on January 22, 2021

A+ beginner guitar

on January 22, 2021

You just can't go wrong, buying this guitar! The staff was very helpful in responding to any issues. Great company, great guitar. I will be getting others when available.

on January 04, 2021

No complaints! Arrived promptly. After tuning and settling time plays nicely. Needs slight intonation adjustment but that is very minor.

on December 28, 2020

I'm very impressed with the quality of the guitar. The actin is great after some minor adjustments. It's a joy to play.

on December 21, 2020

Guitar sounds great..I'm sure it will play the same once it's set up properly. Thanks. Merry Christmas!

on December 17, 2020

Quick delivery times. Very beautiful guitar and well worth the money. The guitar showed up with a damaged neck. I think it was the shippers fault because the box had a dent in it. I would definitely order from them. There products are worth more than you will pay for them.

on December 16, 2020

I had an issue with my guitar where the tremolo and back routing were cut incorrectly. I contacted Glarry and they were quick to reply and rectify the error. The new guitar is in very good shape and amazing for the price paid. I'm not surprised about some quality control issues at this price point, so I won't ding them for that, and good customer service deserves 5 stars.

on December 09, 2020

Five stars for satisfaction, meaning I am fully satisfied. It's not a five star guitar for $80 shipped! I love this guitar. It is so light it nearly floats. Being strat shaped it is very comfortable to hold standing or sitting. The thick neck is surprisingly comfortable, maybe because it is C shaped instead of D shaped. I had a guitar with a thick D shaped neck and it never felt good. The guitar has a few very minor cosmetic flaws. It actually looks great. The blue color looks better in person t ...

Five stars for satisfaction, meaning I am fully satisfied. It's not a five star guitar for $80 shipped! I love this guitar. It is so light it nearly floats. Being strat shaped it is very comfortable to hold standing or sitting. The thick neck is surprisingly comfortable, maybe because it is C shaped instead of D shaped. I had a guitar with a thick D shaped neck and it never felt good. The guitar has a few very minor cosmetic flaws. It actually looks great. The blue color looks better in person than online. It's a little deeper. The pickups have low output but that's fine since I have other guitars. I saw a review on youtube in which the person said that the sound isn't as bright as you would expect in positions 2 and 4. That's correct. I turn the treble up on my amp to compensate. One nice thing about the pickups is that the thin strings are almost as loud as the thicker ones and that's not true for the four other electrics I've owned. The vibrato arm is very loose but I've never had a strat type of guitar before so maybe it's normal. There's play in the arm which annoys me. I wrapped teflon tape around the threads and that fixed it, but when I swivel the arm I wear down the teflon tape. The guitar arrived in bad need of a setup and nut work. That's typical for any budget guitar and lots of non-budget guitar. But if you don't know how to set up a strat or work on a nut plan on paying an expert. My guy charges $40 for anything up to an hour, another $40 for anything up to two, and so on. I spent about a week setting mine up only because I was figuring out the vibrato system (some say tremolo) at the same time. I replaced the nut with a Tusq nut precut for a Stratocaster. I knew I would need to narrow it a bit with sandpaper. When I tapped out the Glarry's nut it came with some wood attached. I broke that off and glued it back on the guitar. I found out the hard way that the Glarry's neck is flatter than a strat's, 12" instead of 9.5". The Tusq nut is cut for 9.5". Remarkably, all the strings played in tune at the first fret but one string buzzed when played open. The slot was too deep because of the radius. I filled the slot with cyanoacrylate glue and baking soda, and recut the slot with sandpaper. It's the slot for the low E string so sandpaper didn't make the slot too wide. I thought I might have to shim the nut or sand down its base but I didn't. So, for $80, the price of the Tusq nut shipped, and a little time I have a comfortable, fun playing guitar. I love it. This would be the wrong guitar for a child. The neck is too thick and strat like length of the neck is too long. For an adult beginner or intermediate player my Glarry GST would be great. Update: four of my strings' ball ends were lodged in the vibrato unit. I was able to dislodge three of them by twisting the strings. For the fourth, I clipped the old string right were it emerged from the vibrato unit and ran the new string past the stuck ball end of the old one. That's the easiest solution, just leave a ball end stuck in the unit forever. No! I should have tapped them out from above! A small screwdriver, like the ones that make it hard to generate any torque, would work!

on November 14, 2020

Its very nice for the price, I love it. I like how light it is. Would buy again. Shipping was a little slow, but it was free and not glarry's fault

on November 05, 2020

The guitar arrived faster than expected. Kudo's for that. A quick inspection after unpacking found the body of the guitar in good condition with no nicks or damage to the finish. The neck appeared straight and i did not find any sharp edges on the frets. I anxiously tuned it up and strummed a chord and found the guitar out of tune. Okay, new guitar, new strings, they need to stretch. I tuned again and a third time with the same results. I inspected the saddle and found one of the saddle screw ...

The guitar arrived faster than expected. Kudo's for that. A quick inspection after unpacking found the body of the guitar in good condition with no nicks or damage to the finish. The neck appeared straight and i did not find any sharp edges on the frets. I anxiously tuned it up and strummed a chord and found the guitar out of tune. Okay, new guitar, new strings, they need to stretch. I tuned again and a third time with the same results. I inspected the saddle and found one of the saddle screws was missing. I took this opportunity to purchase a completely new saddle. Two days later, it arrived. I installed the saddle, restrung the strings and retuned the guitar. Success! the guitar now stays in tune and plays well. I assume, if the saddle screw had not been missing, the guitar would not have given me tuning problems. I might go further and install a bone nut, new tuning machines and new pickups. For now, I'm enjoying the guitar.

on November 03, 2020

I love my glarry stratocaster model copy. I'm going to do a review of it on YouTube asap. I plan on buying a glarry p bass model copy soon. I will review that one as well on YouTube.

on October 13, 2020

If you are looking for a budget guitar that you can play out of the box this may not be your best choice. If you are looking for something to mod then it's a different story. I had an issue with noise and output dropping out on the guitar when I received it. I sent this to glarry customer service and eventually they agreed to send a replacement guitar to me. When the new guitar arrived the tuner on the g string didn't work. Fortunately, I was able to remove the tuner from the original guitar to ...

If you are looking for a budget guitar that you can play out of the box this may not be your best choice. If you are looking for something to mod then it's a different story. I had an issue with noise and output dropping out on the guitar when I received it. I sent this to glarry customer service and eventually they agreed to send a replacement guitar to me. When the new guitar arrived the tuner on the g string didn't work. Fortunately, I was able to remove the tuner from the original guitar to get this one working. Both guitars were not setup very good. They had fret buz and the action was too high. I replaced the tuners, bridge, nut, strings, and did a fret level and polish on one of the guitars and it now plays well.

on September 28, 2020

Great guitar. I put on a set of Hipshot tuners and an old Strat trem that was laying around. It sounds good and plays great. The neck is straight the frets are smooth.(oh yea,I changed to a bone nut) Outstanding value for the price.

on September 24, 2020

Classic strat look, nice feel, tone and over all sound.

on September 24, 2020

Nice Action, great feel, well worth the money. Sounds awesome!!!

on September 24, 2020

Nice Action, great feel, well worth the money.

on September 23, 2020

I am sorry to have to write this review. This is my 3rd purchase from Glarry and both prior have been great fully functioning guitars. Not so with this GST. First issue was the nut was so poorly cut there is no way the guitar can play in tune, next issue the action is so high there is not enough saddle adjustment to compensate for it. But the bigger issue is that the tone controls don't function at all. As for the rest of the guitar, the finish is fine and the neck is straight and adjustabl ...

I am sorry to have to write this review. This is my 3rd purchase from Glarry and both prior have been great fully functioning guitars. Not so with this GST. First issue was the nut was so poorly cut there is no way the guitar can play in tune, next issue the action is so high there is not enough saddle adjustment to compensate for it. But the bigger issue is that the tone controls don't function at all. As for the rest of the guitar, the finish is fine and the neck is straight and adjustable and feet work is fine. I have emailed Glarry customer service but as of this date have had no reply. I can not return this guitar because I need it as a gift and cant wate for a replacement to arrive. Luckily I am able to effect the necessary repairs and give it on time.

on September 19, 2020

Satisfied no complaints

on September 04, 2020

This is an excellent strat copy it plays just as well as my fender squire and it looks awesome

on July 31, 2020

FANTASTIC!! Great buy. Highly recommended! The only problem is the long wait for delivery. Otherwise... PERFECT!

on July 25, 2020

Great Guitar! Unresponsive Customer Care. NO Expedited shipping I paid for! I would give 1/2 star due to no response about the missing amp that was bundled and shipping me and egg steamer with the amp Tracking number. 5 days and waiting for customer service to respond to my email about the amp see the attached picture of the sent email. If you want a better review I need: 1, a prompt response 2, an expedited delivery of the missing amp' 3, A refund of expidited shipping that did not happen. 4, ...

Great Guitar! Unresponsive Customer Care. NO Expedited shipping I paid for! I would give 1/2 star due to no response about the missing amp that was bundled and shipping me and egg steamer with the amp Tracking number. 5 days and waiting for customer service to respond to my email about the amp see the attached picture of the sent email. If you want a better review I need: 1, a prompt response 2, an expedited delivery of the missing amp' 3, A refund of expidited shipping that did not happen. 4, an apology and explantion of why this did happen. I bought this because of the great reviews....I love the guitar! I am very disappointed in shipping and most of all Customer Service lack of response! Sincerely, Gary P. Strieter Cell: 440-822-6014

on June 26, 2020

These are the best guitars in the world at this price point! With just a few tweaks on the neck, setting the action, and intonation the guitar plays better than *any* beginner guitar I've ever seen. In my case, I needed one red, white, and blue guitar and with a little work combined 'em into one to create "Old Glory".

on June 18, 2020

My 2nd Glarry purchase. Very fast shipping, received within 48 hrs of purchase. This GST as expected, at least they shipped the actual guitar I ordered this time. QC problem with tremelo block as with other GST I received. Ball ends of strings do not seat properly in holes. Requires removal a filing holes with a round file. Set up of tremelo and intonation was atrocious, guitar not tunable until these adjustments were addressed. For my purposes these guitars are a good value as long as you are a ...

My 2nd Glarry purchase. Very fast shipping, received within 48 hrs of purchase. This GST as expected, at least they shipped the actual guitar I ordered this time. QC problem with tremelo block as with other GST I received. Ball ends of strings do not seat properly in holes. Requires removal a filing holes with a round file. Set up of tremelo and intonation was atrocious, guitar not tunable until these adjustments were addressed. For my purposes these guitars are a good value as long as you are aware what you are getting. I plan to sand and refinish neck with tru-oil, my other one came out fantastic. Frets are surprisingly good, though require some touch up and final polish. Body/paint are good, a couple minor finish flaws that can be fixed. Pickups are being replaced with Wilkinson's. Other electronics okay. Tuners are okay, being replaced with locking tuners. Plastic nut needs some sanding, filing,and graphite. String trees need replacement with roller trees. These guitars are a great base for modifications, much cheaper that most kits, neck and finished body are worth the price alone. I don't see how these are being marketed as beginner instruments, too many issues which take some skill and experience to address before these are playable. As project guitars these are great, I look forward to bass guitars being restocked. With some work/upgraded parts, these make very serviceable, excellent playing guitars which will rival most off the shelf $500 guitars out there for a total investment of $125-$200 depending what you wish to do. These are much lighter weight than most real strats, I find this a plus. Neck is very chunky, another plus for me. Probably not the best neck shape for beginners and small hands.

on June 07, 2020

Sunburst Strat really suprized me. Very little set up was needed! It played well right out of the box!!!! Can't say enough good things about this for such a low price. May get them to send me a Tele to try out .GMR

on May 31, 2020

Very nice guitar. Great fit and finish and it came set up with a low action! Good job Glarry.

on May 29, 2020

Hi Glarry Guitar arrived in perfect condition. The one big problem are the tuning keys. They just do not seem to be working properly especially the G string. I guess for the price I can not complain but I just can not seem to get this guitar in tune. On You tube I found videos at least two that people had the same problem. Thank you for the prompt delivery and a very nice looking guitar. Joe

on May 27, 2020

I has high hopes for this guitar. I'd heard so many great things about it. I'm sorry to say that the guitar was unplayable. The neck felt as if no shaping had been done to it at all. It was like holding a baseball bat. The fret work was equally bad. I do a great deal of repair work to guitars but this one needed much more time than I was willing to give it. I hope my experience isn't shared by others. May I just a bad one that slipped through the cracks. This is only one mans opinion and your gu ...

I has high hopes for this guitar. I'd heard so many great things about it. I'm sorry to say that the guitar was unplayable. The neck felt as if no shaping had been done to it at all. It was like holding a baseball bat. The fret work was equally bad. I do a great deal of repair work to guitars but this one needed much more time than I was willing to give it. I hope my experience isn't shared by others. May I just a bad one that slipped through the cracks. This is only one mans opinion and your guitar maybe the bast you've ever tried.

on May 19, 2020

Couldn't ask for more ...in fact I have now ordered another of their instruments. Thank you, Glarry!!!!

on May 08, 2020

I am super satisfied with this guitar! There were no flaws whatsoever when this arrices and it looks fantastic! It sounds really good too!

on April 30, 2020

Well the whammy bar did not screw in can't use it but everything else is fun looking forward to getting my Sunburst Telecaster Style thank you Harold not too much into whammy bars anyway