly cool but then neither is "paul reed smith" or "Gibson"
I always say harley benton instead of harley davidson people always wonder "wtf is wrong with him"
Surprisingly good sounding.
Thanks for a comprehensive review of a guitar that is likely in very high demand but is also one that many "insecure" guitarists might not like to be associated with. You played this out of the box. Apparently NO preliminary adjustments to action, NO threat from vicious fret ends. Very playable. That right there is unusual for cheap guitars. I can't help but think that this guitar is dollar for dollar the best guitar deal of the century! Nice finish, darn fine neck , it seems to play as sweetly as low end models of the big brand manufacturers. For less than $100.00?? I'm in!! I ordered one. Not because I need it. Because this is just too good to pass up. I'll shim, file, use the supplied "allan's" and have an easy player, and a conversation piece to boot. Thanks for showing me this
Trogly.
Watching those clouds fade away....
I meant I agree with you about buying just the guitar. Nice picking hand. That was a heavy riff. Hope you do a cheap upgrade. Like GFS or Dragonfire pickups.
I put ymc amazon pick ups on it. And its sick for metal tones. I uograded to 500k pots to
Pretty insane price for the kit! As for the fretboard, my 2019 Gibson Firebird, which was never on display had a filthy, dry rosewood fretboard when I got it. It was a little disappointing, but some Dunlop 65 took right care of that. The guitar is built almost flawlessly and sounds soooo good that I forgave Gibson for the oversight.
I just bought one of these for $17 on Ebay. My goal is to see if I can make it a decent playable guitar. We will see. :D
How’d it go?
@@lyssnicole I've modded and refinished several of these guitars and they are well worth it! Not very good out the box though. Frets need leveled, new strings, and new pots and pickups at least! Tuners are hit or miss apparently because all mine stay in tune just fine. Action needs set too because it's always extremely high for some reason. But for under 200 you can have a great sounding, great playing, and great looking guitar if you put in the work that they didn't.
@@doknox Ah interesting, thanks for replying!
@@lyssnicole 👍😁👍
@@doknox I've been obsessed with ESP guitars for many years and I recently saw the knockoffs on wish and I hope it's a glarry. I was thinking the same thing just a little bit of work and you have a really awesome guitar
Thank you for playing enter sand and cow boys from hell man I love that songs!!!!!
That's nice for a beginner. Kind of hard to beat the price!👍😎🎸🎶
Thought it was about to be a trade Tuesday. Was so confused
Mine just delivered today and I love it
it was great hearing the cfh riff its def a go to wen demoing a new rig!
rip dimebag Darrel , Vinny Paul...the rifs live on!
Switch tip - super glue, middle pickup, useless - screw it down out of the way and forget it's there and the output jack can be pulled out, tightened and reattached and it SHOULD work fine unless it has a wiring issue. (Mine just needed to be tightened)
I woulda loved having this when I was starting out. The guitar I had cost 2-3X as much and was 1/2 as good.
When you did the first Glarry episode with the strat?... Within an hour I had going online and ordered one. When it got to my house, I tore out the pickups and put in Texas specials. I put in a very early 90s American made Stratocaster neck on it too. Now it's one of my favorite guitars in my collection (I have about 25)
Did they stray neck drop right in ?
@@TheJMan1K yes it did. I had to do a complete setup as far as setting the action and the intonation though.
Woopity woos
Everyone should own at least one Woopity Woo !
The guitar sounds pretty nice, that mesa amp sure helped it. Great video!
The white powder that you commonly find inside a guitars cavities is buffing compound
ESP Ltd f series knock off
Not so much a knockoff, it's just inspired by those models
No. Knock off is correct. I was excited at first to see it as I love the F-type... But there are many subtle differences in construction that render this far inferior to the LTD guitars that are really cheap anyway...!
@@blacktoothfox677 You show me a pic of the guitar this is supposed to be knockoff of, because it's not trying to pass itself off as such, that's why I say "inspired by"
@@bloodguts6786 easy. Go to my channel. Look for any performance of 'manifold brood'. That's me. And the guitar this is knocked off from 🐒
@@bloodguts6786 there are some differences for sure but it's basically a knockoff of the ta-204 only it's not a bass
My mom got me this guitar and it was good, had it for a year and it's pretty good, just gotta swop those strings after a while and keep it on a stand. The paint on it comes off fairly easy but it's all in all good, getting a new guitar on christmas and a katana mk2 amp soon! Most likely an Ibanez GRG131DX or a Jackson King V!
Thanks for the this review I love the look of the guitar I saw it yesterday on the website. I don’t care for the sound but I can definitely use it for re-purposing project. Have a great day.
I bought a acoustic Glarry for like$47 free shipping just out of curiosity. Came in a cardboard box that's it no packing. I was surprised at what I got for the price. Playing it was like driving a car with no power steering. Still wasn't bad for the money.
Incredible. When I was a starting player there was nothing like this for me. I had to spend 300$ on a cheap St copy from Fingerhut because you could make payments.
I have one of these and I actually love it,thick neck for bassist,and it's super light,and with nice pickups sounds great
I just got one of these in black out of the box It was playable I had to fix the crooked volume knob and the input jack is tight hard to pull the guitar cable out of it. I love the comfortable neck on it easier for me to play as a beginner at 57 Its a fun guitar to play.I love this guitar.
Those pickups sound surprisingly nice! The starter amp is okay...
I do say, the stratty positions sounded best IMO.
This is perfect. I have a Marshall DSL40C and I want to see how this performs 😎
Trade series part 2???
I bought a factory second BC RICH WARLOCK for $125 from a guy in Pasadena who had his apartment full of factory seconds from BC RICH. He also included a custom humbucker with beefy round head, black machine type Allen screws for the pole screws. Very metalicious! lol Sounded and played great through my 64' Gibson GA5T Skylark tube amp! Very surprised! Of course my main amp is a 73' SOUND CITY 120R.😊
I own the Left Handed Glarry GP Bass.. 😀👍 It's cool! For practicing and I think you could even gig with it! Tune it up the way that you like. Standard or down tuning.. 👍 A review of the Glarry Jazz Bass would be good.. ☺️ I always watch the guitar reviews even though I'm a bass player.. Fun and very honest reviews 👍☺️ Take care and rOcK on everyone!
I've been playing bass for 3 years but I wanna be able to play guitar too. Im not expecting much obviously but is this good for just learning? Or should I save more money
I got a spare tuner set, a JB pickup laying around, and a friend who’s a tech. Think it’d actually sound good with spare pickups?
Fair and honest review. You da man Trogs
The Mesa boogie mark, reminds me of nirvana which sounds badass. 13:39
Could You Tune It For Death Metal
Probably A Stupid Question, Don't Know A Lot About Guitars. Looking For A Cheap Starter Guitar To Practice With.
Thank you for the detailed demo. Those pickups sounds god enough ...?
I ordered mine today I can’t wait until I gets it
was it good?
just bought one saw good reviews especially since I dont have any experience just trying to learn, this helps
I own 2 of them nice out of the box I customize one of them with new pickups and pots and super good for the price
I've been playing for more than 30 days and this was my first "new" guitar off Walmart, I really liked it for the price, but the bridge humbucker sticks out higher than the middle and neck, and when I tried to lower the strings, the strings just sit and pull on top of the bridge humbucker making an "echo sound". IDK, I am very inexperience since I am new, but i don't think that bridge should stick out so high. I think I am going to return it and find a used guitar
I'll admit it, when i was first starting electric guitar a and almost bought it
Bro this is the best channel on CZcams how do you not have more subs?
I really like it gonna try to order one today in white or black which ever they have but really hoping for the white. I already have a good set of HBs and a Hot Rail for the middle also have a used set of Grover 3+3s if they shield it and buy new pots and change ALL the cheap cheese wireing and also Deck the Tremolo I think you could have a Really Decent Guitar for not a lot of money!!🤘🎸🎶Rock on!!!!.......!
I bought this guitar and red without the amp. Put some pretty expensive humbuckers and a coil in it. Put some top-of-the-line keys on it. Took it to a buddy of mine that had a wood lathe and trim the neck down on the back to make it thinner, put it back together and after all together about a hundred and fifty bucks at made an awesome present for my nephew learning to play guitar. And I gave him a little 12in old crate amp that I had and in 7 months he had pretty much had the five finger death Punch remake of bad company down pretty good. It's amazing what you can do with a little bit of money in changing the case of the humbuckers. Oh and I put a nut and bridge on them that was made out of the femur of a deer leg bone. People let me tell you if you want your guitar to sound way better and the toneto ring out much longer especially on an acoustic guitar put a bone nut and bridge on them. It's unbelievable what it does for the sound. I have an FG 180 Yamaha acoustic that has whale bone nut and bridge and it took the six-string e from ringing seven seconds up to about 16 to 17 seconds before you could not hear it anymore. But unfortunately you can't get well bones nut and bridge anymore
Are the frets are mid-jumbo or just regular like LP ? Thanks
I’ve yet to come across a review of someone with this guitar playing soul, blues r&b vibes... is it a good guitar for that? I love the metal look, I just want to be able to play blues and r&b with it
That's exactly the same thing I want to do, I bought one last night but I'm a huge blues fan aswell so Id also like to see this guitar playing that
@@morgantalewr6424 if this helps, when I bought it months ago, I asked someone who bought this same one on Instagram… it’s capable of everything that you want it to do as far as jazz and blues they told me ! Good luck 🙌🏾
The distortion channel sounds like a hedge trimmer.
I dropped my phone lolling
I got one coming today, I paid $57 for. I plan to upgrade everything on it though, really wanted it for the unique body.
Buffing compound is what you find under the pickups
An EBay seller in China is selling these guitars right now, unbranded, for $17.99. At that price, I couldn't resist. I guess I'll see if (a) it actually gets delivered and (b) if it has any unwanted microscopic "guests" riding on it.
Does this have to be played for metal or rock can you play reggae on this
Ca someone answer mayb kmt
Just by appearance I love the way it looks now I know there is a 2nd version of this thats outs now but doesn't look as good to me IMO but its supposed to be an overall improvement than the 1st... thoughts on the 2?
GuitarMaxx reviewed this a while back, seems to be a great bargain!
Could you make a video about a LP-style guitar from Harley Benton and how it compares to an Epiphone and Gibson one?
It does have pickups that function.
I love your channel
The clean sound is amazing
I've noticed on mine Neck and Middle, Middle and Bridge are much lower in volume than Neck, Middle , and Bridge by themselves. Have any suggestion on rewiring ?
Cowboys From Hell. Mad respect
Great, comprehensive review. Ignore the idiots.
This is the exact body I got from a Kit. I don't know about Glarry, I want to know who first manufactured this body style. There are quite a few companies not making this body style. I want to know who did it first!
It’s Fugly with great specs
YES, I'm sure its made from the finest materials on EARTH.
The white powder in the pickup cavity is buffing compound. They didn't bother to clean it up before assembly. I've seen this also on Squire and Dean Vendetta guitars as well.
My only complaints are the amount of fret buzz and the tuners
Would lizard spit polish work good on this..i just ordered this kit..i used that back in the day..im getting into jamming again finally
I bought one of these for 52 bucks new and put 30 into upgrades. Now its my favorite guitar. Neck is small and thin on mine tho
Looks like a esp/ltd model frx or f10
Almost bought that model because it was somewhat similar to metal guitars like the BC Rich Warlocks, Stealth style guitars which my favorite guitarist played Chuck Schuldiner used to play a Stealth. But I ended up buying a Glarry Strat style body in metallic light forest green paint and maple fretboard. I was shocked at how light the guitar was when I got it. But now I’m having troubles with intonation and I can’t get it sounding just right so whenever I play chords they sound off. Just wish I could get it to sound right and the strings were easier to bend. I’m trying to figure out why some guitars have strings that are in tune but you can bend them a whole step up easily! Like I used to have a Dean ML and it was like night and day compared to my knockoff Strat guitar when it came to how easy it was to bend the strings. But when I look it up on the internet alls I find is saying the string gauge is the only thing that really matters on why some guitars strings are so easy to bend compared to others? And I’ll watch guys on here who have guitars that look really easy to bend the strings even tuned up to E Standard. And I used to have a Gibson USA SG and it was really easy to bend the strings
saw this video randomly in my feed, was curious as all hell (that guitar is fugly in a good way!) and after seeing this, I subbed.
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It looks Cool ~ and it's GREAT to pick up near the end of your show n' Smash To Smithereens !!
YO I LOWKEY GOT ONE OF THOSE WITH THE "STRAT" SHAPED BODY IN GREEN AS A PRESENT