UNDER $200 For This BEAUTIFUL and EXOTIC Guitar!? (never heard of this brand...)
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2022
- This is the Volgoa VLG-6 guitar that I bought on Amazon for $180. With prices ranging from 150 to 200... the specs on this guitar are crazy cool. I've never heard of this brand before (not to be confused with Vangoa)... but let's plug it in and do a full review.
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!
Merry Christmas to you and yours Max. Thank you for highlighting a great cross section of eclectic and affordable guitars for another year.
Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, and good luck with the album.
Tim from Oz.
I'm loving how often the uploads have been coming!
Surprised no one has commented on how good those pickups sound. Very PAFish in the cleans, lovely tone
They sound crisp, don’t they?
Lots of them too eh?! 5 Pick-ups?!?! I've rarely seen that on an electric guitar....
I literally went and ordered this guitar as soon as you mentioned it in this video. From what i can tell online amazon is sold out of this exact color way and set up of HSH the gloss fretboard is super iconic . It arrives in the mail today super excited to play it when i get home . Your a huge inspiration to the guitar universe because most people cannot afford the really high end guitars but i feel you find the best ones for a crazy price like this one … i really enjoy watching your videos max !
Please give us an update after you play it a bit.
@@losmazeman bro an amazing guitar the frets the fretboard are amazing pickups are hot but definitely have some great tone to them I definitely recommend this guitar to anyone max found a hidden gem definitely!!!!!!
@@jeremysanchez4963 Thank you for the update.
“Literally”?!?!?
As opposed to figuratively?
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Probably the nicest looking budget guitar I've seen in a long time.
Man, it's been a hot minute since I've picked up any of my guitars, because when has been crazy, but watching that shred has me excited to start playing again.
WOW That thing is beautiful! Love the budget vids!
Awesome find ,love a guitar that has all the latest features ,at an affordable price ,it's hard to believe the price ,that has got to be pretty close to cost ,for sure ,and that riff you played after kicking into overdrive ,as well as the solo was inspiring !!Thank you for another great demo !
Have u bought that ?? Should i also buy that
@@JaSsiSandhu-zg2tn That's your call ,for you to decide ,it's definetly not a bad choice, I personally let the color of a guitar catch my eye ,and every thing else has to follow, the price ,the tone potential, etc.,etc,good luck !!
@@edwardippoliti626 Okay.. are u using this guitar ??
Nice review thanks. I have an Ibanez GRX70 and the body has the same graphics. Not convinced about that fret board and thought it was a little odd the bridge pick-up was louder than the others but for the price point you really can’t argue and as you say looks amazing
Awesome vid sir, been watching gorgeous a while now. Got excited about a few of these bargains, but never pulled the trigger. This one got me. Ordered the blue HSH. Be here on the 30. Thank u Max. Happy Holidays.
I ordered the Telecaster style version. Same color, but two pickups with a coil split. It's coming tomorrow and your video has me even more psyched up for it. There are some negative reviews regarding the electronics, but for $150, it's worth a shot.
Awesome guitar, max! 😎🤘🏻🎸 and Merry Christmas. That is a nice looking guitar. And it sounds awesome for the price.
Just ordered one...was looking for another super strat!!! Great video
Like the roasted maple neck and roller truss rod. The Amazon site mentions it has carbon rod reinforcement. Pretty cool. Be interested in a later review of guitar after you have had it for a while.
Bought it! Love your reviews, keep'em coiming
I was doubting pulling the trigger on this since they only have 3 stars reviews, but I'm glad you did a review on it. I've been wanting to order their tele version.
Don't do it. It won't hold a tune.
Cool! I've got a Volgoa headless guitar review going up tomorrow. Fantastic guitar.
This is the only one I kept, returned 2 other Volgoa models. What do you think of the pickups? Mine were slightly misaligned to the strings. Also had to dull the fret ends, no ball endings unfortunately. But decided to keep it - headless for this price and stainless is a keeper
That guitar really packs a punch for the price range. Awesome demo
That is one gorgeous guitar! Put one on my list. Thank you for sharing!
The ball end frets are must-have for any guitar I’m going to get going forward.
Thanks! I just ordered the Volgoa GTM-01, it's more my style, great looks, specs and diversity on this one at a much cheaper price with the coupon.
I added it to my guitar shopping list. GAS is a problem. Thank you for contributing to the issue.
The neck heel looks like it's carved pretty closely to a prestige or j custom.
I have a couple Starfield (a single year run, 20+ years ago) that have the same heel.
It's an excellent shape and actually enables an ease of play on the upper frets that goes beyond access - when you're reaching you don't feel a square-ish heel/plate pressing into the palm of your hand; I came to like it so much I basically created a "heel comfort" category in my mental assessment list to help me decide whether or not to keep/buy/replace an instrument...glad to see it turn up in a range that even beginners can afford - you'll be a lot more likely to practice more if your instrument plays well and sits nice in your hand.
That looks like it has real potential. Very nice for the first impression. I wish when I started playing we had all the options for well built and great sounding affordable guitars. I'm just a hack amateur guitarist so I love these affordable guitars to this day and that is what I look to buy to get all the guitars I want. I appreciate your reviews. But I think what we are all wondering though is, did you get the teeth whitening foam and how was it? When is that review coming?
Yeah I got lucky, my dad gave me a 81 MiJ stratocaster, but my main is the new Squier paranormal custom Nashville Stratocaster. I don't think it could have a longer name lol so you know it's good 🤣💀
No really it's good.
Great breakdown on the details of what you get for under 200. That fretboard sheen is amazing.
I’m wondering how tuning will stand up to trem usage and to dropping down to C or even A.
I’m not a fan of humbuckers unless they are being played kinda like they way you play, which isn’t how I play. Lol. Of course.
The pick ups sound like the alnico, wax coated HBs in my Pelham blue 335 which are the loudest and quietest pick ups I’ve ever played (I mention the Pelham blue because exactly - a guitar has to look a certain way for you want to play it).
First... it's gorgeous! And you are absolutely correct, a guitar that plays well and is that pretty, is going to make you want to pick it up every time you walk by it. Second.. I'd love to see apply the same approach to affordable amps. I can afford and have a couple decent amps, but the lower priced ones these days are pretty awesome. Third, Merry Christmas!
Not really the top isn't flame maple its just a paper print stuck on and cleared in I had 1 mine was a plastic body mine split apart needed a re-glued and when I took it apart wasn't worth the effort I chucked it in my shed and its been there ever since it played OK pups were not to bad
Got badly burnt with "marvelous" Harley Benton crap of guitars. WHEN will people learn there is NO free lunch on this world ??? It was a perfect scam. The YT reviewers got perfectly set up guitars and mine way unplayable out of the box. Some even apologized afterwards. Save, get yourself a good guitar and enjoy. Buy cheap phone and good guitar. MUCH more fun.
Merry Christmas!
@@panan7777 not all cheap guitars are junk. I prefer to buy used name brand and sometimes b stock which is even hard to tell its b stock, bought a few LTD's that were new b stock and are amazing!
@@panan7777 never had an issue, I've purchased 8 guitars from them & never an issue.
Oh yeah I'm getting one. That stick is beautiful and sounds amazing.
I like the raw look of no frames on the pickups, reminds me of Eddie's Frankenstrat which is never a bad thing
Absolutely agree about your point about the look of the instrument. A guitar you want to pick up and play is … surprise … a guitar that gets you playing!
Looks don’t equate to tone but man they really do matter.
Are you going to do a review on the teeth whitening foam down the road? Good one, I hit the like button after hearing that. Honestly I'm intrigued, didn't know that existed and now I want to try some. Love the channel, Max, happy holidays and keep kicking sweet ass as usual! 🤘🎸
I would have flipped if that had been available in the 80's, as a teen I traded a dirtbike for a no name crapcaster 9000 that was slightly less fun to fret than a chain saw let alone play (kimberly guitar)... Got a budget Ibanez last year for Christmas, and now LOVE to play guitar again! Keep up these good reviews!
Right!
Those 200 Ibanez look sweet. Hard to pick this up over the quality name of Ibanez
My biggest gripe many years ago with cheap guitars, out of the box, is a lot of them have certain pickup positions that are only tonally useful and strong in one area only. From what I heard of you playing it clean it doesn't sound like it has that issue. That right there made me thing '... nice'.
Yeah,but this dude could make pretty much make anything sound good.
He’s like Andy the pedal demonstration dude.
It depends upon the style of music you play, if you only want one type of sound you can easily pick up a guitar like this and buy a Humbucker for sub $100 swap out the default (in my experience not very good) strings and boom for under $300 you have a rather nice setup. These often have cheap electronics so I'd recommend just wiring your good Humbucker straight to the plug and not having to worry about it. I bought my daughter a kids guitar for around $120 that's nicer than it has any right to be at that price range, sand the fretwires (minimally, they're not too bad,) replace the strings, and maybe do the electronic work as previously mentioned, and it would be as good as many guitars you can spend 5x that much on.
Wow..I might pull the trigger on this one..!!..thanks for the vid!!
Ok I’m impressed all the way around beautiful well rounded clean tone good sounding pick ups
You do something I thought was pretty unique to me... in the right index slides during tapping 😱🔥🔥🔥
Glad I subscribe! Any guitar he reviews sell out within a day usually
Ordered one right after seeing this for a Christmas game my partner’s family plays.
Great review! I agree with the fact that a great looking guitar makes you want to play even more. How does that composite fingerboard material feel? Does it have the feel of a finished maple?
Max does it again bravo sir
Thank you for posting this helpful video!
Max, I’m proof to your theory A guitars looks is a catalyst to playing. I had a Epiphone LP studio 20 years ago for my 1st electric. 12 months past as I picked it up once in A while trying to learn. I decided to “Browse” the guitar store and a Red Quilted Ibanez changed everything. A sale sent me home with
It at $199. I learned more in 12 Weeks than I did in 12 months with the black LP. Those red horns and quilted top along with EMG doubles wrapped in black contrasting the Shark tooth inlays had me coming back DAILY!
Keep the vids coming, you rock UA-cam. Very well spoken and informative vids with get to the point accuracy. Thank you for that. With your help, I own A WOLF Lp, a Firefly FF338 Spalted maple, and IYV PRS. Great quality axes can be purchased for under $500..and sometimes under $300!
Nice....I just checked Amazon. $189. But they also have a model that is modeled after the John Pechuci signature model. Music man guitar. $199. Very similar. Except his style pick-ups. Controls. And headstock. 4+2
I wonder about the wiring modification possibilities. Would love to replace the pots with pull switch types to select single coil/humbucker on the neck and bridge PUs. I did this on my Schecter C-6 Plus and it gives me more tonal options from one axe. The Schecter doesn't have a middle PU, so I'm thinking the pull switch mod could give you a strat-ish tone approximation on the Volgoa.
I love the guitar's looks and sound! I just looked for it, but couldn't even find that brand.
Really like the finish. Sounds good.
Its beautiful! May have to order this one.
I thoroughly browsed it on Amazon and it looks great for the $$. The HSH is still available in a cool red. I might get it soon. I bought a candy blue Kramer Baretta Special because of you in the summer and love it!! Thanks for keeping the public informed on good guitar buys.
I got the epiphone special SG in black off Amazon for the Christmas deals. Sounds and plays great!
Max with the insane recommendations again.
Merry Christmas you shredded !! 🍺 😎 👍 ❄❄❄⛄
Hi Max, love your channel. It seems your camera is usually slightly out of focus. Again, love the channel and content! You have inspired me to buy one of these budget guitars and mod the crap out of it!
Okay, I 'm sold. Love the tone.
I Grabed one of these the night Max put this Vid up. It is a Beautiful Super Strat w/ a Mahogony Body and Carmelized maple neck , a Super hard smooth HPL. Fretboard , Rounded Stainless steal Frets. -- Free Shipping. even the PU's are good. You could upgrade the trem block w/ a brass block for 25 bucks. The one thing I don't like is the headstick White letering which is a garish mark in an otherwise nice guitar. 189.Very Good deal. If you get a bad one its Amazon so just return it for free. Some may have bad sodering in the wiring no big deal. Mine is fine. Good bones for sure. Nicer/ Better than a firefly. SG. IMO.
Thanks again Max!
The LSR-1 I bought had some intonation issues with the ADG strings made some bridge adjustments for that. Still running the stock strings and the A and D have a slight problem staying in tune. Just received a new set of D'addarios pro steel 10/46. I think a higher quality string will help. My entire rig consists of the Volgoa LSR-1, Fender LT-40 amp, Moore GE150 effects and looper, and a set of Getaria wireless and that"s it. We live in 16 foot travel trailer so this is about as much as I can use and need. I am still happy with this guitar. I did notice a bit of string buzz on the EAD strings from the 1st fret to the 4th this morning but I am going to wait until I put the new strings on before any more adjustments.
Let me say something. Not a pro. But.
Max can make any quitar to play amazingly.
Every time it is WOW!
Thank you, Max!
I couldn't agree more with your "I want to pick up that guitar and play" analogy. Look good, play good from Dieon Sanders comes to mind. I'm now a subscriber....thinking of buying this guitar. I just pulled the trigger on a BCP cutaway acoustic-electric...fingers crossed, going to try and learn to play BOTH!
Thanks, Max!
Just subscribed 🤘
Wow max, you keep cranking out these videos in rapid succession. Hope you don't run out of space in your apartment with all your gear.
I am officially out of space. Going to take a break now but wanted to get these reviews out before Christmas!
I have a Gibson and a bass with a fretboard like that. They work great, especially the bass fingerboard. Black like ice.
with you playing the guitar which every time you do that let's me know whether or not I will choose to even give a guitar a second glance and this one I will be checking out.
Pretty sweet axe I think.sounded good,looks great. I'd say great value.THANKS MAX. !
Nice playing and nice guitar!
Looks even more like a recent Charvel than the Harley Benton Fusion Pro, your playing is great as always bro!
Thanks for the info on that. I think i might actually pick one up wheni have some spare money 😊 apparently too it comes with stainless steel frets on the fret board as well
I am going to order one of them..
It looks way cooler then any one's I seen for as low as it cost..
Thanks 😊👍
One way to test to see if you'll have feedback at higher volumes is to tap the pick ups with a pick: if you hear the tapping, then the pickups are "micro-phonic", and unfortunately, you'll probably have feedback problems. (Make sure you change the selector switch when checking.)
Feedback now a problem? Spent years chasing how to use it
Beautiful! Clean channel stuff sounded good. Distortion was terrible but could probably be tweaked
Not sure if already mentioned but these guitars have fake printed tops, they are not real maple veneer, Grote guitars, among some other low-end names, also use printed faux flame maple tops and you can spot it quickly. I ordered one of the grotes and could not un-see the fakeness so I sent it back. Some may be ok with these faux tops, and that's fine.....but I'm not one of them :)
Some of the reviews for the guitar are bad, but for that price point, and the beauty of it, the electronics and pickups can be swapped out if need be. About half the people that got one are totally happy with it. I'm on the waiting list...
Wow always great thanks you as always keeps rocking 😊
You get what you pay for. There's a reason some are less expensive and some outrageously expensive. Nice look and sound for the price. Thanks for sharing 🤘
I love your Channel and your playing , Dude !! I'm trying to convince my Wife that I need the Firefly Dark Blue Burst Les Paul with Gold Hardware that you did a Video on recently . I love that Guitar !! And you talked about every detail . Anyway , I hope you're doing well and staying safe . Thanks for making all of these great Videos . 🎸 This Guitar is great also , but I'm more of a Les Paul guy .
This looks like a shredders dream! Price on this is CRAZY inexpensive! AND looks like a $1500-$2000 guitar! Sounds are very good, surprisingly good! Maxx has hit it out of the park....again!
Sorry BUT NO! Everything is bottom of the barrel and will fail in short order. You still do kind of get what you pay for! After upgrading everything and spending the money upfront for cheap crap you could have just bought a better guitar to begin with. Seriously what do you expect to get at 150-200 dollars? A decent set of pickups cost as much as this whole damn guitar alone!
@@shane011471 no what? Everything I said is accurate. It LOOKS like a $1500-$2000 guitar lol. Its possible that it is a very good product. Marketing has a HUGE mark up. I own two Agile LP and the build quality is like that of Gibson, no word of a lie and price is under $500. Theres also AIO and Wolf to mention a couple others.
@@shane011471 i disagree , a decent set of pickups cost 20-30 bucks , a name brand set cost 150-200 clams ..
@@unrealworld6782 i agree, its easy to assume that because its very affordable that its not good quality. People forget that its mostly the cheap labour that keeps the cost down.
@@dragan4658 If they sell it at $150-$200 how much money do you think it cost them to produce OR how much time and care went into it may I ask? The answer is none. Not saying you need to spend 2k on a guitar
BUT everything from the pickups to the pots and switches down to the nut and tuners comes from the bottom of the basement. They slap them together and kick them out the door without even so much as looking at them. I do not see how anyone would expect anything different. It cost nothing to slap a cheap veneer on a chunk of wood to make it look pretty. If you like the guitar that's great! Just myself personally I do not understand the logic behind purchasing something like this just to wind up spending as much (At the very least) OR more to get rid of the junk when you could have just saved that money and purchased something better to begin with.
These affordable guitars are getting better and better. What a great time to be a player!
Yeah for sure. While he was playing you can hear the mid-80’s shred coming through. Really cool guitar actually and Max shreds all!! 🤘🏼🎸
just because it looks good that doesn’t mean it plays good too
@@StringprodigyDuh 😮, I think Max covered MUCH MORE than just “the Looks” or were you sleeping 😴 up until the very end when he mentioned “the Looks” 🤪🤪
@@Stringprodigy You may want to watch the videos BEFORE bashing other peoples comments.
Yeah, thanks, 👍
I may look into getting this guitar for the price range and great looks and mostly sound!
Is there a time limit for this guitar?
I don't know Max, pretty tough to sound bad playing through that Mustang gtx. I think that amplifier is the most under rated piece of gear out there recently. I love my gtx.
I have a Volgoa Tele copy with the same style fretboard. I really like them. I am looking to getting the guitar you are showing. Hopefully pretty soon.
That is an incredible finish for such an inexpensive guitar. Nice work finding the gem.
You realize it's a fake faux printed top.....NOT maple, right?
@@deftone1715 Was just gonna say that. Says right on Amazon it's printed.
@@chasbee Yes some printed tops look OK ... others, not so much. It depends upon the company and how much that means to you. It does mean a lot to me, however.
@@unrealworld6782 It looks exactly like an Ibanez Gio. Headstock is different. Fingerboard is different. But do compare them, do you see much difference?
@@unrealworld6782 Are you serious?? There are several guitar manufacturers that have REAFL FLAME MAPLE veneer tops for under or slightly above $200, where have you been???
Definitely think you should give fesley guitars a shot from amazon as well bro they seem to have a very solid review build seems pretty good as well
Very cool ! Keep it up men
Great video! Sounds like the fretboard is similar to Richlite? If so, that's pretty cool. It's supposed to be very stable.
Subscribed. Awesome review! Thanks! I clicked the link to grab this guitar for myself but it's unfortunately unavailable now only 2 weeks after you posted this video about it. I did find other ones in similar price ranges but I'm reluctant to get a guitar like this mail ordered without seeing a really good review like this about it. I've been considering buying a build-it kit from thomannmusic. I end up customizing the poo out of my guitars anyway so I think that's the way I'm going to go for my next one and build the guitar I always wanted that has all the features I want.
I would have broken the budget for that idea if this was available because I was buying it if it was available.
Oh Max, what song remnants are you playing? It’s beautiful! 🥰🎶 🎄merry Christmas!
Looks beautiful! Sounds pretty good to
HPL is another name for "Ebonol", which Kramer was using for fingerboards back in the 70's. Another name for it is Paper Micarta, which I've used as knife handle material. It's rugged stuff.
Bravo sir Bravo hell of a find
That is a sharp looking guitar for the money and it sounds great. I can only imagine what a beginning player would do if he or she found one of these under the tree Christmas morning. I've been playing for years and I would love to have one myself.
They wouldn't be doing nothing but making some God awful noise. I guarantee you that POS won't stay in tune.
Gotta say, as a fan of Gibson and epiphone which i have several. That is not a bad guitar at all. Sounds good, looks good 🤘🤘 honestly 1 of my favorite guitars I own that I love to play, is my 250 dollar epiphone slash AFD model. The sustain that guitar has, is sick IMO. Can hold a note for days. But I am definitely gonna look into getting one of these. Thank you for this video. Awesome review.
Really nice video !
I got the GTM-01, and it came set up alot like Sterling/Ernie Ball JP model. Even has a Crunch Lab bridge pick up. That pup alone is $100+.
Getting back into guitar - was wondering what pedal/setup you're using for the rock section of the playtest (aside from the Fender GTX100 Amp)? Took a look and it doesn't seem like Volgoa makes any LH guitars :( but love the sound you got out of it!
Nice guitar! My friend got a firefly really cheap on line and it's really cool.
I bought an Ibinez Gio at a place called Bailey Brothers, that has almost exact paint style, pickup setup, for the same price. It plays awesome. This literally looks like a mockup of the Gio. Before I saw the name, I actually thought this video was about the Ibinez Gio, because without seeing the headstock, it looks almost identical.
That fretboard looks amazing the Frets look perfect. Makes me kind of want to spray one of my squire Laurel fret boards with some nitro or some polyurethane or something to get that look although you'd really have to go through a lot of sanding 2000 grit 3000 grit 4000 grit maybe up to even five thousand grit then apply whatever finish and then start puffing away until she shines like that. Maybe a little car wax to finish her off lol yeah I just cannot get over the look at that neck that is like the best of both worlds. Thanks again Max for bringing us another winner you my friend are incredible and I am so glad you are here to guide us into not wasting our money on buying $5,000 guitars especially if we're not in bands and touring the country or the world of course then we probably have to buy a $20,000 guitar but I would bet you that if you had to gig you could probably take this guitar on stage and people would be wandering wowwhat the hell is that guy playing. I mean it does sound great and when the light hit that fretboard every guitar guy in the audience is going to be looking at each other going what the hell is that thing it's like a guitar from outer space. Yes Max has a guitar from planet Zeutron! Right on brother
love budget guitar videos
I'm impressed by that. I guess the frets aren't stainless steel?. I've just built a CST24-T from a kit and that has impressed me for the price. It's amazing what you can get for the money if you look around.
nice to see a positive review. so far ive only seen bad reviews with a lot of people saying the neck is too wide. also thats not an actual veneer by photoflame?
Owow, sounds good! Cool intro solo!
As usual, by the time I found this video, the guitar is completely sold out (yes, I am subscribed to your channel).
It looks very nice, though. I’d love to get one, but I really don’t have room for it right now anyway.
Thanks for sharing!