I Was Skeptical... But The New SBS Guitar Models Are UNDENIABLE!

After the launch of the Guitar Fetish SBS (Steve Brown Sound) guitars last year, many guitarists had complaints: The frets are too small! Only relic finishes? Are these necks REALLY roasted maple?? Thankfully GFS has addressed these issues in their new super strat SBS models. AND they have released an even more inexpensive model! Let's check these out.
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Compared to the garbage quality budget guitars that we had when I was a kid in the 80s, this is superb.

[@mikejohnson5375]

I was waiting until they did a solid finish guitar . I got one . For the price you can't beat this guitar . I am impressed .

[@freemanmt1]

Love the channel! Killer descriptions of SBS guitars.

[@TonyFuentesTV]

Great video Max! Your demo was awesome! I’m loving the purple strat! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JamieLynnMorris]

Great that they're listening! ❤

[@angeltorres8214]

Hey Max, you have given a tutorial on how guitars should be reviewed here stellar job.

[@JeffBisCamp]

Another great video Max !! Great shredding !! 🤘😎🤘🌴☀️🔥🎸🔥🎸 Keep On Rock'n & Roll'n!!

[@troyobrien14]

Great review as always! We live in such great times in terms of guitar build quality per dollar spent. I looked at Guitar Fetish when I was looking for a Tele-style. It came down to them and Michael Kelly. Although I went with the latter and love that guitar, I like the GF Slick series also, especially the modular pickups. Anyway, at these prices, I can indulge myself sometimes. Your channel is always a go-to resource. My last purchase was a Westcreek Revenge (Explorer-style) which one of your videos helped sell me on. Another awesome axe! Keep up the great work!!

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

The Slicks are pretty great! Especially imho the tele and strat types, from very trad to very custom for very little dough.

[@DarylT64]

WOW !!!! Absolutely love the yellow 🎸🤘🏻. I think I see a new guitar arriving to my home very soon. I'm not a Floyd Rose guy but, dude that yellow is sooooooo fn AWESOME!!!! Great review Max. I seen these and was hoping you would do a review. No one has done a video on these until now. Thank you for clearing up all the confusion about the SBS guitar. I wasn't sure if I was going to purchase one but man I gota get the HH yellow one even though I'm not crazy about a Floyd Rose bridge. 🤘🏻🎸

[@johnp.johnson1541]

Thanks Max. You rock. Good work as always.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Do I really need a 5th super strat? Heart says yes, wallet says no 😂

[@DanielBobke]

Heart always wins. The amount of guitars one needs is always...one more.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@DanielBobke I’ll get one soon haha. Got 3 kids to take care of first

[@DanielBobke]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar Of course...kids come first. Well...maybe 😁

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@DanielBobke Can’t wait until my kids are old enough to start playing guitar. I’ll probably be “testing” their guitars every day while they’re at school 😂

[@mikeg6666]

I've got 2 super Strats but my wallet agrees with your's , I can't swing it right now and am selling a few guitars as is. I have my eyes on the Schecter Sunset!

[@joeparga744]

I bought the showroom model SS260 gloss black because of your review i was impressed. I got it today still impressed, it sounds so good. Thanx !

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Thanks for the report!

[@ramaynard77]

Beautiful playing… and man am I tempted!

[@yippy327]

Looks like they've changed the listings to say, "Neck- Roasted Solid Flamed Maple with rounded edges". Great video, as usual.

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

They're blowing out the 2023 models at the moment. Glad I waited, roasted neck moves it from "that'd be cool" to "now I have to."

[@skunk2107]

You meet fotoflame . People are easily fooled . Yeah someone is going to give you a real perfect flame neck for less than $400 . I got a bridge you might be interested in.

[@ZackDavidMusic]

Badass dude! Great content as always 🤘🤘🤘

[@tonysarrio8940]

Great guitar tone. Another awesome review!

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Thanks!

[@jayteesgear]

Oh yes! I had a feeling it would take a year or so. I will definitely buy one with Jumbos and Gloss now! Keep rockin Max💯😎

[@CharlesPiper-im1wp]

I think that will be my next guitar. The yellow highest end one. Great review Max!

[@AllanGildea]

Always a treat, Max. Thanks. These look and sound great. Wild value.

[@keovongvilaykeo4799]

I was thinking about SBS guitar nice 👍 thanks you 😊

[@burtsgurt]

Wish they had 24 fret models!!

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

Yes the Jackson soloist shaped one(Yellow one) should have 24 frets IMHO. The Charvel San dimas shaped one (purple one) is fine with 22 because that was the standard back then.

[@Fast2Whls]

Of course now after I bought my green relic one last year, they come out with the yellow one. Here comes another one... Damn I love yellow shred guitars. I'm 56 and people always ask if I'm stuck in the 80's or something. I say "yup; you had to be there".

[@IncendiaDivinus]

We all are !!😂😂😂😂😂!!

[@Russell_Optics]

I have purchased a lot of stuff from GFS over the years, P90's, gold foils, humbuckers, wiring kits etc...etc... and been very happy with the quality for the price. I've never bought a guitar from them, but I'm confident they are a good deal for the money as well.

[@mveitchmunich]

I've bought several Xaviere guitars on Clearance during their sales and been very happy. The blemishes they come with are tiny and the value is large. I've even done a couple Luthier specials with great results. I'm not a shredder but I'm sure Max is telling it straight about the SBS models.

[@juliankirby9880]

When they have the good stacking coupons or you can get them on clearance, the Slick P bass is a really nice P bass for under 200 dollars it is otherwise fairly priced when they run normal sales.

[@bluwng]

The necks on these look like the GFS necks they sell only with roasted maple.

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

I have bought 3 Slick SL 59s over the years as well as the Slick P bass, and all were good except one I bought second hand with a bum 11th fret. By good, I mean leveled crowned & polished frets, no unexpected issues (p90 noise doesn't count), no swaps or surgery needed. I have no problem ordering one of these. Hell, they should port those necks over to the Slick line! Guy I sold the bum one to plays in a classic rock cover band, still has it, it was either worth getting fixed or wasn't an issue for him. A Slick SL54 & an SBS would be a killer live gig pair that does basically everything, durable sound and play great, that costs less than a single brand name import.

[@charlesbeeman]

I was the same way, I bought one of these HSH showroom... Absolutely on brand. Killer value, great playing and sounding guitar.

[@kevinlongworth7596]

Just got the blue showroom model, love it! I put a trem stop just to stabilize the bridge. I too use 9's. Just a cool guitar. Cause alot of interest at my local music shop where i had it set up. Thanks Max. It was your review that got me interested, and when they fixed all the initial hiccups for lack of a better term, I pulled the trigger, it really wasn't no brainier.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

The website description shows the neck close to an original Ibanez Wizard spec. Is that true?

[@JasonGrantProject]

LOL! Great impressions of the Jersey salesman!! Thanks Max!

[@rvmguitarsmusicmore7980]

Really cool guitar! I like the reverse headstock plus it’s a super strat!

[@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx]

I still marvel over my $200 Jet, it's so nice. Incredible value today below $500 or $600. 👍

[@user-jv8lp1ed1p]

How an option without a floyd ,a hardtail version... and how about humbucker bridge and single coil neck... and maybe an orange color option..

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

This is my specific kind of guitar. Funny reading this.

[@johanjotun1647]

kramer striker is a $350 HSS soup strat

[@bigbugger7660]

If they made a 24 fret model I'd throw money their way in a split second.

[@zsrmx1]

Great break down on the Floyd Rose stuff. And yes, it is confusing. Too many versions of the FR. The licensed one on my Dean ML Dime Shadow is pretty bad. So bad I just won't play it until I replace it. I have a FR special on my EVH wolfgang standard. It is actually ok after some tinkering and adjusting. But, I think I am gonna try a Gotoh 1996 soon in the Dean. If that goes well, I'll put one in the EVH too. Gotoh is made in Japan, there is one version, and I only hear good things.

[@txwylde]

I bought an SBS guitar. I was very impressed. You can not build a guitar cheaper than you can buy this one. It plays great. I love the fact that the pickups are Kwik plug. If they are not your cup of tea, you can change them out.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Very nice!

[@tigerbalm666]

I never thought that one day,...I would really like the PURPLE finish!

[@bluwng]

That one still has small frets which is a shame small dewts aew a deal breaker for me.

[@tigerbalm666]

@@bluwngThx for the info.

[@tony_n316]

Thank you for clearing this all up Max... I was one of the overly critical people who didn't care for their use of the term "Real Deal" Floyd and I believed from the wording on the website that the neck was just a finish and wasn't actually roasted. I was up in the air about this or the Squier Affinity with the same Floyd and I ended up buying the Squier because their messaging made it clear the neck was roasted maple.. That was the deciding factor, had I known these are actually roasted I may have chose differently as the Squier was $469.00. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Squier, but these SBS guitars definitely embrace more of the 80's shred feel and design. Thank you again for clearing all of this up!!

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

I'm glad I cleaned it up and I totally understand your hesitation when the listing wasn't clear!

[@rocketpigrecords3719]

FWIW the original 2023 line didn't have roasted wood, but a finish that looked like it. This was spelled out in the ad, but perhaps subtly. Most people rightly said "cheese" and looked elsewhere, so now they are roasted maple going forward. The old version is now discounted. Eons ago they sold unpotted "kmz professional" paf type pickups and advertised them as such. The OEM or GFS decided to only offer them potted after a certain point. I have a pair of the unpotted ones, they exist, and the ad copy was updated in a similar fashion after the change.

[@DanielRodriguez-eh1qd]

I just put together a parts caster and used the same pickups from the HSS version of this guitar.

[@jasonalmgren3050]

I got a red vintage model last summer. What a killer ax. At any price, it's a monster. It does have the smaller frets, so imma try to get one of the showroom versions this year.

[@SteveBrownROCKS]

Thanks again Max …great insights & playing 🤟🏼⚡️ SBS 🏆

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

No problem! Thanks for giving guitarists so many great options! \m/

[@michaelmetal71]

@SteveBrownRocks hi Steve, just have one question why is it you don’t offer at least one or two models in a left-handed version, would be nice to have a left handed strat style model with two hum buckers and a Floyd or even a Hardtail even if it’s only offered in one color like black be nice if you threw us left is a bone

[@SteveBrownROCKS]

@@michaelmetal71 The Market is so small we just could not move enough to justify a production run of 1000+ pcs to sell at our price. If the situation changes we’ll do it 🤟🏼⚡️

[@retropuffer2986]

Wow, looks amazing!

[@stolimonoli5730]

I’ve had them in my radar lately but have been reluctant to pull the trigger on one. This video really helps.

[@DavidAVest]

Who are the people who 1) know what a Floyd Rose trem is by name 2) know that there are multiple tiers of Floyds, yet 3) are expecting a top-of-the-line Floyd on a $250-350 guitar!? These guitars seem like they're great value and cool for the price, but people are raging they're not equal to a $1,000 axe? Budget guitars now are insanely good deals compared to what many of us grew up on. Thanks for the info!

[@LFCiS]

Are there any 24 fret models? Congratulations on the video, Max!

[@rjh1469ii]

I have the Red relic version from last year. Out of the box, needed a set up, new strings. I added a brass block and the string retaining blocks in the bridge needed sanding since they were too smooth to hold the string. After that, killer guitar....

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

Yeah i said i my comment above that i would buy the $259 "Charvel" strat shaped one and get a Gotoh 1996T trem for it and a set of Duncans. I would have a amazing guitar for under $700!

[@CatOnTheKeyboard]

I bought one awhile ago. Upgraded the bridge and tuners. I like the feel of unfinished necks so I sanded the back of my neck to bare wood, no color change, its not a finish. Max is spot on about these guitars and I will be buying another.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Thank you for the report!

[@user-ho4lc7eo3y]

I like the yellow one, the sounds so amazing. With Froyd Rose Special edition, you can ride out while listening for sure ;)

[@resington]

Love the 22 frets for those neck pickup tones, delicious! If I was in the market I'd consider these.

[@BoltRM]

22 frets for superior tone imo!

[@W9TSB]

I bought a metallic purple strat style showroom floor model. I really liked it! Out of the box it played great. The only thing I did after playing it for a week was put my favorite 9 gauge strings on it. The guitars ship with 10’s on them, so there wasn’t much setup work that needed done. Again, great guitar in my book.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

The website description shows the neck close to an original Ibanez Wizard spec. Is that true?

[@W9TSB]

@@nucleargrizzly1776 maybe the Roadstar series. Not the new wizard profile.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

@@W9TSB Thanks. The site makes it appear that it's between a Wizard and Wizard II. I've been fooled before.

[@ace7271]

I got 3 SBS had fretmills done on all three and now they play amazing. Lowest action just like on my Masterbuilt Jackson’s and Charvels. I find myself using these at shows we play

[@livingdeadhurl]

I purchased the green version. I don't know about the "stiff" floydish trem. But after removing back cover, I see there isn't a lot of room for trem block to move. I did not compare to relic offset I also have. But I'm planning on routing out wood a bit to give trem block more room for dive bombing.

[@davidkastin4240]

The purple finish is scrumptious 😈😻

[@domoniquebrooks816]

I agree! Purple is such an underrated guitar color!

[@lynyrddeville]

If that is the same as their big metal flake purple, it looks about a hundred times better in person. I grabbed a big metal flake purple Strat and Yikes!! My eyes are still recovering from the dazzle effect of all of that glitter! I WISH I could’ve had a guitar in that finish when I was playing clubs in the 80’s it needs to be seen for real to be believed.

[@eugenecastro6202]

Wow...nice one sir....how can get like that sir i love the yellow one sir

[@zAvAvAz]

Thank you Maxx you really cleared up a very important note about how it is listed, the FINISH word on the roasted maple necks really throws me for a loop as well. And it is sad that we would need be so precise because the way manufacturers ripped people off in the past. This is great insurance to know for sure, because without that i would not buy it. Thanks to you i can now buy in confidence. Thank you so much max and SBS for making such a good guitar. If they keep the price the same, i am sure they would dominate this market. Because even jackson and ibanez resorted to using that molding fretboard wood we all hate on thousands upon thousands of guitars in this price range, it was very hurtful to see with a shape like the jackson warrior. Well i have had problems with non original floyds in the past, so i wonder if truly the floyd rose special is as bad as they say? How long does the knife edge hold up before it chips? i have heard much good things from a licensed floyd that i like to use. Well can we case harden the baseplate of the 'Special'? i am shall just machine one out of 4150 heat treated steel if it doesn't work out.

[@SolaChristus]

The Floyd Special baseplate is already hardened. The FR website states this and I know that it is because I’ve added Graphtech Piezos to them which requires using a dremel to enlarged 6 slots in them…they are insanely tough. The major weakness of the Special is the zinc saddles and block….other than that I’ve found they can work just fine

[@zAvAvAz]

awesome good thank you. @@SolaChristus

[@crazybillshobbiesandstuffd7652]

I’m going to have to get one now

[@hankramos8663]

Heading over to the Guitar Fetish page now, see yuh!

[@Cr16604]

These guitars are insanely good for the price. I got the custom model in arttic white HH with the reverse headstock. I had a chrome original Floyd and chrome gotoh tuners laying around for a while that I’ve been wanting to do something with. For $259 I figured what the hell, and took a chance. The generic Floyd Rose was okay, it worked. When I swapped them I couldn’t believe how good it played after a little setup tweaking. The neck feels awesome and is really flamey. All the hardware is chrome now instead of black, but I kinda like that better anyway. I also had some jazz bass knobs that I swapped out too. I think they look better too. I also blocked the Floyd to dive only. That’s just a personal preference. But I just can’t get over how well it plays and sounds for $260. I had planned to swap out the pickups too, but It’s not a priority. The stock ones sound fine. I am going to get rid of the gloss finish on the back of the neck and do the Ernie ball oil/wax thing. Now I’m curious about what the $100 difference between the custom and showroom models gets you. The Floyd is probably definitely better, but I’m wondering if the neck is better or they’re the same. Or if the alder/poplar body makes a difference. If the Floyd on the showroom model isn’t as good as a Floyd Rose special I’d probably go with the Custom model and spend the $100 on a better Floyd Rose if the custom and showroom models both have the same neck and finish quality. I’m not going to buy a showroom model to find out. I don’t want another Floyd Rose guitar. I have a love/hate thing with Floyd Rose guitars and everyone I’ve had I’ve always traded or sold. I’ll keep this one though.

[@retroquest3579]

At least they finally started fully painting their guitars, might actually take a look now, lol.

[@derekgenre8057]

I purchased one and made a few modifications…. That I recommend you do to make it incredible… brass tremolo block for Ibanez edge $29.95, red noiseless tremolo springs $9.99 and Floyd Rose turbo tremolo arm $19.95…. The turbo arm has the Allen wrench built into it…. So for changing strings you always have your wrench… the mounting mechanism is better too… the brass block and springs make it feel better and sustain longer. I also put tremolo stops on all floating bridge guitars… just for set up ease… once it’s intonated and set up, the tremolo stop gets backed off and the bridge is full floating… that’s completely optional but it really helps you quickly intonate and dial in your guitar… I highly recommend these guitars … they flat rock !!!!

[@charlesbeeman]

Saved this comment - I'm about to pull the trigger on one, they look like such a fun guitar to have around. Thanks for the tips!

[@derekgenre8057]

The neck really feels good and plays well and that is the most important part. The pickups sound great… I’m using a ToneX pedal and putting drive pedals in front of it. I’ve also ran it through a few different amps…. I REALLY enjoy the sound of it. But I didn’t like the original springs on the tremolo

[@charlesbeeman]

2 and a half months in, Love the guitar, I put a d-tuna and a temol-no on, and it's kind of a powerhouse. I had to rout out the trem cavity a little bit so I get full use out of the trem with the d-tuna out, but it was a fun and worthwhile project. Blended right in with a little matte black sheilding paint on the new rout extension.

[@alwashere7261]

Maxster always finding things for me to spend money on :)

[@worgothcgd]

I love the resistance of them.

[@bestboy897]

that intro was a great shred fest

[@jshoenfe]

I have been watching these, maybe it's time to grab one.

[@dontderockmerizz3211]

Was checking these out. At this point my budget is very low. Deciding between the SBS custom & the Harley Benton model with the Floyd. I want a 2nd guitar with a Floyd to back up my Mockingbird ST.

[@seanspring1360]

luxurious hair! What products do you use?

[@davidrivera5829]

LOL, I JUST LOVE THIS PART!... 22:52 I WOULDN'T EITHER BRO!

[@IsaacLausell]

Nice videos! I do have a couple of questions. Is the fretboard a 20’ radius? How about the neck thickness?

[@yogiguitar1]

hey man so whats better the harley benton les paul long scale with the floyd or the sbs showroom? which one sounds better with a cranked tube amp on shred and chugs?

[@SixStringOverdose]

One thing I saw immediately on both of these guitars (the purple one has it worse than the yellow) is that the strings don't sit centered along the fretboard, meaning that there's a misalignment from the bridge or neck pocket, making the low-E quite sit far from the edge, but conversely the high-e is pushed right to the very end, which will make your string slip each time you do a pull-off.

[@jaythornhill]

VERY obvious on the purple one.

[@jeremyrasemas7989]

A real help would be a comparison to Harley benton. I myself am debating between one of these and a Harley Benton Fusion 3, and I'm still not sure which will be better. Thoughts?

[@countzero5150]

I have two charvel san dimas pro mods but I'd really like to try one of these to compare since they seem like thats the market they're gunning for. They look like a real ripper. If GFS does a single humbucker model, well.. I'll probably buy every color.

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

Yeah you can see these are Charvel inspired and even have the same neck shape(.750" at the 1st fret and .780" at the 12th with a super thin C shape) IF i bought the one with the old Charvel San dimas Body shape (purple one in this vid)i would get a Gotoh 1996T trem for it and a set of Duncan's and have a killer Charvel type for under $700! I would love to do this and compare it to my USA San dimas Charvel from 83'. I also have a newer USA Charvel SD from 2008 i would compare it to.

[@CRiCRiCri694]

They look and sound great. Why do I like the look of pickup rings so much though? I guess I am an old dude

[@keithhenson9788]

I'm wondering if they still have the offset shredder that they came out with and if they improved it?

[@DisruptedSinner]

Yep, you cleared that up nicely, Max... thanks for that. First, I hate the color of roasted maple and find it sad that it's now a "trend". Second, I'm pretty sure GF is just a distributor and don't know much about actual guitar construction or quality, and lastly... I'd never spend a penny buying one of these. Good video though.

[@sfkimrush]

How is the set up out of the box - any fret buzz? You say the frets are smaller - I assume they are smaller than jumbo and/or close to medium jumbo? Thanx!

[@eljefeguapobarbon]

Is the pickup routing on the purple axe off kilter? The spacing between the top of the pups seems wider than the lower portion.

[@ajabbott8559]

Look at how much fretboard there is on the low E. Very little on the high E. Something is not lining up on that purple one.

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

The yellow ones Body shape is the Jackson Soloist shape and the Purple is the Charvel san dimas shape. It is not very difficult to see these are modeled after Charvel/Jackson and the neck spec's even have the same .750" at the first fret and .780" at the 12th fret. The exact same as a Charvel. What i would do is get the one for $259 buy a Gotoh 1996T trem for it and a set of Duncans and that thing would be off the hook for under $700!

[@jeremysanchez4963]

Maxx I have a true 80s super shredder I want you to check out and do a review on please ?

[@Joop5000]

Hey Max, Can you explain why guitars with a trem and locking nut have a string tree or string bar in the case of these guitars? Thanks!

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Great question! It's because the surface of the locking nut is not flat, but it angles down towards the fretboard. So you need string trees or a string retaining bar to keep the strings pressed down flat onto the surface of the nut. If this wasn't done, then the strings would go way out of tune when you locked the string clamps on the nut. I hope that all makes sense.

[@michaelmillican5592]

Another great video. It's become normal for nice guitars to be affordable!

[@Gainovermg]

I noticed recently that some of the listings on the GFS site have changed a little. For what it’s worth, it looks like they changed some stuff and the necks are actually listed as “roasted maple necks”

[@tomaslopez2940]

I don’t trust them. I got one last year and it was undoubtedly the worst guitar I ever played. The neck sticks a whole inch out from the body, making it feel weird. Worst part though was that the fret work was EXTREMELY poor!!! Lots of uneven frets and dead spots! Also the neck felt weird and fat not like a good neck, but more like a 2x4!

[@shredmaster1049]

they seem cool but they had quality control hope they got rid of it I might get one soon

[@fromalongtimeago]

The fretboard almost feels bowed inward

[@tomaslopez2940]

@@fromalongtimeago how are the frets? The fretboard could be adjusted but mine came with crappy frets

[@fromalongtimeago]

@@tomaslopez2940 I bought before I saw the new Maxx video about the frets. So I bought a relic with the stated "medium-jumbo" frets. They're not "med-jumbo". They're more like small. I buy my guitars with med-jumbo up to ESP's seemingly extra- jumbo. I had a Washburn A5 in the 80's that had these little flat pieces of wire they called frets. I don't remember what size they said they were but they were small and bending strings sucked. These are like that Washburn

[@tomaslopez2940]

@@fromalongtimeago dang sorry. You can return it like I did but I still had to pay shipping

[@charlesb7831]

I almost brought the purple relic one with reverse headstock, I absolutely loved it, however I started seeing some of the reviews and videos was definitely concerning. I might give these a second look, I'd still prefer the relic purple though, for some reason it's the only relic guitar I actually liked lol.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Well they have made the relic models with the bigger frets now at least!

[@tehcarey]

Good to hear that they started actually using jumbo frets instead of just saying they are

[@deandee8082]

IMHO the best bet would be the VS260 then add a few layers of lacquer to it.. coat of clear, polish good to go .. wonder if they'd give up the paint code so we could do this.. not really into the relic'd bodies but its alder is attractive.. jumbo frets, whatever.. or leave it rub oil into the wood that's exposed will darken it up significantly, polish that oil in, burnish it.. its like the old Charvel CSX bodies. more square whatever long as its contoured . . .

[@admgloval]

Would be cool if they released a version of these with a fixed bridge like a Hipshot or Hipshot knockoff like Jackson uses. I would personally rather have a fixed bridge than a cheap 'licensed' FR or the lowest of the low end 'Real' FR bridge.

[@eoinjames4018]

max, you got to get the Harley. Benton guys on this we need these guitars in europe solid colours we have enough flame tops.. . Max fusion mk2

[@diarrhea_splatter]

23:00 Max, what would've rounded out the family photo nicely is a nice broadsword. Just sayin' 🤔

[@Unchainedmaple888]

I'd be more interested in these if they came with an HSS or HS pickup configuration option and a non locking trem

[@terencefarley5740]

They do have hss models.

[@d.j.9961]

I've purchased 3 guitars this week along with other goodies. I bought the hype & purchased a Donner dst-152 then learned of the Dst-400 & the Dst-700... ugh.... now I have to get these as soon as I can!!! Crapolla.

[@gansbikkunn]

There is something very wrong with string alignment on the purple guitar, you can see it especially higher up down the neck where 6th string is much further from the edge than the 1st, and the 1st is too close to the edge. Other guitars don’t have that problem though, and just generally speaking they are pretty awesome.

[@yjm312]

Where is the link to the flord rose arm upgrad you mentioned putting in description ?

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Here you go! www.ebay.com/itm/295162124951

[@xavierortiz2690]

That yellow one would make a nice platform for a VH Bumblebee, or even better that Purple one in Yellow and ur even closer to a VH

[@shawncope4164]

That bridge was also used in the fender elite 1 and the elite model lead 1 and lead 2 I had the push button that I rebuilt completely used gravtec saddles and it became a complete monster

[@jamesmartin9740]

I like the purple one.

[@martinclayton7260]

I'd like the yellow one, but in purple! For that amount of money, you could buy a better bridge, and upgrade the wiring, and maybe the pickups, and it would still be cheaper than a lot of super Strat's? I'd have stainless steel frets put on as well.

[@kellybrincks]

I like the guitars. But I wish Steve would have been more involved in the marketing for these. And if he was, oh boy.

[@grumpyoldrockers1048]

What is the radius of the neck? I was reading some specs and it said 20° radius? Must be an error.

[@egg_shen7908]

Once again.max you sold me another one ordered it 30mins ago 😅❤from ohio

[@Mr.Monster1313]

They need a metalflake blue sparkle finish One...

[@solidsnakec20]

the yellow is sick

[@ItFigures89]

I believe you about the neck, but I also want to see you cut another guitar up lol.

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

The thing uys... I do have the money for a Charvel. And I've been wanting a San Dimas for ages... But I keep thinking this year they'll finally start giving them contoured heel joints... But they don't! 🙆‍♂️ They do on the Dinkies (got one - they're great)... and they have just started to give the slightest corner off on the 24 fret san dimas Japanese and relicced ones... But I want a San Dimas...standard. With a contoured heel! Jet guitars are doing a really cool one. And now SBS. But neither seem quite up to standard... I think I'll buy Charvel and just deal with the heel...

[@bluwng]

For purple its this or fhe Cort. To bad they didnt add jumbo frets.

[@thomasalderman2399]

I totally dig the Battleship Gray model 2 H.B's. Just looked at their website. The offset models are cool too. Might have to think about that soon. Thanks Max!