June 03, 2020
Absolutely wonderful guitar. The paint job is absolutely beautiful, and the tones you can get from it are fantastic. The neck is nice and straight, and the string action is perfect. It makes no sense that this instrument is this inexpensive. The guitar is extremely light, which is sometimes the hallmark of cheap guitars, but this instrument feels very solid, and the light weight means it wouldn't be fatiguing to wear onstage for an hour or two. It's comfortable to play when sitting down as ...
Absolutely wonderful guitar. The paint job is absolutely beautiful, and the tones you can get from it are fantastic. The neck is nice and straight, and the string action is perfect. It makes no sense that this instrument is this inexpensive. The guitar is extremely light, which is sometimes the hallmark of cheap guitars, but this instrument feels very solid, and the light weight means it wouldn't be fatiguing to wear onstage for an hour or two. It's comfortable to play when sitting down as well.
I only plan to change two things:
1) It needs heavier strings. I don't know what gauge these are, but I personally play in drop-C tuning, and these strings are definitely made for standard-E. This is obviously not a drawback of the guitar. This is par for the course for anyone who de-tunes.
2) I'm going to replace the saddle-height screws. My palm gravitates right to that spot on the saddle when I play mutes, and I don't like the feeling of the screws poking my hand. It's not painful or anything. It just tickles after a while. Not everyone would want to do this, so this isn't even a real gripe. I looked online, and whole new set of shorter saddle-height screws is about $6. No big deal. The guitar even came with the Allen wrench I need to do the job. That's very cool.
I give this guitar a solid 5 Stars. I own four guitars, one of which is a $700 Jackson Charvel. This Glarry guitar is my favorite. I'd never heard of Glarry until someone online mentioned that they made accessible guitars for students, and I've been itching to buy some new guitars. I'm telling you, this guitar feels absolutely nothing like an "entry level" guitar. I own a $150 entry-level guitar, and even though this Glarry was around half the price, it's ten times better. This guitar would be the best guitar on earth for a beginner, because when that beginner becomes a long-time guitar player like me (I've been playing for around 28 years), they will still love it.
I jammed out for hours last night.