High prices American Labor? So you would prefer sweat shop labor and Chinese made crap? This makes me sick. I'll gladly pay TOP DOLLAR for items made in the USA. They are just simple better made. Now when the quality of USA made items is not as good as over-seas crap, we have a problem.
@Shanelee33 Have you ever seen pictures of the Gibson and Fender plants IN the USA? Nearly all immigrants from south of the border. I'd pay top dollar for any vintage American guitar, but these days the price tag just doesn't reflect the craftmanship in the factories.
@MrAldorman Have you been to any of them? Go to the gibson plants in Memphis and Nashville. You won't see immigrant laborers doing anything with a guitar. I've worked at both. Everyone that touches a gibson guitar is very well qualified to do what they do.
Great amps....do make a big difference in any guitar sound. I have a Gibson GA17rvt Scout that I bought new in 1965, all tube with 10 inch speaker, 15 amps I think, but will never give it up! I have other amps...but use the Gibson the most!...poppa
The factory setup can be solved to your preferences in an hour or less and yes.. these are great guitars that rival guitars that go for much much more. They make a copy of a Gibson 335 that is incredible!
It ain't always the name on the headstock that gets the job done.
i'm sorry but i didn't realize that 1. comment threds are forums for migrant/union labor discussions and, 2. this guy's target audience has no idea what a guitar is/ consists of. hmm, who would've guessed?
DAMMIT! I was kinda hoping these had the skunk stripe on the neck, makes it look alot more classy. oh well I still might get it, cause it still looks kinda snazzy
@willy346 It's not that budget guitars are bad with distortion, it's that budget distortion sucks. Also, anything that distorted is going to sound pretty stale. I've got my hands on one of these guitars, and they sound great with a touch or overdrive.
If budget guitars are well made, they can be really awesome for the price,
I once played a yamaha pacifica worth 270 dollar and I was blown away by the playability and sound.
On the other hand, the epiphone LP 100 I owned was totally shit, I now have a fender strat and I sound much better now, so I can actually blame the bad sound on the guitar:p
How do they feel in your hands is what I want to know, I don't care about the finish etc. just the feel. What about the woods, are they select woods or something crappy? I was thinking about taking one of these, take a neck off and replace it with a birdseye maple warmoth neck which would make it sing a bit better (I think), replace the hardware and (possibly) the pickups but I heard good things about GFS pickups so I might not. Is it a standard tele neck pocket or is it different?
Most budget guitars are well built. These kids are always blaming the guitar because it's not something high end like a Les Paul, when they're the ones that can't play.
he's an awesome guitarist, i just hate when people play blues with a distortion pedal. it sounds good its just that anytime i try to see how a distortion pedal sounds people play blues instead of anything heavy.
ive checked out the site,i can get a sunburst xaviere 335 copy with hard case delivered to london england for £300. quite a bargain, but i cant help but feeling someone, somewhere is getting exploited at tthis price. concious vs G.A.S.???
i bought an axl eldorado put in a hot rail that i paid 30 bucks for at an ebay store and put in locking tuners from gfs..my god the thing is awesome..i now have a amazing guitar for less than 200 dollars
I also have a Ibanez AS73B Semi-Hollow. Once again, $300.00(new). Tossed in FAT PATS. $60. I have an amazing guitar for $360.00 that sound as good/better then $1000, $2000, $3000 guitars. ONCE AGAIN. DONT BUY A NAME. Stick it to them for once!!! I bought a Squire jazz bass($200 new), threw in noisless pups. just like a fender jazz. no different. oh , except 800 bucks! I have 2 Xaviere guitars. Gibson who???
@klownlord Ok, I agree about quality and bang for buck, these and squier standard series and above, GFS pickups in the squiers, all set. As for "sticking it to them", the ones who profit off the "value priced" guitars are the same ones who sell the big time stuff, with obvious exceptions such as Peavey, but by buying the cheap ones you support outsourced labor. Fine if it's outsourced to a place where there's reasonable labor conditions, but sweat-shops aren't cool. Buy parts, build your own.
@AdamRainStopper I agree with you, but not everything made in Asia is done so in a sweat shop. There are plenty of high end, well paid factories across Indonesia, Korea, even some in China.
@fuckingfuckdude You forgot Japan.....although right now Japanese guitars aren't exactly cheap. I own squier standard teles with GFS pickups. I also own a peavey tele that was made in the US, alder body, fat neck, nice overwound bridge pickup, paid 80 bucks used. Asia is a continent, not a country, and it has as many cultures as it has factories. You are absolutely right.
@AdamRainStopper Yeah, that's kind of why I left Japan out. Their manufacturing is generally much higher than the rest of the area. If that's the same Peavey I think it is, those are fantastic instruments.
@fuckingfuckdude Yes, Peavey makes great instruments AND electronics. I have used Peavey guitar amps and solid state bass amps all my life, and they match up to almost everything else I've owned in sound and build quality. Lately, I record with a Peavey Classic 30 through a pair of poplar cabinets with G12T-75's, and I couldn't be more satisfied. I got the Classic 30 for 300 bucks. A similar amp from Vox (AC30) would be way more expensive, less versatile, and have less available gain.
@fuckingfuckdude Yeah, I agree, although I don't use pedals much at all and I get my overdrive tones from my amp, so a solid state guitar amp wouldn't make much sense for my recording needs. For bass on the other hand, a solid state 1x15 combo seems to be the only thing that can give me about 90% of the sounds I want on the bass track. The remaining 10% (when I play bass with distortion) I like my little converted 18 watt Hammond organ amp. Sounds good for guitar too, I just switch cabinets.
not all cheap guitars are good. I had a squire that would cut your fingers open if you let the neck slide through your hands. And my other squire never stayed in tune. AND........ I had an epiphone s-310 (batwing headstock, not the kramer headstock) and it just was not good... sounded flat, never in tune... My American strat on the other hand sounds amazingly better, feels amazing, stays in tune, etc. I do have an older epi s-310 that rocks, so I'll give ya that...
My Squier Classic 60's Jazz Bass is very nice. I did put Seymour Duncan Pups in it though but it sets up real nice. Tune it up on Friday nights gig, play it then and Sat and the next Fri it's still in tune.
#1 the tone knob on a DS-1 (keeley mod otherwise) should NEVER go past 12 o'clock, and just to be safe, past 11 o'clock is a better bet. Just awful up that high.
#2 If you are going to spend a lot of money, it's much better to spend it on an amp than a guitar. A $300 Mexican strat vs a $1400 Am Deluxe strat is not a drastic improvement in tone. A $300 amp and a $1400 Mesa combo, on the other hand, is a drastic improvement. A $300 guitar is fine if you have the right pickups.
I agree with the amp vs guitar I've gone through like 3 amps that were all shit then i bought a suped up fender performer 1000 and I can't get enough. I run a mexican strat I spent maybe 50-100 extra dollars on electronics upgrades and it sounds just as good as any american deluxe i've heard.
if you know what you are doing, a squier or a xaviere is a fine guitar. I have a squier strat that has perfect action, a smooth neck, and great electronics.
I just get pissed when kids assume that the price makes the difference- all of my guitars are under 500 dollars, and i couldnt be happier.
@randomtwit For those of us out of work you are correct it's in the toilet. For those still working at the Fender factory. No cut in wages. Labor still high. What part of cost of labor and benefits don't some of these folks understand?
@JgHaverty I didnt mention sweat shops in china... I meant the ludicrous comment that some how american workers are overpaid .. by american standards.
@JgHaverty Oh mexican immigrant factory workers at fender corona are union?... lol
I mean we are talking about mexican factory workers at fender USA.... yes im sure they are rolling in dough... Do you work at 7-11? ... I do and I can tell you I have 4 roommates so I can have a place to sleep. .. no benefits to speak of.. Oh yes im so overpaid here in america... (facepalm)
@MilitantOldLady That proverb gets thrown around a lot, but a good craftsman never blames his tools simply because he doesn't buy the cheapest ones he can afford to begin with. Tools are an excellent example; it doesn't matter how good the craftsman is, cheap or poorly cast sockets will strip out, things will break, they won't last. A good craftsman is smart enough to avoid that in the first place, so he can concentrate on getting the job done without worrying about his equipment failing him.
@MilitantOldLady Well, I envy the world you live in, where skill can apparently change the physical properties of things. If I play a guitar with poorly made tuners, but I play it skillfully enough (and maybe never use bends), it'll never go out of tune! Cheap pickups will never hiss, low-grade pots will never crackle, and my truss rod will adjust itself, all based on how well I play! :)
noone in their right mind and a few hundred quid will go to a store and pick up a guitar with all the faults you listed...that would imply you're an idiot to do so in the first place...if a guitar is priced at a budget and put together well, the only fault at its sound and performance is the musician
there, you made me elaborate on what you shuld have known all along
@MilitantOldLady People do it all the time because, you're right, they don't know any better, and that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. "A good craftsman NEVER blames his tools" is a fallacy, plain and simple (or maybe just poor English), because - sometimes - they do, and rightly so. Maybe you meant "A good craftsman never blames his tools, assuming that his tools are well-made and they're not actually at fault," but that's not what you said. Just say what you mean next time! :)
you're still geting it wrong...supposedly good musicians blaming their instruments for not giving them what they want to hear are morons aswell because they obviously picked the wrong one for what they want to hear
....and a "craftsman" is not good if he-she buys a faulty instrument/tool...you're just plain wrong there because anyone who knows anything at all about their instrument, will avoid faulty ones....so the ones buying shit guitars and crying about it are NOT good guitarists
@MilitantOldLady Being vulgar doesn't make you less wrong. There's only one way to spell "asinine," unless you were calling me a font for some bizarre reason.
being vulgar lets you know what i think of you and your gobshite...all your mental diarrhea hasnt put one foot arround my first post...so stfu already and go clean a bird or something
being vulgar lets you know what i think of you and your gobshite...all your mental diarrhea hasnt put one foot arround my first post...so stfu already and go clean a bird or something
@MilitantOldLady Exactly. Also, no other way to say it, it's all in your hands. If you ain't got it, no guitar in the world will make you sound any different. You'll still sound like... you. Just have a decent guitar that's setup and intonated, and learn to play. It's that simple.
God. I hate when he brings out that Keeley modded DS-1. They always set it up for a super shitty, trebly tone. It's awful. Their reviews never do the guitars much justice.
I guess... I just never liked the feel of some of my cheaper guitars. To make them play better I'd of had to replace the tuners and bridges on them, and on one of them the neck as well. In some cases you get lucky. Like I just picked up a epiphone s-310 from the late 80's to early 90's for 50 bucks cuz the head stock broke off and was re-glued, sounds and plays amazing, and stays in tune.
Well true there are a lot of crappy guitars out there. I just got my Xavier XV-820 Tele Style yesterday in the mail. Put new strings on it. Set it up and it plays as nice as my Fenders. The pickups are not as HOT as my 88 American Tele Standard but they are more twangy and cleaner. It holds a tune pretty well but the tuners do seam cheap. The finish is nice but the not as even as their pictures show. You can def see the bad book matching. I'm happy for 200 bucks including shipping.
Thanks lerx42. Any idea if they fit the Xavier guitars without modification? I question some of their hyped advertising. For example saying the XV-820 is a 3 piece body. Mine sure looks like 4 pieces unless it took stain diff on the one piece and created a very straight seam like stripe up the middle. Not that I mind. Just curious. I'll check out those tuners but may have to email them about fit. Thanks again.
@wildhorsestudios1421 I'm not sure about that. But anyway there is a guy on ebay, guitar parts on line I think is the store, anyway he also make his own pickups and tuners. Excellent well made stuff for a fraction of the price of well known brands. Check it out
I have this same neck on one of my Strats. GuitarFetish sells modded Xaviere guitars as well as the Xaviere necks, but with no logo. The Frets are dressed really nicley and the finish is great, mine was Maple with a gloss just like the one in the video. It even had a nice Graphite nut, but I changed it to an LSR Roller Nut. They really are great necks, I like them better than Fender necks, fat, comfortable and good looking. Anyways, I'm gonna get me an Xaviere Tele sometime soon... nice sounds.
One of my friends has a boss ds1. It was pretty versitile, but call me crazy, I like my Ibanez Smashbox distortion, really cause I can push my knobs down and not get them messed up and it has a noise gate to help my single coils from buzzing.
Nice review, should've tried it out on different amps though, like on a tube amp, and then on some 15 watt SS, cause tube amps color a guitar's sound too much.
Hey guys..I kinda like the xaviere, have never heard of it until i saw this video..sounds pretty nice clean. i like the bridge pickup..the distortions alright to. Good video i might look more into this guitar
What is with the backward cap? Ya wanna go get some ice cream, when you are done hacking your way about on that guitar that looks as cheaply made as your mother, little boy? You play like a turd. Keep it up and that shit guitar will soon have a neck as brown as the eye in your Mother's ass that I just dotted. I paid her usual fee (20 bucks) maybe you can now get an amp to match the guitar. Stop moving your leg and go pee little boy. Then turn off the camera and go fix your teeth.
haha i have my strat copy ''patriot'' guitar brand made in korea... it sounds like this guitar... i bought it for about 80 bucks!! with a 10 watts tony smith amps and its all brand new!~!!
Yeah. A lot of guys who buy $200 guitars use vintage '60's Gibson amps and Keeley modded pedals ! The guitar is "Xaviere" and it's pronounced " Slab O' Shit " I believe, but I'll need to check my Chinese to English translation guide to be positive. Maybe the next video you could play a vintage '59 LP through a plastic Kay distortion pedal and a Radio Shack ham radio speaker. (Open back cabinet of course.) Just try to live in the "Real world" is all I'm saying.
sorry if we are in the wrong "Real world". in our "Real world" they are struggling musicians that jsut want a cheap guitar to jam at the local bar for some money...
your name suits you well. Hey, it's great to see a fucking dickhead like you publicize that you are in fact a fucking dick head. These guitars sound great and are budget priced for those who don't have a 1000 bucks to piss away. I own one of these and it blows away the name brands. Its a 335 xv900. I gig with it every weekend and made back what I spent on it in two shows. You need to piss off freak.
While you're out playing Jonas Brother greatest hits and sucking your drummer's cock, I was able to convince your mother to swallow---she said I tasted just like you ! Now go practice on your vintage Xavierre and when you get good enough, maybe mommy will give you a cookie. If you walk behind her, you can scrape up my leavings as it drips down her legs and put it on a saltine you inbred hillbilly!
You pronounce it as a ksavyay
BigCrusher96 1 day ago
What are your thoughts of the Xavier vs Agile? Anyone?
arroligavideos 7 months ago
@arroligavideos well to me, both look pretty cool, but Iwould preffet for strats and teles a Xaviers, but for a Les Paul an Agile AL3000 or higher.
Macsk8ing 4 months ago
@Macsk8ing Thanks for the reply. Have you or has anyone tried the Xavier XV-300?
arroligavideos 3 months ago
@arroligavideos Not really XD, but the Agiles Strats and Teles look cheap as hell, I've tried an Agile Les Paul and those are really nice guitars.
Macsk8ing 3 months ago
Hi,
Cool guitar Dude!
Is that the Sonic Blue or Surf Green color?
Thanks,
Hector Soliz
hsoliz 7 months ago
@hsoliz It is sea foam green.
Greets
BigCrusher96 1 day ago
This review is really wonky. Lots of wrong words used for stuff, could make it confusing for beginners.
fuckingfuckdude 8 months ago
High prices American Labor? So you would prefer sweat shop labor and Chinese made crap? This makes me sick. I'll gladly pay TOP DOLLAR for items made in the USA. They are just simple better made. Now when the quality of USA made items is not as good as over-seas crap, we have a problem.
Shanelee33 9 months ago
@Shanelee33 Have you ever seen pictures of the Gibson and Fender plants IN the USA? Nearly all immigrants from south of the border. I'd pay top dollar for any vintage American guitar, but these days the price tag just doesn't reflect the craftmanship in the factories.
MrAldorman 9 months ago
@MrAldorman Have you been to any of them? Go to the gibson plants in Memphis and Nashville. You won't see immigrant laborers doing anything with a guitar. I've worked at both. Everyone that touches a gibson guitar is very well qualified to do what they do.
turdferg098 1 month ago
I went to their website and I saw that they make Jazzmaster-style guitars with normal P-90s and it looks awesome in seafoam green, I'm getting one!
ShortFingeredShreder 10 months ago
Great amps....do make a big difference in any guitar sound. I have a Gibson GA17rvt Scout that I bought new in 1965, all tube with 10 inch speaker, 15 amps I think, but will never give it up! I have other amps...but use the Gibson the most!...poppa
MrPoppa2 10 months ago
I personally think the amp affects tone more than the guitar
LtMusicDude 10 months ago
a friend told me, that this guitar has a very distincitive sound ,the factory setup is not very good, but it can be solved.
similar quality can go for 600 bucks.
odinmp5 11 months ago
The factory setup can be solved to your preferences in an hour or less and yes.. these are great guitars that rival guitars that go for much much more. They make a copy of a Gibson 335 that is incredible!
It ain't always the name on the headstock that gets the job done.
rcflybry 11 months ago
You da Man ! Always an interesting video.
kammhron 1 year ago
i'm sorry but i didn't realize that 1. comment threds are forums for migrant/union labor discussions and, 2. this guy's target audience has no idea what a guitar is/ consists of. hmm, who would've guessed?
CAM99 1 year ago
olp mm1 is the boss of the budget guitars, no if ands or buts.
JgHaverty 1 year ago
I have this guitar .. the only good thing about it is the price ...the neck is not bad tho
HackerGuitarist 1 year ago
i feel like a shoebox would sound good through a gibson amp lulz!
good review though
madeinmanchesterr 1 year ago
DAMMIT! I was kinda hoping these had the skunk stripe on the neck, makes it look alot more classy. oh well I still might get it, cause it still looks kinda snazzy
MrPudgypants 1 year ago
sounds okay, but its the ugliest thing ive ever seen
cenyan13 1 year ago
Interesting tone: metallic and chimey.
Desmaad 1 year ago
Wow, those strings are BLACK!!!
danecook321 1 year ago
@danecook321 Never been on a budget?
bilbomarks 1 year ago
@danecook321 He may have those black chrome strings on it. Forget what they're called.
Zubirrex 1 year ago
This is a good example of "Its all about who's playing!" This may be my new brand of choice. Although a really good amp doesn't hurt your tone.
brilliantsavage 1 year ago
that really is a cool guitar
TheFurpus 1 year ago
Seems like a cool guitar.
You have to be careful with those cheap ones though. You might have to search through ten to find one that isnt flawed in some way.
coronet67 1 year ago
1:00 its a PRETTY fine example of a PRETTY good guitar PRETTY well made ... i plan to buy one, so they better be PRETTY good, or else...
metallicaxjavoxmcr 1 year ago
looks like a ripoff tele
magicdavid7 1 year ago
are the xaviere teles better compared to the SX ones?
oldchilltortoise 1 year ago
Wow that guitar looks beatiful....I think I'm buying that model!
Tyler18GoPhils 1 year ago
if your going to do a budget guitar review, PLAY THE DAMN GUITAR THROUGH A BUDGET AMP FFS!!!!
reviewteen 1 year ago
Budget guitars are alright with clean tones but not when it comes to distortion
willy346 1 year ago
@willy346 It's not that budget guitars are bad with distortion, it's that budget distortion sucks. Also, anything that distorted is going to sound pretty stale. I've got my hands on one of these guitars, and they sound great with a touch or overdrive.
sixstainless 1 year ago
the clean sound is really great, but with the distortion... hmmm.. not so good
regisdrift 1 year ago
Was I the only one who noticed that all the strings except the high E string were black?
danecook321 1 year ago
i am looking at this guitar, which would be a more slick and comfortable neck the maple or rosewood?
jflores85 1 year ago
If budget guitars are well made, they can be really awesome for the price,
I once played a yamaha pacifica worth 270 dollar and I was blown away by the playability and sound.
On the other hand, the epiphone LP 100 I owned was totally shit, I now have a fender strat and I sound much better now, so I can actually blame the bad sound on the guitar:p
Guitarvirtuoso666 1 year ago
omg this guy is informative but takes a year to start playing.
grimtango5280 1 year ago
Great review. . but this "What's Up Good People" thing is driving me out of my mind. .
74LesPaul 1 year ago
the pickups are alrite but this kind of guitar wouldn't sound that great on most solid state amps
reaLJustiFied 1 year ago
@reaLJustiFied dont play solid state then. tube sounds better anyways
nickfromdtown1992 1 year ago
this? (xaviere) or squier?
letterbekmen 1 year ago
How do they feel in your hands is what I want to know, I don't care about the finish etc. just the feel. What about the woods, are they select woods or something crappy? I was thinking about taking one of these, take a neck off and replace it with a birdseye maple warmoth neck which would make it sing a bit better (I think), replace the hardware and (possibly) the pickups but I heard good things about GFS pickups so I might not. Is it a standard tele neck pocket or is it different?
ekserchina 1 year ago
Most budget guitars are well built. These kids are always blaming the guitar because it's not something high end like a Les Paul, when they're the ones that can't play.
Glockenator 1 year ago
It's like ...a Pinto will get you there ...same as a Mercedes....just remember , not to get hit in the rear end...love poppa
MrPoppa2 1 year ago
@MrPoppa2
You definitely made me laugh...good one. :)
ekserchina 1 year ago
he's an awesome guitarist, i just hate when people play blues with a distortion pedal. it sounds good its just that anytime i try to see how a distortion pedal sounds people play blues instead of anything heavy.
ThePariah13 1 year ago
ive checked out the site,i can get a sunburst xaviere 335 copy with hard case delivered to london england for £300. quite a bargain, but i cant help but feeling someone, somewhere is getting exploited at tthis price. concious vs G.A.S.???
strabbs1 1 year ago
@strabbs1 No exploitation -- just not gigantic markups because they're dealer direct.
fuckingfuckdude 8 months ago
rondomusic guitars are sick and cheap, i have 3 of them
cjrizzle93 1 year ago
i gotta 1973 tube amp
Harstir96 1 year ago
What the what!!! David Taub playing a guitar that cost less than a new car???? I don't believe it.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
its like a hardtail, in that it is a hardtail...
birdiejoehoaks 1 year ago
what do you think about this pedal? Wasabi AD-1 Forward-Reverse Effects Pedal thanks! you rawks!!
asgarddrambo 1 year ago
its - Za-vee-ay
RememberMe321 2 years ago
Ha - b - air
Should be a modification to the name Javier, kind of a latin language name... (spanish, italian, portuguese... not sure about its origin)
JAMLet74 1 year ago
i bought an axl eldorado put in a hot rail that i paid 30 bucks for at an ebay store and put in locking tuners from gfs..my god the thing is awesome..i now have a amazing guitar for less than 200 dollars
lerxt42 2 years ago
I also have a Ibanez AS73B Semi-Hollow. Once again, $300.00(new). Tossed in FAT PATS. $60. I have an amazing guitar for $360.00 that sound as good/better then $1000, $2000, $3000 guitars. ONCE AGAIN. DONT BUY A NAME. Stick it to them for once!!! I bought a Squire jazz bass($200 new), threw in noisless pups. just like a fender jazz. no different. oh , except 800 bucks! I have 2 Xaviere guitars. Gibson who???
klownlord 2 years ago 4
@klownlord Ok, I agree about quality and bang for buck, these and squier standard series and above, GFS pickups in the squiers, all set. As for "sticking it to them", the ones who profit off the "value priced" guitars are the same ones who sell the big time stuff, with obvious exceptions such as Peavey, but by buying the cheap ones you support outsourced labor. Fine if it's outsourced to a place where there's reasonable labor conditions, but sweat-shops aren't cool. Buy parts, build your own.
AdamRainStopper 9 months ago
@AdamRainStopper I agree with you, but not everything made in Asia is done so in a sweat shop. There are plenty of high end, well paid factories across Indonesia, Korea, even some in China.
fuckingfuckdude 8 months ago
@fuckingfuckdude You forgot Japan.....although right now Japanese guitars aren't exactly cheap. I own squier standard teles with GFS pickups. I also own a peavey tele that was made in the US, alder body, fat neck, nice overwound bridge pickup, paid 80 bucks used. Asia is a continent, not a country, and it has as many cultures as it has factories. You are absolutely right.
AdamRainStopper 8 months ago
@AdamRainStopper Yeah, that's kind of why I left Japan out. Their manufacturing is generally much higher than the rest of the area. If that's the same Peavey I think it is, those are fantastic instruments.
fuckingfuckdude 8 months ago
@fuckingfuckdude Yes, Peavey makes great instruments AND electronics. I have used Peavey guitar amps and solid state bass amps all my life, and they match up to almost everything else I've owned in sound and build quality. Lately, I record with a Peavey Classic 30 through a pair of poplar cabinets with G12T-75's, and I couldn't be more satisfied. I got the Classic 30 for 300 bucks. A similar amp from Vox (AC30) would be way more expensive, less versatile, and have less available gain.
AdamRainStopper 8 months ago
@AdamRainStopper Even the SS rage series amps from the 90's were excellent and incredibly ballsy.
fuckingfuckdude 8 months ago
@fuckingfuckdude Yeah, I agree, although I don't use pedals much at all and I get my overdrive tones from my amp, so a solid state guitar amp wouldn't make much sense for my recording needs. For bass on the other hand, a solid state 1x15 combo seems to be the only thing that can give me about 90% of the sounds I want on the bass track. The remaining 10% (when I play bass with distortion) I like my little converted 18 watt Hammond organ amp. Sounds good for guitar too, I just switch cabinets.
AdamRainStopper 8 months ago
cheap guitars rule! Squiers, Agiles, Douglas, Xavieres. A real guitar player can make them sound really good.
peskypesky 2 years ago
@peskypesky i agree except squiers. never had good luck with them.
11point5 2 years ago
not all cheap guitars are good. I had a squire that would cut your fingers open if you let the neck slide through your hands. And my other squire never stayed in tune. AND........ I had an epiphone s-310 (batwing headstock, not the kramer headstock) and it just was not good... sounded flat, never in tune... My American strat on the other hand sounds amazingly better, feels amazing, stays in tune, etc. I do have an older epi s-310 that rocks, so I'll give ya that...
c32linder 2 years ago
My Squier Classic 60's Jazz Bass is very nice. I did put Seymour Duncan Pups in it though but it sets up real nice. Tune it up on Friday nights gig, play it then and Sat and the next Fri it's still in tune.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago
Ugh I hate that distortion tone so much.
AirHendrix91 2 years ago 3
@AirHendrix91 I'm with you on that. Just awful
ramus001 2 years ago
you should go to rondomusic and pickout a cheap guitar there and then do a review like you did on that guitar
likeeverymusic 2 years ago
True, Rondo kicks so much ass. I really would buy an electric from them easily.
AirHendrix91 2 years ago
He uses a Gibson amp with a budget guitar, but for the vintage guitars he reviews he uses a line 6.... doh
c32linder 2 years ago 6
he speak like borat
Fruscification 2 years ago
#1 the tone knob on a DS-1 (keeley mod otherwise) should NEVER go past 12 o'clock, and just to be safe, past 11 o'clock is a better bet. Just awful up that high.
#2 If you are going to spend a lot of money, it's much better to spend it on an amp than a guitar. A $300 Mexican strat vs a $1400 Am Deluxe strat is not a drastic improvement in tone. A $300 amp and a $1400 Mesa combo, on the other hand, is a drastic improvement. A $300 guitar is fine if you have the right pickups.
jmaster1972 2 years ago 3
I agree with the amp vs guitar I've gone through like 3 amps that were all shit then i bought a suped up fender performer 1000 and I can't get enough. I run a mexican strat I spent maybe 50-100 extra dollars on electronics upgrades and it sounds just as good as any american deluxe i've heard.
JASONX410 2 years ago
there is nothing wrong with budget guitars, its all about who plays them....i've seen loads of budget guitars who are propperly built and sound good
its always kids making excuses about the gear because they themselves are crap at guitar
remember the proverb: a good craftsman never blames his tools
MilitantOldLady 2 years ago 35
if you know what you are doing, a squier or a xaviere is a fine guitar. I have a squier strat that has perfect action, a smooth neck, and great electronics.
I just get pissed when kids assume that the price makes the difference- all of my guitars are under 500 dollars, and i couldnt be happier.
texasranga 2 years ago 2
Fortunately for Gibson a lot of ignorant people think they will play better if the spend a lot of money.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago 9
It is easier to play on a good guitar though. Most people just want it to be easy. And to be able to show everybody their Gibson.
c32linder 2 years ago
Exactly.... But good guitars don't have to be expensive. It's the high priced American labor that's killing it now days.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago 26
@wildhorsestudios1421
Yeah those dicks want benefits and junk, what a bunch of buzzkills.
Joedanbeck 1 year ago
@Joedanbeck Nothing wrong with benefits. The buzzkill comes from over priced pharmacuticals. :)
wildhorsestudios1421 1 year ago
@Joedanbeck Oh and those that want 90% of thier salary when they retire.
wildhorsestudios1421 1 year ago
@wildhorsestudios1421 Yea so you would rather we work for peanuts and 2 dollars an hour? freakin communist go to mexico if you love it so much.
jamima222 1 year ago
@jamima222 Bite me moron.
wildhorsestudios1421 1 year ago
@wildhorsestudios1421
LOL high priced labor.. american wages are in the toilet dude....
randomtwit 1 year ago
@randomtwit For those of us out of work you are correct it's in the toilet. For those still working at the Fender factory. No cut in wages. Labor still high. What part of cost of labor and benefits don't some of these folks understand?
wildhorsestudios1421 1 year ago
@randomtwit you;re right, those sweat shops in china pay WAY better -.-
JgHaverty 1 year ago
@JgHaverty I didnt mention sweat shops in china... I meant the ludicrous comment that some how american workers are overpaid .. by american standards.
randomtwit 1 year ago
@randomtwit union labor is disgustingly overpaid. by anyone's standards lol.
JgHaverty 1 year ago
@JgHaverty Oh mexican immigrant factory workers at fender corona are union?... lol
I mean we are talking about mexican factory workers at fender USA.... yes im sure they are rolling in dough... Do you work at 7-11? ... I do and I can tell you I have 4 roommates so I can have a place to sleep. .. no benefits to speak of.. Oh yes im so overpaid here in america... (facepalm)
randomtwit 1 year ago
@randomtwit compared to china korea mexico japan, and other countries america is more expensive
Escapethehawthorne 11 months ago
SD syndrome that is
kheczko 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady =>Viktor Smolksi
(Cheap #yamaha+ENGL amp) [rage]
batistabomb619wwecar 1 year ago
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intooblv 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady That proverb gets thrown around a lot, but a good craftsman never blames his tools simply because he doesn't buy the cheapest ones he can afford to begin with. Tools are an excellent example; it doesn't matter how good the craftsman is, cheap or poorly cast sockets will strip out, things will break, they won't last. A good craftsman is smart enough to avoid that in the first place, so he can concentrate on getting the job done without worrying about his equipment failing him.
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
thats a load of crap
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady Well, I envy the world you live in, where skill can apparently change the physical properties of things. If I play a guitar with poorly made tuners, but I play it skillfully enough (and maybe never use bends), it'll never go out of tune! Cheap pickups will never hiss, low-grade pots will never crackle, and my truss rod will adjust itself, all based on how well I play! :)
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
you're overblowing it just to pull the argument in your direction and you know its horse shit
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady A.) I'm not having an argument with you, just stating my opinion. B.) "Crap" and "horse shit" aren't very convincing, either.
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
noone in their right mind and a few hundred quid will go to a store and pick up a guitar with all the faults you listed...that would imply you're an idiot to do so in the first place...if a guitar is priced at a budget and put together well, the only fault at its sound and performance is the musician
there, you made me elaborate on what you shuld have known all along
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady People do it all the time because, you're right, they don't know any better, and that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. "A good craftsman NEVER blames his tools" is a fallacy, plain and simple (or maybe just poor English), because - sometimes - they do, and rightly so. Maybe you meant "A good craftsman never blames his tools, assuming that his tools are well-made and they're not actually at fault," but that's not what you said. Just say what you mean next time! :)
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
you're still geting it wrong...supposedly good musicians blaming their instruments for not giving them what they want to hear are morons aswell because they obviously picked the wrong one for what they want to hear
....and a "craftsman" is not good if he-she buys a faulty instrument/tool...you're just plain wrong there because anyone who knows anything at all about their instrument, will avoid faulty ones....so the ones buying shit guitars and crying about it are NOT good guitarists
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady You don't know what a variable is, do you? You've wandered right back into "X always means Y and can NEVER mean Z" land! Oh noes!
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
FFS you moron! read what i write!
ill put it in simple form for you thickhead:
good guitarist = knows what he's buying
bad guitarist = buys shit
good guitarist = can play a cheap guitar well
bad guitarist = cant play anything well
you = asenine
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady I see. Thank you for confirming my hypothesis. For future reference, misspelling "asinine" makes you look... well...
/done.
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
will you stfu already!
get a dictionary you idiot, both forms are right....here's a can of oil to boot you piece of shit...i've got no patience for jobby jabbers like you
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady Being vulgar doesn't make you less wrong. There's only one way to spell "asinine," unless you were calling me a font for some bizarre reason.
intooblv 1 year ago
@intooblv
being vulgar lets you know what i think of you and your gobshite...all your mental diarrhea hasnt put one foot arround my first post...so stfu already and go clean a bird or something
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady Okay, sure, I'll get right on that. Don't forget to look up that word, though!
intooblv 1 year ago
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@MilitantOldLady Okay, sure, I'll get right on that. Don't forget to look up that word, though!
intooblv 1 year ago
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@intooblv
being vulgar lets you know what i think of you and your gobshite...all your mental diarrhea hasnt put one foot arround my first post...so stfu already and go clean a bird or something
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady A good Craftsman wouldn't buy crap tools. But i agree
NzDuckShooter 1 year ago
@NzDuckShooter
what if the craftsman kept his old tools all along, eh?
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady Point: I rather like Danelectros myself.
Desmaad 1 year ago
@MilitantOldLady Exactly. Also, no other way to say it, it's all in your hands. If you ain't got it, no guitar in the world will make you sound any different. You'll still sound like... you. Just have a decent guitar that's setup and intonated, and learn to play. It's that simple.
Zubirrex 1 year ago
@Zubirrex
i've seen people make guitars out of shovels, planks of wood, even tennis rackets and they all sounded good...
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@Zubirrex ....hell, there are even guitars made out of bloody Lego and they sound great
MilitantOldLady 1 year ago
@Zubirrex The only thing you could blame your guitar for is poor quality pickups. my notes die after holding them for about 5 seconds :/
cenyan13 1 year ago
"kinda', kind'a, kinda', kind'a,kinda', kind'a,kinda', kind'a" stop saying kinda'!!!
indrazor1 2 years ago 3
Nice sounding guitar. . . . is that the GFS Xaviere from Guitar Fetish?
subsahara121 2 years ago
God. I hate when he brings out that Keeley modded DS-1. They always set it up for a super shitty, trebly tone. It's awful. Their reviews never do the guitars much justice.
hendrixkixas 2 years ago 4
how about some crunch
fishinandguitar 2 years ago 2
Pretty good means that people who paid over a grand for a slab of wood and wire are justifying their purchase
(runs away)
:)
wolfhalen 2 years ago
I dunno man, I've got an american strat that's been great to me but I've gone through a ton of cheap guitars
c32linder 2 years ago
Ive got a ton of cheap guitars that hold their own to my American guitars.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago
I guess... I just never liked the feel of some of my cheaper guitars. To make them play better I'd of had to replace the tuners and bridges on them, and on one of them the neck as well. In some cases you get lucky. Like I just picked up a epiphone s-310 from the late 80's to early 90's for 50 bucks cuz the head stock broke off and was re-glued, sounds and plays amazing, and stays in tune.
c32linder 2 years ago
Well true there are a lot of crappy guitars out there. I just got my Xavier XV-820 Tele Style yesterday in the mail. Put new strings on it. Set it up and it plays as nice as my Fenders. The pickups are not as HOT as my 88 American Tele Standard but they are more twangy and cleaner. It holds a tune pretty well but the tuners do seam cheap. The finish is nice but the not as even as their pictures show. You can def see the bad book matching. I'm happy for 200 bucks including shipping.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago
@wildhorsestudios1421 dude get a set of locking tuners at guitar fetish. 30 dollars a set . No I dont work for em I just know a bargain when I see it
lerxt42 2 years ago
Thanks lerx42. Any idea if they fit the Xavier guitars without modification? I question some of their hyped advertising. For example saying the XV-820 is a 3 piece body. Mine sure looks like 4 pieces unless it took stain diff on the one piece and created a very straight seam like stripe up the middle. Not that I mind. Just curious. I'll check out those tuners but may have to email them about fit. Thanks again.
wildhorsestudios1421 2 years ago
@wildhorsestudios1421 I'm not sure about that. But anyway there is a guy on ebay, guitar parts on line I think is the store, anyway he also make his own pickups and tuners. Excellent well made stuff for a fraction of the price of well known brands. Check it out
lerxt42 2 years ago
thats the problem with people who have money... they stop appreciating the fact that cheap guitars are sometimes better than expensive ones
"pretty good"...? is that the same as, actually suprisingly good?
face it... its a cheap good guitar.
I have a marlin stingray from the mid 80's that plays miles better than any fender strat. it cost 45 quid on ebay id never play anything else.
jamesstone123 2 years ago 2
I have this same neck on one of my Strats. GuitarFetish sells modded Xaviere guitars as well as the Xaviere necks, but with no logo. The Frets are dressed really nicley and the finish is great, mine was Maple with a gloss just like the one in the video. It even had a nice Graphite nut, but I changed it to an LSR Roller Nut. They really are great necks, I like them better than Fender necks, fat, comfortable and good looking. Anyways, I'm gonna get me an Xaviere Tele sometime soon... nice sounds.
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
what are those bends called that he does at 5:17, and again at 6:02-6:03 called?
ehceubnodnarb 2 years ago
double stop bends ? i'm pretty sure that's the name in english.
amaurythewarrior 2 years ago
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ehceubnodnarb 2 years ago
sounds like seymour duncan pickups..
wisesatyr72 2 years ago
the boss ds1 is pretty cheap but it has a nice sound if you get a good setting
8675309mmm 2 years ago
And if you have it modded...
razormusik 2 years ago
One of my friends has a boss ds1. It was pretty versitile, but call me crazy, I like my Ibanez Smashbox distortion, really cause I can push my knobs down and not get them messed up and it has a noise gate to help my single coils from buzzing.
kujoalt 2 years ago
looks to have a fingerboard to me - lol
gnativerson 2 years ago
damn really cheap guitars but sounds nice can you guys demo some of their other models
6730 2 years ago
What is the name of the song that he plays at the beginning of the video? Anyone can tell me? THX
skaterwaye 2 years ago
its just random Eminor, C and then move up the C chord two frets... :) try it.
Darkulla 2 years ago
i hate the boss ds1. its such a cheap sounding distortion
bobtheboozer666 2 years ago 4
but the price is the bottom line, right? I use the ds1 for practice and junk tracking, but it does get kinda chorus sounding after a little bit.
gbuent 2 years ago
That's why it's used by so many professional guitarists!
Personally, I use it for overdrive.
BucksStudent 2 years ago
what's up with the strings?! they're BLACK ... woah...
foxthewolfie 2 years ago
Check out the DR red evil strings.
Theyre red.
Neclord2000 2 years ago
maybe they're rusted like hell
sunp 2 years ago
thought so for a second...but naah. (i've got the sarcasm)
foxthewolfie 2 years ago
this guitar looks soo cool :D
davidagainstthewall 2 years ago
ugly guitar
findthevine 2 years ago
Nice review, should've tried it out on different amps though, like on a tube amp, and then on some 15 watt SS, cause tube amps color a guitar's sound too much.
nigelcollinmartinez 2 years ago
Hey guys..I kinda like the xaviere, have never heard of it until i saw this video..sounds pretty nice clean. i like the bridge pickup..the distortions alright to. Good video i might look more into this guitar
Rhettro16 2 years ago
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You should never use the distortion/drive knob all way up on a pedal!!! I don't even use more than 50% of it!!! That's basics for ever guitarist.
davi2011 2 years ago
Great sounding guitar..especially without the distort added.
musicmatty67 2 years ago 8
It's the amp that makes it sound good
ohmysparticus 2 years ago 4
the pickups are the best part of that guitar, gfs make amazing pickups
rgjmce666 2 years ago 7
Ha ! Looks like frankgug has another fan, or is that another alias ? One that is more descriptive obviously.
ElDopa420 2 years ago
I assume Frank is the one playing guitar. If not, then you both are dweebs.
frankgugsucksballs 2 years ago
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What is with the backward cap? Ya wanna go get some ice cream, when you are done hacking your way about on that guitar that looks as cheaply made as your mother, little boy? You play like a turd. Keep it up and that shit guitar will soon have a neck as brown as the eye in your Mother's ass that I just dotted. I paid her usual fee (20 bucks) maybe you can now get an amp to match the guitar. Stop moving your leg and go pee little boy. Then turn off the camera and go fix your teeth.
frankgugsucksballs 2 years ago
haha i have my strat copy ''patriot'' guitar brand made in korea... it sounds like this guitar... i bought it for about 80 bucks!! with a 10 watts tony smith amps and its all brand new!~!!
bryllecosare23 2 years ago 2
I wanna buy a Xaviere hollowbody guitar (ES 335ish one) does anyone know if it is good for it's price thank you
elvinjohn7 2 years ago
for the proce yes it is good, but you could always go with a used ibanez hollow body for a close price
eggnog4073 2 years ago
you should change the bridge pickup. it sounds kinda weak.
deathazoid 2 years ago 3
Way too much bite
StewieSwan 2 years ago
Yeah. A lot of guys who buy $200 guitars use vintage '60's Gibson amps and Keeley modded pedals ! The guitar is "Xaviere" and it's pronounced " Slab O' Shit " I believe, but I'll need to check my Chinese to English translation guide to be positive. Maybe the next video you could play a vintage '59 LP through a plastic Kay distortion pedal and a Radio Shack ham radio speaker. (Open back cabinet of course.) Just try to live in the "Real world" is all I'm saying.
ElDopa420 2 years ago
sorry if we are in the wrong "Real world". in our "Real world" they are struggling musicians that jsut want a cheap guitar to jam at the local bar for some money...
MockStoneLLC 2 years ago
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your name suits you well. Hey, it's great to see a fucking dickhead like you publicize that you are in fact a fucking dick head. These guitars sound great and are budget priced for those who don't have a 1000 bucks to piss away. I own one of these and it blows away the name brands. Its a 335 xv900. I gig with it every weekend and made back what I spent on it in two shows. You need to piss off freak.
frankgug 2 years ago
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While you're out playing Jonas Brother greatest hits and sucking your drummer's cock, I was able to convince your mother to swallow---she said I tasted just like you ! Now go practice on your vintage Xavierre and when you get good enough, maybe mommy will give you a cookie. If you walk behind her, you can scrape up my leavings as it drips down her legs and put it on a saltine you inbred hillbilly!