8 GREAT Cheap Guitars (And 3 to AVOID)

Guitars are not like Lego. Two identical guitars from the same company and same batch will usually NOT be interchangeable components-wise! Bear that in mind when replacing parts of a favourite guitar like pickguards. As you were :-)

Have you tried the GROTE 335 hollow body and Telecaster copies? I love them both. The natural finish 335 was $200 delivered. The Telecaster was $75 second hand. I was blown away by the quality right out of the box. The GROTE Les Paul however was a POS and was returned the next day. Check them out. You will be amazed at the look, sound and feel of them.

I bought an epoch baldwin gibson its like a more basic epiphone special 2 to say its a cheap guitar like 60 to 100 second hand i am very impressed got good low action from the start neck is comfortable and the pick ups sound good has epiphone hard ware i would recomend for a good parctice guitar

My dude you killed me with that lira joke, was just having a coffee now I am reminded of the economic crisis for no reason.

Im curious how the Cort is to the EART you tried?

I see you're one of the reviewers sleeping on the Firefly. Have you thought about ordering one? $150 for a roasted maple neck and locking tuners. Seems tempting!

Indio vs JS400?

Hope u like my pick, comments back please
.you was great

Who come up with the names? Well, Mister Benton for shure!

"This 400.00 guitar sounds amazing! Here, let me plug it into my 2000.00 Marshall to demonstrate". 😅

This video goes to show it’s the player not the guitar that is the difference

What do you think of the Harley Benton SC-500 in black? I really like that design and look of it

That "Indio" is absolutely amazing!!

"50M turkish liras" hurt really bad sir :D

I bought my first budget guitar yesterday and I was sweating it out to see if it was included in here somewhere. Squier Strat Affinity for 230 euros. Hope I can make any use of it cause I got the marshall MG30FX to let it shine a bit more.

Thnx for the vid great stuff

Squier Jags, mustangs and jazzmasters are all excellent choices for the price point

Too many scubidabotz😮

Damn you ...... Harley Benton is not available here in Australia

Squier telecaster 40th anniversary (satin blonde with black pickguard and black binding) just for €298 on thomann! Amazing guitar for that price! The strats are also great!

Excellent video. Imagine my surprise when we get to the end, and the best guitar is the one I've been playing for the last 3 years! I play it every day, and i love it! Its the best hundred bucks ive ever spent! Highly recommended!

Well it is a good review indeed but instead of 8 good guitars we have only 4 which are squier, harley benton, yamaha and cort because it is only the models that differ

Just once! I'd like to see a review video from someone who sucks as much as I do! Awesome playing. Great review.

I like this,but,playing a cheap guitar through an expensive amp,and playing speedy riffs, proves very little. A suggestion, use that little Vox amp behind you, and play something that people watching can actually play. Cheap guitars, are sometimes played by great players, but most of the time, by more casual players. ,who don't have your skills.

That Squier bullit Telecaster sounded better than all the rest.

is it the Indio Cali Classic or Indio Retro Classic???

Have a Epiphone Special 2. I lke it. Have had it for several years.

the 60s classic vibe comes with a real bone nut

Can’t lose with Yamaha guitars

Most 400 dollar guitars are worth 150 dollars if your stupid, get all in on cheat components and cheap setup.

I have that first guitar but the fixed bridge version and I love it!

I prefer a Epiphone Les Paul classic worn . I have not had much use of it because I broke my pinky on my left hand had to have operated . Your guitars are in the Fender style . I prefer the Epiphone style although I have Beringher in Fender style .My first guitar I have bought cheap just to see if I wanted to continue to play which I did .I have Gretch guitar with sophisticated electronics .I have always wanted a guitar in Gibson style but they are expensive so I chose the cheaper version of it which is ok even if I have just tried once .

I guess if you can play like that, you can make any guitar sound good. Even my 1978 Japanese Avon Les Paul rip off, from the Littlewoods catalogue. Anyone else (still) got one?

feels like a slightly sponsored video

Cort is a great option

Sterling Cutlass is great. You got a bad apple.

Which pickups did you use for the harley benton sc-550?

I bought the mono price indio strat last year ,it cost less than $100 shipped.after fixing sharp frets,sounds great I love it.its my go to guitar at home .I might buy another.thanks Jerry

I was looking about in a huge music store today, which stocked Fender, Gibson, Epiphone, PRS, Tokai and Yamaha, among many other brands. I noticed that several brand new made-in-Mexico Fender Player series Telecasters were very poorly finished - the join where the bolt-on neck meets the body was inconsistently gapped on both sides; some of them are really "bolted on" for sure !
I also noticed if you're willing to pay an extra 700 or 800 for an American Performer, then Fender can fit the neck to the body perfectly !

at 50.000.000 Turkish Liras I felt a bit hurt, its exactly ₺580 which is ridiculous! Great video :)

Ahahaha, always great to hear about Turkey in random videos. Small update; that amount should be equal to around 140 gajillion Turkish liras now lol

if your gonna player it with distortion and just show off who knows if it's any good.

sire is bether

Someone payed you for Indio, it sounds like junk, only if you're deaf it might sound like something

You are an amazing guitarist and shredder, and I love how brutally honest you are, you seriously crack me up!

Hey
i have been looking at the harleybenton st-20HSS Standard SBK bundle. I'm a complete beginner and i'm wondering if this is any good.
as you mentioned the ST-20 as avoid i'm still wondering if its any good foor beginners like me.
thx and amazing content btw :)

Fernandes\Burny of 90s and 2000s are good bang for the buck, made in Taiwan, usually good qc, gotoh pups and hardware, mostly copies of some famous brands you guess easily, but also some original designs as well (e.g. vertigo)