THE WORST (AND BEST) IMPORT GUITAR BRANDS!! 

Wouldnt it just be regular insurance, since a car would just get battered and never die if they take Care of themselves, but if they pop a tire(break an arm) it would either be car insurance or regular insurance. I hate that i discussed this drunk while watching it

They should have both. Question is, is it health insurance or car insurance?

Property insurance?

I crave a KH 601 purple sparkle!😻

Health and life insurance. Car crashes would be like breaking bones.

Because it's shit 😂

poop!

Even music man is missing in this tier list

@@Axlrad17😂. He covers sterling around the 10 minute mark (sterling is THE music man import brand).

Damn I screwed up badly 😂 "Let us all just don't talk about that"

harley Bentons are way better....plus they offer most models as lefty. squire hardly any...

@@1972Georges Harley Bentons are unfortunately not widely available in stores compared to Squier i have to place an order overseas if i want to buy it and i can't test it and feel it before buying so that's already a major turn off but it works for beginners who just wants a cool looking guitar since they have no understanding of feel yet

@@DarkSwam56 I play since 35 years 😉. The guitars are the best you can get for for money currently 🤷‍♂️ they are made in the same places as the other brands. They are also a very good platform for modifications since the built quality is spot on. I own several HBs.

@@1972Georges They just had their 25th anniversary so...

Theyre called Artist or Joyo in Australia, @@DarkSwam56 - Monoprice seems to sell a lot of their stuff under other brands in the states.

Jackson a little underrated....I play typically Jackson and schecter, and think schecter earned their spot.... they had some qc issues a little while back, but gather that's been fixed. Jackson, maybe not s, because like he said, not as loaded in premium parts, but having a schecter and Jackson, for two mains, yes the schecter is loaded out a little more, both in the same quality range in pickups and overall sound, but if you're into does, yeah you can do it with the schecter, but the Jackson is miles ahead of it in that territory, and Jackson has always come out of the box setup well enough to play, which I haven't had so well with schecter. Also, after having the misfortune of a schecter splintering at the neck, and seeing wood quality firsthand, that goes to Jackson. Ibanez i would put lower almost based off the fact, if you want something that sounds good, you're going to dump money straight out of the box, whether you pay 200, or 2000, unless you get one with Fishman..... their stock pickups are trash, and the dimarzio sound terrible. Lower ones, I'd go with schecter.... they're solid enough to use as baseball bats, you can get emgs at a respectable price, or even lower, schecter has respectable pickups that sound good for beginners. I'm partial to Duncan mostly, but will say, if I had to choose Duncan designed, rather than the real thing, or schecter pickups, I'm going with schecter.

@@williamkramer9731 The Jackson JS22 is so great for the money, love the natural oil finish too as it allows the wood to breathe, I actually practice unplugged most of the time so it makes for a great unplugged sound and feel playing it. All it could really use is some eventual hardware and electronics upgrades, it'd be a great option for anyone that wants a few different sets of Bare Knuckle Pickups(as they have such a variety of great and unique pickups) on a guitar that's good enough to warrant them. Or of course there's guitars that allow for quick swapping pickups but IDK if it could necessarily work with BKP it's just something I remember seeing.

@Brian S right now I'm rolling the sl2 and it's awesome for the price..... though not much of an actual value fierce from what my schecters had in, the versatility of those Duncan distortions far and beyond. I was amazed the clean tones were every bit as great as the heavy. I also have a dk2s laying around, that needs a little work, which I'm hoping to soon get to... it took an accidental bump that still makes me want to cry a bit, though repairable.... couple paint dings, I can live with, but there's also a ding in the fretboard, and need to get it a new Floyd and sustainer switch.

I have a Squier CV Starcaster, and oh boy I love that guitar.

_Some_ or most Shchecter's are great but some can be very, very bad.

Well he said it and I agree. PRS refuses to put locking tuners and many SE's got crap nut. You swap nut and add locking tuners and you got hell of a guitar.

@@SilentCosmicNight with all due respect, you're simply wrong. the bad nuts are on pre-2018 guitars and the newer ones have more than adequate nuts for the price. at that point back in 2018 and earlier, lower range of PRS SEs (standards) were 400-450$. trust me, people want quality at the lowest price possible. people that want locking tuners will get locking tuners, people that want high end nuts will buy high end nuts; but these come at a cost. for most people, even the old nuts were fine and if they weren't, most would prefer running the strings a few times through the slots and adding a bit of graphite, than paying extra. also, guy claims PRS SE hardware is bad. well, that's also false. bridge and tuners are way better quality-wise than on guitars twice the price, as well as a lot of aftermarket stuff, including from big brands like Fender. sure, there were some bridge issues on some SE models (if I remember correctly, ~2012 fixed bridges), but this guy mentions multiple times in this video that he's talking about 2022 lineup. the list is utter trash, and highly subjective; having brands with quality issues and lacking consistency higher up, while brands that produce some of the best guitars for the money, way lower.

More expensive Squier and Epiphone actually use fender and gibson hardware. PRS SE uses really cheap electronics, cheap tuning machines, basically the whole thing is made in Indonesia by WMI, it's truly an OEM made guitar. Just not worth it for the price when you can get a classic vibe squier for $400 when the PRS SE with comparable quality is $800.

For sure. I’ve currently got a Schecter SLS Elite, and it definitely is S tier. Killer guitar !

U did

It helps when we buy the brand that the guitarists we like play.

Never had an LTD but really love my Schecter.

I've never had a bad Schecter. I also really like my LTD EC-1000

I think the sound of a gretsch is so niche, though. You know if you want one or not. I wouldn’t suggest it to most people

@@Augrills I actually disagree, I've got a Gretsch and I'm able to do blues, jazz, indie, garage, surf, new wave, alternative, rock, anything other than metal honestly, the filtertrons are kinda just souped up single coils so if you throw it in front of a dirty amp they really shine

@@asdasdae I’ve never played one I like personally. Beautiful guitars and there’s stuff you can only do with a Gretsche. Just my opinion

@@Augrills that’s absolutely fair and your opinion is valid, I do find their quality to be very hit or miss even on the more expensive models but c’est la vie in the guitar world, right??

@@asdasdae I’m a believer brand don’t mean a thing, it’s the guitar you pick up. I’ve picked up Fenders that are trash and my favorite guitar I own is a Fender too. I’ve picked up Schecters that buzz like hell, and then I’ve got a PT that’s like a Tele and it’s one of the smoothest, fastest guitars I’ve ever played. I’ve played a couple Gretsches at guitar center and my buddy’s dad plays one for his church band I programmed his digitech pedal for him so messed around with his Gretsche a lot. It’s a well constructed and beautiful instrument, but I just don’t like what I can get out of one personally.

I picked up a B-206SM, the spalted maple 6 string bass you see used all over the place, and it is probably the nicest bass I have ever played. Not that I've played a ton of different basses, but this thing is fantastic. It's an absolute beast of a bass guitar, and it plays like a dream.

I have 13 guitars, IIRC, and only one is made in the USA. It is, oddly enough, the cheapest of them all, a one off Gibson SG with one humbucker done for Guitar Center in the '90s. And they didn't stay in tune then either. My MIK Epiphone Explorers, one Hecho en Chin Explorer, and a MIK SG are all just as good, from a fit and finish / QC perspective. My newer Ibanez from Indonesia, aside from some sharp frets, great. That's the long way of saying I agree with your comments about the country of origin. Modern CnC techniques make it so anyone can churn out decent guitars with a little work.

​@@amandahuginkiss6868honestly I kinda see cheaper guitars as projects regardless of origin. For learning to play they're kinda barebones but to practice setup work and modification? They're great.

Same. Last 5 Player Series I've had, all post 2018, were duds, with appalling fretwork.

I have an American standard and I’ve never seen cleaner frets so everyone’s mileage may very

yes exactly! its like they put razors in the fret ends and shipped them out. bowed necks, dry fretboards, weak pickups, and horrible tuning stability are what I associate with fender MIM. im yet to play one that was made after 2005 that didnt completely suck

i have only had one and it's the only MIM i've ever played, and it's incredible. It's a 1994 model though. A college student was wanting to sell or trade it for an IPAD, so I made the trade, the guitar belonged to her dad who left and it sat in a case in the back of the closet since 1995 when he actually bought it, he never took the time to learn how to play, it's in perfect condition and for a traditional strat (which I'm not a fan of) it's pretty incredible.

I won't buy any of them....I like to invest in something that doesn't lose value, but also is top notch....I have nothing bad to say about Squier, but will agree with a lot of fender branded being subpar for the prices. Personally, if I'm to buy another fender, I'll go on reverb and buy a Japanese.

PRS SE in B tier is a joke they play better than Gibson Les Paul studios that now MSRP at $2300 in canada let alone epiphones.

Should be in the A tier at the very list, but personally I would have put it in S tier, not sure I quite agree with it in the B tier. Quality wise, the SE can beat even Gibson and Fenders.

He put Chapman above prs.....that says it all.

Yup, I have an old C-1 Custom I got back in 2010. I'll never part with that thing. Just did a narrow jumbo refret on it so it should last me another 15 years at least (refretting a guitar with binding is such a pain in the ass). Schecters have always punched well above their price point.

I still have my c-1 classic, love it. Although once I got the hellraiser that took the crown

I have 6 Schecters… 2 of which are C-1 Classics… Some of the best guitars I’ve ever played and have been a great price compared to the typical big timers.

PRS SE is definitely better that Epiphone.

I have epiphones but talk about fret and switch issues? Love em but PRS SE is better and more consistent. And their tuners And nut are fine.

As a longer term fan of Jackson, I have to disagree that they’re underrated. Don’t get me wrong, you can still absolutely get a gem of a guitar at pretty much any of their price tiers, but the consistency has really fallen off, and as you mentioned the specs, especially of the higher end stuff, just doesn’t compete well in todays market. Fenders really let them wither on the vine and it’s sad to see. They seem to be at least somewhat trying to breathe life back into it, like with the USA soloist line and the MJ series, but even then they’re expensive for what you’re, getting so we’ll see where it goes. I’m hopeful, but not holding my breath.

Just got to Hunters view of where Jackson is after I posted my first reply and funny enough were of the same mind lol. I love Jackson and hope they turn it around, but as of right now brands like LTD are eating their lunch to the point the last two guitars I’ve bought were 1000 series LTDs

i love jackson js32 dinky.

I own quite a few Jackson Rhodes X-Series guitars that were made at the indonesian Fender plant and they are quite amazing for what they cost actually, I have also modded them all. My favorite being the green fret inlay one with swapped out black hardware (real floyd, upgraded block and springs, locking tuners, and stainless frets).

If SEs had available satin finishes and didn't bother with binding, I'd probably pick one over my S2 Standard.

I’ve seen those at Sam Ash and I’ve wondered about how they hold up over the years, good to know.

Are the necks super thin on Solars? I can't find info on neck profiles anywhere.

Has a Damien once before and man it just felt a bit cheap especially electronics wise, toggle switch was always messing up and volume knobs felt super cheap even though they weren’t even push pull

@@AdamManley7 do you mean that as in flimsy? If so that could be a QC issue. My Schecter had a wiring problem where the switch was reversed and so were the nobs. Nut also was filed in too much which made weird overtone sounds on the guitar(when you bent the string you would hear a weird “ding”). Sent it in and they fixed it for free and also sent me some candy lol. Currently my favorite guitar other than that.

i really like Schecter! i think their designs are nicer than ibanez, on the whole. (personal details other people might not care about or feel the same way on) schecter > ibanez that being said, i recently picked up an ibanez acoustic i really really like LOL. kickass amber flame, concert size, shortscale. sounds amazing. but yeah my comments are mainly for electric, guitar and bass. : )

I wanted a PT Special in the worst way but they were seemingly made of unobtanium for a long time.

I love my schecter but I do agree with the pick up switch acting up . But it plays smooth .

It's a weird thing-- Hisatake Shibuya owns Schecter in whole while he's one of three owners of the ESP empire. Schecter is operated as a completely separate company to ESP, although there's some odd crossover-- an example would be that back when Schecter made Prince's "Cloud Guitar," a "Sugizo Signature" model that was almost the same thing (but with a Floyd) showed up in the ESP Edwards catalogue. There IS a "Schecter JAPAN" which is a separate company from "Schecter USA" (the Schecter that most people know) that seems to be a subsidiary of ESP, and is building their guitars in one of ESP's old factories and is doing its own thing separate from ESP even though it's under the ESP umbrella. But ask anyone from Schecter USA and they'll tell you the two are completely unrelated.

ESP, LTD, Schecter, Wylde Audio, Navigator, Edwards, Grassroots... Yeah, they know how to make guitars!

@@NotBCT ok

If they're your thing, they're definitely awesome. Not so much for me, but my one buddy loves them, and they sound great for what he's playing.

oh yeah and my first guitar was a squier hm strat one of the old 80's ones omg i still have it and love it.

When you get the more expensive guitar, let's know how it stacked up against the HBs. I have several HBs too and they are equal or better than my $1000 guitars.

i have a ltd viper-1000 from about 2010. It is an excellent guitar for about 1000 €. Locking tuners, seymour Duncans and thin u neck with rolled off fingerboard. The neck is what sets it apart for me. a lot of detail and you can set the action really low with standard tuning without too much fret buzz. I am thinking of getting eclipse 1000 in the future.

I have the black L7 from Sire and I've been playing their V7 bass since early 2019. I've played about everything on this list and will throw Sire on the top of all of them. Their best value is probably the S7 FM, but I'm a single cut guy too and it's still better than every single cut I saw on this list.

My fgn telecaster is superb, absolutely flawless

I don't think they're considered "import" tho. Cause Fujigen is basically the company that builds Ibanez Prestige models. In fact, all of the Fgn models should be Made in Japan.

@@minstrel9806 If they are being brought into the US, UK or any country other than Japan, they are imported.

@@real_fjcalabrese they're not. That's not what import means for instruments. An instrument is considered an import when it's produced in a factory which is not the company main one. Schecters are imports, epiphone are imports, LTD are imports, Solar are imports etc. All FGN guitars are built by Fujigen Inc themselves in Japan, so they're not imports.

@@minstrel9806 It seems that you're confusing outsourced production with import. Most outsourced production items are imported. FGN's domestic market is Japan. If something is being sold out of it's domestic market, it must be imported into the nondomestic market.