on October 28, 2024

Overall it has been a good guitar for the price. Expect to do some fret dressing and string setup (intonation, action, etc) after changing to new strings. I also sanded the neck with 1000 grit sandpaper for a silkier feel. It is a really good looking guitar and I use it as one of my main practice guitars. My son has also started to play and uses this one quite often.

on May 16, 2024

Actually surprised on the quality for the price, it needs a setup which I need to do. Would I purchase another Glarry, yes I would. Shipping free which was nice, was delivered a little before 10pm though...was package great to prevent damage. The cable is open, checked with a ohms meter. .. I will be looking again for another guitar to customize in the near future. Thx T

on March 27, 2024

Let me start by saying that you can't expect to much fit and finish from such an inexpensive guitar. Having said that, I do have some issues. The neck is quite raw and "sandy", which I think will require my attention. There is some fret buzz up and down the neck, but a setup will remedy that, along with the sharp edges on the frets. They were not sanded down at all. There is also a very noticeable bridge buzz. But probably not unexpected. I figured that I would likely have to replace that. It di ...

Let me start by saying that you can't expect to much fit and finish from such an inexpensive guitar. Having said that, I do have some issues. The neck is quite raw and "sandy", which I think will require my attention. There is some fret buzz up and down the neck, but a setup will remedy that, along with the sharp edges on the frets. They were not sanded down at all. There is also a very noticeable bridge buzz. But probably not unexpected. I figured that I would likely have to replace that. It did play ok right out of the box after a tune. The tuning pegs are cheap and will likely need replacement. I will do all of this when I take the guitar apart and mod it up. But for an $89 guitar, it's fine. It will be much more playable after I mod it. I will say that the finish on the body is pretty nice, and the electrics seem to work fine.

on September 27, 2023

For the price of around 90 dollars i would say this is an absolute steal it shipped within a week there were no sharp frets the tuning stability is pretty good the pickups sound good for a 90 dollar guitar the material is nice and the finish is beautiful my only complaint is the quality of the accessories but for the price i cant really complain i would recommend getting new picks and a new cord if this is your first guitar but if you're looking for a good starter guitar and you don't want to sp ...

For the price of around 90 dollars i would say this is an absolute steal it shipped within a week there were no sharp frets the tuning stability is pretty good the pickups sound good for a 90 dollar guitar the material is nice and the finish is beautiful my only complaint is the quality of the accessories but for the price i cant really complain i would recommend getting new picks and a new cord if this is your first guitar but if you're looking for a good starter guitar and you don't want to spend extra the accessories are fine but not the best but that's not a deal breaker over all i would say this is a great guitar.

on April 21, 2022

Very good guitar for a beginner and for modding with upgrades. Pros: shiny body finish; satin neck finish; smooth fret ends (fret tangs trimmed); electronics work; tuners work; looks good; smooth switches and controls; tight neck to body; allen wrenches included; 2-way dual trussrod(adjustable but not easy); chrome parts look good; soldering looks good; lightweight; high e-string reduced tension for shipping; fast prep and delivery to UPS for shipping. Cons: high action; bridge saddle channels m ...

Very good guitar for a beginner and for modding with upgrades. Pros: shiny body finish; satin neck finish; smooth fret ends (fret tangs trimmed); electronics work; tuners work; looks good; smooth switches and controls; tight neck to body; allen wrenches included; 2-way dual trussrod(adjustable but not easy); chrome parts look good; soldering looks good; lightweight; high e-string reduced tension for shipping; fast prep and delivery to UPS for shipping. Cons: high action; bridge saddle channels mute strings(replace with compensated); slight sanding needed to smooth back of neck; intonation needs adjustment; string spacing E-to-e a little wide; string trees sharp; plastic nut w/nut slots too deep; frets 9,11,13,15,21 need lowering and polishing; no string thru body; no ground to bridge plate; bridge needs to be moved over 1mm to better align strings on fretboard; pick-up cavity would need routing to move bridge; rubber washers on strap button need replacing with felt; 1 screw on pickguard crooked; slow UPS free shipping (11 days in transit from New Jersey to South Carolina); very small holes in bridge to convert to string thru body. I will purchase another Glarry guitar (and pay for shipping). Perfect to learn set-up skills without having to build and finish a guitar kit.

on March 14, 2022

Bought it to learn how to set up a guitar. Needed a small neck adjustment, had one buzzing fret. Intonation pretty close. Replaced the neck pickup with a brighter one I bought for $20 on Amazon, have some tuners on order, factory units struggle to hold tune. Very pleased with my unit, plays well, easy to work on and upgrade. Wasn't expecting much, got more than expected. Would buy one again, or recommend to someone starting to play, but not invest a lot of money.

on February 14, 2022

guitar was shockingly good for the price and is great especially for upgrade purposes, I dropped a humbucker in the bridge position and did a few wiring mods and its great. only complaints would be it was really dusty out of the box, the neck was rough, and the wiring was pretty noisy, but i was able to fix all those things easily myself

on August 26, 2021

Beautiful finish needed minor work on frets bridge pick up a little hot neck pick up beautiful other than that not a bad guitar especially for the price

on July 18, 2021

Arrived in good shape, The frets required leveling and polishing and the bridge pickup is extremely microphonic. But for the price you can't expect perfect. I'll be using the neck and other parts on a body I built myself.

on July 08, 2021

After changing the strings and checking the GTL out closer, I found that the maple neck is thicker than what I expected and the arc of the fingerboard is flatter than optimal. There was some excess glue that dripped from the nut and will have to be sanded off. The frets are acceptable but the edges of the fingerboard are extremely rough along and show marks of a file and will have to be sanded and the entire fingerboard needs to be oiled and treated to protect from drying out.

on July 03, 2021

This is an amazing guitar at this price if you are prepared to do a little work on it before you get started. - took me about an hour. Didn't need to adjust the neck. Used some wire wool to smooth the frets. Used a fine sanding block to clean up the tooling marks on the edge of the frets. I put new strings on, cleaned up and used a pencil on the string grooves in the nut, adjusted the string height, and did the intonation. Now it plays great and sounds really good and stays in tune really well.

on April 09, 2021

I like the guitar---NOW I has to adjust the neck (bowed) Had three high frets that caused buzzing ( filed, crowned and polished all frets) upgraded both pickups with Vintage Alnico single coils and made a made and installed a dummy coil from one of the original coils- plays and sounds great (with no humm btw)

on April 07, 2021

Bridge pick up and strings needed upgrade but one of the most beautiful necks I've ever had on a guitar

on March 28, 2021

Nice guitar for the price

on February 26, 2021

The guitar arrived promptly and overall looked good, a few sharp frets but for the price point it's to be expected. The reason this review is 4 stars and not 5 is because the screw in the top tuner arrived bent which caused the tuner to lean. This shouldn't be a major issues to fix, but it would have been nice if the guitar was playable out of the box.

on February 12, 2021

I purchased this guitar because of the favorable review it received on Youtube by Darrell Braun Guitars---I am very happy with the quality and workmanship at this price point!

on January 12, 2021

Small chip from shipping but the guitar is excellent. Very happy and will be looking to buy another.

on January 06, 2021

The guitar it's self is really pretty color blue. No sign of fret sprouting. The guitar would not stay in tune with the strings that come on the guitar, sorry Glarry the strings are junk. However once I put a set of 9 or 9.5 strings on it and locked the strings ( YouTube how to lock your guitar strings) took a pencil and lubricates the string trees , nut and the saddles it stays in tune longer. I did polish the frets , they were ok out of the box this was more of a personal preference. Neck is c ...

The guitar it's self is really pretty color blue. No sign of fret sprouting. The guitar would not stay in tune with the strings that come on the guitar, sorry Glarry the strings are junk. However once I put a set of 9 or 9.5 strings on it and locked the strings ( YouTube how to lock your guitar strings) took a pencil and lubricates the string trees , nut and the saddles it stays in tune longer. I did polish the frets , they were ok out of the box this was more of a personal preference. Neck is chunky so that may take some getting use to but not bad. Pick ups are about average and sounds ok but that's a thing that is personal preference. The volume pot does need some attention when rolling the tone down from all the way up does go completely blank , no sound then roll it to almost off and you can hear sound again. It's a cheap guitar so you can not expect the moon. Overall I'm happy with the guitar and think that at the price your paying for it you can mod it whatever way you want( witching reason) and not spend a fortune. Note that Glarry is not paying me to write this. I am a everyday player nothing special or fancy and this is just my opinion.

on December 25, 2020

Recieved T style guitar very quickly.. After oiling the neck and quick set up, action was lower than my real Fenders... White scratchplate added for a Rossi/Quo look... Very good and recommended

on December 03, 2020

The reason I gave this a 4 star rating, is because their is a hairline crack in the neck joint. This could have happened during shipping or when the neck was bolted on. I thought about returning it, but since it doesn't affect the performance of it I opted not to. This guitar looks and plays beautifully. Just some intonation problems which I fixed, and I decided to upgrade the tuning machine heads. I just ordered another one a Newer GTL with both a single and double coil pick-up. Brass bridge ...

The reason I gave this a 4 star rating, is because their is a hairline crack in the neck joint. This could have happened during shipping or when the neck was bolted on. I thought about returning it, but since it doesn't affect the performance of it I opted not to. This guitar looks and plays beautifully. Just some intonation problems which I fixed, and I decided to upgrade the tuning machine heads. I just ordered another one a Newer GTL with both a single and double coil pick-up. Brass bridge hardware, string through the body and a rosewood fingerboard. I would just like to suggest to Glarry a little better packaging, even if it drives the price up a few dollars. Looking forward to getting my newer version of the Tele. Thanks again! Jaysen Zaffino/ [email protected].

on October 31, 2020

Very pleased with this little beauty put some new strings on and ur ready to go

on October 29, 2020

I don't know how glarry does it but they have blown me away with there quality, again. The tone & volume knob didn't work but it's a $90 tele and I'm pleased

on September 28, 2020

Good guitar for the money. It arrived about a week and a half after I ordered it. The box it came in was slightly damaged, but the guitar didn't sustain any damage. After a fresh set of strings, it sounds great. Nice clean tones from the neck, center position is hum cancelling, and the bridge is just ok (microphonic). I plan on swapping the bridge pickup out. I could tell it was put together in a hurry, but what do you expect for 89.99?. There was sawdust under the pickguard and in the cavities ...

Good guitar for the money. It arrived about a week and a half after I ordered it. The box it came in was slightly damaged, but the guitar didn't sustain any damage. After a fresh set of strings, it sounds great. Nice clean tones from the neck, center position is hum cancelling, and the bridge is just ok (microphonic). I plan on swapping the bridge pickup out. I could tell it was put together in a hurry, but what do you expect for 89.99?. There was sawdust under the pickguard and in the cavities of the guitar. A few screws were also stripped. Nothing a good cleaning and new screws won't fix though. The finish on the neck and body was pretty good, with no blemishes. All of the controls work smoothly, without crackling. Overall, it seems to be a great guitar for the money and seems to be a solid foundation for upgrades later on. Mine was already routed for a humbucker in the neck position. If I ever want to put a humbucker in later, I can simply swap the pickguard. This guitar also came with a gig bag, pick, cord, and tools. Would buy again.

on August 02, 2020

Very nice looking guitar ,the fret work is done well .it sounds pretty good but the only bad thing is the pickups are microphonic so it feeds back while not playing . Due to covid 19 it took just over 3 weeks to get it but in the past I've received my order in around a week so don't trust shipping times right now

on June 24, 2020

Cosmetic sanding marks going across the grain instead of with.Number 1 string broke just tunning .Everything consider its ok still sounds ok some buzzing maybe bad ground or something over all still ok after adjustments.

on April 23, 2020

Lovely guitar,plays and feels great. No sharp or buzzing frets. Great deal for the price. I also bought the strat style same great deal.

on April 06, 2020

I purchased a GTL transparent yellow Telecaster a few months ago. I've also bought 2 of their GST Stratocasters in the past. I consider myself an advanced beginner who's owned a few inexpensive electric guitars, but also owns a Gibson Les Paul. My comments below go into some detail on the issues I faced, modifications I made, and results obtained. My GTL arrived in excellent physical condition with no dings or other defects regarding its appearance. As with all of the Glarry guitars I've purcha ...

I purchased a GTL transparent yellow Telecaster a few months ago. I've also bought 2 of their GST Stratocasters in the past. I consider myself an advanced beginner who's owned a few inexpensive electric guitars, but also owns a Gibson Les Paul. My comments below go into some detail on the issues I faced, modifications I made, and results obtained. My GTL arrived in excellent physical condition with no dings or other defects regarding its appearance. As with all of the Glarry guitars I've purchased, the neck and fretwork were excellent with no buzzing. It's a thick neck, but seems to work for me. The nut was cut properly, unlike one of the GST Stratocasters I bought that was cut too high. The intonation was way off and needed adjustment. The saddle screws were too long but didn't affect playability. More concerning was that the bridge was tilted to one side and that the bridge pickup emitted a loud hum. I was initially ready to return the guitar, but Glarry suggested realigning the bridge and offered a $12 refund on the original $89 price. I removed the bridge to also look at the pickup, and noticed that the ground wire had come loose from its soldered joint. I re-soldered the wire and was also able to align the bridge. The humming disappeared and the pickups overall seem quiet to my ears. Although I'm not overly familiar with the Telecaster sound, I liked the bridge pickup and it's cutting presence. The neck pickup was a different story, however, as it produced a muffled, dead sound. I tried to adjust the pickup's height, but nothing helped. (I was hoping that it would sound somewhat like the GTS Stratocaster neck pickup.) I read that these pickups sometime benefited from taking the cover off, so I went in that direction. After removing the pick-guard and heating the cover with a hair dryer, I was able to easily pry the cover off. There were two large pieces of a wax-like substance that held the cover approximately 1/16" from the pickups poles. I kept the cover off and reattached the pick-guard. The result--an amazing improvement in the sound!! The pickup came alive and now worked nicely to complement the bridge pickup. I'm not sure if there was too much of the wax substance holding the cover away from the pickup, but anyone experiencing the same issue might want to try removing the cover. With that success and my growing affection for this guitar, I decided to invest in a set of new Gotoh SG381 chrome inline machine heads (approx $36 online). These were a perfect fit for the existing tuners, requiring no modification of the headstock. They had less slack and appear to keep the guitar in tune much better. I'm very pleased with this change. I also replaced the chrome saddles with Wilkinson brass ones (approx $17) in hopes that they might further improve the guitar's intonation. They helped a bit, but a couple of the strings are still not intonated perfectly. Not sure if this change was worth it, but the brass does look cool with the body's transparent yellow color! Lastly, I installed a set of Ernie Ball Pure Nickel strings (9-42). So with these relatively simple modifications and fixes I now have what I believe is a very good Telecaster clone that both plays well and sounds good.

on April 03, 2020

Overall, I was very pleased with receiving my glarry guitar. It feels good to play, however, the string spacing is a little off. There's also a gap in the neck joint and a what looks like a crack in the body, near the neck. I'm concerned that the neck will break off from the body sooner rather than later. Unfortunate.

on March 29, 2020

Love it! Only thing I suggest is making this model a thru body string design.

on February 29, 2020

Great guitar for the price. Shipped quickly.