on February 21, 2022

I expected a little better, after the Strat copy I bought was so good, but this one will need some work. However, this being the third cheapest guitar I've ever purchased, I expected to have to do a good deal of work to make it play to my liking. And luckily I love to work on guitars. So first, the red color is beautiful. I love the color. The style is great, it seems to be a loose copy of a hagstrom viking or guild starfire iv, and being a big fan of Elvis, and him using a hagstrom viking on th ...

I expected a little better, after the Strat copy I bought was so good, but this one will need some work. However, this being the third cheapest guitar I've ever purchased, I expected to have to do a good deal of work to make it play to my liking. And luckily I love to work on guitars. So first, the red color is beautiful. I love the color. The style is great, it seems to be a loose copy of a hagstrom viking or guild starfire iv, and being a big fan of Elvis, and him using a hagstrom viking on the 68' comeback, I really like. There are some spots where the paint dripped a bit, a couple places where they got a little too agressive with scraping the binding, and a couple of scratches on the front under the tailpiece and middle of the back. I should mention that the packaging was sub-par, it was double boxed, but nothing inside to support the guitar, and there was obviously some impact to the headstock, which caused enough flex to cause the binding to crack loose at the nut on the bass side. Second- the nut is bone, but the nut slot was cut at an angle, causing it to sit about 2mm higher on the bass side than the treble side. Third, the tuners are crap. but they always are on an inexpensive guitar. and the pickups leave a lot to be desired. they are functional, and sound ok, but I replaced them with some Artec P-90-in-a-humbucker type pickups. That one is my personal preference, the pickups would have been just fine. Overall, I'm happy at this price point. If you don't know how to work on guitars, or have someone around who does, I'd maybe put out a few more dollars for an epiphone, or cruise the pawnshops for something that's already been set-up. I love to tinker, so this is perfect for me. Overall, I'm happy with this purchase.

on January 10, 2022

I recently received my GIZ101 and overall I am very pleased.Once again Glarry has produced an instrument which exceeds my expectation for a guitar in this price range. There is some bleeding of Black on the white binding but it's no big deal to me. However the first fret F , at the low E string is terrible. There is a burr which is even visible from behind the neck, painful to the touch. A quick run over with a fret file will correct it , but it is the only fret with the problem (on this guitar ...

I recently received my GIZ101 and overall I am very pleased.Once again Glarry has produced an instrument which exceeds my expectation for a guitar in this price range. There is some bleeding of Black on the white binding but it's no big deal to me. However the first fret F , at the low E string is terrible. There is a burr which is even visible from behind the neck, painful to the touch. A quick run over with a fret file will correct it , but it is the only fret with the problem (on this guitar ) , and you might find a similar issue on a more expensive guitar on occasion , so I can deal with it. I like the guitar and I'm thinking about buying the sunburst model as well. Thanks, Glarry !