The Six MOST IMPRESSIVE GUITARS I Have Reviewed! 

I really want to you thank you. In 2023, I went through some rough times. Didn’t make enough money to pay rent, had an unplanned pregnancy then miscarriage, tons of debt. I sold off just about everything to survive. I was able to get a sawtooth because of videos you made. I’m still using it today. One day I’ll get the fancy stuff, but you showed me I can still play nice things without sacrificing much.

Ngl we really need a hardtail version of your signature guitar. It would be a instant buy for me and many others. You nailed all the other specs, but floyds are a bit of a niche thing. Please make it a reality for the people.

This is the kind of video I've been waiting for.

great video. i think you should do a video of your favourite guitars that cost under $200.

I bought a Harley Benton Fusion III last year and it is an amazing guitar. I love it. My other two top faves (this week lol) are my EVH black and white Striped series and my Ibanez RG470DX the seafoam green one. The Ibanez trem on it is just a work of technical art. Superb guitar at a really good price point. And the colour is STUNNING. Of course this list will change next week lol. 🤘😎🤘

I love those two WW2 airplanes. Enjoy your videos.

I am happy that I am alive and get to watch you Max!

Great video max! As the owner of a few of those and a few quite expensive guitars, I’ve done the same thing you have on a couple of them swapped out the electronics, a bridge or two, and they value is really incredible and I play them every bit as much as my guitars that cost over two and $3000. Sometimes it takes just a little bit of tinkering, also hopefully get people into working on their own guitars to get to know them and get them to play the way they want them. Always appreciate you.

The Firefly Mad Cat is my latest...so thank you.

Remember when there was just a handful of brands worth considering, and a cheap guitar played like a cheap guitar? Us guitarists live in special times now.

Why wasn’t this called “The Six Most Impressive Entry Level Guitars”? Tom Sisson

I have one of those Jackson JS 32 V's natural wood. Love that guitar

As far as budget guitars Eart is king. They started the budget ball end stainless steel revolution and give you a professional level instrument at a ridiculously low price. The necks and bodies are as good as anything out there and are awesome mod platforms.

I love this man's playing

I have the Vola and it's fucking awesome

So many guitars I’ve bought because of what you had to say about them, and not one was on this list. Not one 😡

Tellin' it like it IS, MAX!! I too, visited Jin @ AIO (after S2 purchase). Really worthwhile interaction. He HAS cracked the code for "High Q/Low $$"! Now VOLA is indeed "Next Level" for that. Bought a 3-Pc Mahogany Luna on which I installed a "Dimebucker Set". It's just NUTS! Suhr/Caparison design/build quality for UNDER $1K! "Indie MIC eBay" is Rockin', too. Scored unbranded "58 V Repro" and "Parker Fly Concept" for c. $250 ea! Can U say: "Modding Budget"?

The best guitar I have ever played was a Parker. I was so light and practically played itself. Just beutiful.

i like that eart tele however, i prefer humbuckers that have p/u covers.

Was that a baby??? Max??? You’re a dad? Congratulations!

Hey is that sir guitars a lot shirt for sale somewhere?

The AIO gold top!! That's one of my favorites!!

Eart tele is really good looking for a tele. But I'm bias just don't like pick guards

Lower end guitars have definitely came a long way

Awesome. AIO and Harley Benton are a great value and the construction is very good. Gotta go with P38- wish I had Dick Bongs bird. They finally found his lost P38 lost in a valley in the jungle in like New Guinea. twin boom construction. gotta love it.

It appears you dusted off the Mustang GTX100 for this one, well done. Still love mine.

I have a lot of guitars and since I've gotten it, the Sun Valley is the one I've been playing the most. It's also the only one I own that I haven't modded (although I'm going to add a killswitch next time I change strings).

I love my eart t380. I bouvht it because of your original video. Its been 👍

Ooohh those Jackson JS32 series guitars are superb. I have the white Randy Rhoads V and the natural wood finish superstrat one. The necks on them are amazing. 🤘😎🤘

Thanks for reviewing the Rhoads'. Seems like most gurus tend to favor round bodies.

Ive had a js32 dinky 7 years now. Pretty solid. Im starting to be ready to move on from it. But its served me well. I had a rhoads js32 but i couldnt get into it. Too neck divey and the fretboard was way too flat for my liking. Had alot more issues than the dk did too. But i get it, for 300 youre not gonna get a great one everytime. Sold it to my friend, he likes it. Dude got a js32 rhoads with emgs for $150 lol (friend price obviously)

Hey Max love your Videos!! When you come next time to germany.Lets have a cup of coffee at Thomann!!😂🤟🤟

I was going to ask your thoughts on HB and Firefly but see it's already been asked a lot... So another direction... Your buddy the Bald Shredder is always enamored of the Leo Jaymz Monsoon. Thoughts? Have you ever played a Keipro? Shijie? Fugizen/FGN? Fernandes? Tajima ( Brazilian)? California's Legator? You asked in your closing comments, so "wish granted". Great video and thanks for sharing!

Love the P-38

I have the Sun Valley SS Exotic and Vola RV TNC 😁

Hey Max i know this is off the topic here but you have mentioned a few times on some of your videos that you get your awesome tones sometimes from using a cheap Blackstar ID Core amp and i was wondering if you could buy a Mooer Baby Bomb power amp pedal so that you could hook the ID Core's headphone out to the baby bomb power amp and run that into your 412 cab with it as i imagine that cheap ID Core would sound killer through a 212 or 412 cab and would love to see and here it if you would be interested in doing such a thing, and yes I know most headphone outs on amps usually sound pretty bad but i hear Blackstar amps actually sound great thru the headphone socket so that would be the quickest and easiest way to hook up to a big cab without having to take the Blackstar apart and wiring an ext speaker jack onto it and very interested how it would sound thru the headphone out going into a big cab or into the effects loop return of a proper amp to use that amps speakers as your cab for the Blackstar and with the latter setup you would not need the Baby Bomb power amp as the Effects loop return would then just use your professional amps power amp to amplify the Blackstar tone thru its 112 or 212 cab or head thru a 212 or 412 cab, dont know if you would be willing to try it on video but I would love to see and hear it, just make sure if you use a baby bomb pedal do not hook into your amp with it only a cab with the baby bomb, however by using the headphone out thru another amps effects loop return jack no baby bomb needed cause running a baby bomb into your amp would probably damage your amp so if you use a baby bomb that is to power a cab only never into an amp, anyway thank you for your great videos Max

You chose very awesome budget friendly options that you review. I know you are a shredder but do you not think a semi hollow would have been a pick? Especially since you are the one that let me know about Firefly.

Schecters are killer guitars and sound amazing. I have a few different of the sun valleys and the blue and red reign apocalypse. My favorite is the Banshee Mach 6 with the ultra thin neck.

Got two HB T-style...worth 5 Xs their price or more. Amazing value. Even Roswell's sound very decent. Have two AIO T-style (including the neck-thru shown here but in Tele).....amazing setups!!! But, crappy finish... both AIO's were blemished bizarrely all over the place but all minor stuff. LOVE my AIOs...with boutique pups they are exceptional in every way!

Guitar MAX ... You have LONG HAIR .... I proud of you!!😁

I had a JS-20…from 1995. The jagged fret ends harkened back to Aztec swords, the tuners had a ratio that clearly tried its best to equal 1….the pickups were the finest magnets that ever graced a refrigerator. The bridge….outlawed by the Geneva convention…nearly disintegrated after three years of hard use. I replaced it with an Epiphone that was so terrible it was almost immediately discontinued. After 7 years, finally, a Soloist. And I loved that guitar. 800 used. Shimmed locking nut. The point is (finally) that I am willing to bet that every guitar on your list played as well as that, or better. I look around and see young players eating at the adult table and eating good. Buy a Les Paul if you want! (Or if you can 😭). Or get a Fesley or HB…and be able to look little Timmy in the eyes and tell him, “Yes, son. You are getting that kidney.”

Thank You Max ⚡️🤟🏼🏆

How do you feel about the P 61 Black Widow? Max I bought 2 guitars that you reviewed, a Fesley FLP 350 and a Westrcreek Revenge both great guitars. I also have a PRS Bernie Marsden. That Vola is killer!

Hello my friend! I was hoping to see a Firefly on the list. I have 6 of them, and they're all very good. I also have a few from Guitar Fetish as well. Very happy there too. Gibson and Fender better be paying attention.

Cat at the end there 😂

Great video Max, thanks 👍

Fantastic Max. Thanks for sharing this list with us. I would definitely like to try that Schecter out. It looks absolutely killer!!!!

The Schecter rules hand's down!

Me I'm a Corsair guy . And Jackson guitar is cool too.

The EART T-380 pretty much impressed me with the first chord. It's got so much clarity, but with grit.

Alas, no Fireflies -- 6 of my 11 are FFs. I like that neck-thru Strat alot, though. Very pretty and sounds great. I never did ask you: Did you build that P-38 back there?

Great video Maxx as usual. Always enjoy your channel. Hope you and the family are doing well ☮️❤️🎸

I bought my first guitar (HB fusion II) because of Max's video. I love that guitar! For future videos I would recommend Sire guitars, they also make fantastic affordable instruments and I have never seen them featured on this channel.

You were the reason I bought a Slick SL54 (T). High quality and pretty unique specs for a "bare-bones/no-nonsense" axe.

Amazing video. Look at all those shred machines! 🤘😛🎸

Thanks Max

Until now, it really puzzles me, how can these brands give so much features for so little money!

Hello Max, Several years ago, I attended The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Rickenbacker Field in Ohio, home of the Tusgee Airman. It was Mustang Heaven! I have a photo of myself and my best friend standing in front of the "Forked Tail Devil", Glacier Girl. Thanks for the reviews! Shalom/gw

I love your videos, and wish some of these guitars were sold in a manner i could afford.. Maybe someday. I do own some nice guitars at the moment, but nothing like the ones you review. I am re learning how to play all over again after Flat Lining two times on an ambulance ride just over 2 years ago. I am grateful I am still here to listen to all your reviews .. Thank you.

If you ever get a chance to check out a MIJ Killer guitar well, that would be Fo'Shizzle

I wouldn't have included SBS! I bought one of their earlier models, and the issues were not just about taste. I immediately noticed that the fretboard was 1" off the body, so the bridge was raised incredibly high! The worst part though was the fret buzz and dead notes. I initially thought it just needed a setup, but after taking it to not one but two guitar techs, I learned that they sent a warped neck with uneven frets from the factory and that repairing it would be another $150 out of my pocket!!!! I had to return it, which was really a shame because the case it came with was far superior to even some of the better Roadrunner cases I had!

I own a 1969 gold top gibson ..les paul delux. Mini Humbuckers. I have owned it since 1971 . Mint condition. What do you think. Solid body. Finish is just beautiful.

I'm with you on the P-38 & P-51.

Thanks. 🤘

My understanding was that Vola was able to drop prices by going direct to consumer and doing away with dealer margins rather than anything else?

Hope you will check the entry level Yamahas

Hi Max, I bought the Eart after watching your review, mainly because it looks stunning , not to say your playing was not the usual high standard but it is a great looking guitar at a great price. I am sat here watching this review ,waiting to take delivery of the OZ in blue , another stunner , first seen on your channel. While I won't stop watching the channel , I need to give the credit card a rest . :-) Thanks for great content

Thank you, Max. I appreciate that they are all budget guitars. If you have not arleady done so, can you do a video of your top 3 favorite guitars (not that you necessarily reviewed, but your favorite guitar to pick up and play).

Is there amy noteable difference between the first and second generation SBS guitars besides the frets? Are the necks the same? I have a first generation one and like it quite a bit, by the way.

Only thing that bugs the hell out of me is when a company makes a " neck through " and doesn't make the upper frets accessible!!! Meaning the top of the neck thick E string !

Earts are so good. I've been buying them for five years now...they play as good as my Ibanez prestige it doesn't make sense

Got the T380 and playing it tonight.

Yeah. P-38s are pretty sweet.

I’d rank the Vola number 1 out of your Bakers half dozen.

You should have been slightly more accurate with the title of the video Max and added the word shredding to it! I don't like shredding but still watch your vids. You must do something right! 🙂

I can’t believe it’s that long ago but about 15 years ago I used to build my own guitars. Would get most of my parts from Guitar Fetish. Never got a bad part from them. They are a really underrated company.

I have a raven neck through super strat.What do you think of them please let me know Thanks 😊 17:40

Love seeing these, specially the ones featured before I subbed. My most expensive instrument is a Schecter Diamond Series C-5 Bass (I'm mostly a bassist). My other 2 basses are in the $400 range and my 2 guitars are in the $200 range (Firefly and Squire). A Bari Guitar (Firefly) for... $200. And then I have a Bari Ukulele (Kala) I bought in Hawaii for... you guessed it - $200 (Add $80 for a nice case to get it home to MD safely. Yay, airlines. Sadly not Hawaiian made nor Hawaiian wood, but at least it lived its entire life in Hawaii after manufacture.) The Schecter C-5 was ~$1k market, but it was a gift from my parents when I was a teenager and learning bass. They got it on sale for ~

Dude, awesome video!

I bought a used Saito S622 a few months ago. It's the best guitar I've ever played. (Since 1988)

Glad you included the SBS. Best deal for the 80’s shredders. Sooooo, do you wear that BK crown ever? lol

P-51 Mustang Gold Cadillac of the Sky. Chance Vought F4U Corsair Whistling Death it was pictured, but you didn't mention it. Finally, the forked tail devil lockheed's P-38 lightning. When do you review them? 😅

How about the Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, F7F Tigercat, or the Goodyear F2G Super Corsair w/4360 corncob radial? 😉

I feel you can make any guitar sound good 😀. One this I wish these types of videos would cover is the sound system setup that you are using.

Great job max thanks always for what you do for all of us on here bro

Wow! My guitar made Max’s list!

...That's because anyone who knows anything knows the P-38 is the coolest frickin' plane ever.

Could you show the names of these guitars onscreen? Some obscure stuff here. Thanks!

Love the Burger King crown 🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸🔥

The Slick sl 54 fr 5 years ago my fave fiddle ever! have many more expensive fiddles byt always my go to. Love it and the alnico 5 pickup love the channel man.

Prediction: Schechter E-1 FRS on the list?

I really enjoy your content but anyone who puts Harley Benton on a list, under no circumstances, can be taken seriously. This is not a bad post, Your content is always topp notch, just this one point. You still have great content and good interest in your other videos. Before anyone starts chiming in, yes Id rather stick to one guitar for year until I can buy something really decent that throw away money on HB's. ANd yes I know its personal prefrance, but I also have my prefrences. If you have money to save , Fender (Japanese then American), Gibson, Ibanez RG/Jem/Prestige, FGN and then Tokai. Have heard G&L are good as well, never played one.

How about the six best pointy guitars?

Beautiful Hallicrafters S-38A Receiver behind you! Are you a Ham operator? 73 W9BBR

Please and thanks Hey do some guitar reviews with guitar straight into amp no effects

Would have loved to see an LP style guitar in the list. There had been quite a few amazing ones on the channel

I don't have a Fusion but my Harley B is a great stock sounding Tele but when the HB Superstrats came out they sure did crack the code.

Super helpful

one more thing. i would love to see the finishes on guitars as pickguards. that would be so coolio.

Can't believe you left out the Burny LP with the Floyd Rose and sustainer.