on December 03, 2019

I have been a luthier for over 40 years. I build, restore, and repair acoustic and electric guitars. I can honestly say that i am truly amazed by this guitar. Even with my resources i couldn't build a guitar of this quality for this price! I bought the guitar with intensions of upgrading the tuners, pickups and bridge. However, it plays great as is so i wont be doing these upgrades. This guitar plays and sounds every bit as good as my Strat Players and MIM guitars. Excellent product!

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 April 19, 2021

This is the 3rd guitar I have purchased from Glarry in the last few months. The first 2 were great. Beautiful guitars with decent hardware, quality materials and decent setup. This strat "style' guitar is a POS! Mis-Aligned tuners, Neck warped so bad I had to put a LOT of pressure(maximum) on the truss rod to get it close to straight, dis-figuring marks and grain on the neck, Dark spots on the Neck and Head sides front and back, AND..... the Maple Neck fretboard isn't sealed so all the string me ...

This is the 3rd guitar I have purchased from Glarry in the last few months. The first 2 were great. Beautiful guitars with decent hardware, quality materials and decent setup. This strat "style' guitar is a POS! Mis-Aligned tuners, Neck warped so bad I had to put a LOT of pressure(maximum) on the truss rod to get it close to straight, dis-figuring marks and grain on the neck, Dark spots on the Neck and Head sides front and back, AND..... the Maple Neck fretboard isn't sealed so all the string metal grime turns the neck BLACK in a few hours, and it WILL NOT CLEAN OFF! At a distance, it looks good. In your hands, it's crap. You don't want me to post the photos. Trust me on that.

on April 25, 2021

This is my 3rd glarrymusic guitar in 3 months. I got the 5 string GJazz bass and it was so nice I had to try the GTL , and it was so nice I had to get the GST. WOW! another beautiful guitar. Stunning finish and the maple on maple veneer neck is beautiful, I gave it a set up and 11-46 SLINKYS and its awesome. Buy several. I am.

on June 28, 2021

Hi, I just got my guitar and it looks nice but the packaging came all messed up, and there's a crack on the neck, and one of the tuners came loose so the string connected to it came loose as well.

on June 28, 2021

I have ordered 2 of these. Using them to build "Frankenstrat" copies. Out of the box, they both played very well for a $80! The quality is very good, although the 2nd guitar had a couple of issues. But I only noticed those issues because I took the guitar apart. The issues had nothing to do with playability/performance. Out of the box, straight neck, nice action, and decent pickups. I changed to humbucker pickups at the bridge and did away with the other single coils, and the guitar play ...

I have ordered 2 of these. Using them to build "Frankenstrat" copies. Out of the box, they both played very well for a $80! The quality is very good, although the 2nd guitar had a couple of issues. But I only noticed those issues because I took the guitar apart. The issues had nothing to do with playability/performance. Out of the box, straight neck, nice action, and decent pickups. I changed to humbucker pickups at the bridge and did away with the other single coils, and the guitar plays rock/hard rock really well! I would recommend this guitar for starters and for people wanting to start into modding their guitars. I would pick this over the Fender, Yamaha, Jackson intro guitars because dollar for dollar the differences in pickups is not worth the extra $75-100.

on June 03, 2021

Headstock is crackef

on June 23, 2021

To re-edit my review for glarry musical instruments I recently purchased my first glarry guitar and the headstock was cracked and not from Shipping I brought this to Glarry's attention and sent them photos they sent back they wanted to knock $20 off the guitar and I said no I think you should send me a new neck so they sent me a new guitar so I'd like to thank Larry very much and I'd like to give them a 5-star rating on their musical instruments high quality very good for beginners and for me me ...

To re-edit my review for glarry musical instruments I recently purchased my first glarry guitar and the headstock was cracked and not from Shipping I brought this to Glarry's attention and sent them photos they sent back they wanted to knock $20 off the guitar and I said no I think you should send me a new neck so they sent me a new guitar so I'd like to thank Larry very much and I'd like to give them a 5-star rating on their musical instruments high quality very good for beginners and for me medium players thank you so much recommended guitar to everyone thank you glarry!!! So we r going to donate the other gutare to a benefit for a veteran with cancer will be reposting pitchers @@[email protected] thank you lin from glarry [email protected]@###

on May 13, 2021

nice guitar, nice big neck, needed a new nut.

on April 20, 2021

Pretty solid not gonna lie the actions a little bit to high for my taste but that can be fixed in like 5 seconds so I'm not complaining about it

on April 18, 2021

I feel like this one was rushed in production. Came with either a misaligned neck or the bridge is off center. The high e is almost off the neck at the base. The pickups are slanted as well, but I think this is fixable easy enough. Not sure about the neck. May have to reset the bridge or reshape the pocket. Not worth packing it all back up, driving to ups to ship it back. If it wasn't for the neck, it would have been playable and a great deal..

on May 12, 2021

Update: I had a some issues. Glarry reached out to me and took care of it promptly with excellent communication and customer service. I will be back to purchase from them again.

on April 09, 2021

Gotta be honest they sent me the wrong guitar with a crack in the body near the tone knob and and it had a couple of chips in the paint gotta be honest I kinda was expecting a bit more but I didn't wanna be rude and contact them about it

on April 08, 2021

Over all Great guitar!!! It looks and feels excellent! It's fairly light in weight. It just needed to be set up, like many other guitars do by other makers as well. New strings with minor adjustments. It plays very well now! I love it!!!

on April 08, 2021

Bought this guitar as it seemed like a very good deal. Glad I did. The guitar is not very heavy but it is not too light in weight either. It has great sound and feels nice to use and just hold. The neck is big and solid and the fret board is good also. Frets were nice and needed no extra work done to them, no fret sprout at all. Tuners are OK, but this guitar is made for mods and you can easily get after products to increase the value of this very good guitar.I bought some hotshot locking tuner ...

Bought this guitar as it seemed like a very good deal. Glad I did. The guitar is not very heavy but it is not too light in weight either. It has great sound and feels nice to use and just hold. The neck is big and solid and the fret board is good also. Frets were nice and needed no extra work done to them, no fret sprout at all. Tuners are OK, but this guitar is made for mods and you can easily get after products to increase the value of this very good guitar.I bought some hotshot locking tuners and also got different pick ups from "guitarfetish.com" for a more warmer sound. I also put a bone nut on this guitar for added warmth and it became a great guitar to practice on and even play on stage, Wish I knew about this years ago, Right out of the box it plays very close to how I like my set up. I found by bringing the action lower like .75 at the 3rd fret and 1.50 at the 12th fret is where the sound really takes off. I place the pick up height at about 2.50 from slug to bottom of low E string.....

on March 29, 2021

Love this guitar. Good to go right out of the box. Going to change the strings, but that is just personal preference. Only thing is tremelo bar sits up to high.

on March 26, 2021

Excellent. Very happy we worked out the FED Ex shipping. Instrument arrived in perfect condition in spite of it's two trips to the West Coast (smile). I am making a new order today with Glarry to purchase an acoustic guitar, strings and amp.

on March 09, 2021

This one is my baby. After a few minor mods this one goes on stage along with my PRS. Les Paul and Sheraton. It has become the "go to" Strat and yes I actually own a Fender Strat.

on February 25, 2021

Would be 5 stars but for the extra thick neck profile.

on February 18, 2021

To be quite honest, I ordered two of the GST guitars. These are my 14th and 15th instruments from this company. By far, the best I received yet quality wise. The necks are greatly improved (smaller). The strings are better. I did not measure, but I believe the e string may be .009. However, of all the instruments I received before, none had damage. One of these two had a damaged pickup selector switch. That is easily repaired for me, but no one likes to receive a damaged new instrument. For the ...

To be quite honest, I ordered two of the GST guitars. These are my 14th and 15th instruments from this company. By far, the best I received yet quality wise. The necks are greatly improved (smaller). The strings are better. I did not measure, but I believe the e string may be .009. However, of all the instruments I received before, none had damage. One of these two had a damaged pickup selector switch. That is easily repaired for me, but no one likes to receive a damaged new instrument. For the price not damaged, it is a good deal.It would get 5 stars undamaged.

on February 17, 2021

Let me start by saying I think it was a real value for the $75 I paid for it. That said it was not perfect it did need to set up, and add new strings to get a good sound and playable. But I was able to do it myself following online directions and now I'm actually very happy with it. There is a crack in just the finish. I suspect it's more cold-weather related though as the day I got it had 30 below windchill and 15 below temperature.Overall I am satisfied with it as others have said it could use ...

Let me start by saying I think it was a real value for the $75 I paid for it. That said it was not perfect it did need to set up, and add new strings to get a good sound and playable. But I was able to do it myself following online directions and now I'm actually very happy with it. There is a crack in just the finish. I suspect it's more cold-weather related though as the day I got it had 30 below windchill and 15 below temperature.Overall I am satisfied with it as others have said it could use a little bit better packaging though it's really a tight fitting box without any real padding other than a little bit of foam.

on February 16, 2021

this guitar is amazing!!

on February 13, 2021

5 stars based on price. I am not a luthier but have built several guitars. I have no idea how glarry can sell this guitar at this price. Mine came in very quick and undamaged. Finish was very nice but for my own taste wasn't excited about the lack of finish on the neck. Keep in mind these guitars are not set up. If you don't know how it will require a professional set up. I spent about two hours on mine. The pickups seem to be a little weak but have great tonal quality. I will be purchasing one ...

5 stars based on price. I am not a luthier but have built several guitars. I have no idea how glarry can sell this guitar at this price. Mine came in very quick and undamaged. Finish was very nice but for my own taste wasn't excited about the lack of finish on the neck. Keep in mind these guitars are not set up. If you don't know how it will require a professional set up. I spent about two hours on mine. The pickups seem to be a little weak but have great tonal quality. I will be purchasing one of the TL models very soon. Good job glarry!

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 February 11, 2021

Great guitar for price.

on February 07, 2021

1 missing screw and spring for a bridge piece no need to replace I have extra parts around

on February 05, 2021

Received mine in the mail today and one of the screws on the back is rusted... I'm sure it won't affect function but id like to see if there's any options for a replacement.

on January 30, 2021

The Best $84.00 I've ever spent. 5 minutes to set up and it playa like a dream. The hardest part of this whole order was ME deciding which color i wanted. There's nothing to this being a "beginner guitar" it's a guitar anyone can enjoy. Anyone. works great plays great and if you want to upgrade pickups or tuning pegs or even strings that's a personal preference, but it came ready to play out of the box. Use the included wrenchesto set your action and get a phillips head screw driver to set your ...

The Best $84.00 I've ever spent. 5 minutes to set up and it playa like a dream. The hardest part of this whole order was ME deciding which color i wanted. There's nothing to this being a "beginner guitar" it's a guitar anyone can enjoy. Anyone. works great plays great and if you want to upgrade pickups or tuning pegs or even strings that's a personal preference, but it came ready to play out of the box. Use the included wrenchesto set your action and get a phillips head screw driver to set your intonation and that's that. I'm ordering another one every month till further notice. Peace. Geek The Wonderdog

on January 28, 2021

Pretty well the same as my other review except for a couple issues. The nut needs replaced because after intonation was perfect, the first fret was very sharp, and the next two frets were not quite as sharp. By the fourth fret it was pretty well normal the rest of the way up the neck. Also two of the bridge saddle stripped, with no strings pressure, tuned way down while setting the action. The single coil pups don't sound very good, not as good as the humbuckers on my other review. But for a few ...

Pretty well the same as my other review except for a couple issues. The nut needs replaced because after intonation was perfect, the first fret was very sharp, and the next two frets were not quite as sharp. By the fourth fret it was pretty well normal the rest of the way up the neck. Also two of the bridge saddle stripped, with no strings pressure, tuned way down while setting the action. The single coil pups don't sound very good, not as good as the humbuckers on my other review. But for a few bucks this could be remedied as well. Overall still very satisfied, and I don't think you could beat this guitar for the price. But it would still need a good setup before it would be very good for a novice. But kind of playable out of the box. Not bad!

on January 25, 2021

The bad - Fret 21 was "dead". Strings slightly off center to the neck (slightly to the low E string). Does not hinder playing. The good - it was an easy fix (on a guitar I plan on modding anyway). This guitar plays nice. Adjusted the string height and intonation. The amazing - the finish on the body is amazing - not for the price point, amazing period. It's a beautiful guitar. This sound is way better than expected. It sounds really good (great for the price point). And, the price itself ...

The bad - Fret 21 was "dead". Strings slightly off center to the neck (slightly to the low E string). Does not hinder playing. The good - it was an easy fix (on a guitar I plan on modding anyway). This guitar plays nice. Adjusted the string height and intonation. The amazing - the finish on the body is amazing - not for the price point, amazing period. It's a beautiful guitar. This sound is way better than expected. It sounds really good (great for the price point). And, the price itself. A fantastic beginner guitar for sure. My main goal was to have an affordable guitar to practice repairs and modifications to - without worrying about breaking something in the process. This fits the bill perfectly.

on January 25, 2021

Had an issue, resolved quickly within 24 hrs. Good job Customer service

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.