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[@Ten80pete]

Damn man! You went through a Glarry with care and attention to detail, turning out a video that has some of the best advice along with the "whys" of everything and that tip about setting the neck... I've been playing (on and off) for 24 years and this was the first time I encountered that. Granted, I've only ever played neck-thru guitars, but still. It's always a joy to see a passionate guitarist at work.

[@xeroblade012]

15 years as a guitarist, and this video taught me so many things. :)

[@JayPeet]

I love the resourcefulness of the Filipino people, it's in everything they do, and no fear, no matter how high or deep the dive into the subject. Don't agree; look into any avant garde subject and find who's made the most headway. My theory is island life means making do and living well.

[@richardbullock6411]

Great instructional video from a superb musician; I bought a Glarry GST recently & your pro-steps have been invaluable in getting the best from my instrument. There are a lot of negative comments online regarding these 'cheap' guitars and their manufacture but, keep in mind that for a starter/beginner instrument they provide someone with limited funds an opportunity to access music, and also learn about guitar construction for any upgrade work required at a very affordable price. Great content here and thanks so much for the time to taken to post - wishing you a successful continued career maestro....

[@markbryanunico4193]

Content suggestion. How to dial in good/decent tone in a cheap guitar amp using cheap guitar.

[@arikutoy999]

Buy a very good amp

[@looniper3551]

How "cheap" an amp? because you can get $6000 amp quality for $0 using virtual amps and a laptop pumping it out to straight speakers.

[@Group_Anonymous]

Use plug-ins in a DAW

[@80dale]

I have a few glarry acoustic guitars and had the same problem with the broken string . . I filed around the tuning post as the edge was sharp enough to snap the string . You are right in realizing that the strings are trash

[@i94yeh2p]

Nice! I like how the strings are the only thing you changed showing people that these newer cheap guitars aren't bad for people just getting started. Back in the days you had to spend at least $200 for something halfway decent. I have the four string P bass from Glarry and so far it's been a blast. :)

[@crisjohnalvarez770]

Super honest talaga si sir perf sa pag set.up ng gitara, wala nang paligoy ligoy pa, slaamat sir dahil libre ang video na to.👍👍

[@mikekelly1565]

Great video. I'm waiting for my Glarry burning fire to arrive. Gonna do all those mods. Cheers from New Zealand

[@lemonlane194]

I notice that all of these are just small things we can ardy do with what we have. It's really helpful. Thank you.

[@j.kittredge]

Hey, what a nice guy-thanks for posting. Glad I found your channel!

[@tmaestro]

Great video. So many guitars these days are pretty close to being quite good, and your video is all cheap solutions to common problems and useful as heck to anyone with a cheap guitar. Nice job!

[@jayveebernaldez1087]

Watching this video made me go up from lying down and started to look at my guitar looking for something that I've might miss during the set up! Very informative video, and watching you is quite relaxing tho. :)

[@lakan_umali]

Just got my first electric guitar maestro! Thomson les paul! Thank you for this video!!

[@Version1x]

That was so satisfying to watch...started with the initial vid of you getting the guitar to "upgrading" it....

[@lorenzosarte3121]

Content suggestion: Paturo sir perf kung pano o ano yung mga dapat na tone or volumes ng guitars kapag mag baband rehearsal sa studio. Thankyou po

[@maritootacam8537]

Madalas sapawan talaga pag nag baband rehearsal 😂. up ako dito

[@XxZiphRaxX]

lakasan mo yung mids pre. pag may drums nasasapawan ng kick yung lower strings at ng snare/cymbals yung higher strings mo. pag malakas ang mids sa amp mas maririnig ang gitara mo

[@PSXBOX-lz1zq]

@@maritootacam8537 yun ang mga bandang walang nararating kung sa practice pa lang naglalamunan na

[@maritootacam8537]

@@PSXBOX-lz1zq di naman sa nag sasapawan lods. Pero may ilan kase talaga na kapag beginner kanya kanya lang, so ang nangyayari di magands tugtugan. Kaya sana may basic tutorial para sa ganun

[@deandee8082]

just as a tip or warning, raising the pickups is a give and take, the magnetic pull will literally pull on the strings at a certain point, that creates other dynamics, you can either use a measuring device or visually see how the pup magnets pull on the strings, visual is best so you don't have to remove the pickups, just look for the sag in the strings.. so adjusting the pickup laying on its back your not implying the gravitational effect of the guitar being in the playing position, strings are actually moving more towards the pups, so try to do any and all string adjustments in player position.. thing is all magnets have different strengths, so its per pickup, I always try to go as low as I can actionwise while avoiding any tidal lock with pups or at least that point where the magnets are actually grabbing them, it's a dance for sure, string height vs action vs pickup height and avoiding as much tidal lock as possible.. but when you find that sweet spot it sure is sweet.. :-) to sort the tidal lock try this, raise your pickups far as you can until they actually grab a string and hold on, then lower pickup just till the string releases, then play it some, feel and hear how that tidal lock affects everything from tuning, overtone, volume, sustain, to overall tone and even string feel, specially bends... then go the exact opposite, drop the pickups so low the sound is almost gone, raise volume if you have to, play some more paying attention to the same details you did before, tone, sustain, string feel, tuning, overtones all that.. now you should have a good idea of the two extremes, pickups as close to the strings as possible and as far away as possible.. now adjust your pickup height accordingly, too low you lose sustain, volume, overtone sweet spot, but increase feel, strings feel free, easier to bend so forth cuz they are not influenced by the magnetic pull at all.. then raise them to your liking.. where you still have the feel you like, volume you like, tuning, overtones and feel, do this over and over you should find a sweet spot that is perfect for you, lotta metal guys raise string high as possible for that volume and grit, sacrificing everything else, the choice is yours, gary rossington likes his pups low and string spacing high.. cranks those peaveys and she screams, he love that tone, so he sacrifices volume so forth for that blessed greasy fat tone, the choice is yours, whatever makes you happy...

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Thanks for the tip. Given how weak these pickups are they won’t be grabbing any strings hahaha I’ll try your advice on my other guitars

[@tjforgey7854]

Tuners work ok if you lube the plastic washer on the knob,tighten all screws,and wind the strings to where they lock on tuners

[@grooveu1965]

I'll try as the tuners were shot after I received my Glarry Thinline.

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

As a lefty glarry are a company sent from heaven..I put some locking Grover's and some decent electronics and it's feckin amazing for £60

[@tonymurphy8774]

Excellent video, I was thinking of getting a kit Tele as a project, but what the heck, these Clarry guitars seem like a good place to start, thanks for the list, strings, tuners....

[@socialdef3]

Awesome video, even better than the first part!!

[@ccsamurai629]

I just have to say that this video made me brave enough to set-up my own guitar. Bought cheap guitar set-up tools from Lazada, music nomad cleaners from Guitarpusher and watched Perfs video and it’s the first time my am standard strat played this well! I didnt even have to use the gauges i bought when adjusting the action, and used perfs play and adjust method to just tweak the height of the low e string which fretted out when bending at the 15th fret. Adjusted the intonation. Watched how perf did it and now i dont even need to bring my guitar to the luthier. Thanks for the video (kailangan lang pala tapangan magpihit pihit e)!❤️

[@jckelley10]

Nice video! I'm going to use your lesson to improve my cheap guitars. Thank you.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Enjoy!

[@gillypogi]

Sana next video i-upgrade yung beginner guitar para makita up to how much it can be better with all the upgrades listed in this video. :)

[@charleswilson925]

Thanks for a great tutorial. It would seem that you're too good for this type of guitar but us lower-end guys really do appreciate your help. Thanks again.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

My pleasure! Guitar is fun no matter the price tag, thanks for watching!

[@eljefeguapobarbon]

Good to see you with a channel! Dig your playing man.🤘🏼

[@sciencesaves]

@12:40 you said that backwards. Sharp you move away from nut, flat you move saddle towards the nut.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Tune the harmonic, not the fretted note

[@MrPhins]

Thank you for being honest and not "How to turn your $89 Glarry into a $1500 Fender!"

[@xandart2682]

Who?

[@raiyantalukder6807]

@@xandart2682 darrel braun

[@xandart2682]

@@raiyantalukder6807 I had a feeling

[@victorformosa2825]

@@raiyantalukder6807 I think his reviews are okay, what don't you like about his reviews.

[@raiyantalukder6807]

@@victorformosa2825 It was a reply to xandart's comment. I don't necessarily "dislike" Darrell Braun's content. I just think that his videos are not that helpful for us living in quote-unquote third world countries where such guitar accessories prescribed by Darrel is hard to come by not to mention in COVID times.

[@abellalawr9978]

maganda yung tunog ng gitara pagkatapos ma set up, bagay to pang pop or funk genre.

[@sherwin1447]

It's time to bring my synsonics pro series back to life. Salamat bro.😁

[@gimmeagig]

I like the neck setting trick. I"never thought of doing it that way. Makes total sense. Thank you. I am a bass player but I also play guitar. I have a strat and a firefly 335 copy. I don't have a tele yet.Trying to decide between a Glerry and a Indio.

[@dataventurer9998]

Which guitar did you buy? I have been watching review videos the past couple days. Started out looking at Glarry, then saw so many reviews that note quality control issues. Now leaning toward Indio from Amazon so I can return it easily if there is a serious flaw. I expect to do some setup work. Thanks for your reply!

[@gimmeagig]

@@dataventurer9998 I bought The indio 89.- ( with a nice bag included) It had a lot of flaws and I replaced absolutely everything on it. I knew I was going to do that and I don't regret the purchase.I also bought a 199.- DLX model. Way better it comes with compensated saddles but still a starting platform. I reshaped the neck on both guitars. I like humcancelling pickups and graphtech nuts. The 89.- has EMGs and the DLX has Fender N3s I love both guitars now

[@andreapasillas5803]

What great attention to detail. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot!

[@grubbytron]

Wow what a great video. Your KZbin content is amazing. Now the setup actually makes sense. However, I don't see a link to buy a pair of those pants.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Unfortunately these are sold out but they got some pretty sick graphic Tees intotheam.com/perfecto

[@hermouthandthemachine]

I can't even thank you enough I have the exact same model and Though there are many videos on this kind of guitar Thank you for your Amazing share knowledge and also tips and tricks For a kind of beginner on guitar mods and understanding guitar as i never needed singing for my rock band for 20 years. I can actually understand lol! So glad I came across your video.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Glad I could help! Enjoy the tinkering process!

[@Funkfreed]

Sir perf suggestion lang po gawa kayo summary list at the end of each video kng ano yung steps that would be so helpful

[@dataventurer9998]

VERY helpful and detailed! Thank you for sharing. Your suggestions for upgrades are very helpful too.

[@ghahandi]

Not saying Perfecto has no ego. I am saying he has a refreshingly honest and diminished ego. I like the fact he shares knowledge garnered from years of practical experience/ Kudos Perfecto!

[@muse-mech-moda]

Easily the best guitar I have ever seen. Glarry for the win!!!!!

[@tatialo37]

Cool neck strong pulling trick!

[@jackmaetal]

Looking forward to the next video!

[@mbrownie22]

Great informative video, oh and killer playing.

[@MarTapzMusika]

Thanks a lot po for sharing this one, can't wait to buy my own electric guitar and try what I just learned from this Video. More power to you sir!

[@Strato13]

Wow, I love your videos so far (I've only seen the two about the 89$ guitar, but this one is so very helpful, and insightful on guitar setups. You're also very chill, and relaxed, and have a very easy way to explain things. I subscribed to you, and I always keep my subscriptions below 50! cheers!

[@jzetgaviola8750]

I dont even have a guitar and this is so satisfying to watch and I'm learning without a guitar. Ur built different idol❤️🍔

[@jettisontee4178]

Looking forward for the next episode Sir Perf

[@johncapiones9578]

ito na inaabangan ko sa wakas

[@thisisromeo8021]

Thanks for the effort Perf! You Rock!

[@grahamherbert3612]

Really helpful and well presented. Thankyou

[@ApartmentThe]

wow...so so good...so much good stuff to learn !!

[@jazmando8938]

Perfect ... Sir Perfecto, Thanks I learn a lot

[@Liquormans]

Kuya Perfecto.... New Subscriber from Canada 🍁

[@kentdixon5716]

Awesome video, that guitar looks, and sounds great! thanks for posting, Nice playing!

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Thanks for the kind words! The upgrade video is out now :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6jEaperjL-Kfc0

[@hiroocampo]

REQUEST PO: Gawa naman po kayo ng tutorial on how to create an ideal pedal board or combination ng guitar effects na magaganda for beginners na gustong mag-build ng sarili nilang pedal boards. 😊❤️ Godbless po! pa-shout out na din po sir Perf! hehe!

[@mihrabjaironjundam3969]

Love the video quality 👌

[@chrissiler6075]

I would love some humbucker pick ups, but it came along way

[@TheRealJanKafka]

I watched a video recently about PAF pickups. It turns out the early models made by Gibson were microphonic to some degree. After a few years of production, they started potting them to cut down on or eliminate microphony. The person doing the survey--some boutique pickup maker, I can't remember who--surmised that part of the attraction of the early Les Pauls and such with unpotted PAFs was their ability to pick up body vibrations. Apparently some people believe killing the microphonics of the pups kills the tone of the guitar.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Unpotted pickups do sound more open and bitey in the upper midrange. I love the DiMarzio PAF 59s in my Les Paul

[@jeprox8000]

Watching this while setting up my CV tele. Salamat sir, very informative and precise video

[@Ranger11413]

I subbed. I really like your channel, your playing, knowledge and informative teachings. Thank you and keep the vids coming. Glad to have found your channel.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Thanks, will do!

[@alcalenvlogs]

As always, so informational. Thank you Perf!

[@tjforgey7854]

I replace strings,after I'm finished with everything else,then you don't take a chance breaking your new high e string,while your doing everything,went through a few strings be for coming to that conclusion.and all ways wait a few days for wood to acclimate

[@freddiefox4401]

Mabye you could mod out guitar after comparing with boutique guitar, and redo comparison. Great video though👍

[@edz20four]

Thanks for sharing, will look this up once i do a setup on my telecaster

[@woodsjos]

Great videos brother! I was wondering if you can do a video with this guitar where you put good quality electronics and pickups in it and try it out. I bet that could be fun!!! Keep on making excellent videos :)

[@DougHinVA]

I have owned and sold Glarry guitars and just got a semi-hollow Tele type with Fender 62 and 64 bridge and neck pickups. It is easy to learn to do and you do have to learn to solder and it takes a bit of practice and knowledge.

[@zfair1836]

Gonna save this! Thank you sir Perf! 😊

[@barrywebber100]

Great tutorial, very eloquent too! Thanks for posting.

[@sirivantv183]

wala akong hilig sa gitara and hindi ako marunong mag gitara pero nakaka relax panoorin tong si SIR PERFECTO ❤️

[@jowenjohnlicudine9352]

I love the intro

[@paupau1922]

Ang ganda na din ng wood grain nya. Hindi mukang sangkalan 🤣🤭✌🏻✌🏻

[@steeveantonio9239]

Sana lht ng videos mo itagalog m nlng kc mga guitar lessons napakahirap. Lalo n s mga beginers, ung scala sarap mglaro, tnx master!

[@tatialo37]

Cool! Cheap is my middle name!!! Saludos de Lares Puerto Rico!!!!

[@toyscorner926]

new subscriber here. thank you for the lessons, I learned a lot.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Welcome aboard!

[@franniesilapan5566]

Sir Perf, it would be cool if you make a video on upgrading your Glarry GTL with a before/after comparison.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

If somebody sponsors the cost of the parts, I’ll do it 🙂

[@tasteapiana]

Bridge saddles, bridge saddles, bridge saddles, all day long. I started playing in 1983, instructed for several years and I've seen countless cheap student guitars where the strings pop due to a burr or pitted or chipping metal plating on a bridge saddle. No way I would put new strings on a cheap guitar until I'd gone over each saddle with at least a 3Xs magnifying glass under really good light. I like how you mic the ambience of the actual guitar (strings, picking) along with the amp. That is very helpful. Hate it when someone reviews equipment and just gives the signal from an interface box. I LIKE to hear real fret buzz as it happens. Nothing's worse than an acoustic guitar sent through a DI box and electric guitars are no different, give some ambient sound from it or go all the way back home and try bringing that sht again. Again, bridge saddles, they hate us, they're all out to work evil like little gremlins sent from Hell to disrupt and torment everything we do O.o

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

haha the bridge saddles are actually smooth, but there were burrs from when they punched the holes for the strings top mount. I found that out after I recorded the jam at the end and broke another 1st string! I've since filed it down and will discuss it in the 3rd video

[@tasteapiana]

@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro Bingo. Frets and nuts are just rectangular objects with one leading edge point of contact. Bridges have all kinds of surfaces that come off of different machines, are plated and would take a lot more time for workers to care for properly. In high throughput scenarios like short-medium run low cost guitars those machines aren't going to be checked every 10th or even 100th piece, they are likely set and never checked unless something gets stuck and production has to stop. 0 being perfectly set and 100 being absolute failure, I'm guessing most metal working machines for sub $200 guitars are averaging around 60 - the lower the cost (higher feed rate) = the higher that number gets. Stamping dies, metalwork bandsaw blades, files, abrasives, all bordering on trash, then there's likely zero tumbling of parts before chrome plating (think of those pointy edges a neglected soldering iron leaves on leads). Top it all off with the use of zinc and/or super low cost steel and every point of contact should definitely be considered suspect.

[@brocluno01]

Nice video. Good job of doing, and explaining, the set-up procedure goals and results - well done : ) I'm very curious to see how far you take this Glarry ... This is a fun series. Love guitars we don't feel bad about tweaking. Please show us where you are going and how you plan to get there : )

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Thanks, will do!

[@brocluno01]

@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro It takes a while bombing around YT to find reliable sources of instrument and music info. You seem very knowledgeable and sincere. That is rare. It's not that the average YT'er is not sincere, but they are aiming their message at some demographic, trying to be hip or something ... I don't get that feel here. Yes I get the Philippino linkage, but that is your heritage. You seem to treat (and present) musical stuff as sort of universal, and that's way cool : ) I dunno what town you are in (?), but there may be sources of inexpensive instruments that actually do well (Harley Benton comes to mind). However we all end up with a cheapo dropped off by a cousin or something that we don't know what to do with ... This series will be very helpful in figuring that out : )

[@hearpalhere]

Great video! Thanks for the tips and sharing your experience. For what it's worth, you had it sounding much better and I would say, pretty useable.

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Mod and upgrades video in the editing room! ;)

[@hearpalhere]

@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro Very cool, I look forward to checking it out.

[@rianamador1310]

thanks for the nice informative video, i really need it, i plan to buy a jcraft tele, relic it and modify it to bareknuckle aged blackguard para bagay ang itsura, then fender vintage tuner, change the bridge to kluson vintage, or totally fender parts lahat im still debating on it, im too scared to modify my old fender pro, plan ko sana is to buy american pro II kaso baka kapusin sa budget kaya shifted my plans to this project at medyo expensive pumalpak. Im still just doing my research thanks again.

[@ezcomusic7897]

Thanks for this video sir. God bless you more and more.

[@guitartec]

I'm bringing all my male customer's guitars to you from now on.

[@ph.manuel4589]

Sir perf, Paturo po saming mga baguhan kung paano i tweek ang amp setting to achieve our desired tones.

[@stephengperez]

love it bro as always thank you!

[@dematerajeffersonl.1399]

You don't need flagship guitar to make sound better, you need to practice to make perfect sound😁. Nasa kamay mo Ang Tono 😆. Lodi perf, dami Kong natutunan sau😊 maseset up q na Rin tong mumurahing gitara q😁

[@victorformosa2825]

A good amp can make a low end guitar sound a lot better and it's cheaper than buying an high end guitar.

[@kernjames]

You are not only a great guitar player, but you are really great at presenting this type of an educational video. And just because I praised you and your video, don't get cocky...hahaha Just kidding.

[@tatialo37]

I think the microfinance would be cool!!!

[@banamai]

Excellent guidance!

[@sahamal_savu]

Thank you so much for this, subscribed! :)

[@robertclarkguitar]

I had a guy tell me on a video that cheap guitars use 3 pieces of wood in the body....I told them yes I agree, and I'm sure Brownie and Blackie the Eric Clapton originals are and were both 3 pieces bodies. Lmmfao!!!

[@deandee8082]

frankly for $89 that thing sounds dang good, ceramics I'd guess? lot of its the hands but its hard to get those hands to sound good if the instrument is not set up to its maximum potential or near maximum..

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Yup, much more work to sound good on a guitar that fights you

[@batanguenongulaga6779]

Salamat sa tutorial sir Perf! Keep on rockin \m/

[@saladman9610]

Sobrang dami ko natutunan sir! Maraming salamat!

[@NimoTvAguzan]

Thankyou Master 🙏🙏🙏

[@abellalawr9978]

Sir hello po, request po ako ng video about how to set up a classical guitar. thanks and more power.

[@melvinpayumo1901]

very nice and informative

[@timffoster]

Well presented. Thanks.

[@bonk.drinker]

I haven't seen anyone take off the bridge yet. I've been wondering if I could buy a new bridge and put a humbucker in the bridge pickup spot, I think it would look good and play well.

[@CPjrtvrallatepjr]

Galing mo idol thanks for sharing your knowledge on guitar

[@jangalupo2737]

Hi sir perf, Next content you may play your top10 guitar solo.. #salute!

[@mischievous8683]

Ayos kaayog video set up sa

[@ColinStuart]

You may want to look into my friend Phil Brown, I believe Arnel Pinada is talking about them playing together!

[@ArpitChanana]

someone, please explain the trick at 10:00 , like what is it called exactly?

[@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro]

Better neck/body connection

[@ArpitChanana]

@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro thank u so much