A Honest Review of the Sire Larry Carlton L7

Today we are looking at a guitar and brand that seems to be living up to the hype.The Sire Larry Carlton L7 is one of those guitars you're not going to want to put down. #SIRE-USA #L7
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[@seeyaontheroad]

I love my L7, no problems with it and sounds great. Best LP I played at the price for sure.

[@dallastoto3189]

Agreed! Love mine in the burst

[@themuffinman3135]

Great Review. The one I played one today was well under 9 lbs. and played like butter. I wish my Gibson played that well.

[@Anjohl]

Just got one, it's solid gold! My Les Paul GAS has been *extinguished*!

[@richardblaine1563]

Excellent honest review. I like how people say "...for the money" or "...in this price range." This guitar FLAT OUT competes with Les Paul Standards and Customs. You can scream all you want. It's true. Yes...a $600 ish guitar plays just as well/better than the $3000-$7000 COUNTERPART...this is not a guitar in competition with the Epiphone. It's not even close. Quit crying that its "not as beefy" as a Les Paul Custom or Standard. Change the pickups if you want. You all need to quit being brand whores and stop worshiping the all-mighty Gibson Les Paul.

[@earlcoli5607]

I purchased 5 Sire guitars 2 of the H series and 3 of the L series, both with and without the P-90 pickups. Know that I also own custom shop Gibson guitars and I totally agree with your assessment of the quality of these guitars. Simply amazing for the money! 🤘

[@Patriot1777]

I got the black beauty 😍 and absolutely love it😊

[@monmixer]

thank you for your time sir. I'm so glad we have youtube and sooo wished I would have had as young budding guitarist in 1976 up until we had tools such as this and people that are generous with their time. It's about time people that share their knowledge get some compensation for sharing it.,

[@davva360]

I would have considered one if I could have got my hands on one. Only Sire I have ever seen in person was a H7. I was impressed but it’s not my type of guitar. I just ordered an Epiphone 59 Les Paul but would have liked to have seen the L7 first. Only saw a couple even on reverb and the sellers were unresponsive. Main criticism I have heard is the pickups but that’s always a personal thing.

[@giovannibonapace4250]

I'm really impressed with Sire..... After getting a Marcus Miller jazz bass i got a sunburst L7 ... I'm more of a sg person ... have 2 epiphones .... this L7 plays great and it's incredible value and gives a big run for the money to the epiphones of the world.... i find epiphones really inconsistent ... some are fantastic ( like my firebird .., i got lucky...) some are garbage ahaha

[@yurita1984]

Maaaan... You should work on your sound mixing. Every guitar will sound colourless and far, thin and dull after bad micing. Even a plugin on clean channel will sound better 😢

[@jdtolliver801]

Nice playing. I have a blue burst one that was a blemish model and am very happy with it

[@alansamsmusic]

I looked at that blue burst finish pretty hard before I ultimately went with the gold top. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video.

[@jdtolliver801]

@@alansamsmusic That's funny the shop I got this from a couple months ago also had a b stock model goldtop and it was really tough to decide between the two especially online..I feel pretty lucky getting mine tho haven't seen any others in stock and the blemishes were like nothing

[@samsbudgetguitars830]

New subscriber here from UK 🇬🇧..that is a awesome looking guitar.👍

[@fabianvasquezjr8852]

Zzounds just announced they will be carrying the Sire guitars and basses. I'm really thinking about getting one!

[@vynthes1935]

What would you recommend? Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro or this guitar? They are in the same price range and I can't decide what to buy.

[@alansamsmusic]

Honestly, I'd go with the Sire L7. Sound wise they aren't that far apart, but the L7 has a few nicer features.

[@BrendanPerkins]

Thanks for the video, that looks and sounds very tempting indeed! 🎸

[@ChrisDeJuanMusic]

Nice, thanks for this review! I purchased a Sire S7 just a few months ago and am so happy with it that I'm def gonna order one of these L7's soon! Will prob end up putting some P90's and a Bigsby on it...proper Gold Top! :)

[@alansamsmusic]

Thank you for watching the video.

[@monmixer]

It's soo much better than it's Epiphone counterpart and comparable to a Gibson Studio. Sure if you want the brown sound you are might want to change your pick ups. It's versatile but more geared towards Carlton's liking in sound. I have to buy one these. these great lower cst guitars wars are great. take advantage people. Might not be great long term investments but only time tells that story but they are great playing and sound great very playable out of the box. I heard that if you ordered from Sire they will do their best to set it up to your liking as you articulate them.

[@tonymediati8274]

Great review man,I got the sunburst and I'm loving it,the only upgrade will be the pickups ,these are nice and warm but I want more bite so I'll be installing the SD Alnico ll Pro Slash 🤟

[@alansamsmusic]

Hey at $600 they make a great mod platform. Thank you for watching the video!

[@alementary4065]

I have that set in an Agile 3000M (neck through LP), and they absolutely sing. I got the L7V (with P-90s), and wouldn't change it at all.

[@jsmuir4722]

Did you change out the pickups yet? If so, what difference did that make? Cheers.

[@tonymediati8274]

@@jsmuir4722 actually sold this guitar

[@Daddybell6957]

​@@tonymediati8274 i am looking at getting the black L7.. was there a reason why you sold it?

[@markerf16]

Just purchased the black one, but I'm worried I won't like the pickups. I play mostly clean with occasional overdrive and distortion. I like ambient tones.

[@donlessnau3983]

Those HB's sound crappy. Kinda muddy.

[@GhostriderPossum]

With which other Brand and Guitar Model can you compare the Quality of the L7 ?

[@alansamsmusic]

I actually did a comparison video with this guitar and a Gibson Les Paul Studio kzbin.info/www/bejne/norXlIylq76Aabs but you could also compare with a high a nice Epiphone

[@firstsgtrichard]

Picked up the Tobacco Burst from Andertons a couple weeks ago and love it. Wishing Sire would put out a Gold Top with P90s. Thanks for the great review!

[@alansamsmusic]

P90s would be really cool in this guitar. Thank you for watching the video!

[@johnwelwacnisen948]

The sire p90 l7v coming out soon still waiting to be in stock on my dealer.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

I remember when Boss was sending the Katana out to a bunch of KZbinrs. Marketing is so transparent and soul-less.

[@MecPex]

Outstanding guitar

[@650thunderbird]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@bill9989]

I just received my L7. So far so good. However the strings seem a little heavy and tight. Does anyone know the string gage it is shipped with? If I change to 9's, do I have to make any changes to the nut?

[@alansamsmusic]

Thanks watching the video. The guitar ships with 10s on it. If you switch to 9s you shouldn’t have to do anything with the nut but you most likely will have to make a truss rod adjustment

[@bill9989]

@Alan Sams Music Thanks Alan. I'll make the switch and do a simple setup as well (truss rod, intonation).

[@jonathanorenstein4400]

Great review! It looks like a nice guitar but the pickups sounds terrible. Maybe I will get one and swap the pickups with some burstbuckers or '57 classics.

[@alansamsmusic]

I think these guitars would make a great platform for modding. Thank you for watching the video

[@lazvt8469]

Asian-made budget-mid priced guitars should simply come with 'quality' third party pups...and stop fooling with their own brands...no one's fooled. My PRS SE Custom with SD JB's is a totally different guitar now....sold the PRS pups for $75, got a nice minty set of used nickel covered JBs for $125 off eBay and now this Asian PRS rivals my other American and Eastman guitars.

[@Chiefmonks]

Great Review of the guitar. But the sound demos are useless. Out of tune and bad sounding amp, impossible to judge the guitar with that.

[@emvdhout]

Played 3 different sire guitars. Didn't like them. Did not feel they were underpriced.

[@Patriot1777]

I just ordered the L7 Black beauty today 😊

[@jsmuir4722]

I've just bought one. Going to change out the pickups (to Seth Lover), the pots to CTS and switch to Switchcraft. Anyone got any experience of modifying their L7?

[@strumlead8741]

Great, honest review. The rolled neck, ebony fretboard, locking tuners and price are key components of the guitar! However, the 9lb weight is a major no go for me. Thanks for your review!

[@alansamsmusic]

Thank you for watching the video

[@harryharris1619]

Well I purchased the L7 and it weighed 7lb 13oz. Not sure if that is more or less standard. Most Epi's and Gibsons weight and cost more.

[@stormbringer1876]

I have a question though, does it lay flat?

[@hi1guy1]

You slap a pair of Pearly Gates in there and you've got something.

[@jsmuir4722]

Did you put Pearly Gates in? How did that work with the guitar? Cheers.

[@johnhendricks8140]

I got my hands on sire 335 in Guitar center great playing guitar just wish they had one with medium jumbo frets.

[@Anjohl]

I believe they do!

[@TheMusicPro]

Where is that L7 made in ?

[@Tototwice]

Which gauge strings does it come with? Thanks

[@alansamsmusic]

It comes with 10s

[@thegaindane]

What’s the weight of your L7?. I’ve heard some of them are really heavy.

[@alansamsmusic]

That one is about 9.5 pounds.

[@thegaindane]

@@alansamsmusic oh, that’s up there .

[@alansamsmusic]

@@thegaindane yeah no weight relief there 😀

[@keithmadison8754]

Mine is just under 8lbs

[@tomford8286]

Your channel would benefit from a script and rehearsals. And a more skilled player.

[@markbye7128]

Between Muscians Friends & Sire guitar, The customer service totally stinks. I would love to be enjoying my new guitar but, i have no idea where it is!! And yet they hold my money for it in the form a debit card hold and the bonus is every 10 days they hold twice the amount because a new hold goes on before the old one expires. Horrible!! Neither Sire or Musicians Friends keeps me informed as to what is happening. Both are Terrible, Terrible customer service companies.

[@hellodrjeckyl]

Thanks for the good review. I briefly got to play their ES 335 style hollow body guitar in store. It felt nice enough, at least as good if not better than the Epiphone equivalent. They recently released a telecaster style guitar with roasted maple neck that looks good too. I'm interested in that one. I think I'd pick it up over Squier maybe even over Fender Mexican Tele considering all their price increases.

[@alansamsmusic]

I have a video on that T style guitar and a comparison video that I just posted between the T7 and a Fender Tele.

[@alansamsmusic]

BTW thank you for watching the video

[@hellodrjeckyl]

@@alansamsmusic Awesome I'll check it out. Thanks for letting me know!

[@BillFlann9]

Did the same myself - IMO the Sire H7 was much better. Maybe I played a cheaper Epiphone, because I felt there was no comparison - I bought the H7 and I'm very happy with it. But the nut is a bit too high and open chords come out of tune as a result. It's going to need a set up.

[@the.communist]

The more they write " honest" the more suspicious it gets

[@jhkuno88]

A stinky communist talking about honesty? The irony... GO BACK TO RUSSIA

[@donlessnau3983]

Any idea why it's called an L7?

[@jankowalski6338]

L for Les Paul they have t7 and S7 for Tele and stray styles 3 for cheaper options