I Was Skeptical... But The New SBS Guitar Models Are UNDENIABLE! 

Compared to the garbage quality budget guitars that we had when I was a kid in the 80s, this is superb.

I was waiting until they did a solid finish guitar . I got one . For the price you can't beat this guitar . I am impressed .

Looks like they've changed the listings to say, "Neck- Roasted Solid Flamed Maple with rounded edges". Great video, as usual.

Love the channel! Killer descriptions of SBS guitars.

Great video Max! Your demo was awesome! I’m loving the purple strat! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great that they're listening! ❤

I have purchased a lot of stuff from GFS over the years, P90's, gold foils, humbuckers, wiring kits etc...etc... and been very happy with the quality for the price. I've never bought a guitar from them, but I'm confident they are a good deal for the money as well.

Thanks Max. You rock. Good work as always.

Thank you for clearing this all up Max... I was one of the overly critical people who didn't care for their use of the term "Real Deal" Floyd and I believed from the wording on the website that the neck was just a finish and wasn't actually roasted. I was up in the air about this or the Squier Affinity with the same Floyd and I ended up buying the Squier because their messaging made it clear the neck was roasted maple.. That was the deciding factor, had I known these are actually roasted I may have chose differently as the Squier was $469.00. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Squier, but these SBS guitars definitely embrace more of the 80's shred feel and design. Thank you again for clearing all of this up!!

Great review as always! We live in such great times in terms of guitar build quality per dollar spent. I looked at Guitar Fetish when I was looking for a Tele-style. It came down to them and Michael Kelly. Although I went with the latter and love that guitar, I like the GF Slick series also, especially the modular pickups. Anyway, at these prices, I can indulge myself sometimes. Your channel is always a go-to resource. My last purchase was a Westcreek Revenge (Explorer-style) which one of your videos helped sell me on. Another awesome axe! Keep up the great work!!

I bought the showroom model SS260 gloss black because of your review i was impressed. I got it today still impressed, it sounds so good. Thanx !

Hey Max, you have given a tutorial on how guitars should be reviewed here stellar job.

WOW !!!! Absolutely love the yellow 🎸🤘🏻. I think I see a new guitar arriving to my home very soon. I'm not a Floyd Rose guy but, dude that yellow is sooooooo fn AWESOME!!!! Great review Max. I seen these and was hoping you would do a review. No one has done a video on these until now. Thank you for clearing up all the confusion about the SBS guitar. I wasn't sure if I was going to purchase one but man I gota get the HH yellow one even though I'm not crazy about a Floyd Rose bridge. 🤘🏻🎸

I purchased one and made a few modifications…. That I recommend you do to make it incredible… brass tremolo block for Ibanez edge $29.95, red noiseless tremolo springs $9.99 and Floyd Rose turbo tremolo arm $19.95…. The turbo arm has the Allen wrench built into it…. So for changing strings you always have your wrench… the mounting mechanism is better too… the brass block and springs make it feel better and sustain longer. I also put tremolo stops on all floating bridge guitars… just for set up ease… once it’s intonated and set up, the tremolo stop gets backed off and the bridge is full floating… that’s completely optional but it really helps you quickly intonate and dial in your guitar… I highly recommend these guitars … they flat rock !!!!

Another great video Max !! Great shredding !! 🤘😎🤘🌴☀️🔥🎸🔥🎸 Keep On Rock'n & Roll'n!!

Always a treat, Max. Thanks. These look and sound great. Wild value.

Beautiful playing… and man am I tempted!

Great guitar tone. Another awesome review!

Of course now after I bought my green relic one last year, they come out with the yellow one. Here comes another one... Damn I love yellow shred guitars. I'm 56 and people always ask if I'm stuck in the 80's or something. I say "yup; you had to be there".

How an option without a floyd ,a hardtail version... and how about humbucker bridge and single coil neck... and maybe an orange color option..

Badass dude! Great content as always 🤘🤘🤘

I bought an SBS guitar. I was very impressed. You can not build a guitar cheaper than you can buy this one. It plays great. I love the fact that the pickups are Kwik plug. If they are not your cup of tea, you can change them out.

Oh yes! I had a feeling it would take a year or so. I will definitely buy one with Jumbos and Gloss now! Keep rockin Max💯😎

Do I really need a 5th super strat? Heart says yes, wallet says no 😂

I think that will be my next guitar. The yellow highest end one. Great review Max!

Who are the people who 1) know what a Floyd Rose trem is by name 2) know that there are multiple tiers of Floyds, yet 3) are expecting a top-of-the-line Floyd on a $250-350 guitar!? These guitars seem like they're great value and cool for the price, but people are raging they're not equal to a $1,000 axe? Budget guitars now are insanely good deals compared to what many of us grew up on. Thanks for the info!

I never thought that one day,...I would really like the PURPLE finish!

I’ve had them in my radar lately but have been reluctant to pull the trigger on one. This video really helps.

I still marvel over my $200 Jet, it's so nice. Incredible value today below $500 or $600. 👍

LOL! Great impressions of the Jersey salesman!! Thanks Max!

I was thinking about SBS guitar nice 👍 thanks you 😊

Just got the blue showroom model, love it! I put a trem stop just to stabilize the bridge. I too use 9's. Just a cool guitar. Cause alot of interest at my local music shop where i had it set up. Thanks Max. It was your review that got me interested, and when they fixed all the initial hiccups for lack of a better term, I pulled the trigger, it really wasn't no brainier.

Thank you Maxx you really cleared up a very important note about how it is listed, the FINISH word on the roasted maple necks really throws me for a loop as well. And it is sad that we would need be so precise because the way manufacturers ripped people off in the past. This is great insurance to know for sure, because without that i would not buy it. Thanks to you i can now buy in confidence. Thank you so much max and SBS for making such a good guitar. If they keep the price the same, i am sure they would dominate this market. Because even jackson and ibanez resorted to using that molding fretboard wood we all hate on thousands upon thousands of guitars in this price range, it was very hurtful to see with a shape like the jackson warrior. Well i have had problems with non original floyds in the past, so i wonder if truly the floyd rose special is as bad as they say? How long does the knife edge hold up before it chips? i have heard much good things from a licensed floyd that i like to use. Well can we case harden the baseplate of the 'Special'? i am shall just machine one out of 4150 heat treated steel if it doesn't work out.

Wish they had 24 fret models!!

Great break down on the Floyd Rose stuff. And yes, it is confusing. Too many versions of the FR. The licensed one on my Dean ML Dime Shadow is pretty bad. So bad I just won't play it until I replace it. I have a FR special on my EVH wolfgang standard. It is actually ok after some tinkering and adjusting. But, I think I am gonna try a Gotoh 1996 soon in the Dean. If that goes well, I'll put one in the EVH too. Gotoh is made in Japan, there is one version, and I only hear good things.

The purple finish is scrumptious 😈😻

Are there any 24 fret models? Congratulations on the video, Max!

I purchased the green version. I don't know about the "stiff" floydish trem. But after removing back cover, I see there isn't a lot of room for trem block to move. I did not compare to relic offset I also have. But I'm planning on routing out wood a bit to give trem block more room for dive bombing.

I bought a metallic purple strat style showroom floor model. I really liked it! Out of the box it played great. The only thing I did after playing it for a week was put my favorite 9 gauge strings on it. The guitars ship with 10’s on them, so there wasn’t much setup work that needed done. Again, great guitar in my book.

Really cool guitar! I like the reverse headstock plus it’s a super strat!

I bought one awhile ago. Upgraded the bridge and tuners. I like the feel of unfinished necks so I sanded the back of my neck to bare wood, no color change, its not a finish. Max is spot on about these guitars and I will be buying another.

Thanks again Max …great insights & playing 🤟🏼⚡️ SBS 🏆

I got 3 SBS had fretmills done on all three and now they play amazing. Lowest action just like on my Masterbuilt Jackson’s and Charvels. I find myself using these at shows we play

Wow, looks amazing!

I have the Red relic version from last year. Out of the box, needed a set up, new strings. I added a brass block and the string retaining blocks in the bridge needed sanding since they were too smooth to hold the string. After that, killer guitar....

One thing I saw immediately on both of these guitars (the purple one has it worse than the yellow) is that the strings don't sit centered along the fretboard, meaning that there's a misalignment from the bridge or neck pocket, making the low-E quite sit far from the edge, but conversely the high-e is pushed right to the very end, which will make your string slip each time you do a pull-off.

I got a red vintage model last summer. What a killer ax. At any price, it's a monster. It does have the smaller frets, so imma try to get one of the showroom versions this year.

These guitars are insanely good for the price. I got the custom model in arttic white HH with the reverse headstock. I had a chrome original Floyd and chrome gotoh tuners laying around for a while that I’ve been wanting to do something with. For $259 I figured what the hell, and took a chance. The generic Floyd Rose was okay, it worked. When I swapped them I couldn’t believe how good it played after a little setup tweaking. The neck feels awesome and is really flamey. All the hardware is chrome now instead of black, but I kinda like that better anyway. I also had some jazz bass knobs that I swapped out too. I think they look better too. I also blocked the Floyd to dive only. That’s just a personal preference. But I just can’t get over how well it plays and sounds for $260. I had planned to swap out the pickups too, but It’s not a priority. The stock ones sound fine. I am going to get rid of the gloss finish on the back of the neck and do the Ernie ball oil/wax thing. Now I’m curious about what the $100 difference between the custom and showroom models gets you. The Floyd is probably definitely better, but I’m wondering if the neck is better or they’re the same. Or if the alder/poplar body makes a difference. If the Floyd on the showroom model isn’t as good as a Floyd Rose special I’d probably go with the Custom model and spend the $100 on a better Floyd Rose if the custom and showroom models both have the same neck and finish quality. I’m not going to buy a showroom model to find out. I don’t want another Floyd Rose guitar. I have a love/hate thing with Floyd Rose guitars and everyone I’ve had I’ve always traded or sold. I’ll keep this one though.

I like the yellow one, the sounds so amazing. With Froyd Rose Special edition, you can ride out while listening for sure ;)

Nice videos! I do have a couple of questions. Is the fretboard a 20’ radius? How about the neck thickness?

A real help would be a comparison to Harley benton. I myself am debating between one of these and a Harley Benton Fusion 3, and I'm still not sure which will be better. Thoughts?

hey man so whats better the harley benton les paul long scale with the floyd or the sbs showroom? which one sounds better with a cranked tube amp on shred and chugs?

I love the resistance of them.

Love the 22 frets for those neck pickup tones, delicious! If I was in the market I'd consider these.

I'm wondering if they still have the offset shredder that they came out with and if they improved it?

At least they finally started fully painting their guitars, might actually take a look now, lol.

How is the set up out of the box - any fret buzz? You say the frets are smaller - I assume they are smaller than jumbo and/or close to medium jumbo? Thanx!

Would be cool if they released a version of these with a fixed bridge like a Hipshot or Hipshot knockoff like Jackson uses. I would personally rather have a fixed bridge than a cheap 'licensed' FR or the lowest of the low end 'Real' FR bridge.

Was checking these out. At this point my budget is very low. Deciding between the SBS custom & the Harley Benton model with the Floyd. I want a 2nd guitar with a Floyd to back up my Mockingbird ST.

Is the pickup routing on the purple axe off kilter? The spacing between the top of the pups seems wider than the lower portion.

I just put together a parts caster and used the same pickups from the HSS version of this guitar.

that intro was a great shred fest

Heading over to the Guitar Fetish page now, see yuh!

I don’t trust them. I got one last year and it was undoubtedly the worst guitar I ever played. The neck sticks a whole inch out from the body, making it feel weird. Worst part though was that the fret work was EXTREMELY poor!!! Lots of uneven frets and dead spots! Also the neck felt weird and fat not like a good neck, but more like a 2x4!

Hey Max, Can you explain why guitars with a trem and locking nut have a string tree or string bar in the case of these guitars? Thanks!

The yellow ones Body shape is the Jackson Soloist shape and the Purple is the Charvel san dimas shape. It is not very difficult to see these are modeled after Charvel/Jackson and the neck spec's even have the same .750" at the first fret and .780" at the 12th fret. The exact same as a Charvel. What i would do is get the one for $259 buy a Gotoh 1996T trem for it and a set of Duncans and that thing would be off the hook for under $700!

I’m going to have to get one now

I have been watching these, maybe it's time to grab one.

Maxster always finding things for me to spend money on :)

I noticed recently that some of the listings on the GFS site have changed a little. For what it’s worth, it looks like they changed some stuff and the necks are actually listed as “roasted maple necks”

Maxx I have a true 80s super shredder I want you to check out and do a review on please ?

IMHO the best bet would be the VS260 then add a few layers of lacquer to it.. coat of clear, polish good to go .. wonder if they'd give up the paint code so we could do this.. not really into the relic'd bodies but its alder is attractive.. jumbo frets, whatever.. or leave it rub oil into the wood that's exposed will darken it up significantly, polish that oil in, burnish it.. its like the old Charvel CSX bodies. more square whatever long as its contoured . . .

Yep, you cleared that up nicely, Max... thanks for that. First, I hate the color of roasted maple and find it sad that it's now a "trend". Second, I'm pretty sure GF is just a distributor and don't know much about actual guitar construction or quality, and lastly... I'd never spend a penny buying one of these. Good video though.

They look and sound great. Why do I like the look of pickup rings so much though? I guess I am an old dude

I have two charvel san dimas pro mods but I'd really like to try one of these to compare since they seem like thats the market they're gunning for. They look like a real ripper. If GFS does a single humbucker model, well.. I'll probably buy every color.

I almost brought the purple relic one with reverse headstock, I absolutely loved it, however I started seeing some of the reviews and videos was definitely concerning. I might give these a second look, I'd still prefer the relic purple though, for some reason it's the only relic guitar I actually liked lol.

Where is the link to the flord rose arm upgrad you mentioned putting in description ?

LOL, I JUST LOVE THIS PART!... 22:52 I WOULDN'T EITHER BRO!

There is something very wrong with string alignment on the purple guitar, you can see it especially higher up down the neck where 6th string is much further from the edge than the 1st, and the 1st is too close to the edge. Other guitars don’t have that problem though, and just generally speaking they are pretty awesome.

These guitars are advertised as having a 20" radius for the neck. Floyds are usually a 12" radius. Do the D and G strings feel odd on these? I'm wondering because I had a guitar that had a 16" radius and it had a Floyd with 12" radius and the middle strings didn't feel right. Usually for necks that flat having a bridge with individual saddle heights is the way to go because then you can just follow the radius and it feels great.

Oh my God! Hahaha “If I was a nice guy…”. Very appreciated! Head-slaps are funny. And seriously, thanks for the video. It was very cool how you straightened out the confusion issues and clarified the FR levels. You bad, boss! Thanks

luxurious hair! What products do you use?

So they list the neck radius at 20 inches... is it really 20 inches??? I was hoping for 12. Does anyone know what the true radius is???

What is the radius of the neck? I was reading some specs and it said 20° radius? Must be an error.

I like the guitars. But I wish Steve would have been more involved in the marketing for these. And if he was, oh boy.

I'd be more interested in these if they came with an HSS or HS pickup configuration option and a non locking trem

Good to hear that they started actually using jumbo frets instead of just saying they are

That yellow one would make a nice platform for a VH Bumblebee, or even better that Purple one in Yellow and ur even closer to a VH

I'd like the yellow one, but in purple! For that amount of money, you could buy a better bridge, and upgrade the wiring, and maybe the pickups, and it would still be cheaper than a lot of super Strat's? I'd have stainless steel frets put on as well.

max, you got to get the Harley. Benton guys on this we need these guitars in europe solid colours we have enough flame tops.. . Max fusion mk2

I like the purple one.

I love Max’s fake angry outburst about the necks

I block off my trems, so the purple looks like an awesome candidate as long as the licensed Floyd doesn't cut strings at the saddle.

Wow...nice one sir....how can get like that sir i love the yellow one sir

Another great video. It's become normal for nice guitars to be affordable!

They need a metalflake blue sparkle finish One...

You are nice, and I'd gladly take the yellow one. Or red one. Jumbo frets way better and the yellow one sounded better in the review for some reason? Idk if the pick ups are the same quality? But the yellow had a much better sound.

The thing uys... I do have the money for a Charvel. And I've been wanting a San Dimas for ages... But I keep thinking this year they'll finally start giving them contoured heel joints... But they don't! 🙆‍♂️ They do on the Dinkies (got one - they're great)... and they have just started to give the slightest corner off on the 24 fret san dimas Japanese and relicced ones... But I want a San Dimas...standard. With a contoured heel! Jet guitars are doing a really cool one. And now SBS. But neither seem quite up to standard... I think I'll buy Charvel and just deal with the heel...

23:00 Max, what would've rounded out the family photo nicely is a nice broadsword. Just sayin' 🤔

I totally dig the Battleship Gray model 2 H.B's. Just looked at their website. The offset models are cool too. Might have to think about that soon. Thanks Max!