Unique, AFFORDABLE, and ROCK SOLID! The SLICK 54 from GFS. 

So glad you mentioned EVH, he was the inspiration to most of us 💔

Always love the cheap guitar reviews.

I like the "no tone knob" deal with these guitars, and if they came "undistressed", I would already have one, just because I'm an Earl Slick fan. Phantom, Rocker and Slick was an awesome sound at the time, and still is. Even this century the guy has been doing good stuff. Way underrated.

this slick guitar was on my radar for some time. I love the simplicity and quality. I don't even mind the relic job. by the way, cool playing, great tremolo picking and chugging, which I enjoy watching when done right. thanks

Max I love your videos because you stay true to the good affordable guitars. I have been looking at the Slick guitars. Thanks you so much

Just picked up the trem version of this guitar based on yours and Phil’s reviews. So much fun to play. Keep up the great vids, Max!!

Hey max I love your show and your side arm humor when you do an unboxing of a new guitar 🎸. Good stuff and keep rocking your a kickers guitar player.

It's a great time to be a guitar geek! So many good quality axes at budget friendly prices! Thx for all the insightful reviews!

I have a few guitars from GFS, really been waiting for the SL51's to come back in stock . Thanks Max, they really are cool guitars.

I'm glad you mentioned the neck profile on this guitar. No mention of it on site. Been thinking about buying the SL60.

Looking and sounding top class - like yourself, good sir. And that ambient sequence......wow! Fabulous tone.

Been subscribed forever but still love when a new vid from you pops up!!!!

Great review, as always!

I love my Slick 51 T-style guitar. I modified it with a set of 920D controls with a 4 way switch and it sounds absolutely killer for all styles of music.

Your reviews are descriptive and well rounded man! Good stuff.

I've been really considering one of these. Great vid and thank you so much for mentioning Eddie. He pioneered the single humbucker, single volume hot rod Strat. You got a lot of class Max.

Max, your string muting game is ON POINT. Jesus, even Eddie had some hand noise on his legato runs and tapping fills, but yours is just SILENT. Serious props man, not my style of music, but so good to make me turn my head.

This reminds me of the Kramer Baretta Special, which I bought by the way, because of you Max, and it’s great. I see no reason why this wouldn’t be a great guitar too.

Holy SHEET! Mike Jittlov in the background there!! I remember watching his 'The Wizard Of Speed And Time' animated short back in 1986 at UMASS! Awesome stuff! I thought there were only a few of us who knew Mike actually existed!

Excellent review. All the info you need, given succintly, with brilliant playing to boot. PS, I own the SL-60 - great axe! With ash bodies now in short supply everywhere, the Slick line is a bigger steal than ever before.

It's awesome that you're checking these guys out! I have a couple of Xavieres that I found to be of shockingly good value despite the price. The 2 that I would suggest are either the PRO820, which is a basic Tele copy, as well as the XV-825, the "Keef" model. That one's very cool- it has a mini humbucker in the neck position- great on its own, or the right routing for a P90. Both are tele style, but I can say, I think there is a ton of value in the Xaviere line.

Great review Max, that Slick 54 sounded awesome on all the settings, that's great value for money 😀🤘🎸🎵🔥🔥🔥

Hey. Glad you did this video. Yes, if possible, please review Guitar Fetish stuff. I personally bought a vintage strat-style trem and a GFS Electronics delay pedal. Happy with both. There are some Slick reviews out there, but not many Xaviere reviews. Darrel Braun recently did one. I would love to grab a guitar, but since I can’t play one first, am relying on what’s out there. Thanks, man. Great channel.

I purchased an SL54T a few years ago and I love it , great playing guitar and great tone .

Great video! I'm glad you finally got around to reviewing the Slick guitar. Anything from GFS reviewed would be cool. How about a hard and soft shell case review?

I love that shreddy ass fade to the intro. The guitar looks so nice and that kinda antique look is so niiicce. 👌

Nice intro, quick and professional.

I have a sl50.tele took out of the box put 10s on it.took a bit of wood out in front of the bridge for the strings to pass easy.set it up...that was it.keeps great tune .I've giged a couple of blues gigs with it...super happy

Hey Max, love your channel. Based on this video I decided to check out other Slick guitars. I’m going for the Slick SL59 Aged Sunburst Single P90 Pickup model. Psyched to rock a DC guitar with a single p90 and volume and wraparound bridge. Thanks for all the great content and be well 🙏

I love the no nonsense approach. Looks cool sounds better.

I'm just learning about Earl Slick this is a very cool looking guitar reminds me of a lot of my ovation ultra GS that I just put together circa 1985

I have several guitars with gfs pickups, used their brass block bridges, and Wilkie tuners . all good products. Love the crunchy pat humbuckers.

Got to give you props man..You play really well...

Such a big fan of what you do and people like you have inspired me to start my own youtube channel

I love bare bones guitars like this. I'm currently playing a couple of old 80's era Yamaha SE150's that are almost exctally like this, same exact shape, one humbucker in the bridge and one volume pot, painted headstock, etc, less options than even a Telecaster. I'm allergic to options! I'll consider one of these for sure. Also have a Strat with a set of the GFS quickplug Goldfoils installed.

Another amazing review

Im really liking this one! Reminds me of my old single humbucker Peavey Tracer that I owned way back when. Just added this one to my wish list

This guitar sounds very good especially at such an affordable price! And of course another great find by Max! 👍

Great review of this guitar brand! Max should do a video of his workout program.

I love guitars that look like this, with the bare minimum necessary And man, your vibrato is beautiful damn you're playing like a monster

The for me the coolest feature of Slick guitars is definitely the recessed channel that the bridge sits in, it’s an understated feature that really shows the quality and forethought put into the design

You should do a build. I think that is the best way to showcase how awesome they are. Maybe even a factory buy out sale run. Have a good one max!

I bought the SL59 two years ago (same guitar with a P90 in it). I dig it!! It is a solid, no nonsense guitar.

That intro was so sick😷🤘🤘

I find it awesome to find guitars like this quality and that low price. Play guitar should be a right and not a privilege.

Thanks Max.. I have gotten a copuple new guitars because of you.. Hope you got your cut.

I've been playing one for 2 years. After a setup, it became my number one and my Les Paul is spending a lot more time in the case.

Another fine job Max.. I recently got an Xaviere XV870 on the memorial day clearance sale.. all traditional USA spec bridge with wide string spacing.. and I have to say.. I like the neck.. well finished.. and a full thickness body to boot.. I may swap tuners to locking but it rips.. nicely done.. how about giving the XV875 a go Max?.. its a HSS config.. the newer ones have the plug and play pickups as well... Cheers..!!

Niiiiice. Love all these affordable options you show. I noticed there is a "metal" headless guitar by 'Eart' in Amazon for under $300

Hey Max, your gear reviews have led me to quite a few purchases over the last year and also opened me up to taking chances on super affordable guitars. Have you ever considered reviewing a "Badcat". I picked one up on a whim and am stunned out how much I love it.

Great review. Classic one humbucker shred guitar looks.

I purchased a SL54T from Guitar Fetish about two months ago. It is the same guitar except it has a vintage style 6-screw tremolo (with brass saddles and block). I don't think the non-tremolo version is available any longer and there are only two colors in stock for the SL54T currently: Black Ash and Vintage Sunburst. I have the Black Ash and I love it. Instead of a relic finish like the one you reviewed, the Black Ash is stained and has no clear coat or sanding for relic effect. With its unfinished neck, tilt back headstock and minimalist design, this guitar gave me flashbacks to my old Kramer Baretta that was stolen many years ago. It was the original one from the 80's that was endorsed by the Guitar God himself: RIP EVH. The Baretta had a Floyd Rose locking trem but they are such a PITA. I was glad this guitar had an old school trem instead and of course a Floyd Rose would've raised the price significantly. I swear the stock Alnico V 9.2K pickup in the SL54T is much better than the stock one I had in my old Baretta which I replaced with a Seymour Duncan JB back in the day. I had planned to replace the pickup in this one with another JB, but I'm holding off on that because of how much I like the sound of this one. I was also really impressed with the setup and fret dressing of this guitar. Not at all what I expected for a $240 guitar. The frets were polished and dressed nicely. My only complaint about the guitar is that the tuners aren't the best, but I replaced them with locking tuners as I usually do on all my guitars. After a $60 set of D'Addario Auto-Trim Locking tuners (which are awesome btw), I'm very happy with my $300 guitar.

I liked the pickup, crunchy with a nice pick attack on the upper registry. Overall it seems like a good value. Good review

Opening solo is SICK!!!

Hey Max. Love the GuitarFetish stuff, very different and a site I think many people are interested in. Got some of their PAF style pickups back in the day which did a great job on my Epiphone Les Paul Custom to help give it a bit more bite to the sound. But I'd be really interested if you got some of their gear and made a build out of their gear (particularly their XGP bodies and necks that look ready to go). The video you did back with guns and guitars was one of the best and I think revisiting the build concept with just GFS stuff could give an overall look at their range of stuff for us guitar nuts. Cheers

My first guitar as a Teenager was an HH Telecaster Clone, in Metallic Red. Loved that thing. Over time the electronics gave way, things started falling apart. I replaced pretty much everything but the wood with Guitar Fetish Parts for ~175 - 200, and LOVE the way it plays. I had a local luthier go over the neck (I'm not that brave, yet), and I'd put this bad boy up against anything in terms of a Rock Machine. Maybe you could do that. Take some Off the rack super cheap guitar (the Lady Luck cost me $149 in the early 90's), and replace all the bargain bin parts with GF Parts, and give it a whirl.

Just stumbled upon these at guitar fetish. Searched "Slick Guitars" and found your video. Without knowing anything more about them, you, or Slick guitars I'd love to see some more reviews of some of their stuff(SL55 with the GF'Trons??). I love the idea of cheaper, no-nonsense, stripped-down, utilitarian instruments that anybody can own that can still pack a punch. They're claiming to have that over there. Let's find out. **Liked/Subscribed

Kickass licks as usual dude!

I would like to see you make more videos on affordable guitars like the Slick SL57 & IYV & EART from Amazon plus anything else you may have up your sleeve! Thanks great job!!!

It is amazing how people can produce guitars for low prices that are amazing

" The Wizard Of Speed And Time " ia a fab film. All old school efx!

I've also had the single pickup guitar. Great!

I've got a few Slick's in my arsenal (teles/strats). I'm 55 and cannot recall getting a guit of this caliber back in the day as affordable. I honestly did not know much about E Slick but it was the specifications that sold me. PLUS: When ordering from GF, I always include a message: send me a good one.

GFS products are great! I have the GFS Fuzz pedal, and Xaviere Semi Hollow LP in Charcoal Grey. Great sounding stuff, the Xaviere only needed a tuning job, fresh outta the box already intonated perfectly. stretched the strings out, super sustain and great sounding pickups made by GFS as well!

The only time I ever saw a Slick guitar was on the Unprocessed music video "Abandoned" Nice looking green strat. Never again until now. May have to check 'em out

One of favorite guitars in my collection is an Earl Slick model by Phantom Guitars. It's an amazing player and pretty barebones for an 80's guitar...one humbucker and a kahler trem. I'd LOVE to pick up one of these Slick guitars as well but it may have to wait a while as my hours at work have severely suffered due to Covid 19. Thanks for another awesome review!!! Dang...had to edit this post. I like the fixed bridge but not really interested in a standard trem. Crap. Maybe I can get lucky on Ebay at some point.

Wow awesome sounds great 👍😎🎸

Actually I knew of these guitars a long time ago but every time I went to buy one they were sold out. Unfortunately no sale today on this one but it reminds me to go check them out. You have already made me buy 3 guitars this year. So nope no more this year but will try to remember slick again for next year.

I have the strat-style version (SL57). It's a great guitar. I took it in to get setup and the guitar tech that I use had never seen one. When I picked it up he said he was pleasantly surprised and told me that it sounded great. Like the guitar Max reviewed, it is crazy heavy for a strat-style guitar and is really loud acoustically. It's heavier than my Hamer Special FM, which is a double-cut, Les Paul style guitar with a mahogany body and thick maple top.

I have that exact same guitar! Love it.

Love these!

Hey Max I have a SL51 bought early this year I love it sounds and plays so good. Awesome guitar for the money - Like you said there more like 600.00 to 1,000 guitar quality. Earl is doing us right he's a very cool dude and great guitarist (blues based)

Ash body + Alnico 5 - very sweet combo, and my favorite.

Love Earl Slick and these guitars look and sound like rock and roll

I have to say,that pup is sweet. Very tight rock tones....very tight

I own an sl51. I use it as my main guitar, so fun. Also the SL54 Comes in two flavors one with a trem and the other with the wraptail.

I bought a Slick Tele in February. It's made out of swamp ash and fender parts are interchangeable. The pick ups sucked, the frets ends needed to be filed, and I had to adjust the neck. I replaced the pickups with Nocasters and did all neck stuff myself. NOW i have a guitar that sounds as good as any Fender Custom Shop and plays better than several custom shop Tele's that I've pickup. I knew going in I would have to do some work, that was actually a selling point at $250, if I ruined it so what. Now I LOVE LOVE LOVE this guitar. I also changed the controller. Not sure if that had to go or not but for $100 it was worth it. Oh yea I also learned how to work on a guitar too. If you want an inexpensive relic and you like working on guitars definitely buy one, or two or three

I have a xv500 charcoal from guitar fetish delivered To canada! "Yes" and it arrived in perfect shape. I love it. has zebra pickups and a super cool sound on the neck for creamy tones.

+1 for The Wizard of Speed and Time. Guitar sounds good too.

The guitar sounded great! If you want to rock at an affordable price then this is the guitar to do it with. Life is good!!!

I totally dig this guitar!!!

The double cuts are among the sexiest barebone rock machines I have seen. I play with the idea of getting one for years now and couldn't justify it until now but damn... These guitars and their aesthetics really scratch an itch for me.

Been wanting 1 of those for awhile! You should fo sho show us some mo of the GF stuff!

Great review which I found very helpful. I think the Slick Guitars are brilliant in themselves but also in value for price. I wish though that they had a non-reliced version for those like me who prefer a clean look. Would have definitely gone for this one in Telecaster rendition.

I've been trying to find reviews on guitarfetish instruments. Please do as many as possible. I'm really interested in their acoustics...I know you don't do a lot of that, but could you bro. I love ya and respect you, man. Thanks for all you do. To all of y'all, subscribe to this channel, he deserves it as much/more than anyone.

I have the red one with the trem. It rocks 🤘 Hey Max put some yellow stripes on that beast....

I have an SL54T , I love it !

Great solo. Hints of Warren DeMartini , and Lynch. Guitar looks veeeerrry interesting indeed.

I have the "surf 90" pickups in my tele parts caster. They sound great. Love the qwikplug design. Hoping to get the Slick SL60 (2 p90 double cut) when they get restocked.

I need more of that intro demo at 0:30 MORE!

Never heard of it but i do love that single pickup single volume look

Guitar nice, all that, yay. The f'kn WoSaT Laserdisk in the background? Now THAT is epic!

That's sick man I like the tone

Looks cool! Im not a big HEAVY weight strat fan but it looks and sounds fabulous

Guitarfetish are extremely underrated. i had one of their Jazzmasters 9 years ago and it sounded incredible. Their pickups are top notch and very affordable. I also played of one the Doublecut Slick guitars with P90s, and it played amazingly well. Those Slick P-90s might be one of the best P-90s I've ever heard on any guitar.

I never saw an adjustable wraparound bridge. Cool! You probably will be shocked what the price is at Guitarfetish.

I have one of their Tele clones from their other line of guitars (Xaviere), and I've been very impressed. Their pickups are top-notch for the price

That brass wraparound bridge is really great i have it in a harley benton dc junior fat and the guitar is much better now, more sustain and great tone.

Just got one of these used for around $100. It's unbelievably good for that amount of cash. It plays as good as my telecaster that costs around $2000.

I have 3 of those Slick SL-54 guitars in my guitar collection!!! I got them really cheap for $189 back in 2014 when those guitars first came out on GuitarFetish!!! They are pretty good guitars for that price point!!! I was shocked and quite impressed when I first got hold of a Slick guitar!!! I like the one humbucking pick up and one volume knob Stratocaster guitar body configuration!!! Simple guitars work best for me!!! Nothing to get in the way of my creativity! Its like a hot rod guitar right out of the box!!! If your a player that could care less about fancy looks and fancy paint jobs this is your guitar! Also. These guitars make good platforms for modifying or learning the basics on guitar repair!!! 🙂☺😊☺ The guitars sound amazing!!! You may have to make adjustments to the bridge or adjust the action a bit depending on your own playing style!!! I am more of a rhythm player and not much of a shredder or virtuoso on lead guitar!!! So this guitar suits my needs perfectly!!! Its so cheap!!! I can spend more money on getting a good quality guitar amp !!! ( EVH 5150 iii or a Mesa Boogie or a Soldano)!!!! Or a Marshall JVH!!! Those amps are very pricey!!!