THE BEST GUITAR DEAL ON AMAZON?? Fojill Relic Telecaster REVIEW!

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@gtr1952 8 ай бұрын

Hi, My name is Gary, I'm 72 and semi-retired from gigging. Now I like to build/mod/restore guitars in my small home shop. I agree with your price for work. My prices are also influenced by attitude and ability to pay. LOL I also take parts removed, trade in's, exceptional deals, make them easily playable and donate them to "guitars for vets". This one looks like a candidate for that! All of these sub $200 guitars are a lot better than what we had to work with in the late 60's!! The "Sire" brand are as good as the Gibsons and Fenders of the 70's, at $600!! First time here, I enjoyed your video! Good luck with everything!! Peace, --gary

@dalewoodring5887 9 ай бұрын

First, I am praying for you, for a full recovery, and that you receive the peace and growth that God intends for this season. Second, how do you only have 7.39k subscribers??? Did you just start? I enjoy you and your channel very much. Very fun to watch and informative. And your playing is amazing. Thank you!

@pharmerdavid1432 8 ай бұрын

He isn't a "youtuber" per se, this is like a hobby I think? He plays in a band, is the lead vocalist besides playing killa guitar, I love his funk!

@13druber 9 ай бұрын

Prayers for you my brother. ❤

@JayceAllanGuitar 8 ай бұрын

Okay...I have to say, showing the unboxing while you're playing is genius. Speedy recovery.

@antonakis79ohyes 9 ай бұрын

The guitar sounds amazing and your playing is awesome! I wish that you recover from your battle soon, you are a fighter and an inspiration for all of us..

@j-man9457 23 сағат бұрын

Hey Man! Really enjoyed this. Just your positive outlook and passion for guitars with all you're going through is inspiring! I'm 54, and someday when I grow up I hope to play like you! Love it! I have been buying, modding and gigging budget guitars since COVID, and I'm done spending Thousands on brand names! With some attention and a few upgrades, these are every bit as capable! Rock on and I pray for good health and complete recovery for you brother! God Bless and keep rockin'!

@csharp57 8 ай бұрын

Thanks not only for the review, but I found some strength I needed. About to hit 50 and my health feels the worst it’s been. Had surgery and still not feeling right. Was a bit low in spirit, but your willingness to fight lifted me up. I appreciate you. Was considering to stop gigging soon, but I’ll rethink that.

@Gregoriosplace 22 күн бұрын

Thoughts and prayers are with you my friend. Thanks for the great info as well.

@hanovergreen4091 9 ай бұрын

Hey Brother. Empathy for your struggles and your great heart. Thank You for this great video and the time/effort it took. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@micdouglass 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@9999plato 9 ай бұрын

You play very well and that may be what is impressing me but the guitar sounds frigging great. For the price of dinner for 3 I thought I would give it a try. I could always just have it tuned in DADGAD and keep my other tele as is. If I really like it I can put a set of Twang Kings and a 4 way switch in it like my other tele. Gotta love the tele, so simple and pure. No floating bridge BS I have 2 strats that gather dust along with the Reverends and Gibsons. All I play is the Tele and the PRS DGT these days. Its enough. Best luck on your health situation from another sufferer of different chronic debilitating health conditions that have one eventual result. Music is one of the one thing that can still elevate my spirit these days.Not much else holds value to me other than family.

@tweakrr99 9 ай бұрын

Great demo and review! Your playing is very versatile. Thanks!

@MarvelJAM 6 ай бұрын

Love the channel, the tasty playing, and your positive vibes. On a side note I hope you get well ASAP

@caseylee12 9 ай бұрын

Out of the box, your guitar is set up exactly where I set mine, 1.75 in the low E, and between 1.5 and 1.75 on the high E. From what I've seen on KZbin, that guitar company seems to have its stuff together.

@petersaccoccio1664 8 ай бұрын

Damn! I’m a sucker for another tele, and I really like the sound of those pickups. More than the Loller. A little darker and warmer, but still has spank. Great playing . Speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

@Nocturnal_Sun1999 8 ай бұрын

Every note you play sounds so melodic. You’ve got great chops!!! Thanks for the review. God bless and stay healthy!

@JAL-cc8jd 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Also praying for a full and speedy recovery! 🙏🏻

@sethbrown8912 8 ай бұрын

Prayers to you sir. You are strong. Never forget that.

@Terrysoddy 7 ай бұрын

Praying for you to get healed and to get well soon. Awesome demo and review of this guitar

@maggiewagmore8778 8 ай бұрын

Positive thoughts headed your way from my dog (she beat cancer) and me :) Very nice playing, which is appreciated when someone is reviewing a guitar (of any price). No T-style guitars listed on Amazon. Hopefully that's a temporary issue, cuz I'd like to snag one of these. Those stock pups don't sound bad. The Lollars have more going on as you'd expect, but for $160 those pups sound pretty decent. Teles are so much fun!

@Stewco62 9 ай бұрын

Very informative video. I love that you get right on with the info. Keep up the good fight you will overcome!

@bradrehn1007 9 ай бұрын

Really well organized, edited, and presented. 👍👍

@randallkrasomil280 8 ай бұрын

I feel weird buying Chinese guitars but being retired I can’t really afford the Fenders and Gibsons for now so Fojill is a decent replacement. All the best to you and your health. Enjoy your channel.

@mattclark1278 8 ай бұрын

Once again proving a good amp setup can make a $4 git sound marvelous. Heal up - we need more sweet sounds from ya.

@SandalGuy1 Ай бұрын

Hey Man. Thanks for this vid. Nice playing. I saw a few things online in the past about Jack Pearson, a killer Nashville player. Apparently he plays Squier guitars. He will go into a store, play 10, and leave with the best 3. And...he sounds AMAZING! Anyway Rog, I hope you kick cancer's ass! Stay strong, stay positive. You can do it.

@KaiserSoze-vx6vo 8 ай бұрын

Prayers for you, Sir. Last year I had a cancer bout myself. I caught it early Stage 1 and it was cut out and I am thankful every day. That guitar is not available on Amazon anymore. Great playing.

@dananthony6258 9 ай бұрын

Ill say a prayer for you friend. You real have a great tone and feel. That sounded amazing.

@jimsaint2072 8 ай бұрын

Praying for a quick recovery brother

@taggmanibanez 8 ай бұрын

It was a very good idea to put the unboxing down in the corner, while doing the demo, and unboxing by itself is dreadfully boring.

@Terrysoddy 7 ай бұрын

Yea I agree with ya

@contentconsumer487 6 ай бұрын

Yes I wish everyone did this!

@AlanEvans-m7f 4 ай бұрын

Great sounding guitar for the money,well done sir. Good luck with the rest of the mods,and good health to you my friend😉

@walther9161 9 ай бұрын

Awesome review. A good setup and some minor work goes a long way especially if you’re not a pro like yourself.. most couch pickers would do well with one of these.. Thanks for posting!!

@drno2141 9 ай бұрын

amazing mate..eminds me of my harley benton te 62 db..minimum adjustments and sound like one of the best tele i've owned for 40 years

@PeteAxeShields 9 ай бұрын

I echo that. I have the Harley Benton TA52NA and after some mod.'s ( guitar cost just £105 - mod.'s cost around £120 ) and a set up, it plays and sounds like a £1000 Tele. 🙏

@MusicNerdStuff 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Love me some HB!

@lazvt8469 9 ай бұрын

Got a lefty TE 62DB last week...Roswells are decent, the guitar is AMAZING....(same on my TE-52)...but you can do MUCH better with 'better' pups....Fralin or Lollars or McNelly's...others too. Pups make a world of difference. I also remove tone pot from neck...add brass saddles...love my budget Teles (CV's, HB) as much as my higher end ones...Mex, Japan, USA (G&L, LSL TBone , Pro 2, and even a Custom Shop). Get some....

@Sammywhat 9 ай бұрын

Rog, bother, you are a serious inspiration! And you made that guitar sound like a million bucks!! Wow!! But I'm still going to pester you for a lefty Blevin's one of these days!! God bless you dearly my good man!!

@PaisleyPatchouli 7 ай бұрын

Well done demo of an interesting Tele guitar. I see they've already raised the price to $200, but still a good deal I'd say. Nice that the neck pup rout can fit a p90 or humbucker, that's clever! I like what I can see of the relicing, it looks pretty realistic. What kind of paint? Nitro by any chance? Excellent playing as well; I can tell you've been at it for a lifetime! Speaking of which, best wishes for your recovery. I've been dealing with some potentially terminal health issues myself; not fun at all... If I wasn't already at the point of already liquidating most of my stable, I might get one of these as a modding platform; although I think that I've done all the mods that I'd ever want/need to do. (Though that could just be the illness talking...) My favorite mod I've done is my 27" baritone Coodercaster 'hog TL with a 50s Rickenbacker horseshoe magnet pickup at the bridge and a 60s Teisco goldfoil at the neck. I've never played a Tele that sounds quite so good!

@GaryBertolo Ай бұрын

Happy New Year, Eve, Roger... hope to hear from you soon. Continue to get much better!!! ¡¥¡

@MoField Ай бұрын

hope the you are healing up alright - thanks for the great review and awesome playing

@TheMasonjarz 8 ай бұрын

Just stumbled upon your channel and I love it! So well done! Very impressed with your production and how you obviously have the viewer in mind-lots of folks don’t. Really enjoyed your playing and commentary. Wow!

@andrewsutton7007 8 ай бұрын

Great video man! Loving your work and playing. Wishing you peace and good health! xx

@dougcannon3783 8 ай бұрын

May you heal quickly and completely. Cool guitar find and great playing!

@markIburgess 9 ай бұрын

Hi, your vid popped upon my feed and being interested in t style guitars clicked to watch it. Really wanted to wish you all the best in your battle with your health. Best wishes from the UK, Mark

@paoloaltieri4882 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your response... Much appreciated. Be well.

@scottmcphedran9226 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, love the way you present, and that guitar certainly punches above its weight! Best of luck with your treatment, I hope it all goes well.

@JRoss-zxzx 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Wishing you a speedy recovery too

@lauriemacquanan2141 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the review, it's 3 months later I hope you are recovering from treatment.

@srsanders455 9 ай бұрын

Great video, hope you’re feeling well Sir. After watching this video bought one of these on Amazon. Arrives Wednesday, and looking forward to modifying it.

@AllanGildea 8 ай бұрын

Great video, excellent value, love the tele. Very best to you for a full recovery. Serious chops man, you make that guitar sound wonderful.

@caleshtcincredibles 9 ай бұрын

Dude night guitar , your playing is the icing on the cake!

@augustusbetucius2931 8 ай бұрын

So it looks like it could use a better three way switch, and definitely CTS or Bourns pots. Those look like the mini pots, but couldn't tell for sure. If so, I'd replace them. I know that the smaller pots are probably fine, as long as the quality is there, but there's a psychological element. Hope your treatment is successful. I have a good friend who was given her cancer diagnosis and six months to live back in 2015. She opted to go the unconventional route and did a lot of research, found some promising if unconventional treatments. She's still alive and doing well to this day. It's her opinion that if she'd gone with the chemo, she wouldn't be here today. Make of that what you will, but if nothing else, take it to say cancer is *not* a death sentence. I wish you the best.

@stephenwilliams6741 9 ай бұрын

Great playing and analysis. Fun project! I hope all goes well with your health struggles and praying for a total cure for you.

@deancorrigan81 9 ай бұрын

Just found your channel bro, good luck mate, big love from Somerset England (where they talk like pirates!), cheers man, stay strong

@nimblybimbly4002 9 ай бұрын

The neck pickup is noticeably darker than the Lollar's but it doesn't sound bad to me. Looking forward to part 3. Nice playing!

@ShonCope 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I may have to go pick one up. As a fellow brother in treatment (multiple myeloma for me) I wish you all the best!

@rnarizona9686 8 ай бұрын

Great Demonstration and commentary. If I was in the market for another electric, I wouldn't hesitate to buy this. What a value! Good Luck to you with your health concerns--Sincerely.

@MS-sy8ls 8 ай бұрын

First time I’ve come across your channel and wow! Incredible review and video - thank you! Keep it up and I hope your treatment is going well 🙏🏻

@randallyoung6715 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding review, nice to know that "butter smooth" playing guitar available for 160$.

@christophersuarez6761 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully they restock this color!

@thepurgatorykids 9 ай бұрын

The ceramic pickups sound remarkably close to the Lollers, but the Fojill seems to either have a little less sustain or else the pickups are a little more biting? Either way, it sounds like an extraordinary guitar for under $20. As always, you're playing is smoooooth

@Sameold87 8 ай бұрын

You mean under 200? Too bad it's unavailable 😪

@misterknightowlandco 8 ай бұрын

Honestly I don’t think a pickup upgrade is worth it on this guitar cuz they sound good as is.

@mtbsperry 9 ай бұрын

The zon abt to be sold out of this baby. Wishing you good health and happiness. ❤

@9cyrus540 8 ай бұрын

Smart to leave it sit for 24 hours. Most people overlook this. Shipping and temperature fluctuations can really effect a guitar.

@rodmeisterful 9 ай бұрын

Great review, best wishes to you.

@greenfly1264 8 ай бұрын

Im fortunate to own and couple of vintage Fender Teles and a Squire 40th anniversary Tele. On youtube, the 40th anniversary has been given, by all the channels who basically cut and paste each others revenues, criticism for its neck pick up, muddy they all say, i think its sounds Vintage. To my ears the Fojlll neck pup sounds very vintage 50s Where as the Blevins neck pup, in my opinion, is too bright. So my points go to the Fojlll here. To keep things budget i might swop out neck for a Squire maple. Great review, sweet playing. First time here, subbed.👍🏼

@eduardoortizr.2807 9 ай бұрын

Great to hear from you again.enjoy your videos 📸 God bless you

@matjj676 4 ай бұрын

Please look into the Joe Tipppins protocol for C...!

@Voxguitarsrock 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the rundown. I hope you are better soon. Peace

@siegriedroy6467 9 ай бұрын

Great Sound! Best wishes for you!!!

@DNA2000-8bit 8 ай бұрын

Respect to you and playing that damn good. Be well.

@montyellingsworth4982 Ай бұрын

I've prayed for you a few times and I am hoping to hear from you.

@RodrigoRockChannel 8 ай бұрын

Interesting that the intonation sounds spot on, usually these 3 saddles tele bridges can have some bad intonation issues, not the case here.

@fisherman10101 9 ай бұрын

great review, The Lollar tele did have a maple fretboard so I guess thats going to make it a tad brighter, having said that the Fojill had quite a nice mellower tone that I felt was very useable as is. I guess if you're buying a similar style guitar in this case a tele you really dont want to have 2 guitars that sound the same.....there is no point in that so I think the Fojill offers another sound palette there.

@PeterErikson-rd5tj 9 ай бұрын

Unforgiven for the Stock Strings.:) A Contored Mahogony Body and roasted neck w/ SS Smoth Fret ends. --- $160.-- yup unreal . I would put a Guitar Fetish p90 in the neck and a Generic Hotrail in the bridge .

@LittleBlinder 8 ай бұрын

Great vid. Good luck with the treatment bro

@davidschultz5209 Ай бұрын

God bless, very informative video! I like the comfort cuts, bone nut, neck and fret board. Did you adjust truss rod?

@scoooterp801 8 ай бұрын

Love it I have a fojill strat . Good luck with the treatment

@skyillegaldiver8962 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. You have a gift for this. 😊

@steveworth544 8 ай бұрын

Great review and playing. The finish is strange though- looks like a photograph some how.

@Trickdogg7 8 ай бұрын

Siick playing man! Sounds crazy for the price

@lohsemichael6398 3 ай бұрын

You make any Guitar sounds great! Greetings from Sweden Michael

@Vicky-0310 8 ай бұрын

I purchased the same Relic Telecaster guitar from Censtar and it feels fine to me, can you test the Censtar guitars? I would like to know the difference between the Censtar Relic Telecaster and the Fojill Relic Telecaster!

@nickrouse8426 8 ай бұрын

I feel like the fancy Tele may sound better only because its output is louder. I can see them being indistinguishable with better pickups swapped in.

@davidguerrero6533 8 ай бұрын

nice guitar, great playing, excellent breakdown. i do a lot of what you do with import guitars. i find the donners to be good modding platforms. be well.

@ripdoozer Ай бұрын

Hello. Thank you for this video. Does it appear to you that the body of this guitar is laminated sheets of mahogany? I recall you saying that it appeared to be a 3 piece body, but i also saw another video from a different channel that showed the body was layered in sheets. Thank you for your time.

@birdman316 8 ай бұрын

hope you get well soon brother! nice tele by the way! have you heard of tease brand guitars? right now theyre making "S" and "T" style guitars....im hoping to talk torsten jacob(owner of tease guitars)to consider the LP special style wth bolt on neck... humbucker models and p90 models...i bet theyll sell!

@stickmanmusic5840 8 ай бұрын

Nice playing! That guitar sounds just fine to me, liked it better than the expensive one with Lollars, and if it plays as good as it sounds, use the money saved for something else.

@christopheraaron8299 9 ай бұрын

I have the Strat version, light relic mahogany body and I LOVE it. The radius of the neck is super flat, which takes some getting used to. Also, the electronics were the same cheap garbage that comes in all budget Strats, so I put together a loaded pickguard with alnico v pickups and a wiring harness with big 500k pots and thick braided wires. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's nearly as good as my MIM Fender Strat. I paid $120 for the guitar on eBay and probably like $80 on upgrades.

@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp 4 ай бұрын

Is the fingerboard real wood? I think Scarr found level frets, but some of these cheap Amazon guitars have rosin fingerboards.

@jeffallen3382 6 ай бұрын

Looks like the price has gone up to $199 now and the sunburst is still not in stock.

@jeffallen3382 Ай бұрын

They are back in stock and the price came down to $160.

@andrewcannon205 Ай бұрын

Sounds great, I might have to get me one. The quality of affordable guitars these days why would anyone wanna spend 5,10 or 20 times as much on a big name brand?