I actually have one. I put about 75 bucks into it and some old SD pickups I had. It plays awesome. I set it up myself. I have been playing for over 42 years. These guitars are a steal for the money. Just be prepared to put a little money into it. Like 75 bucks. This guy is hilarious. No disrespect.wanna sell it?
@Megablaster Boc there's no mystery or mystique about playing on scalloped necks. I bounce to and fro between scalloped and non-scalloped all the time - no biggie. Just need to train your ear and adjust finger pressure accordingly. (Been playing 45+ years).
@@kevinmcguinness1113 There's no mystery for you or me because we have experience playing on them and know how to approach them. For someone who's never played on one such as your standard *blues player it's very likely that they would tend to be too heavy handed. Of course it varies with the player and the way they approach the guitar. I play on on standard and scalloped necks as well and it's no biggie for me!
Years ago I got a “Ching-vey” and it actually didn’t play that bad … but I had to swap in an extra set of HS-3’s that I had lying around as well as a YJM 250 Speed Vol pot. I also threw on Fender locking tuners. So overall it wasn’t bad , but at least I wouldn’t freak out if my kids smacked it around. Lol
Your mileage will vary. I bought a similar one...(sort of) and it seems to be much better, although it is not a real Yngwie Strat, it is very playable and it sounds great. I bought mine a few years ago just to see what kind of quality it was. I expected nothing more than a wall decoration or a smash guitar. If it was playable I would be able to make a decent guitar out of it by changing the pickups and electronics...but mine sounds so good I haven't bothered. My first impressions though wasn't good. It wouldn't stay in tune...but after changing strings and doing a proper setup it stays in tune very well -even after doing some wild tremolo work. Mine has 21 frets, only one string tree, very tight neck pocket, no text on the pickups...(there are some other details that are a bit off -which is a good thing IMO. it is just aesthetics and nothing that affects the playability).
That was 4 years ago, I own 15 electric guitars 3 of them are very fine Gretsch guitars so I am sort of spoiled playing great guitars since 1957, Recently for fun I bought 2 guitars from Aliexpress and They sound and play very good, The intonation was right on and all I did was install new strings, Both guitars are keepers, The " Firefly" guitar I play a lot also the finish on both guitars is flawless, By the way to guys that are testing the sounds of guitars here on UA-cam, Please don't add a bunch of fuzz and other effects and say it sounds good or bad ! The guitar sound should be tested with NO effects otherwise it is not the true sound of the guitar
While I wouldn’t condone buying ripoff guitars myself, I did buy one second hand that was already in the states and while the thing did play like crap and sounded like shit, with a few adjustments to the neck and a decent set of dimarzios and a good setup job(I also shaved all the decals off and re lacquered the neck) sthe thing played in the ball park of lower PRS and fender quality guitars but no longer like shit. The lesson here is it’s the player that can make the most awful instruments sound good and a little elbow grease to get what you want. I’ve seen people take low end cort and squiers that sound horrendous and make them very appealing. I also thought it was a good buy as I hadn’t tried playing a scalloped neck before and knew it wasn’t for everyone so I didn’t want to spend $1,200-$2,000 to try something I may of never even played more than a few times. There’s another lesson here. You don’t like it, take the time and experience and go out and build your own make of it as opposed to buying a counterfeit. You learn something, have fun doing it and do it for the fraction of the cost of what the real thing cost because let’s face it, having Fender and Yngwie’s name on the headstock just inflated a guitar that was -$600-$700 to build in parts up to $1,300 because you know........branding.
The strange part is Malmsteens neck is actually a china copy. Theres a video floating around of him explaining that he has 2-3 china copys and loves them.
I got a Steinberger copy (Chineberger?) from DHGate. I had them remove the "STEINBERGER" sticker to ensure it would get through Customs without issue. I guess it worked because I got the guitar. (Only took 2 months to get here 😑)
Literally just found one of these at the local Super Pawn. White plastic nut, "noiseless" single coils, random POS bridge, literally EVERYTHING in this vid. Told the manager and she took it and its $1200 price tag off the wall to avoid fraud. Things need to be outlawed
@@saltpeter7429 they are the best made ibanez from fujigen, I also have a 540s from 1992 built at the same factory. Excellent quality 👌 and the dimarzio pickups also 👌
We did research these guitars for several months through AliExpress talking with others who purchased them, different builders, length of time in business, among other factors so we just didn't "impulse buy" the guitar. I'm not sure how much longer we should have "researched" it. Congratulations on your purchase.
I have 2 chibsons and a chender. All play (after setup), and sound excellent. I would never sell them, and could never afford the real ones. Hell, wouldn't buy them if I could afford them! Overpriced bs.
To be honest, I did not buy this guitar because I couldn’t afford the original one that was not my issue, the problem is that I’m left handed…and that piece does not come for lefties so I bought the knockoff one and I probably will do some work on it to improve it.
I will check it out! I love the scalloped neck as well. I have one of Ritchie Blackmore's tour guitars and its partially scalloped which makes it easy to play. Much different than a Malmsteen one.
Absolutely.. I had the copy of Yngwies Duck the same as yours but reliced. The neck is a joke, scallopped? No, but trenched! I paid 97 bucks for mine and that was kind of stupid of me.
The string tree looks correct. However the Malnsteen strats i believe dont come with the one for the g d strings. The Blackmoore strat does have both string trees.
I was actually thinking about buying something from Ali Express! Thanks to your video I will never buy anything from Ali Express! Thanks for the informative video!
Hello, I don't understand what you're saying! I have this one guitar and for me its excellent, it doesn't go out of tune, the hardware is cheap but functional, and if you change the cables, pots, etc..and the whole thing is made of quality parts, it will also be much cheaper than the original, which is $2000 and up in my country, The size is adequate in the body, mine has good sustain and it came to me with 21 frets like the original! The pickups are cheap ceramic, they are noisy but you can change them. In conclusion, I have the opposite opinion to you, I got an excellent guitar, greetings and thanks.
I want to battle Yngwie, but when it's his turn to solo, I am going to drown him out with Power Chords, purely by accident, of course. What do you think.
I was given a very similar guitar, surf green. Same painted skunk stripe, maple neck . Visually same "noiseless" PUs (I actually think they sound pretty good). The headstock on mine looks similar shape wise but has the spaghetti logo. The thing I cannot un-look and I see it on yours is the headstock is just way too long . Look at the distance between the low E tuner and the nut. It's WAY longer than any Strat I've ever seen, more like a Gibson . The nut is plastic, cut okay but basically sharp and unfinished. Fret ends also. The jack plug plate is mal - formed or just wrong so the cored sticks up and blocks the Trem arm. The string trees are identical (garbage) to yours but not as crooked. The Bridge saddles look funky too. The tuners are really awful. Though as long as you don't so much as even look at the Trem arm, it sorta stays in tune long enough that it you can tell it sounds okay. Mine actually sounds really Strat-like, jangly. very distinctive . If you did all the work yourself , maybe $100 in parts would fix this thing. If you had a luthier do it, for sure you could buy a better guitar off the shelf. I am going to sand off all the logos, try my hand at scalloping the neck (big Blackmore fan), go for therapy to get by the weird headstock.
I got one of these in 2018. Did a video of playing “Far Beyond the Sun” with it (DHGate). I would not buy it again. I have a Chibson Les Paul and that guitar is pretty decent and worth the money.
The market isn't accepting enough for scalloped necks that why you'll only find the Malmsteen Stratocaster with those kinds of scallops. The general guitar population doesn't like nor know how to play them so guitar companies are not going to produce something that doesn't sell.
I rather buy a bullet strat, give it a fret level and crown, set it up and have a excellent playing strat. Playability is way more important than having some signature guitar. My first guitar I had was some strat copy that was made extremely poorly, every was wrong with it. It held me back so much. I'll take a cheap guitar from squier or yamaha any day over one of the days over a these cheap fakes.
I just want to know of it has a working truss rod. Everything else on the guitar is fixable. Need a few hours of time and a few dollars in cash put into it and it could be a nice playing guitar. Definitely needs some TLC. Set intonation all the way back nearly before you even think about playing it and sand out the nut area and put a replacement in there that is nicer.
@@BoogyWoogyCreep ya, that would he the clencer. Its pretty close to trash if it doesn't have a truss rod. You have to be able to straighten the necks in these cheap guitars. That's almost the first thing I adjust when I get a guitar. Lower the action and file down any frets that are uneven or causing fret buzz.
@@jessehobart2899 Truth be told, this guitar sits in the corner of the studio. I haven't touched or picked it up since I made this video about a year ago.
I bought one 2 years ago with the same intentions as you. It took a month or two to arrive at my home, I knew I'd have to replace parts and put in some work but I didn't want to spend $2k on a Fender YJM, So the chinese guitar was about $180, I fixed a few high frets, replaced and cut a new TUSC nut, I tried a new brass nut but it ruined my nut files. I installed a new Seymour Duncan YJM loaded pickguard, replaced the cheap bridge and block, installed locking tuners, did a proper setup and it's a real player. I think where people go wrong is, they think a $180 chinese guitar will play the same as a $2k US-made guitar, you have to be prepared to put in some work to make it play properly. It's not all that hard to do, maybe a weekend worth of work and you're good-to-go.
@@LevonsWound just buy a squier classic vibes 70s and have the neck scalloped. These Chinese copies use rubbish wood, incorrect body shapes, the wood is most likely not even dried correctly and will warp eventually.
Stills sounds like a great deal to me, Even given the fact that you have that gap on the scalloped neck, that can be easily fixed! There is actually 2 heights in every Individual! Including yourself? Your (Y Axis) as Pressure Exchanges joints release the cartlidge expands and you end up with a few more inches of mass, there for you are a bit longer! Same thing with this? how you want to measure it? as a win? or a failed Investment! though you did know the arrangements did you not ?Lighten up mr scaletilter from a tech perspective it was a grind find! in-fact I just ordered mine
Bought one of these a few years ago, 'cos I was curious about scalloped necks and wasn't gonna pay UK£1.8K on a real YJM to find out. It was an absolute piece of sh*t, everything on this vid gels with the one I got. The *only* salvageable thing out of it was the HSS pick-ups, which sounded surprisingly good and ended up in a Partscaster project, which I now love. Everything else went in the dumspter. Like the poster says - do not waste your money on ALIBABA guitars, if this is anything to go by. Thankfully I only lost a couple of hundred pounds ~US$250 all told.
You would probably be better off buying a blonde ash body for like $150 and a 70's spec scalloped neck for $200 and the loaded pickguard .05 shim brass nut and all the correct hardware and decals for another $500 or so (last i checked these were going for like $1800 so you could still save a bit on labor if you have some tools). It would take some time but i built a very nice evh Frankenstein strat last year with a proper 84 reissue floyd rose, it took me 6 months to get all the gear together and get the paint job done but I find the process cathartic and the final guitar is very special when i pull it out and hit an A chord 300 people come out of nowhere and start raging its totally unreal.
I saw one these in pawn shop. The action was so high because the nut was barely cut . Slide guitar city. Why not just get a cool 180 dollar Kramer or ibanez to shred. Dunno. Lead paint ! Lol
Now I've watched two reviews of that guitar, one after another, and both of you refer to it as junk, crap, garbage, etc. I definitely will not be buying a guitar off AliExpress, or any other online store. Thanks for the review.
You really rush though one of the most important points here and I don't really have time to wait and see if it's brought up again later, but people need to know: THESE GET CAUGHT AT CUSTOMS ALL OF THE TIME. When they see it's coming from China and it's a guitar, they are going to open the package. When they see it's a counterfeit, they WILL destroy it. So now your thousands of dollars savings just became a waste of hundreds. Don't be stupid.
LMFAO those crooked fake string trees, the holes for the pegs offset, the fake tuning pegs, the fake pickups, the fake bridge, the fake crooked nut, the wrong cuts on the neck nut, the fake plastic nut, the neck is wrong size for pocket, the fake skunk mark oh man at least it was free lol
lots of Chinese taking notes watching your video... lol it all depends of the store you get at aliexpress. Some stores didnt even try to make an acurate replica.. others really go an extra mile.. all about doing your research.. :)
We researched as much as we possibly could. Most positive reviews, length of time in business, etc. We only bought one to see if they were any good. They might be a better guitar if one sinks a bunch of money and time into it. For the same money, a person could get a decent budget guitar. We won't be getting another one! LOL!
Wall art is about all that thing is good for. Geeze, that's junk! There really are decent guitars for the cost of that garbage. Thanks for posting some truth about these guitars.
I just seen one in a pawn shop. They were asking 1499.00 for it. They actually thought it was legit. Yeah I've been playing for awhile too. Biggest piece of shit I've ever seen. It's not worth 10 bucks! First act blows this thing away! It's not even worth putting strings on it.
What's more baffling is people who spend a couple of hundred dollars on a Chinese knockoff of a multi-thousand dollar guitar and then express amazement that it isn't top notch.
@@automstone7613 Making fun of poor people? nice. I have more money in gear packed away in a boxes than most people have in a lifetime. You are a wannabe gatekeeper. You don't make the rules.
Dave Durango - where did I make fun of poor people ? Where did I say I am a gate keeper ? Just said maybe one day you will be able to afford one. Typical American taking words and twisting them to your liking. I live like you dream, I save while you spend, and you sleep while I am awake.
Man buys a counterfeit copy of a high dollar signature guitar from China for a fraction of the money and is shocked to find that it has deficiencies. I wonder if he realizes the Rolex watch he bought from the guy on 5th avenue for $20 isn't legit either?
Apparently, you never watched the video. Nowhere did I ever say I thought it would be "legit". It was a video to others that these are junk. Plain and simple.
Oh, I watched the video and heard you list every single thing that was wrong with it. Aliexpress is a crapshoot; some claim they got great guitars, others say they are nothing but junk. Every one should know that going in. @@BoogyWoogyCreep
Ive watched a few different videos of these Chinese knock-offs. This is the first one that came with a bad review. Most were positive. I guess maybe you just got into a bad lot ?
i got real lucky with mine, the body and neck is mint, people confused it for the real one after i added a brass nut and a 25 buck pick guard from WISH... like your said, you had a problem with your order, maybe if it was fine on delivery you would be impressed like i am, but i also had a problem with my order, i mean, i claimed to ad a poblm...and got a malmsteen strat for free lol 🤣😂🤣😅😂
Due to thieves making false claims and then getting their money back some places like aliexpress don't ship to some counties anymore, that is at least part of the problem. You are no better than any other criminal if you do that.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries no mr thieve, due to criminals selling counterfeit guitars aliexpress cant ship to certain countries because the customs confiscate counterfeit imports.
Typical Aliexpress junk ! Usually they offer $1 back, drag it out longer than the "time to raise dispute", offer $2 back & suggest you give it to a friend as a gift, you don't get your order at all, poor packaging so goods turn up damaged, I've only won a couple of disputes wit them, sure a few orders went to plan but I don't & recommend not to deal with anyone on that site.
I actually have one. I put about 75 bucks into it and some old SD pickups I had. It plays awesome. I set it up myself. I have been playing for over 42 years. These guitars are a steal for the money. Just be prepared to put a little money into it. Like 75 bucks. This guy is hilarious. No disrespect.wanna sell it?
I agree. I think the review could have been done better by someone who actually has *experience playing on scalloped necks.
@Megablaster Boc there's no mystery or mystique about playing on scalloped necks. I bounce to and fro between scalloped and non-scalloped all the time - no biggie.
Just need to train your ear and adjust finger pressure accordingly.
(Been playing 45+ years).
@@kevinmcguinness1113 There's no mystery for you or me because we have experience playing on them and know how to approach them. For someone who's never played on one such as your standard *blues player it's very likely that they would tend to be too heavy handed. Of course it varies with the player and the way they approach the guitar. I play on on standard and scalloped necks as well and it's no biggie for me!
Years ago I got a
“Ching-vey” and it actually didn’t play that bad … but I had to swap in an extra set of HS-3’s that I had lying around as well as a YJM 250 Speed Vol pot. I also threw on Fender locking tuners. So overall it wasn’t bad , but at least I wouldn’t freak out if my kids smacked it around. Lol
Your mileage will vary. I bought a similar one...(sort of) and it seems to be much better, although it is not a real Yngwie Strat, it is very playable and it sounds great. I bought mine a few years ago just to see what kind of quality it was. I expected nothing more than a wall decoration or a smash guitar. If it was playable I would be able to make a decent guitar out of it by changing the pickups and electronics...but mine sounds so good I haven't bothered. My first impressions though wasn't good. It wouldn't stay in tune...but after changing strings and doing a proper setup it stays in tune very well -even after doing some wild tremolo work. Mine has 21 frets, only one string tree, very tight neck pocket, no text on the pickups...(there are some other details that are a bit off -which is a good thing IMO. it is just aesthetics and nothing that affects the playability).
That was 4 years ago, I own 15 electric guitars 3 of them are very fine Gretsch guitars so I am sort of spoiled playing great guitars since 1957, Recently for fun I bought 2 guitars from Aliexpress and They sound and play very good, The intonation was right on and all I did was install new strings, Both guitars are keepers, The " Firefly" guitar I play a lot also the finish on both guitars is flawless, By the way to guys that are testing the sounds of guitars here on UA-cam, Please don't add a bunch of fuzz and other effects and say it sounds good or bad ! The guitar sound should be tested with NO effects otherwise it is not the true sound of the guitar
One thing I forgot to put in the video is my guitar tested POSITIVE for LEAD paint.
Wow lol
I think the lead paint thing really made me change my mind about buying a chelecaster lol
Do you want to tell me from which manufacturer you bought your guitar
Nice
half the homes in america test positive for lead, try harder
While I wouldn’t condone buying ripoff guitars myself, I did buy one second hand that was already in the states and while the thing did play like crap and sounded like shit, with a few adjustments to the neck and a decent set of dimarzios and a good setup job(I also shaved all the decals off and re lacquered the neck) sthe thing played in the ball park of lower PRS and fender quality guitars but no longer like shit. The lesson here is it’s the player that can make the most awful instruments sound good and a little elbow grease to get what you want. I’ve seen people take low end cort and squiers that sound horrendous and make them very appealing. I also thought it was a good buy as I hadn’t tried playing a scalloped neck before and knew it wasn’t for everyone so I didn’t want to spend $1,200-$2,000 to try something I may of never even played more than a few times. There’s another lesson here. You don’t like it, take the time and experience and go out and build your own make of it as opposed to buying a counterfeit. You learn something, have fun doing it and do it for the fraction of the cost of what the real thing cost because let’s face it, having Fender and Yngwie’s name on the headstock just inflated a guitar that was -$600-$700 to build in parts up to $1,300 because you know........branding.
The strange part is Malmsteens neck is actually a china copy. Theres a video floating around of him explaining that he has 2-3 china copys and loves them.
I got a Steinberger copy (Chineberger?) from DHGate. I had them remove the "STEINBERGER" sticker to ensure it would get through Customs without issue. I guess it worked because I got the guitar. (Only took 2 months to get here 😑)
Literally just found one of these at the local Super Pawn. White plastic nut, "noiseless" single coils, random POS bridge, literally EVERYTHING in this vid. Told the manager and she took it and its $1200 price tag off the wall to avoid fraud. Things need to be outlawed
They are lmao
My strat is build in japan in the fujiGen factory 1987 and the quality is very very good.
I will buy made in Japan guitars the west of my life, if I can. Two years ago I bought a Fujigen Ibanez at a yard sale for 150$.
Awesome guitar.
@@saltpeter7429 they are the best made ibanez from fujigen, I also have a 540s from 1992 built at the same factory. Excellent quality 👌 and the dimarzio pickups also 👌
I have never played a Fuigjen guitar that was bad. The best factory in the world imho.
Also, Tokai
I have the original but I bought this as a gift for display on a friend's cafe. Works fine there, not producing any sounds :P
I bought one for myself. It is an absolute beast. You got unlucky. You didn't research enough.
We did research these guitars for several months through AliExpress talking with others who purchased them, different builders, length of time in business, among other factors so we just didn't "impulse buy" the guitar. I'm not sure how much longer we should have "researched" it. Congratulations on your purchase.
You've helped a lot of people out
haha I noticed one of the screws on the bridge was even off a bit. great video!
I have 2 chibsons and a chender. All play (after setup), and sound excellent. I would never sell them, and could never afford the real ones. Hell, wouldn't buy them if I could afford them! Overpriced bs.
Problem for me is they don't make the legit yjm strats left-handed too
Wonderful review. Love your candor. You gave me some smiles man. Thank you.
And, you're a truly talented musician.
Thanks a lot, Don! That means a lot from my former teacher! :)
To be honest, I did not buy this guitar because I couldn’t afford the original one that was not my issue, the problem is that I’m left handed…and that piece does not come for lefties so I bought the knockoff one and I probably will do some work on it to improve it.
Yngwie Stratocaster prices: Artist Series $2,299.99, Signature Series $5,500.00
Makes it rather silly to complain about a Chinese knockoff when the real deal cost thousands, doesn't it?
Change the nut it may hold tune a little better. The Damn thing is cut way wrong
This guitar went in the bonfire about 2 years ago.
I recently got a Chinese strat from a company called 10S pretty nice I put an unboxing up. Love those scalloped necks though! Nice review!
I will check it out! I love the scalloped neck as well. I have one of Ritchie Blackmore's tour guitars and its partially scalloped which makes it easy to play. Much different than a Malmsteen one.
Absolutely.. I had the copy of Yngwies Duck the same as yours but reliced. The neck is a joke, scallopped? No, but trenched!
I paid 97 bucks for mine and that was kind of stupid of me.
The string tree looks correct. However the Malnsteen strats i believe dont come with the one for the g d strings. The Blackmoore strat does have both string trees.
I was actually thinking about buying something from Ali Express! Thanks to your video I will never buy anything from Ali Express! Thanks for the informative video!
It sounds broken. Scallop a Squire and switch the pickups. Even if you half-ass it,it will still sound and play really good.
Hello, I don't understand what you're saying! I have this one guitar and for me its excellent, it doesn't go out of tune, the hardware is cheap but functional, and if you change the cables, pots, etc..and the whole thing is made of quality parts, it will also be much cheaper than the original, which is $2000 and up in my country, The size is adequate in the body, mine has good sustain and it came to me with 21 frets like the original! The pickups are cheap ceramic, they are noisy but you can change them. In conclusion, I have the opposite opinion to you, I got an excellent guitar, greetings and thanks.
the neck plate is supposed to be a 3 bolt isnt it? Could be wrong
Is it for sale ? 🔥🎸🔥
Counterfeit guitars are illegal to resell in the USA. This particular guitar went in the bonfire a few years ago.
I want to battle Yngwie, but when it's his turn to solo, I am going to drown him out with Power Chords, purely by accident, of course. What do you think.
FIREWOOD !!!!!!
I was given a very similar guitar, surf green. Same painted skunk stripe, maple neck . Visually same "noiseless" PUs (I actually think they sound pretty good). The headstock on mine looks similar shape wise but has the spaghetti logo. The thing I cannot un-look and I see it on yours is the headstock is just way too long . Look at the distance between the low E tuner and the nut. It's WAY longer than any Strat I've ever seen, more like a Gibson . The nut is plastic, cut okay but basically sharp and unfinished. Fret ends also. The jack plug plate is mal - formed or just wrong so the cored sticks up and blocks the Trem arm. The string trees are identical (garbage) to yours but not as crooked. The Bridge saddles look funky too. The tuners are really awful. Though as long as you don't so much as even look at the Trem arm, it sorta stays in tune long enough that it you can tell it sounds okay. Mine actually sounds really Strat-like, jangly. very distinctive . If you did all the work yourself , maybe $100 in parts would fix this thing. If you had a luthier do it, for sure you could buy a better guitar off the shelf. I am going to sand off all the logos, try my hand at scalloping the neck (big Blackmore fan), go for therapy to get by the weird headstock.
The head stocks on the 79s models had the giant head stock. Malmsteen's had the same
@@NlCKELODEON Look at the distance between the low E tuner and the nut. It's WAY longer than any Strat I've ever seen, more like a Gibson .
It's got an ear 👂 lobe on the end of it.
I got one of these in 2018. Did a video of playing “Far Beyond the Sun” with it (DHGate).
I would not buy it again. I have a Chibson Les Paul and that guitar is pretty decent and worth the money.
Why don't they just make a superstrat with a scalloped neck without being a counterfeit? There's no affordable guitars with scalloped necks
The market isn't accepting enough for scalloped necks that why you'll only find the Malmsteen Stratocaster with those kinds of scallops. The general guitar population doesn't like nor know how to play them so guitar companies are not going to produce something that doesn't sell.
Have seen fender (78 bronco) with neck pocket that loose
I rather buy a bullet strat, give it a fret level and crown, set it up and have a excellent playing strat. Playability is way more important than having some signature guitar. My first guitar I had was some strat copy that was made extremely poorly, every was wrong with it. It held me back so much. I'll take a cheap guitar from squier or yamaha any day over one of the days over a these cheap fakes.
"I'm no Malmsteen. I'm more like a Holstein." LOL
search YT there are lots of YJM aliexpress players who definitely think otherwise.
his strat is a 1971, and is everything on dhgate fake?
I don't know about DHGate. This came from AliExpress.
@@BoogyWoogyCreep , I looked at the Les Pauls last night and everything you showed is on them have a look when you can.
It sounds way better than it looks to be perfectly honest
Do you want to tell me from which manufacturer you bought your guitar
I just want to know of it has a working truss rod. Everything else on the guitar is fixable. Need a few hours of time and a few dollars in cash put into it and it could be a nice playing guitar. Definitely needs some TLC. Set intonation all the way back nearly before you even think about playing it and sand out the nut area and put a replacement in there that is nicer.
It has a drilled hole in the top of the neck however I never tried adjusting it so I'm not even sure it has a truss rod!
@@BoogyWoogyCreep ya, that would he the clencer. Its pretty close to trash if it doesn't have a truss rod. You have to be able to straighten the necks in these cheap guitars. That's almost the first thing I adjust when I get a guitar. Lower the action and file down any frets that are uneven or causing fret buzz.
@@jessehobart2899 Truth be told, this guitar sits in the corner of the studio. I haven't touched or picked it up since I made this video about a year ago.
I bought one 2 years ago with the same intentions as you. It took a month or two to arrive at my home, I knew I'd have to replace parts and put in some work but I didn't want to spend $2k on a Fender YJM, So the chinese guitar was about $180, I fixed a few high frets, replaced and cut a new TUSC nut, I tried a new brass nut but it ruined my nut files. I installed a new Seymour Duncan YJM loaded pickguard, replaced the cheap bridge and block, installed locking tuners, did a proper setup and it's a real player. I think where people go wrong is, they think a $180 chinese guitar will play the same as a $2k US-made guitar, you have to be prepared to put in some work to make it play properly. It's not all that hard to do, maybe a weekend worth of work and you're good-to-go.
@@LevonsWound just buy a squier classic vibes 70s and have the neck scalloped. These Chinese copies use rubbish wood, incorrect body shapes, the wood is most likely not even dried correctly and will warp eventually.
I bought a left handed 70s Mustang through eBay. I never had your problem...
How did you end up fixing the neck? Mine came broke as well. Thanks!
I didn't fix anything, I took out the electronics and threw the rest in a bonfire. It had lead paint on it and it was an all-around terrible guitar.
OMG That nut insertion is painful to look at, great video!
Such a sweet axe...
...to set it on fire at the end of a gig.
I think Paul Gilbert can afford the real deal.
I don't understand why buying a Chinese Malmsteen guitar.
Stills sounds like a great deal to me, Even given the fact that you have that gap on the scalloped neck, that can be easily fixed! There is actually 2 heights in every Individual! Including yourself? Your (Y Axis) as Pressure Exchanges joints release the cartlidge expands and you end up with a few more inches of mass, there for you are a bit longer! Same thing with this? how you want to measure it? as a win? or a failed Investment! though you did know the arrangements did you not ?Lighten up mr scaletilter from a tech perspective it was a grind find! in-fact I just ordered mine
What do you expect for 50 bucks
Can you share de Link of the guitar
This is from 3 years ago.
If it sounds like arse, i dont think its the instrument.....
Bought one of these a few years ago, 'cos I was curious about scalloped necks and wasn't gonna pay UK£1.8K on a real YJM to find out.
It was an absolute piece of sh*t, everything on this vid gels with the one I got. The *only* salvageable thing out of it was the HSS pick-ups, which sounded surprisingly good and ended up in a Partscaster project, which I now love. Everything else went in the dumspter.
Like the poster says - do not waste your money on ALIBABA guitars, if this is anything to go by. Thankfully I only lost a couple of hundred pounds ~US$250 all told.
You would probably be better off buying a blonde ash body for like $150 and a 70's spec scalloped neck for $200 and the loaded pickguard .05 shim brass nut and all the correct hardware and decals for another $500 or so (last i checked these were going for like $1800 so you could still save a bit on labor if you have some tools). It would take some time but i built a very nice evh Frankenstein strat last year with a proper 84 reissue floyd rose, it took me 6 months to get all the gear together and get the paint job done but I find the process cathartic and the final guitar is very special when i pull it out and hit an A chord 300 people come out of nowhere and start raging its totally unreal.
good to pull a Ritchie at the end of the show🤣🤣🤣
I saw one these in pawn shop. The action was so high because the nut was barely cut . Slide guitar city. Why not just get a cool 180 dollar Kramer or ibanez to shred. Dunno. Lead paint ! Lol
Wow, didn't think they were that bad.
Can I buy this from you
That guitar was used as firewood 2 years ago.
Now I've watched two reviews of that guitar, one after another, and both of you refer to it as junk, crap, garbage, etc. I definitely will not be buying a guitar off AliExpress, or any other online store. Thanks for the review.
All i need is a good neck,the rest I can change.
Why doesn't Fender sue these guys?
They're in China. Fender can't do anything, plus they have even come and said they don't really care, unlike Gibson.
You really rush though one of the most important points here and I don't really have time to wait and see if it's brought up again later, but people need to know: THESE GET CAUGHT AT CUSTOMS ALL OF THE TIME. When they see it's coming from China and it's a guitar, they are going to open the package. When they see it's a counterfeit, they WILL destroy it. So now your thousands of dollars savings just became a waste of hundreds. Don't be stupid.
Looks really nice, Boogy.
LMFAO those crooked fake string trees, the holes for the pegs offset, the fake tuning pegs, the fake pickups, the fake bridge, the fake crooked nut, the wrong cuts on the neck nut, the fake plastic nut, the neck is wrong size for pocket, the fake skunk mark oh man at least it was free lol
no genuine strats that yngwie buys are around 5 to 6 grand. so yeah, ppl buys knock offs instead.
So you've got a donut!
Actually it sounds quite good.
Unfortunately I'm poor and I can't buy a real Fender Yngwie Malmsteen, but if you think this one is crap and want to give it to me, I'll take it!
This thing went in the bonfire 2 years ago.
lots of Chinese taking notes watching your video... lol it all depends of the store you get at aliexpress. Some stores didnt even try to make an acurate replica.. others really go an extra mile.. all about doing your research.. :)
We researched as much as we possibly could. Most positive reviews, length of time in business, etc. We only bought one to see if they were any good. They might be a better guitar if one sinks a bunch of money and time into it. For the same money, a person could get a decent budget guitar. We won't be getting another one! LOL!
I by a guitar also from dhgate and was fire materal
I heard his real name is Stanley Thorg....
I wish I could afford one. The only people who can buy the cool stuff these days are rich hipsters. Real players can make any guitar sound great.
....well that sounds great
Wall art is about all that thing is good for. Geeze, that's junk! There really are decent guitars for the cost of that garbage. Thanks for posting some truth about these guitars.
it wud help if u cud play it....
I'll learn how to play guitar if you learn how to spell. Deal?
I just seen one in a pawn shop. They were asking 1499.00 for it. They actually thought it was legit. Yeah I've been playing for awhile too. Biggest piece of shit I've ever seen. It's not worth 10 bucks! First act blows this thing away! It's not even worth putting strings on it.
You get what you pay for simple as that
I just got mine and the only thing I don't like about it are those junky tuners .... those things are fucked.
This guitar is perfect... as wood for making fire.
does not condone? you bought one!
im baffled how anyone would spend a dime on a guitar from a place called ali express....
What's more baffling is people who spend a couple of hundred dollars on a Chinese knockoff of a multi-thousand dollar guitar and then express amazement that it isn't top notch.
A true guitar player and fender customer would never buy a replica fake.
lmfao. get real.
Dave Durango - yeah I guess some people can’t afford the real USA made Fender guitars. Keep saving buddy. Maybe one day you will afford one.
@@automstone7613 Making fun of poor people? nice. I have more money in gear packed away in a boxes than most people have in a lifetime. You are a wannabe gatekeeper. You don't make the rules.
Dave Durango - where did I make fun of poor people ? Where did I say I am a gate keeper ? Just said maybe one day you will be able to afford one. Typical American taking words and twisting them to your liking. I live like you dream, I save while you spend, and you sleep while I am awake.
Sorry they took you for your money I can't tell you how many countless people I know it had the same experience with those people.
"This thing is a piece of sh--junk", lol!
Wow what a bargain! 🤓
Man buys a counterfeit copy of a high dollar signature guitar from China for a fraction of the money and is shocked to find that it has deficiencies. I wonder if he realizes the Rolex watch he bought from the guy on 5th avenue for $20 isn't legit either?
Apparently, you never watched the video. Nowhere did I ever say I thought it would be "legit". It was a video to others that these are junk. Plain and simple.
Oh, I watched the video and heard you list every single thing that was wrong with it. Aliexpress is a crapshoot; some claim they got great guitars, others say they are nothing but junk. Every one should know that going in. @@BoogyWoogyCreep
U paid for a peanut...so stop complaining!
I'd honestly like to know if he thought a Chinese knockoff would be equivalent to a $2,500 Fender guitar.
Ive watched a few different videos of these Chinese knock-offs. This is the first one that came with a bad review. Most were positive. I guess maybe you just got into a bad lot ?
i got real lucky with mine, the body and neck is mint, people confused it for the real one after i added a brass nut and a 25 buck pick guard from WISH... like your said, you had a problem with your order, maybe if it was fine on delivery you would be impressed like i am, but i also had a problem with my order, i mean, i claimed to ad a poblm...and got a malmsteen strat for free lol 🤣😂🤣😅😂
Due to thieves making false claims and then getting their money back some places like aliexpress don't ship to some counties anymore, that is at least part of the problem. You are no better than any other criminal if you do that.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries no mr thieve, due to criminals selling counterfeit guitars aliexpress cant ship to certain countries because the customs confiscate counterfeit imports.
Haha oh my god
Why are you saying "even" every second word?
Huh?
Typical Aliexpress junk ! Usually they offer $1 back, drag it out longer than the "time to raise dispute", offer $2 back & suggest you give it to a friend as a gift, you don't get your order at all,
poor packaging so goods turn up damaged, I've only won a couple of disputes wit them, sure a few orders went to plan but I don't & recommend not to deal with anyone on that site.
AliExpress is NOT a guitar maker and is a seller of cheap merchandise. See?
2023 Yngvwie Strat 5500 bucks........................
Accorda sta chitarra e impara a suonarla così sappiamo se funziona. Chiedo scusa ma per fare una dimostrazione bisogna fare una presentazione decente!
stavo per scriverlo io
sta dimostrando che la chitarra non tiene l'accordatura!
Its obvious you secretly love that guitar that's why you're telling us not to buy it, reverse phycology dude you want it all for yourself.
Hahaha!
Damn!!! you got ripped off. I bought a bass from Aliexpress and it is trash too!!!
Get a U.S. Fender !
$50???? fire camp material......... greetings...
It was...eventually. Nothing left but some memories, and 6 charred tuners! Hahaha!
I don't condone buying knock off guitars but I did and now I'm putting it on the internet for everybody to see so they can go get one..😂
Why would you go get one when it was clearly conveyed its a piece of junk? We got one to show they're junk.
Dose not tune at all
"My free guitar sucks"... Really?
Free? From who?