I use to own that one and the metallic blue one! Excellent guitars!

Glad to see this in 2024, now that these are so cheap used. Thanks in particular for reporting on current support from Apogee, and the breakout cable.

On the topic of shielding, I prefer aluminium foil (copper changes the tone, IMO). Whichever you use, it's important to cover the whole pickguard, because strumming over bare areas with a pick can cause a kind of static-electric charge that comes through the speaker.

Awesome review! thank you. i've just bought myself one

Definitely has that Tele clear bell tone.

I’ve the exact same guitar. This thing is solid I’ll change the tuners and nut and that’s about it. Love the stock pickups 😊.

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.

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.

Do you try to move the knobs on your amp to find the sweet spot of every humbucker?

Do I hear the guitar buzzing at the beginning of the video?

What's up with that headstock? Couldn't they come up with something better. That headstock is hideous...

Fabulous review ... I like your review format/structure and the attention to detail you've put into it. This guitar is up my alley as I am looking for a simple (new) guitar to develop my setup skills. The striped-down look of this is appealing for sure. Thanks for doing the review

What about the compound neck? Is it good?

dimarzio never fails, I have a d-activator X in my mockingbird and it serves me well

oh man, buddy guy. I was born too late even being 40 now haha. great video, thanks

There are more affordable kits on Amazon… Edit: I forgot to say thank you for making this. So, Thank you so much. I’m always curious about the quality of these. I definitely want to hear being played.

I've got 2 kits I'm working on right at this moment. A telecaster and a stratocaster. You should continue with kit builds. This is encouraging for non guitarists to be excited about learning more about there instrument.

How do you spell the name of the manufacturer of the kit?

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.

Beautiful in every way! I need (not really) a Tele. I have never owned one.

Phenomenal playing my dude! Edit: That tone is awesome! It is a custom shop! You customized it in your shop!

Took 5 years to build a telecaster, nice hobby but hardly efficient, for less than you have in it you could have bought a great guitar.

You really did a great job. I was born in the 60s I'm going into the 70s I was able to see my fair share of guitars. The way you did that really looks like it could have been from the 60s. At some point you might want to build another one and video it. Those videos receive a lot of views. Looking forward to your next video.

I made the best partscaster I've been using for 6 months (and changing it up) and it has been the best guitar I've owned. It has not been the cheapest, however, it plays the way I want and sounds the way I want. 1. I started with an Alder body HSH cut for Floyd Rose from guitar fetish. Neon Yellow. Color was not the focal point, I can paint it whatever I want to later, but it doesn't matter to me. $95.00 shipped with a coupon code. 2. Neck from China. $74.00 shipped. Solid maple unfinished. 3. Seymore Duncan 78's. Eddie Van Halen-esque sound. I used .047uf 400v capacitor on the tone and a treble bleed. $220 set 4. D'Addario locking tuners 6 in line black. Don't need em with the double locking system, but I wanted the black color. I've changed these around, and always stick with them. $65.00 5. Floyd Rose system from a Squier Contemporary (I replaced it on the Squeir with a EVH that I salvaged) that works much better than the EVH system. I'm not paying $200-300 for a real Floyd when I do not need it. 6. EVH Fender 500k pots. $24 7. 5 way switch from Musiclily or Kaish....I forgot which and it doesn't matter really. $12.00 8. Fleor single coil middle pickup that just does nothing really. One day soon, I'll redo it again with a HH pickguard and re-wire it. $20.00 All of this ticks my boxes and costs way less than a Players Stratocaster....I play it every day so far for the past 6 months, just started laying down tracks for some new songs with it. I recommend more people staying away from giving these greedy companies money for overrated guitars. Gibson and Fender both make garbage these days.

I have this same guitar in my mazon cart. I think of it as a Kramer Baretta Special.

I love the Jackson JS11! I have four of them. Great guitar for repainting; the black hardware looks good with any color.

Why doesn't every manufacturer do this?

"amp" settings. sounds pretty good

Hello thanks for the content…which grimsby 3 way switch did you use because these import guitar have lower height cavity and your switch needs to be small to fit…I ended up leaving the 3 way switch but used cts pots like you but a push pull on the tone knob for split in middle position…thanks

What kind of saddles did you use again?

Thanks for the details and explanations 👍 Do you have a Gain tone test video, too ?

I have a JS24DKAM with caramelized maple neck and it's really good, neck feels awesome, and pickups are decent. The only thing I think i'll change is the nut to a graphite one, I think that's the only weak point because pickups aren't bad and it's more to a personal preference

how do you have a delivery fee from amazon? Almost everything is prime shipping, aka free shipping

I thought that these supposed to be decent guitars, I know they have a website with other models

Thanks man! Great thorough review

It’s suppose if he a jazz guitar … but hardly anybody ever plays jazz in it , all over KZbin

Dang Kill Licks fella…always looking for something fresh and raw…great vibe and did I mention, I’ll watch anything Jackson 🥳

I'm looking into Neural DSP stuff and your video came up. Sounds great!

What guage are those strings please ? very nice bluesy playing well done ;)

The Jackson stock pickups are high output and sound great but you always can upgrade the pickups, tremolo, locking tuners, refine the neck etc DiMarzio are great pickups ;)

Cool video. You did a damn good job with that copper shielding job... looked really clean

Nice job, dude! Sounds great! Nice playing too!

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!

Brilliant mods! I'm a huge fan of the DiMarzio Tone Zone/Air Norton combo. Best combo on earth. Works great for any style, really beefs up a strat and handles gain very well and any style.

love builds like this

Don't see why not

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.

I grabbed a Squire from a pawn shop because the color was so perfect and I had never seen it before. I planned on making the color myself. Instead of using it for parts it became my favorite thing to abuse. It is a ride or die piece of equipment that needs to be saluted. I like it better than any of my Gibson guitars.

Any guitar can be great. You can find tone in a lawn chair if you try. I watched my father play his corduroy pants once.