The $85 Glarry Strat - is it any good?

[@Dolphinstreets]

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[@frankhenton1439]

Hi Robert have just bought exactly the same guitar for £49.99 from cash generator over here in Liverpool England thanks so much for the review, I'm so glad i bought it now well have paid the deposit for now but after seeing your review I'm so glad thanks buddy.👍🍺

[@Dolphinstreets]

I hope you enjoy it! Cheers!

[@VeronicalSmith518]

I bought my Glarry Strat during the pandemic lockdown. I changed the strings and the rest is history. I enjoy playing it because it is light. I purchased the green one. Your blue is so beautiful.

[@StratsRUs]

I think it's worth spending time dialing in the pickups and string heights, as well as the truss rod adjustments and intonation.Before changing things out. So that when you decide to replace things , you know exactly why. The GREAT thing is that it is light.That puts it ahead

[@azmike3572]

ANY guitar sounds great when Robert's playing it.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thanks!

[@noahtenshen]

I bought that same guitar a year or two ago out of curiosity since I have a nice Strat, as well as others. I loved how light it was. I also like (the rare) light guitars. It needed some fret work--some sharp ones, and I agree with the oil on the neck--though the neck feels fine. I bought it to have as one to work on, but I never did. It's just fine for what it is. You made it sound better than I. It might be better than my Silvertone from 1965. Might not. Great to be a beginner these days with all the inexpensive (better than years gone by) guitars.

[@twelveouncetrance4034]

I have owned this guitar a few years now. I totally agree with the review. I have around 15 guitars and all are more expensive, but I record with this guitar most of all. Well worth the cost. Just posted a recording “Neutral Earth- Coma” on KZbin. 85% of the gtr it is this guitar, 15%, Dano 59 12 string.

[@tjforgey7854]

I got one with the red tribal graphic 2 years ago.After carving the neck slimmer,frets level, and full setup,was potting pups,it rocks,and it's so light it doesn't wear me out

[@jea783]

Really enjoy to see a man who plays Suhr guitar demonstrate very cheap entry level instrument without being condescending !

[@bluexkitsu]

I was looking to get a glarry as my first guitar. I’ve been doing a bit research and this video definitely helped me decide! Thanks!

[@Dolphinstreets]

Glad I could help!

[@keiththeakston3125]

Precisely put ! Just a lonely bass player and a Brain Tumor survivor from 91 ! Music is basically great therapy ESPECIALLY for those whom had played for years hence their health challenges . These Glarry’s are AWESOME for someone on a tight budget and not just involved in a band, HOME PLAYING . . Where it all starts and Glarry is making that possible .

[@roberteasleysr9108]

I have the Glarry Telly , 89.00 !! I did change the nut to a bone nut . I have many expensive guitars but being a home player it fills the bill .

[@cam-inf-4w5]

Bridge tone is amazing with whatever distortion you have. Totally crunchy and raunchy. Classic early 80s before people had super distortions just great overdrives.

[@richarddelatorre2977]

Love your playing. I bought a Glarry tele style guitar, and all I did was change strings. Didn't have to set it up. I love the way it plays.

[@ideclineify]

Thank you for this great and informative video... Your playing is fantastic and enviable. Over the last few years a progressive neurological condition has plagued me with severe hand tremors and made it impossible for me to play anymore. It's been so bad that the last time I picked up a guitar I was not even able to tune it. My playing has never been very good to begin with but now my fingers wont even perform the simplest of tasks. For those of you who can play at any level I'll say the same thing that Les Paul used to write next to his autograph... *Keep on Picking."

[@DerekHarris-vs2ck]

I enjoyed this video a lot. You were very concise and I loved the fact that you played exactly the same piece for every pickup position, which made it easier for me to distinguish the tone of each. This was also the first guitar video that mentioned using true oil on the neck.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gkarone3228]

Just bought a white one $74 with tax arrives the 4th I have some nice guitars but hey $74 I can learn what I'm afraid to do on my other guitars THX GREAT VID.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Rock on!

[@scottkellogg8145]

I just came across your video a year later awesome video beautiful guitar I was thinking about ordering a glarry I was just watching the 90th birthday celebration for willy Nelson and saw band member using a glarry guitar believe it or not I hope you have more video's coming have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year brother

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thanks - Merry Christmas!

[@jstnxprsn]

I love my Glarry tele. It was delivered to my door for $100. That left me plenty of room to trick it out, which I did with Duncans, locking quick tuners and several other things. I enjoy playing that guitar as much as my Les Paul Goldtop. The only thing is it has kind of a fat neck. I like that because I have huge hands, but that might not work for everyone. Minimal intonation and action work too. Pretty great as it came. Wish I'd had a guitar like that to start with.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Cool! Not bad for the price!

[@markparker9910]

You easily talked me right into it Robert, just ordered one! Thank you!

[@mixer7560]

Hey Robert. Wow, you made that thing sound amazing. We’re on a really tight budget and my son wants a guitar. The local shop has an Epiphone Les Paul for $199, but heck, this bundle for $109 is tempting. Just don’t want any issues to possibly dissuade a 12 y/o beginner from learning and enjoying it. Thanks.

[@Lovingisnecessary]

@@mixer7560 just make sure you can level the frets out. I bought a glarry 170 hsh strat which is a little different. What I had to do was make a sanding block for it to lower the action without getting any fret buzz. That was a block of wood from the dump and some double sided tape and different grit sand paper.. Also what I did was I bought cinnamon drop capacitors on ebay and soldered them in because the pickups were weak that's another $10. Then I bought deaddario strings more money thrown in.. and loosened the claw in the back. If that the guitar was finally good..... but I had to get really fine steel wool to polish the frets as well, and that part was more than I wanted to pay.

[@tonyosmer8459]

I bought the Glarry tele version a while back , I never have had a tele before , but it is fine for me , and also here is another one I bought the Eart strat , I like both of them the Eart is my favorite one lol . They are just fine for me .

[@Dolphinstreets]

Great to hear!

[@lylemoors4194]

Eart guitars cost 3 times as much. I'd buy a name brand for that amount.

[@meddymo1]

Thanks man! Great review I got myself one as an absolute beginner on a budget

[@MaurizioPollio]

Hi Robert, in your hands even a very cheap guitar has a GREAT sound! Thank you so much

[@stoofbuis]

I bought the hagstrom Viking, after seeing your review,....and thx for that,...a very good 335 alternative!! Greetings from Belgium.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Awesome, thanks!

[@emmalilley4668]

I’m looking for a beginner guitar,thanks so much

[@tealip4419]

I have purchased 4 Glarry basses and 7 Glarry guitars. I upgraded all of them. Love them. My last one was the Glarry Strat in Sunburst. Beautiful. Polished the frets changed the pickups to Guitar Madness premium set ($44) and l swapped out the tuning machines and put my favorite strings on. Wow do I love this guitar! I just ordered the GTL Tele style in orange. Can’t wait. Great video nice playing Robert!👍🏻 In my opinion these are a great foundation for modding. Totally worth upgrading and learning how to mod guitars.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thanks!

[@davidconnelly]

That's astonishing value.

[@lesd2633]

Robert, You are looking more like Captain Picard every day! Nice review. Just my two cents worth, buy a cheap guitar, if thats all the money you have, great. Do a basic setup, strings and stop. Otherwise your missing the point. Save up, buy that next up model if/when you are ready. Peace. Love your vids.

[@davidjohnson563]

nice vid & playing,Robert👍

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thank you!

[@jipes]

Surprisingly good sounding ! Robert would you say that the finish is a photo or apparent wood nicely stained ?

[@Dolphinstreets]

Wood it looks like!

[@mraggrovator]

Brilliant video super playing as well.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Many thanks my friend!

[@pbenson56fran]

I like your honesty Robert.

[@wwaddayouthink]

cool Robert,looks to worth it for any beginner.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Yeah it's great for 85 dollars!

[@jimgray774]

I buddy,I bought that same one you got,just for the pickups,it came with willkonsins pickups in it and I wanted them and some other parts of it,ya the neck is nice but just a couple parts is all I bought it for,have a great day

[@StevieZero]

If it's all you can afford then you'd definitely be glad to have any guitar...Some of us are blessed to own high end guitars others aren't so fortunate but there've been times in the past i was happy to have a cheap guitar...

[@TLInterests]

Good info in a timely way, thxs

[@ericwright6672]

If it was like mine I had to center the bridge,but mine cost $149,it came with Wilkinson pickups as an upgrade,they dont even sell them anymore! Sounds really good now,I put 13- 64 on it cuz it has a baseball bat for a neck!

[@ericwright6672]

Mine is like 8 pounds,it's white

[@christiantaylor4027]

Hi there Robert. She's a looker eh.I don't need another guitar but for this price. Sounds good too.

[@miralisa_]

I have the same glarry model, I’d suggest switching the strings if they feel bad

[@flatroc1]

IMO, Robert could make anything sound good. Thanks

[@Dolphinstreets]

Too kind

[@Hiro.the.God.]

You could make a stick with string on it sound good

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thank you!

[@CamiloVelandia]

In your hands it sounds as good as anything!

[@Dolphinstreets]

You are too kind, Camilo. It would sound like a million bucks in YOUR hands, Master!

[@russk8091]

Amazon used to have free shipping on this and now it's abut $30. I think I'll wait for the shipping to go down a bit.

[@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp]

What is your amp and pedals? This sounds great.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Thanks! I used a fractal audio axefx.

[@sfkimrush]

The look makes me want to be all in. The upgrade cost say all out. So, I am in the middle of the road.

[@_lucatron48_2]

most of the stock parts do the jobs just fine if you are beginner to intermediate. the only upgrades that are really needed are a string change and a fretboard polish which is pretty inexpensive (say $40 at most)

[@markmcdougal1199]

Good review, thanks. I'm going out of the country and don't want to take my Les Paul custom on the plane - could you recommend a good, inexpensive copy? Thanks.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Agile from Rondo music

[@markmcdougal1199]

Thanks! , I'll check it out. Peace, love music :) @@Dolphinstreets

[@markmcdougal1199]

@@Dolphinstreets I looked into the Agile, specifically the Agile AL-3200MCC. That's a really nice guitar for $500.00. Heavy, good tuners, adequate pickups (I'd change these out anyway) bridge and nut, hand filed frets, great tone and sustain (I love very heavy guitars) . Really like the sound, for the kinds of music I play - blues and classic rock. The 3 piece neck goes all the way through the guitar, for added stability and consistency of tone and tuning, that's really nice, - even sporting real mother of pearl inlays in the fret-board. Quite the ax for .5k. Have to pick it up early, there's a line. Great suggestion, thank you sir.

[@Dolphinstreets]

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[@markmcdougal1199]

ok - will do. @@Dolphinstreets

[@CrooksandMahoney]

What is the screw in bar that rotates over the pick ups used for?

[@MrJedijunkie]

I am looking at learning how to play. Is this really ideal for a beginner like me? He mentioned about changing the strings. Are these not good strings?

[@Dolphinstreets]

Yeah it’s a good beginner guitar. I recommend getting new strings, because the ones I got with mine were corroded. As you get better and want a better tone, you could upgrade the pickups.

[@MrJedijunkie]

@@Dolphinstreets thank u so much for the reply. So if I decide to go with this guitar. What strings would you recommend for replacing?

[@philmachen6508]

Just received this guitar a year later. Payed $53. Direct from Glarry. Corroded strings, otherwise incredible. I don't understand how they do it.

[@Dolphinstreets]

Nice for the price right?

[@benrios7902]

I don’t know why you have to change the pick ups. Did you literally hear the sounds you were getting that to me sounded better than most things fender makes nowadays.

[@gplunk]

Thanks; very informative, just might be the ticket....

[@christopheraaron8299]

I've owned a few Glarry guitars, I've since sold them all. I basically used them to learn how to mod, and they're excellent mod platforms. I learned what I needed to learn and made all the mistakes I needed to make and now I've moved on to Fender/Squier guitars to mod and restore. Glarry guitars definitely need a good setup, they get no setup at the factory and the strings they use are garbage. Warning; Don't ever buy an amp from Glarry. They're terrible, if they even work. I also wouldn't recommend their Mustang imitations (GMF.) They haven't quite figured out how to get 24" scale offsets right yet.

[@starke2908]

tiger woods can putt with a croquet mallet

[@ZahriaSk8tez]

That’s the exact one I bought yaaay

[@Dolphinstreets]

Do you like it?

[@Holman673]

yes it was a nice body, nicely painted

[@Musicsports]

Will the fret ends slice your fingers off? If so I bought a fret tool lol, call me, I only charge $86. Lolol 😂

[@venvnco6259]

I have some expensive guitars but they are heavy. Bought a Glarry because it is light weight. I put a new loaded pick guard in it. It sounds great and I play it more than any of my guitars. I have about $170 in it . If you can not do the work yourself. I would say buy a used MIM strat.

[@pasteye1671]

Many !better! guitars are made from basswood. OI wish people would not say it with such disdain. Gretsch use basswood, as does Fender. So it can't be all bad, can it?

[@ZahriaSk8tez]

Vedy noice vedy noice

[@hoochrocks]

If you're gonna rebuild the entire guitar, there's no purpose in buying it. Just get a Strat.

[@jasujokelainen5073]

That is a strat.... But I get what you are saying.

[@hoochrocks]

It's a Glarry, nit a strat. @@jasujokelainen5073

[@osirisgothra]

no offense, but I think these cheap "knock offs" are invented by/for morons, humbuckers have been a thing for decades now, better not be any buzz (even a crappy toaster has a timer on it, right?) so the fact that it doesn't have buzzing and noise shouldn't be a wow-factor. I personally hate these because the volume knob is in the worst place and RIGHT in the way,which usually wouldn't be a problem but the pots are so cheap they move when you breathe on them. Furthermore, we live in an era of heavy effects. If I designed one of these, I would scrap the "treble" and "bass" trimmers entirely and put a mount for a smartphone, we have Jack/OSC and Wireless Midi these days, which would be far superior to something that can be adjusted after the fact. Another example of 'expected' items being present that are outdated and are really not needed since the humbuckers are there anyway, which should defeat the point of needing to pre-trim the tone before it leaves the guitar. Aside from that, it works for straight forward "expected" electric playing, but lacks severely on the acoustic side. Sure it sounds so-so when ran through effects but imo the clean sounds you get from it are crap. Certain parts inhibit the strings from giving a pure sound in favor of possibly helping reduce string noise when electric (which should be detachable but is not), I won't go into detail. I suppose the idea was figuring electric players only want that straight metal sound and don't care about the diversity or flexibility in a guitar, and they probably don't play any styles outside that arena. I myself expect all the important dynamics and clarity to be there and am very picky about resonance, harmonics, and "unplugged (from effects)" performance ability as well. I suppose you get what you pay for. 90% of people getting these are fanboys or coming from the guitar hero game, so they wouldn't notice anyway, nor could they tell the difference between one guitar to the next as long as it plays and does all the things publicly expected of an electric guitar.

[@williamhall3043]

Still believes pickups make a difference lol funny

[@Dolphinstreets]

Sure does