The only channel featuring 5 figure guitars and Glarry’s on the reg

@Guilhem74

3 жыл бұрын

True! Funny enough, although Trogly has a personal inclination for rather expensive guitars, Glary keeps sponsoring some his videos on a regular basis. I think this shows 2 things, Trogly is not a complete guitar snob and Gibson is foolish for not sponsoring some of his videos, since they'd be dealing with a won-over aficionado!

@thorstenthorben196

3 жыл бұрын

@@Guilhem74 guess hes too negative about their product for gibsons taste. He regularly bashes their highest end products, never talked good about the relicd gibsons, regularly shows and points out shitty fretboards and fret jobs. And i think thats good, im happy hes not sponsored by Gibson.

@Guilhem74

3 жыл бұрын

@@thorstenthorben196 you've got a very good point.

@cameronmason4452

3 жыл бұрын

@@thorstenthorben196 All true gibson fans are aware of the negatives, they should highlight those people instead of the dumb fanboys

@leomilani_gtr

3 жыл бұрын

@@Guilhem74 being sponsored by Gibson could be good for Trogly, but not for the videos. I like him talking about the qc problems with no reservations...

No no Austin you're supposed to put the Gig Bag on the Bass first then put it in the case it'll fit perfectly!

@Astro_-im2jl

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you think it’s weird calling him by his first name you don’t even know him

@yeast777

3 жыл бұрын

@@Astro_-im2jl Well he's an entertainer, I think he's prepared by people calling him by his name seeing as he revealed his name multiple times

@dennismoes7281

3 жыл бұрын

@@Astro_-im2jl WTF should he call him? Mr. Trogly?

@Endidixknsej

3 жыл бұрын

@@Astro_-im2jl 🛎🔚

@inkysquid4

3 жыл бұрын

@@Endidixknsej Ha ha

Glarry's gonna keep sending trogly instruments till they finally perfected their guitars lmao

@darrellsmith9003

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly 💀

@jamir6423

3 жыл бұрын

i was worried they werent going to but i think they will lol, i actually went to their channel and commented and asked them if the were gonna send this bass to him and they said they were already considering it so yeah they are gonna keep sending lol

@raywellman2851

3 жыл бұрын

A+ business model

@clintwilson6380

9 ай бұрын

Maybe they send him a violin or piano.

Fender needs to look out, Glarry is now tapping into the Squier affinity market!!

It actually sounds pretty good. Lots of clear punch and power the original lacked.

I'm getting on in years and it amazes me what is available to youngsters starting out today at affordable prices. in the 70s and 80s affordable guitars where junk and they cost $250 in 80s $. Thats got to be $500 + in todays money

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

TooBarFoo I agree, I purchased my first real guitar in 1974, $250 for a brand new Fender Mustang. It was a nice guitar only because I'd only had a $100 Hondo II SG copy to compare it to. I'm amazed what is available these days.

@kevbob

3 жыл бұрын

Same TBF. My first electric was a terrible SG copy with action so bad. I reckon it was about $150. Calculated from 1978 with inflation, that’s about $600. I upgraded as fast as I could.

@hemihead392

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. Had to get to that 500-ish dollar mark to get a decent guitar, and 500 was a lot of money in the 70's. Now a 100 buck guitar can be pretty playable.

@charlesbolton8471

3 жыл бұрын

I got my first guitar in 1986. It was a Peavey T-15 with a hard plastic case that had an amp built into it. It cost $400 brand new, and was the least expensive electric guitar in the only guitar store in my hometown. Fender and Gibson owners at the time really talked trash about Peavey guitars (oddly enough some of them used Peavey amps), but they were really well made guitars especially considering the price. Unfortunately, I went through a heavy metal phase and traded the Peavey for a Japanese made Explorer copy because it looked cool and sounded decent. However, it played horribly, and I got tired of the body shape very quickly. I came to my senses and bought a Squier Strat a few years later, and I’ve supported Fender (and its other brands) ever since. The improvements in quality of even the lowest end guitars today is truly amazing.

@TooBarFoo

3 жыл бұрын

I had a really bad acoustic as a young teen. My first electric was actually a early 60's tele. Bought around 76. Bought it in a pawn shop in London. I paid it off every week for about 3 months on layby. In those days old teles were kind of unwanted. Everyone wanted a Strat so 60's Teles and Jags could be found for knock down prices. Still cost me around a months and a half's wages. I played in a Punk band and old Telecasters and Jaguars where main stays as the most affordable options around. Good times!

My sunburst Glarry P bass came with a perfect Fender headstock shape without any logo on it, was when they first started selling them. I fixed the neck dive just by lowering the guitar strap button at the base of the guitar, learned that trick from Scott Grove of Groovy Music Lessons.

@lieutenantomni3642

Жыл бұрын

yeah my old glarry strat has the same fender headstock shape. i wasn't surprised they changed the design

"Its not really flexing when I punch it." This is how I will test everything from now on. Guitars, food, electronics...

@land.1368

3 жыл бұрын

Goin to the dealership like...

This unboxing episode is a vintage pre-carpet-change era video

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is.

My bet on the oddly loose case might be for a jazz style bass to fit in proper.

@bernardi5919

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the case's outline is offset like a jazz bass too

Glarry custom shop coming soon

I love to tinker with and upgrade guitars and basses. Based on several video reviews I decided to buy the original Glarry P-Bass for the purpose of improving it. I replaced the pickup with a GLS overwound hot pickup and installed their Kwik-Plug wiring system. This made a huge difference. I thinned out the neck and polished it, which was another big improvement. I replaced the bridge with a heavier one, but this did nothing to reduce neck dive. I replaced the nut with bone. I also polished the fret ends. The neck pocket was slightly wide, so I put in a shim. The result was a bass guitar that was much improved. I loved the light weight, by the way. When Glarry came out with their upgraded line, I bought an upgraded Jazz Bass so as to compare it with the original. What I found was pretty much what Trogly did. It did not need much work at all, save thinning and polishing the neck and dressing the fret ends. The neck dive of the original bass was a non-issue, and it sounded great. I have taken both basses to open mic nights and have enjoyed playing them. very much..

I didn’t think I was going make it through the whole video but I did.... and I’m glad I did. :-)

Jeez that doesn't sound half bad. Considering how little you have to actually setup, as a professional bassist I'd say that's good value for money

I think I would use the 0000 steel wool on the headstock and fretboard too, along with the virtuoso polish. That looks fantastic. The bass sounds great too. I may have to invest in one of these

Beautiful, I have two Glarry jazz basses and I love that sunburst P. The maple neck is a great upgrade too. With some other light changes they're decent basses, at least the "old" ones I have. Thanks for more bass coverage Trogly!

Pretty impressive for the price. What I wouldn't do for a company like this back in the 80's.

@lichkrieg4898

3 жыл бұрын

weren't Danelectro bc rich, squire and epiphone around?

@lichkrieg4898

3 жыл бұрын

even kay, Teisco, Greco, burny, and the Japanese companies always gave solid instruments too.

@wiseguy9202

3 жыл бұрын

@@lichkrieg4898 we had the main brands mentioned but their low-mid level stuff was garbage in comparison to today(BC Rich, Epi, Squier etc..). Most of these brands didn't even have sealed tuners back then like they do now unless you wanted to pay $1000 or more. The features we take for granted today were only on higher end models then. And all the Japanese brands, how would you get them other than flying to Japan to look for guitars?

@wiseguy9202

3 жыл бұрын

@@lichkrieg4898 btw, I owned Teisco and it was garbage!

@lichkrieg4898

3 жыл бұрын

I mean you're somewhat right, most entry level instruments were super trash but I mean these are not that much better outside the price. Then again the newer Ibanez stuff does have me pretty spoiled $150-$200 can get you a lot more guitar than it used to.

Davie504 is gonna lose it when he sees you call the bass a guitar

@M4RCM0NT31R0

3 жыл бұрын

Who is Davie504

@Guilhem74

3 жыл бұрын

On top of it, Trogly is playing with a pick, Davie 504 is going to s**t his pants...

@chem9773

3 жыл бұрын

He gonna mad coz trogly don't SLAP that B A S S

@mightyV444

3 жыл бұрын

@@Guilhem74 - Davie504 approves pick-playing now! 😉 *And* Trogly attempts to slap, too! 😊✅

@Guilhem74

3 жыл бұрын

@@mightyV444 I guess I haven't watched Davie in a while, I'm stuck in the no-picking era! 😁

I bought and received one of these basses (in Burlywood) a few weeks ago. I am one of those tinkerer types who could indeed swap pickups, etc., but I wanted to skip some steps if possible. I lurked on the eBay page with that bass for days, which had an unexpected effect: Glarry offered me a deal! It wasn't a deal I COULDN'T refuse, but I didn't. I AIN'T SORRY! I have not owned a bass in about 40 years, so I had no expectations about playability. I didn't have bass chops anymore, so I wouldn't be able to judge. Feel-wise, though, I found the bass to be playable out of the box. I gave the neck a bit more relief than it came with, but that was just to remove some very annoying fret buzz. My impression of the bone nut was that it was pretty decent, which was very nice. I did not relish the thought of replacing this nut as I don't do string nuts well yet (if ever), but it's not a problem here. I did have one issue with the pickup. I didn't know that P-Bass pickups secure to the body rather than the pickguard, so it was a surprise to learn that I couldn't raise the pickup as close to the strings as I thought they needed to be. This was when being a budding guitar/bass tech came into play for me, as I removed the pickguard to look beneath and find the problem. The cushions on the bottom of my Wilkie pickup were not NEARLY as thick as the ones I saw on your bass. I didn't and don't know if you can get new cushions for pickups mounted in this way, but I MacGuyver'ed my own solution: I grabbed a couple of caps from some old vitamin bottles and placed them under the cushions. Perhaps this is not the most elegant of solutions, but I defy you to find it without going inside the bass! Going forward, I may try some other solutions -- partially because the coil under the 3rd and 4th strings is tilted. It still sounds good, but the look annoys me. It doesn't stop me from playing, though. It just occured to me that this pickup height issue might be what caused Glarry to offer me the deal, too! I can live with that, because the deal saved me about $30 and the solution saved a couple of bottle caps from the trash!😎 A question for you: What is the non-upgrade bass' bridge made from? I bought my bass thinking that I would upgrade the bridge, but got curious as to what I already had, so I gave it the magnet test. I found that the base plate is magnetic and therefore probably steel; to my surprise, the saddles are magnetic as well! This is VERY good news to me, since I didn't find any bridges that looked like a good bet to replace the stock bridge with. Some of the measurements seemed to be off, and most of the replacement bridges I saw seemed to lack the two upper (neck side) screws. With the base plate being steel, I feel that I can leave it alone and replace the stock saddles with brass ones. Honestly, I'm feeling little urge to do that for the moment. That means that the only things I'm really considering swapping out are the tuners. In truth, I'm not even sure that's necessary. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a DigiTech BP355 Modelling Bass Processor for a range of amplifier and effects tones for cheap money. (You can only get these used, as they're discontinued.) This pair has proven to be a regular bass Dynamic Duo! The BP has a 4-band EQ with sweepable midrange and treble controls and shelving bass and presence controls. With these combined with the decently large number of amp and cabinet simulations, I've managed to make this axe sound almost like an Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray bass, which I consider the best bass in the world. Outstanding! The price tag for all this? Around $200‼️ ALSO outstanding! I personally would recommend this bass guitar to the same sorts that should be buying other Glarry instruments: Tinkerers and techs. You made a good point about the neck's back being better after some treatment (although my standards apparently are not so high that I mind my neck as is). The issue I had with the pickup makes me think that these axes are pretty much the same crap shoot as Glarry's other offerings ... your mileage WILL vary, so be prepared. All that said, the only reason I would hesitate to rock this bass on stage right now is that I'M not ready! Brother needs practice! I'm also going to put MUCH lighter strings on it, to make it play more like a guitar. After all, once I get more used to it, I can raise the string's gauge and reset the guitar appropriately. 'Nuff said!😎❤️️🎸‼️

Thanks Trogly, appreciate the bass reviews now and then.

I have three Glarry ones. One Precision, one Jazz and a Stratocaster guitar. For the price... Solid construction, nice finish, real twins-clones of a REGULAR Fender (not a special edition). All you have to do is to change the pick-ups and strings. The Glarry sounds good but... I put Wilkinson pickups 25$ and Ernie Ball strings 25$. And because i've opened them, i shielded them with copper tape 15$ even if they don't make noise. The result is awsome and even a Fender won't sound and look better. So all in all it is a 200$ bass or guitar. Try them!

Too bad you didn't get a jazz bass to review. Glad Glarry decided to upgrade their basses a little. I had to do most of that myself (New bridge, new pickups, new strings). I doubled the cost of my first glarry, but it was fun taking it down and rebuilding it. Awesome video.

Great video! I just received the same exact bass. However, both my pickups are slightly angled towards the neck. Shouldn’t they be level? Thanks in advance! Love your videos!

I'm gonna pick one of these up. I haven't had a bass in years. For I want to do this would be perfect.

Wheee! A bass review! Thanks Austin!

I got this bass guitar case from Glarry's website. It has held up very well so far!

Would love to see you review amps as well sometime! A Rivera Clubster Royale Recording is an affordable USA Hand made amp that is just completely epic. Seems unrelated but I just thoroughly enjoy your in depth reviews.

Just y'all wait till we have a trogly signature glarry

@ionbattery

3 жыл бұрын

lol i wonder how thatd look like!!

This of course lead me to look on the Glarry site and see the upgraded Strat with Wilkinson pickups, I of course really want to see a demo/review of that, but does anyone know/can anyone verify exactly which Wilkinson pickups are being used and whether or not they are Alnico?

Hey Trogly what’s the dimensions on that thing cause I’ve been looking for a case large enough for a Thunderbird

The side by side was a nice touch.

Finally. Another Glarry on the channel.

I was thinking that about there square cases. I ended up buying about 20 of them just to have something to offer customers that hadn't thought of a case option before picking up the guitar. I'm definitely going to pick up some more they work well in shipping also. They fit S-Type and T-types perfectly.

Nice for the price, I wish there was some like that when I started playing in 1977 with a Ryan JB copy made in japan, but the body was made of plywood at that time..I still have it !

Austin. You freaken rock, lol! This is exactly what I wanted. I've got a 4 year old and a 6 year old that are starting to play.

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

Like Joe Bryant stated, the mini series is a bit more suited for smaller players. However we found out that like shoes and pants our Son quickly out-grew his mini Strat and started reaching for mine. I think that mini Strat was only played for a couple months before our youngest switched to a full-sized guitar. That lonely little mini Strat has sat unplayed and unloved in the corner of my office for the last 24 years!

The sunburst pattern is similar to the guitar/basses coming out of Japan in the 60s-70s. The figured case as well. Maybe a comparison to a Fender Squire bass at the same price point. Love your channel because we get to see guitars and basses without buying them or letting us explore them and buying them. Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz

I think you're the only American that calls a guitar cord, a lead.

@mcamp9445

3 жыл бұрын

Trogly exists beyond the realm of nation states, he’s not from anywhere

@guitarrilho502

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're the only American that calls a guitar cable, a cord.

@FlynnApollo

3 жыл бұрын

I’m American and I call it a lead. Mostly because I wire up stages lmao.

@Jester-Riddle

3 жыл бұрын

@@joebryant8500 ... not the way he pronounced 'War - Wick' ... !!! 🤣

@216trixie

3 жыл бұрын

@@guitarrilho502 haha, but I don't know anyone that calls it a cable. Everyone says cord.

One thing about that new bridge, could you convert from top loader to string through? You have the two screws at the top of the bridge to secure it, and Fender 6 screw trems are fine with just 2, so why not the Glarry?

This was a wonderful review. Thanks.

Love that fret-board. Wish they had that on the Ibanez copy they sell. Would be sweet.

I own a Warwick bass and it came with warwick strings, they feel rough but I personally like heavy strings and the whole skinnier string towards the headstock really hurts your fingers. I've upgraded the bass with fender jazz pickups and tone wise they sound really nice

@Trogly I do everything you did but use Scotch-Brite on the neck then use Tru-Oil as I stock it. I have the same thinline that you liked and was flat amazed at the figure hiding in that neck. Nothing earth shattering and very fine but it was there. FYI upgrading the thinline bridge pickup is the ticket, I liked and kept humbucker 😁

Trogly should check out that Glarry updated Jazz Bass

What bass amp do you use for these demos?

I’ve wondered about the Glarry bass. I’ve been looking to pick up one just for recording.

Nice seeing a bass vid 👍

You may as well buy a squire for a similar price.

@ericspring2033

3 жыл бұрын

who's to say a squire is better

I am in LOVE with Glarry guitars!! I currently own 5 and want more!!

@GrauFPV

3 жыл бұрын

you could have saved your money and bought one nice guitar for the price of 5 of the cheapos

@jesusninja2401

Жыл бұрын

I do too. I own their natural finish P Bass and the Ibanez version in natural finish too. Nothing wrong with them.

Although I really am not any sort of Glarry fan, this seems to be a pretty reasonable selection for a newbie bass player or for anyone just interested in having a second instrument that's a bass.

Have you reviewed the glarry jazz upgraded yet??

I came for the Glarry, I stayed for the Schism

4:25 gigging with a Glarry ?!? Never thought I'd here those two words in the same sentence. Only you Trog..

Heard anything about the new Glarry short scale 30" bass? Single coil, Vox Clubman-esque?

You should check out one of the new 2021 sterling cutlass ct-50’s. Roasted maple neck on a 500 dollar guitar.

Just when I am on the market for new guitars... Glarry releases one like they can read my mind!

Amazing value Bass. I have a fender ultra P and J Bass which were around £1800 each, fantastic bass’s but pound for pound I doubt they match this Glary for value. Good review cheers.

I have this exact model (GP2). I actually like the super thick baseball bat neck. The Wilkinson pickups are sound really zippy while maintaing that fat sound precision basses are known for. To be honest I had to put in a lot of work to get it set up right..including fret dressing, A month ago I my first ever set of flatwounds by D'addario and it's killer..wouldn't trade it

That one sounds so much better than the other one and with a little effort you can really improve the neck and fret board

What's the other bass that you used to try and see if different basses would fit better in the case? (The natural washburn styled one)

@judih.8754

3 жыл бұрын

Looked like a Yamaha. Similar to mine but active with 4 knobs.

@jadenschauer6725

3 жыл бұрын

@@judih.8754 do you know the model name?, I'm really interested in finding one at a good deal. :)

@judih.8754

3 жыл бұрын

@@jadenschauer6725 this looks a lot like a Yamaha TRBX204 or 304. That is an active model. I have a passive TRBX174EW (3 knobs) and it looks just like this except for the painted headstock. I cannot make out the logo. These are nice basses to play that don't cost much. The other option is to reach out directly to Trogly. All my best!

4 O wool may be the answer to lots of Chinese Ge-Tars neck problems, should I 4 O wool my Gretch’s neck and my Fender American. For real great sound from the man Trog!

How is the string height on this model?

Can someone please help me I have the one with four knobs on the guitar and I’m a new learner my amplifier is on but for some reason it’s not connecting to the guitar I think it’s because I played around the knobs but I’m not sure how to set them back up or if they even matter?

I'd have killed for one of these as my first bass back in the 80s. I think mine - once I sanded off the finish to refinish it in my senior year of HS - was plywood.

Great episode, Trogly! You should learn some skate or pop punk lines for the p-bass style reviews. NOFX, Rancid, a little Green Day or Blink would do wonderfully. P-bass and pick is classic punk sound. The Wilkinson pickups aren't awful and they had more output for sure.

Very underrated channel here

Judging from the gap in the case when the p-bass was in it, I think that case is meant to fit Jazz Bass style basses.

I feel like Donner is the go to budget brand at the moment. It looks like Glarry is trying to improve but idk if they are there yet.

Hey, ANY guitar without neck dive gets my attention. That's the Number One thing that drives me nuts. It's a pain, trying to play a guitar while having to hold it up. 'Nother good one, Trogly!

Did the Glarry brand exist through the 90s? I suspect that the Bass in the music dept. at Washingtonville High School (my alma mater) was from this brand. Different finish though. It essentially contains everything I had in my first bass guitar, the Epiphone P-bass copy on the market in February '96, right down to the all-maple neck. That (per chance) is the only based model I have owned up to now with a maple fingerboard. I even had to adjust to the absence of a skunk stripe, which is also absent from this one.

Have you seen the jazzmaster firebird guitar fender announced?

Can you review a heritage guitar

On the frets is that just regular oxidation? How are frets cut? Are they stainless, I doubt it. Even if you are paid to show it at least you show why it's better than before or why not.

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

It almost looks like the Bass string was rubbing on the frets during shipping. I didn't see any packing media between the strings and the frets/fingerboard. And then oxidation as well, really difficult to tell how extreme what conditions that Bass traveled through on its shipping journey.

Those Wilkinson pickups have a sort of "burping" sound to them, but I like it.

I'm getting a Ktaxon soon. I guess I'll be doing a review video because I see none newer than 2 years ago and the models have changed a bit. I'm getting the cheapest one on Amazon $59.99 plus $19.99 shipping so just call it an $80 bass.

Glary got their money. I was in the market for a cheap bass and bought one of these because of this review.

It's worth the money to get the Warwick EMP strings, about $50 for a 5 string set, do I'd guess $40ish for a 4 string. They're not as rough as the other strings. I don't remember which color is lowest level, but the two levels above the bottom are also noticeably improved (in my personal opinion, of course)

Glenn and Larry working hard!

Warwick strings are way less than 30$. They are sold for 10€ in Europe and are some of the cheapest string out there. Nothing wrong with them but with 30$ you get daddario or more.

A solid, playable instrument at this price is a big win, Especially considering having decent strings and pickups (which is usually something that must be done day one at extra cost) I don’t see a downside.

There is a Jackson Roswell Rhodes for £1500($2000) in a shop where I live Edit: I think they do worldwide shipping

I like the way you just ignored the chip in that would where the bridge attaches

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

That chip is where the pickup circuit's ground wire attached. If they don't relieve/chip the top a little bit the bridge won't sit flush against the body as the wire would sit above the body's top surface. Granted there are more eloquent ways to do that, however it is a result of the ground wire.

the necks issue is it wasn't finish sanded properly. 1500 grit sandpaper or steel wool then buff and it'll be good for life. I'm a guitar builder and cabinet finisher so I'm not just blowin smoke.

I had a glarry p bass and it was good but the body was too light and the body is smaller than fender. Bought myself a glarry strat and no issues- the electronics are cheap but the body has good weight to it. Overall a great guitar for the price, I've been playing guitar starting in 85' and play $1,500 guitars. Buy a glarry- they are great 👍

Wow Wilkinson pickups, nice and a bone nut, classy

You should try out a Hofner bass sometime!

I love good cheap guitars. It's hard to believe you can get something decent at these prices. Have you considered reviewing Harley Benton guitars?

Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!

@sconzilius

3 жыл бұрын

🤟

Oh no, He's playing a bass like a guitar. I like that Glarry for the price. I like maple. I like rawer necks, a little elbow grease and some abrasive action is no big deal. Great beginners guitar or just something you can get rough with.

def sounded better than the cheaper version. crazy how cheap they crank those out

I wonder if the newer base models have solved for the neck dive?? Can anyone comment on that?

@SnarkyRC

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The bodies are a heavier wood

@Bassguitarist1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@SnarkyRC thank you! I wound up getting the jazz II. Love it!

All for money, money for all! From Gibson to Glarry.

Wish i could get Glarry in Canada, Walmart Canada does sell them online with a huge markup but I'm not paying an extra 100 dollars

I'm looking at this and thinking that you could probably find a Squire bass in a pawn shop for around $80. Just throwing that out there

One funny thing I noticed, the carpet is still the old one in this new video lol

FYI: the Glary P-Bass body profile and shape are not quite the same as an actual Fender or Squier.

Second and I would like a glarry!!

Always looking for a good deal

Kinda disappointed this gets a review and the gold anniversary firebird just gets shipped off. I understand you gotta do the sponsored stuff to make a living so maybe there's no solution. Plus you already have a ton of guitars as a one man operation! So no hate, appreciate what you do.

That brings them in the same price range of Harley Benton, would be nice to compare them head to head.