UNDER $200 For This BEAUTIFUL and EXOTIC Guitar!? (never heard of this brand...)

This is the Volgoa VLG-6 guitar that I bought on Amazon for $180. With prices ranging from 150 to 200... the specs on this guitar are crazy cool. I've never heard of this brand before (not to be confused with Vangoa)... but let's plug it in and do a full review.
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[@timtwotone3561]

Merry Christmas to you and yours Max. Thank you for highlighting a great cross section of eclectic and affordable guitars for another year. Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, and good luck with the album. Tim from Oz.

[@johnblademusic]

I'm loving how often the uploads have been coming!

[@bleachinbiscuits]

WOW That thing is beautiful! Love the budget vids!

[@BigMacAttack83]

Man, it's been a hot minute since I've picked up any of my guitars, because when has been crazy, but watching that shred has me excited to start playing again.

[@doubled7517]

Just ordered one...was looking for another super strat!!! Great video

[@michaelgriggs989]

Bought it! Love your reviews, keep'em coiming

[@r.honeycutt8660]

Like the roasted maple neck and roller truss rod. The Amazon site mentions it has carbon rod reinforcement. Pretty cool. Be interested in a later review of guitar after you have had it for a while.

[@rickhamm4679]

Awesome vid sir, been watching gorgeous a while now. Got excited about a few of these bargains, but never pulled the trigger. This one got me. Ordered the blue HSH. Be here on the 30. Thank u Max. Happy Holidays.

[@robertmenzies6939]

Nice review thanks. I have an Ibanez GRX70 and the body has the same graphics. Not convinced about that fret board and thought it was a little odd the bridge pick-up was louder than the others but for the price point you really can’t argue and as you say looks amazing

[@alexskibicki2262]

Awesome guitar, max! 😎🤘🏻🎸 and Merry Christmas. That is a nice looking guitar. And it sounds awesome for the price.

[@muznick]

I ordered the Telecaster style version. Same color, but two pickups with a coil split. It's coming tomorrow and your video has me even more psyched up for it. There are some negative reviews regarding the electronics, but for $150, it's worth a shot.

[@Inadvisablescience]

That is one gorgeous guitar! Put one on my list. Thank you for sharing!

[@glencooper1091]

Thanks! I just ordered the Volgoa GTM-01, it's more my style, great looks, specs and diversity on this one at a much cheaper price with the coupon.

[@justincronkhite209]

Wow..I might pull the trigger on this one..!!..thanks for the vid!!

[@edwardippoliti626]

Awesome find ,love a guitar that has all the latest features ,at an affordable price ,it's hard to believe the price ,that has got to be pretty close to cost ,for sure ,and that riff you played after kicking into overdrive ,as well as the solo was inspiring !!Thank you for another great demo !

[@JaSsiSandhu-zg2tn]

Have u bought that ?? Should i also buy that

[@edwardippoliti626]

@@JaSsiSandhu-zg2tn That's your call ,for you to decide ,it's definetly not a bad choice, I personally let the color of a guitar catch my eye ,and every thing else has to follow, the price ,the tone potential, etc.,etc,good luck !!

[@JaSsiSandhu-zg2tn]

@@edwardippoliti626 Okay.. are u using this guitar ??

[@martinleicht5911]

Merry Christmas you shredded !! 🍺 😎 👍 ❄❄❄⛄

[@Putreffy]

I was doubting pulling the trigger on this since they only have 3 stars reviews, but I'm glad you did a review on it. I've been wanting to order their tele version.

[@shanemiller6982]

Don't do it. It won't hold a tune.

[@Kalan46733]

Ok I’m impressed all the way around beautiful well rounded clean tone good sounding pick ups

[@jhors7777]

Thank you for posting this helpful video!

[@kellyp9438]

Glad I subscribe! Any guitar he reviews sell out within a day usually

[@guitarjet]

Thanks, Max! Just subscribed 🤘

[@MichaelGrecoGuitar]

That guitar really packs a punch for the price range. Awesome demo

[@JuanJaim]

Are you going to do a review on the teeth whitening foam down the road? Good one, I hit the like button after hearing that. Honestly I'm intrigued, didn't know that existed and now I want to try some. Love the channel, Max, happy holidays and keep kicking sweet ass as usual! 🤘🎸

[@ronaldmcneely5184]

Max does it again bravo sir

[@aaronmcnair1829]

Probably the nicest looking budget guitar I've seen in a long time.

[@Darkseidx]

Oh yeah I'm getting one. That stick is beautiful and sounds amazing.

[@mendezskanal2261]

Very cool ! Keep it up men

[@m_e_t_a_p_h_o_r]

You do something I thought was pretty unique to me... in the right index slides during tapping 😱🔥🔥🔥

[@TheTargetedScapegoat]

Great breakdown on the details of what you get for under 200. That fretboard sheen is amazing. I’m wondering how tuning will stand up to trem usage and to dropping down to C or even A. I’m not a fan of humbuckers unless they are being played kinda like they way you play, which isn’t how I play. Lol. Of course. The pick ups sound like the alnico, wax coated HBs in my Pelham blue 335 which are the loudest and quietest pick ups I’ve ever played (I mention the Pelham blue because exactly - a guitar has to look a certain way for you want to play it).

[@thebaldshredder]

Cool! I've got a Volgoa headless guitar review going up tomorrow. Fantastic guitar.

[@hristoistoyanov]

This is the only one I kept, returned 2 other Volgoa models. What do you think of the pickups? Mine were slightly misaligned to the strings. Also had to dull the fret ends, no ball endings unfortunately. But decided to keep it - headless for this price and stainless is a keeper

[@dr.michaelr.foreman2170]

Okay, I 'm sold. Love the tone.

[@nicholasdonvito1703]

Thanks again Max!

[@rocinblues]

Really nice video !

[@scsviiyt]

I added it to my guitar shopping list. GAS is a problem. Thank you for contributing to the issue.

[@jebblinne3273]

Nice playing and nice guitar!

[@RodneyKeithCopley]

Its beautiful! May have to order this one.

[@russellzauner]

The neck heel looks like it's carved pretty closely to a prestige or j custom. I have a couple Starfield (a single year run, 20+ years ago) that have the same heel. It's an excellent shape and actually enables an ease of play on the upper frets that goes beyond access - when you're reaching you don't feel a square-ish heel/plate pressing into the palm of your hand; I came to like it so much I basically created a "heel comfort" category in my mental assessment list to help me decide whether or not to keep/buy/replace an instrument...glad to see it turn up in a range that even beginners can afford - you'll be a lot more likely to practice more if your instrument plays well and sits nice in your hand.

[@garyshoaf5699]

Really like the finish. Sounds good.

[@riffjohnson22]

Max, I’m proof to your theory A guitars looks is a catalyst to playing. I had a Epiphone LP studio 20 years ago for my 1st electric. 12 months past as I picked it up once in A while trying to learn. I decided to “Browse” the guitar store and a Red Quilted Ibanez changed everything. A sale sent me home with It at $199. I learned more in 12 Weeks than I did in 12 months with the black LP. Those red horns and quilted top along with EMG doubles wrapped in black contrasting the Shark tooth inlays had me coming back DAILY! Keep the vids coming, you rock KZbin. Very well spoken and informative vids with get to the point accuracy. Thank you for that. With your help, I own A WOLF Lp, a Firefly FF338 Spalted maple, and IYV PRS. Great quality axes can be purchased for under $500..and sometimes under $300!

[@misterperson7070]

Max with the insane recommendations again.

[@keovongvilaykeo4799]

Wow always great thanks you as always keeps rocking 😊

[@CrushingAxes]

Owow, sounds good! Cool intro solo!

[@stickbeard]

Hi Max, love your channel. It seems your camera is usually slightly out of focus. Again, love the channel and content! You have inspired me to buy one of these budget guitars and mod the crap out of it!

[@gregwatts680]

Surprised no one has commented on how good those pickups sound. Very PAFish in the cleans, lovely tone

[@thejabberwocky1488]

They sound crisp, don’t they?

[@wangson]

Lots of them too eh?! 5 Pick-ups?!?! I've rarely seen that on an electric guitar....

[@jooyoonchung3593]

Absolutely agree about your point about the look of the instrument. A guitar you want to pick up and play is … surprise … a guitar that gets you playing! Looks don’t equate to tone but man they really do matter.

[@victorycrosby4896]

Pretty sweet axe I think.sounded good,looks great. I'd say great value.THANKS MAX. !

[@raymondtuckerjr1886]

I couldn't agree more with your "I want to pick up that guitar and play" analogy. Look good, play good from Dieon Sanders comes to mind. I'm now a subscriber....thinking of buying this guitar. I just pulled the trigger on a BCP cutaway acoustic-electric...fingers crossed, going to try and learn to play BOTH!

[@kevincrozier8625]

I have a Volgoa Tele copy with the same style fretboard. I really like them. I am looking to getting the guitar you are showing. Hopefully pretty soon.

[@DeadRingerMachine]

The ball end frets are must-have for any guitar I’m going to get going forward.

[@ryanm9274]

I got the epiphone special SG in black off Amazon for the Christmas deals. Sounds and plays great!

[@amberswift3086]

I love the guitar's looks and sound! I just looked for it, but couldn't even find that brand.

[@jackschitt7783]

Subscribed. Awesome review! Thanks! I clicked the link to grab this guitar for myself but it's unfortunately unavailable now only 2 weeks after you posted this video about it. I did find other ones in similar price ranges but I'm reluctant to get a guitar like this mail ordered without seeing a really good review like this about it. I've been considering buying a build-it kit from thomannmusic. I end up customizing the poo out of my guitars anyway so I think that's the way I'm going to go for my next one and build the guitar I always wanted that has all the features I want. I would have broken the budget for that idea if this was available because I was buying it if it was available.

[@bufferkiller]

Ordered one right after seeing this for a Christmas game my partner’s family plays.

[@todzilla09]

Great review! I agree with the fact that a great looking guitar makes you want to play even more. How does that composite fingerboard material feel? Does it have the feel of a finished maple?

[@alanwright7819]

As usual, by the time I found this video, the guitar is completely sold out (yes, I am subscribed to your channel). It looks very nice, though. I’d love to get one, but I really don’t have room for it right now anyway. Thanks for sharing!

[@RikJSmith]

I love your Channel and your playing , Dude !! I'm trying to convince my Wife that I need the Firefly Dark Blue Burst Les Paul with Gold Hardware that you did a Video on recently . I love that Guitar !! And you talked about every detail . Anyway , I hope you're doing well and staying safe . Thanks for making all of these great Videos . 🎸 This Guitar is great also , but I'm more of a Les Paul guy .

[@robertdouglas4293]

Nice vid, Thanks!

[@igorb7426]

Let me say something. Not a pro. But. Max can make any quitar to play amazingly. Every time it is WOW! Thank you, Max!

[@jeremysanchez4963]

I literally went and ordered this guitar as soon as you mentioned it in this video. From what i can tell online amazon is sold out of this exact color way and set up of HSH the gloss fretboard is super iconic . It arrives in the mail today super excited to play it when i get home . Your a huge inspiration to the guitar universe because most people cannot afford the really high end guitars but i feel you find the best ones for a crazy price like this one … i really enjoy watching your videos max !

[@losmazeman]

Please give us an update after you play it a bit.

[@jeremysanchez4963]

@@losmazeman bro an amazing guitar the frets the fretboard are amazing pickups are hot but definitely have some great tone to them I definitely recommend this guitar to anyone max found a hidden gem definitely!!!!!!

[@losmazeman]

@@jeremysanchez4963 Thank you for the update.

[@m.vonhollen6673]

“Literally”?!?!? As opposed to figuratively?

[@malcolmjamesturner]

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[@rogerboswell5483]

I am going to order one of them.. It looks way cooler then any one's I seen for as low as it cost.. Thanks 😊👍

[@ss_whole]

I like the raw look of no frames on the pickups, reminds me of Eddie's Frankenstrat which is never a bad thing

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

Oh Max, what song remnants are you playing? It’s beautiful! 🥰🎶 🎄merry Christmas!

[@paulschofield2630]

Looks great 👍 sounds pretty good

[@jeremysanchez4963]

Definitely think you should give fesley guitars a shot from amazon as well bro they seem to have a very solid review build seems pretty good as well

[@3dartstudio007]

I would have flipped if that had been available in the 80's, as a teen I traded a dirtbike for a no name crapcaster 9000 that was slightly less fun to fret than a chain saw let alone play (kimberly guitar)... Got a budget Ibanez last year for Christmas, and now LOVE to play guitar again! Keep up these good reviews!

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

Those 200 Ibanez look sweet. Hard to pick this up over the quality name of Ibanez

[@YakDiezel]

with you playing the guitar which every time you do that let's me know whether or not I will choose to even give a guitar a second glance and this one I will be checking out.

[@billwhite-jl6nw]

The LSR-1 I bought had some intonation issues with the ADG strings made some bridge adjustments for that. Still running the stock strings and the A and D have a slight problem staying in tune. Just received a new set of D'addarios pro steel 10/46. I think a higher quality string will help. My entire rig consists of the Volgoa LSR-1, Fender LT-40 amp, Moore GE150 effects and looper, and a set of Getaria wireless and that"s it. We live in 16 foot travel trailer so this is about as much as I can use and need. I am still happy with this guitar. I did notice a bit of string buzz on the EAD strings from the 1st fret to the 4th this morning but I am going to wait until I put the new strings on before any more adjustments.

[@artierobinette4903]

I wonder about the wiring modification possibilities. Would love to replace the pots with pull switch types to select single coil/humbucker on the neck and bridge PUs. I did this on my Schecter C-6 Plus and it gives me more tonal options from one axe. The Schecter doesn't have a middle PU, so I'm thinking the pull switch mod could give you a strat-ish tone approximation on the Volgoa.

[@larslevinberget9558]

Looks even more like a recent Charvel than the Harley Benton Fusion Pro, your playing is great as always bro!

[@828metalhead3]

Beautiful! Clean channel stuff sounded good. Distortion was terrible but could probably be tweaked

[@anthonymalette4439]

Thanks Man !

[@jamesbrowning2350]

I thoroughly browsed it on Amazon and it looks great for the $$. The HSH is still available in a cool red. I might get it soon. I bought a candy blue Kramer Baretta Special because of you in the summer and love it!! Thanks for keeping the public informed on good guitar buys.

[@marks9197]

Great video! Sounds like the fretboard is similar to Richlite? If so, that's pretty cool. It's supposed to be very stable.

[@Awake2Evil]

Bravo sir Bravo hell of a find

[@brianpartlow5530]

Nice guitar! My friend got a firefly really cheap on line and it's really cool.

[@megadeth1818]

nice to see a positive review. so far ive only seen bad reviews with a lot of people saying the neck is too wide. also thats not an actual veneer by photoflame?

[@rickbrunet2559]

Looks beautiful! Sounds pretty good to

[@tomwilson4353]

That looks like it has real potential. Very nice for the first impression. I wish when I started playing we had all the options for well built and great sounding affordable guitars. I'm just a hack amateur guitarist so I love these affordable guitars to this day and that is what I look to buy to get all the guitars I want. I appreciate your reviews. But I think what we are all wondering though is, did you get the teeth whitening foam and how was it? When is that review coming?

[@thatotherdan9984]

Yeah I got lucky, my dad gave me a 81 MiJ stratocaster, but my main is the new Squier paranormal custom Nashville Stratocaster. I don't think it could have a longer name lol so you know it's good 🤣💀 No really it's good.

[@billyvitale8994]

Great find and review..thanks.. unbelievable what you get for your money....even the trem seemed to hold tuning better then a traditional strat trem..still being issued on expensive brand name guitars. May I ask where this is made..my guess would be s.Korea.

[@strangeuniverse1199]

Wow max, you keep cranking out these videos in rapid succession. Hope you don't run out of space in your apartment with all your gear.

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

I am officially out of space. Going to take a break now but wanted to get these reviews out before Christmas!

[@ThePreciousguitar87]

It really looks nice! Unbelievable for that little amount of money!🤘

[@grene1955]

First... it's gorgeous! And you are absolutely correct, a guitar that plays well and is that pretty, is going to make you want to pick it up every time you walk by it. Second.. I'd love to see apply the same approach to affordable amps. I can afford and have a couple decent amps, but the lower priced ones these days are pretty awesome. Third, Merry Christmas!

[@TurboHDT]

Not really the top isn't flame maple its just a paper print stuck on and cleared in I had 1 mine was a plastic body mine split apart needed a re-glued and when I took it apart wasn't worth the effort I chucked it in my shed and its been there ever since it played OK pups were not to bad

[@panan7777]

Got badly burnt with "marvelous" Harley Benton crap of guitars. WHEN will people learn there is NO free lunch on this world ??? It was a perfect scam. The YT reviewers got perfectly set up guitars and mine way unplayable out of the box. Some even apologized afterwards. Save, get yourself a good guitar and enjoy. Buy cheap phone and good guitar. MUCH more fun.

[@dragan4658]

Merry Christmas!

[@dragan4658]

@@panan7777 not all cheap guitars are junk. I prefer to buy used name brand and sometimes b stock which is even hard to tell its b stock, bought a few LTD's that were new b stock and are amazing!

[@pathogenicapothecary]

@@panan7777 never had an issue, I've purchased 8 guitars from them & never an issue.

[@Tremonti920]

Getting back into guitar - was wondering what pedal/setup you're using for the rock section of the playtest (aside from the Fender GTX100 Amp)? Took a look and it doesn't seem like Volgoa makes any LH guitars :( but love the sound you got out of it!

[@paulievee8830]

That fretboard looks amazing the Frets look perfect. Makes me kind of want to spray one of my squire Laurel fret boards with some nitro or some polyurethane or something to get that look although you'd really have to go through a lot of sanding 2000 grit 3000 grit 4000 grit maybe up to even five thousand grit then apply whatever finish and then start puffing away until she shines like that. Maybe a little car wax to finish her off lol yeah I just cannot get over the look at that neck that is like the best of both worlds. Thanks again Max for bringing us another winner you my friend are incredible and I am so glad you are here to guide us into not wasting our money on buying $5,000 guitars especially if we're not in bands and touring the country or the world of course then we probably have to buy a $20,000 guitar but I would bet you that if you had to gig you could probably take this guitar on stage and people would be wandering wowwhat the hell is that guy playing. I mean it does sound great and when the light hit that fretboard every guitar guy in the audience is going to be looking at each other going what the hell is that thing it's like a guitar from outer space. Yes Max has a guitar from planet Zeutron! Right on brother

[@Daledavispratt]

HPL is another name for "Ebonol", which Kramer was using for fingerboards back in the 70's. Another name for it is Paper Micarta, which I've used as knife handle material. It's rugged stuff.

[@oldguy5381]

Max you need to check out there site. There’s a rocking headless very nice. Have a Merry Christmas.

[@markyurick4137]

I don't know Max, pretty tough to sound bad playing through that Mustang gtx. I think that amplifier is the most under rated piece of gear out there recently. I love my gtx.

[@davidcole5183]

It looks awesome. I love the sound. Despite the fact that it's sold out, I wish I had seen this brand before I bought my Ibanez AX120. Completely different guitar, but I want the SS frets to use D'Addario halfrounds, which I'm afraid would eat the frets on my Ibanez. Everybodys' flatwounds are SOOOO expensive, but I haven't heard much about the halfrounds. Do you have any experience with them? I assume the SS wrapping will make them last longer.

[@googleboy7]

Thanks MAX. I think I"ll buy one. Merry Christmas Shalom/gw

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Thank you!

[@googleboy7]

@@GuitarMAXMusic Hi, Some scammer sent me a reply in your name to email them on telegram for an unspecified "reward". Just wanted to let you know. Shalom/gw BTW The guitar is on the way. I"'ll let you know how I like it when it gets here.

[@googleboy7]

@@GuitarMAXMusic Hello again. I don't know if you have seen them, but Thoman sells very nice well padded gig bags. The last one I bought was twenty bucks. BTW. While I listen to many, there are just three guitar reviewers that I trust. You are one of them! ;;-)) Shalom/gw

[@9999plato]

I have a Gibson and a bass with a fretboard like that. They work great, especially the bass fingerboard. Black like ice.

[@aligatorsandwitch72]

oh that HPL fretboard is very interesting, it sounds like it's essentially richlite so getting it on a guitar this inexpensive is pretty nutty. I've been wanting to do another project guitar and I might pick this up as a mod platform. hey guitarmax, could you take some measurements of the bridge on that bad boy? before I buy one I want to make sure I can swap it out for something better.

[@dragan4658]

This looks like a shredders dream! Price on this is CRAZY inexpensive! AND looks like a $1500-$2000 guitar! Sounds are very good, surprisingly good! Maxx has hit it out of the park....again!

[@shane011471]

Sorry BUT NO! Everything is bottom of the barrel and will fail in short order. You still do kind of get what you pay for! After upgrading everything and spending the money upfront for cheap crap you could have just bought a better guitar to begin with. Seriously what do you expect to get at 150-200 dollars? A decent set of pickups cost as much as this whole damn guitar alone!

[@dragan4658]

@@shane011471 no what? Everything I said is accurate. It LOOKS like a $1500-$2000 guitar lol. Its possible that it is a very good product. Marketing has a HUGE mark up. I own two Agile LP and the build quality is like that of Gibson, no word of a lie and price is under $500. Theres also AIO and Wolf to mention a couple others.

[@what1864]

@@shane011471 i disagree , a decent set of pickups cost 20-30 bucks , a name brand set cost 150-200 clams ..

[@dragan4658]

@@unrealworld6782 i agree, its easy to assume that because its very affordable that its not good quality. People forget that its mostly the cheap labour that keeps the cost down.

[@shane011471]

@@dragan4658 If they sell it at $150-$200 how much money do you think it cost them to produce OR how much time and care went into it may I ask? The answer is none. Not saying you need to spend 2k on a guitar BUT everything from the pickups to the pots and switches down to the nut and tuners comes from the bottom of the basement. They slap them together and kick them out the door without even so much as looking at them. I do not see how anyone would expect anything different. It cost nothing to slap a cheap veneer on a chunk of wood to make it look pretty. If you like the guitar that's great! Just myself personally I do not understand the logic behind purchasing something like this just to wind up spending as much (At the very least) OR more to get rid of the junk when you could have just saved that money and purchased something better to begin with.

[@firstnamelastname6717]

Yeah, thanks, 👍 I may look into getting this guitar for the price range and great looks and mostly sound! Is there a time limit for this guitar?

[@411DL]

My biggest gripe many years ago with cheap guitars, out of the box, is a lot of them have certain pickup positions that are only tonally useful and strong in one area only. From what I heard of you playing it clean it doesn't sound like it has that issue. That right there made me thing '... nice'.

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

Yeah,but this dude could make pretty much make anything sound good. He’s like Andy the pedal demonstration dude.

[@msihcs8171]

It depends upon the style of music you play, if you only want one type of sound you can easily pick up a guitar like this and buy a Humbucker for sub $100 swap out the default (in my experience not very good) strings and boom for under $300 you have a rather nice setup. These often have cheap electronics so I'd recommend just wiring your good Humbucker straight to the plug and not having to worry about it. I bought my daughter a kids guitar for around $120 that's nicer than it has any right to be at that price range, sand the fretwires (minimally, they're not too bad,) replace the strings, and maybe do the electronic work as previously mentioned, and it would be as good as many guitars you can spend 5x that much on.

[@D.Guitar]

Nice....I just checked Amazon. $189. But they also have a model that is modeled after the John Pechuci signature model. Music man guitar. $199. Very similar. Except his style pick-ups. Controls. And headstock. 4+2

[@robanderson3559]

I was just looking at these today.

[@davidlockwood8703]

I dig it. May have my next axe

[@seancole2727]

I got the GTM-01, and it came set up alot like Sterling/Ernie Ball JP model. Even has a Crunch Lab bridge pick up. That pup alone is $100+.

[@josecardenas4013]

Very nice .. love maple roasted neck!!!!

[@petset77]

It's certainly a very pretty guitar, and your playing probably does it favors. I noticed (through a laptop with no external speakers) that the tone between neck and bridge pickup aren't as distinctly different as more widely separated pickups- probably in part due to the long neck and fretboard with deep cutaways pushing the pickup toward the center/bridge position. Fretboard material is interesting to an old guy who's played rosewood or ebony or maple. It certainly seems like (some) budget guitar builders have raised the bar. Nice! ....I just subscribed.