on September 05, 2022

When I received the guitar, I found many new upgrades, starting with double boxed packaging with internal neck support. The guitar was wrapped in a foam bag, and inside of the new padded gig bag. The cable has also been upgraded to a heavy nylon covered cable with metal ends, one straight, one 90°plug. Bound Laurel fretboard and bone nut. The awesome Purple finish is near flawless, smoothly applied with no runs, sags, or rough spots. The electronics and hardware all work smoothly, and the t ...

When I received the guitar, I found many new upgrades, starting with double boxed packaging with internal neck support. The guitar was wrapped in a foam bag, and inside of the new padded gig bag. The cable has also been upgraded to a heavy nylon covered cable with metal ends, one straight, one 90°plug. Bound Laurel fretboard and bone nut. The awesome Purple finish is near flawless, smoothly applied with no runs, sags, or rough spots. The electronics and hardware all work smoothly, and the tuner hold tune. Out of the box, the guitar plays well, but is in need of a setup, like most new guitars. The Setup: The neck is very straight and needed a slight adjustment of the truss rod to add a bit of relief. There was no fret sprout, but I did find a couple of frets a tad high, (all above the 12th fret), a few taps with the fret mallet sorted that out, and followed with a polish. The nut slots were even and well cut, but the nut was too tall for my liking, file the slots some, to avoid going to deep, I popped the nut off and filed the bottom to bring it into perfect height. A few dabs of PVA (white) glue reset the nut in place. Conditioned the fretboard with some lemon oil, it was really dry, and looks awesome now. Setting the string height and intonation were as simple as turning a few screws. The guitar now looks and plays wonderfully! Closing thoughts: This is a beautiful guitar, and Glarry's upgrades and revisions are greatly appreciated. The padded gig bag is nice, but grab yourself a soft, flurry towel to line the bag for extra safety, If you want even more security, Glarry sells a hard case to fit this guitar. If you are into mods this is a great platform. Want a Bigsby? add it, custom pickups? why not, locking tuners and strap lock? for me always! Way to go Glarry!