Amazon Stratocaster TO RULE THEM ALL! Best Money I ever Spent on any guitar! 

I'm impressed. Even the amp sounds good...that normally doesn't happen with those cheap kits.

I couldn’t tell the intonation was out but I kept watching the video anyway 😁

That's a great deal, and it impressed Sean! That says a lot! Love the metallic paint job.

Great Review Brother, I Needed a Gift for Someone & This Hits the Spot ! Hope You Weathered the Storm Well, We got up to 5 1/2 inches of Rain Up Here so Lots of Flooding See Everyone Tonight at 8pm !! Live Free Or Die, From PEW HAMPSHIRE !!!

Sean, I'm freaking JEALOUS of today's beginners! How I WISH this outfit had been available when I first started out -- in the 1970s! I practiced on my solid body starter WITHOUT AN AMP for a couple of years before I got my first amp, which wasn't as good as the one that came with that Vangoa. If I could, I'd go back in time and drop one of these kits under my teenage self's Christmas tree!😎

Great day with a new Scar my Guitar video. That’s Tenderloins scary knife and wonder if he’s watching. Love that color and perfect finish. All that and even an amp for $139 . Well guess I’ll be buying my grand daughter another Sean reviewed guitar. That amp is plenty for a beginner and easy to use. Thanks Sean and Cathy &or another awesome video. I keep praying for your cutie and precious puppy ❤🐕🙏

Jeez gents...did you guys all start with Fenders and Gibsons? We were lucky to get Sears Silvertones.You have to start somewhere, and these " inexpensive " guitars are tewnty fold better than what we had.. Just sayin'.

I think these guitar companies are afraid of you. They are upping their game cause they dont wanna be scarred , Hahahaha I wondered what happened Saturday night. Wont be able to make it tonight gotta work tomorrow . Yall have a Great night.

Hey Sean & Cathy, happy to see y'all are all good, didn't see you Saturday nite. Yeah thats a nice looking guitar, i liked the paint job, sounded ok thru that little amp. See y'all tonight.

Those ceramic pickups remind me of those in my Squier Affinity Strat... not bad at all!

Another great show! Thanks for bringing all these different guitars to us. Take care..

Glue a dowel rod in the hole under the neck, Dude.

One of the best sounding cheap guitars that I ever heard out of the box.

Since Chinese folks laid their hands on CNC machines that was the beginning of harder times for expensive/famous brands...keep on rockin' man 👍

Howdy folks!

Thanks so much Sean you are the best for showing us old guys the real insides and outsides of these affordable guitars. I am ordering your tool kit listed above time to get serious Merry Christmas to you and Cathy

Thank you for the video. You didn't disappoint.

I’m a drummer and when you started pickin’ that guitar, put a kickass beat to it. 🥁”IronWolf”🐺

As a starter kit, there's a lot there for your money... Some nice little touches, bone nut, quality gig bag.. even just the name on the neck plate gives it a feel of quality... Absolutely bargain. !!!

After all these years I could use a user manual ! Maybe it would help cause I could use it !

I tried to look you up my friend but the Orlando theme parks just wouldn't let my family give me the time. Did stop by the Sam Ash out there....NICE! I'm hoping to get my kid into guitars....he's a leatherworker right now.

I know you are not a fan of locking tuners, but I would love to see you review the newer $169 Firefly Tele or Strats. I bought a Tele recently from them because I wanted to try a guitar with stainless frets. After a new set of strings, a fret polish, a minor truss rod adjustment, and a four way switch mod, this is one of the best Teles I own. Where were these cheap, playable guitars when I was growing up?

The color reminds me of Fender's "Texas Tea", but maybe a little blacker. And, "Leave now. You don't belong here!" 🤣

Hey Sean and Cathy! Merry Christmas and happy new year!!!! So I noticed that you don’t really cover and review Harley Benton’s and I have an upgraded Harley Benton te62. It’s basically a fender 1962 telecaster wannabe. If you’re interested,I will gladly ship it to you and back for a review and pay for the expenses of shipping. Let me know if that is something you are interested in

Thanks Shawn!

The finish sparkle the black fretboard the small details you wouldn't expect at that value very repectable guitar is impressive..

Other guys use a cutter to open boxs, not Sean, he pulls out the Bowie knife!

Sean I use to think the same thing about the back covers until I did a test and there's definitely a different sound when you take it off you should do a video on it gives it a more reverb sound if that makes since I keep them Incase I sell guitar put there pulled off all of mine thanks for another great video 👍

I like the Valgoa telecaster and thinking about getting it. Nice guitar.

The big companies had better watch out their quality control needs to be upped because the entry level guitars are close behind.

The Silvertone sounds just like it! I have a Peavey Rage.

The biggest issues with cheap guitars are that the consistency is often hit or miss if they ever make good ones and the long-term durability. If they will all be built to the same quality as that one then they might be a decent first guitar as long as you have someone who knows how to properly set it up.

I have a vangoa 12 string. I got it because I wanted a 12 string even though I seldom play them. It’s pretty decent. A little tinny, but for the money it’s really hard to beat these guitars. I will say that the D’angelico is probably the best value if you have a little extra to spend on a 12 string.

in a starter kit by Stagg tho the tremblock was a lot bigger and felt of higher quality alloy than on say a quite reputable Kramer B-special :) The Staggocaster was also of nice wood with a very comfy neck.. and that was a guitar from 2005.. but then again that very starter pack was over 200 bucks and with a better amp than this.

That Vangoa 12 string acoustic is dope!

You pointed out the body being "a little thick", and I was waiting to see what the scale would say it weighed.... (still waiting!)

I have that exact amp, except different coloured bits (gold face, black knobs) and it's name is GA10 instead. I bet it's one company that lets any company that wants put their own name on the amp. I don't use it, but found it at a thrift shop for $10, so why not. :)

I just got a firefly and it has the nicest frets i have seen.

Really enjoying your videos Sir! Regarding the fretboard, could it be richlite?? Or is that more cost than Ebony?

I notice you really like looking for the hole under the neck. I imagine that hole is there to hang the guitar body for painting

I believe that if a guitar god like Eric Clapton uses one of these cheap guitars in an Album, nobody will tell the difference when all the mastering and mix with the top of the class technology is done.

I've been seeing more and more Melamine nuts on the less expensive ones. Holds up better and sounds better than plastic but can shatter like glass when trying to remove.

All I can say is wow! This would be great for a kid or anyone on a tight budget who wants to learn guitar. How cool!

mannnn , Its a great time to be a guitar player.....luv"affordable" guitars....yeah man , back in th 80's when I was a teen...that'd been a 4 5 hundy buck guitar....thanx scarred guitars , Rock onnn

I like that knife with the guitar shaped handle. Never seen one like that before. Thanks for the review of this guitar. I don't know what sort of sound I want from an electric. If I decide to add an electric guitar to my collection this could be worth trying. I bought a Vangoa 12-string. It was surprisingly good for the price. I know I could get a better 12-string but it was a good addition to my other two acoustics for the price as I don't know how much I would play it.

I certainly have to get me those Dunlop fingerboards cleaner and prep, and deep conditioner for my future guitar, I can't afford one right now disabled Veteran (Combat Medic saving 4 lives, including my Commander who had a heart attack) and bedridden due to injury to back while picking up medical supplies at the VA Hospital in East Orange, NJ...

If you see the two guitars in my avatar here , there both UK based Vintage JHS guitars non big boy labels 700 US range with exchange but I would put them in the ring against the big names any day many Pro guitar players use them on tour and in the studio , the days el cheapo guitars are gone with higher cnc quality another great thing about these budget guitar's if you want to learn how to do your own upgrades maintenance on a guitar these would be terrific learning tools find some budget Alnico pickups and tuners you would have a perfect starter guitar

Hey Sean and Cathy

Me personally I can hear a difference in fretboard wood and I use the big brass block for sustain but ill admit that guitar dose sound great

I just got the AODSK strat on Amazon, holy shit it is amazing, I just put Erie balls 9-42 and did a light set up❤

Wow! that guitar is a truly Squier killer 👌👌👌👏👏👏💪💪💪

Sean, the nut absolutely could be and probably is bone. I've seen and bought them on some amazingly cheap guitars, including the two Donners I keep raving about. That after I had convinced myself that the guitars were worth buying whether I had to change the nut or not. Yet another reason to smile about a great deal -- or are they dumping these things? These days -- maybe not!

You see Shaun even the best of us can get corrected lol you’re awesome. I love your channel. Keep doing what you’re doing brother. See you later.

Hey brother, what's the weight on that Vangoa? you know what kind of wood it is?

What's the significance of the hole under the neck plate? Isn't that how they hold the guitar to finish it?

I saw you talking about this whatsit on the stream last night

Awesome kit for $, Another great Vid! Ty

What a great grab bag of goodies comes with that guitar! That's a very good kit. Now, if the guitar itself is any good...

I was playing at a pub this year, Solo on my Sire A4, my Sire S7 HSS was on the guitar stand right behind me. A guy in he’s late 50’s just stops and said to me: You really need to buy yourself a Gibson LP electric from the 70’s like i have. You would sound so much better instead of that blue guitar behind you. The funniest was, i haven’t even used that guitar yet that night and he didn’t have a clue what my guitar was. It wasn’t a Gibson, all that mattered! Maybe i would buy me a Gibson and let the 🧚 flow trough me like never before. Well i know. Sire are overhyped, but it is much guitar for its price just sayi’n. And i dang sure not gonna play better on a more expensive one. Speaking of affordable gear vs Snobs my guitar is best. Well. Its all about preference of own taste.

Love this channel. Please venture into the ukulele universe.

My Vangoa Tele-Style fret ends were razor sharp. 😮

How y'all doing tonight?

That fretboard has probably been stained black, it's more common than you think.

Excellent video! I would buy this guitar if I didn't already have too many (if there is such a thing as too many). Wish people would start using the phrase "Strat shaped object" though instead of Stratocaster...because only Fender has a Stratocaster.

just curius what the hell is that hole for love your vids i learn so much

thank you

Vanguard should put a treble clef on instead of the bass clef

I want to become a member, how much does it cost and how do it? I’m on Social Security, but I’m dedicated, I love seeing you build things and reviewing these guitars you learn so much. And I’m glad to see it passed on. I have nerve damage in my left hand and I can’t shred like I used to. I feel and ripped my shoulder out of the socket and broke my arm to boot. And I am almost blind. But I really enjoy the chats and the videos are no BS, not a bunch of drunk people cussing, we are raising our 13 yr old granddaughter and she doesn’t need to think that’s normal. I enjoyed your story about palm slapping that dude. I used to be a bouncer who tried to joke a drunk out the door. The most effective strike is a straight hand palm slap, with the heel of your hand. No need to break your knuckles. I had to take down some big belligerent dudes. People teased me about fighting like a girl. I said they might be smarter than we are?

That fretboard may be what some manufacturers call "roseacer". It's just maple that was toasted to death, really.

That looks real nice. Mod it if you want to....

You got lucky! The one i got has broke me from even wanting to learn play! Ive changed pickups,wiring harness. Now i need a fret job (looks like a drunken monkey installed the lastones with a ballpin hammer)and now i find out i did something to the harness when i installed it and need another( i think it was a bad pickup i replaced with a bad pickup) pickup.! I'm not going to put another dime in it! I couldnt afford what i wanted so I settled for less!

What’s the rotary tool you use for polishing?

I took my Epiphone EJ-200 Elvis Presley version into an authorized Gibson repair shop because it was buzzing badly. The guy wouldn't touch it; he said I had messed with it and voided the warranty because, he said, I had adjusted the truss rod. What? Adjusting the truss rod voids the warranty? Crazy. But I hadn't done that, not having spent a Luthier's worth of time on RU-vid at the time; I had always heard it was something for experts only. After some weeks, literally, of arguing with this guy, I got him to call the factory - I had bought the guitar in the retail shop at the Memphis factory. They looked up the serial number, verified it and told the guy that they had done the setup on the guitar and that's why it was low and they told him to honor the warranty. It probably took him 10 minutes to fix it but I had to leave it with him for another 6 weeks before getting it back. Point is, of course we all know that truss rods aren't so secret and here's a manufacturer, or at least a packager, actually providing instructions for it. DIY has gone a long way - in guitars and not just guitars.

4 scars

Went to your provided link to the product to find that they no longer have that color, and they changed the included amp to a 3 watt amp. Lol! Guess they figured the original deal was a bit too much goodness for their price. 😂

Just a heads up---I ordered a firefly aerosonic guitar from Guitars garden back in March 21st of 2022. I unfortunately forgot about the $286.91 purchase. They never sent it--I never received the guitar. They claim it was delivered to my home which is in a gated community. So beware to anyone ordering from firefly guitars----I've bought 3 guitars from them sucessfully so far, but the 4th guitar purchase---I got screwed.

4:00 the bag the guitar is in looks like nylon to me

Shaun, if you had to choose only one strat style guitar from Fesley, Leo Jamz, or Vangoa for overall quality and playability which one would you buy??

Strange how the amp light goes off but it still works. 17:34

Why Don't You "Scar My Bass" a few times....Glarry has been done to death, but I bet there are some other 100-250 basses you might dig up

These are okay for what they are and are meant for, but I wouldn't trade my 1990 Fender Strat Plus for one. You can't beat the real deal. I paid a lot for it back in the day, and it's worth more now. These inexpensive Chinese guitars will not increase in value. But they are okay.

The fret wires on my Silvertone had green fret wires but medium Jumbo, and planted really well. The neck is perfect and no rocking frets and the bridge is tight! It has a nice finish, you would mistake it for real wood.,it is tobacco burst. I don’t know how they got the finish that nice. I hope that you got the pictures. I am torn on whether I should pass it on to my grand daughter ( daughter) or putting an HH pick guard in it for me. The pickups are weak. I just need a loaded HH pick guard and it will be nice and she’s 14 and is as big as her full grown mama who quit drinking and is in College after 5 years in prison. That’s my fault. My temper got me some time for busting a fella up pretty bad. I take the word of God seriously now though. It wasn’t really fair though just because I cracked a few skulls . I warned them to let me be. Messed up worrld, I worked hard, but I just had a terrible temper and once that last nerve was crossed, it was time to STFU. My daughter was the same way. Anyhow thats enough lip flapping, gotta make it happen. What would Sean do? I got a 9.5 radius and Strat scale length, and good tuners. Happy New Year to you and Cathy and little fella, and the whole family here. Everyone feel free to comment on my Silvertone plywood special. I want to make it sound like a Mongeral, a loaded HH pickguard. I am not good at pictures on here or I’d put a few before and after cleaning and set up pictures .

Neck radius? I'm looking for a slide spare.

4:04 That's what SHE said.

You should have a plethora of cables capos gig bags and extra strings that comes with all them cheap guitars😂😂😂

Nowholdonjistadangminit Sean, thats a lotta guitar for a buck three nine, and you just made it better!!

Sean, Great video review. Have you ever tried a Guitar by: Tagima TW Series 500 Electric Guitars?

What about an ashthorpe SSS strat?

are the frets just glued on?

Yeah

even this cheapest kinda pickguard - the guitar will sound neat with a good amp and cab :)

How often do you get guitars you just can't let go of?

Gotta start somewhere.

About the off brand stuff, I don't know what to say other than I'm sorry for being a cork-sniffer. My son bought a guitar on Amazon for one of his little girls, a Strat copy--maybe Ivy, I don't know. I felt real bad for him and for her. So I picked it up to play when I was over, and oh my goodness it played real, real nice, and sounded just fine too. And then I wanted an electric 12 but couldn't afford the Rickenbacker I wanted so I got a sub-$100 solid body 12, "Saratoga", and yeah, it is all I could ask for. My only real complaint is China's nasty practices on the supply end, slave labor, etc. But off brands are so often pretty darn good.

I was in the live but comments don’t show up for some reason.. but of course I liked it… I dig this strat style guitar I have a single cut out LP style.. ole. sparkles definitely sound like a strat to me… even with that manginah V symbol. 😜 🖖🏻🤘🏼

A bit of death angel- room with a view on the clean sound??

And groove guitars off of eBay

GreaT VIDEO very cool

That's not a knife.. Now that's a knife!

That looks like a fesley head stock.