That's one slick axe, and oh man... that top! She's a beauty, sweet sounding too! Much love man, it was my treat for myself to play along such a great player, and honor to be included! Amazing playing as always. Thank you to everyone who enjoys all we do! Thank you everyone! 🤜🤛🔥🤘🔥🖤🖤🖤
I have the first gen Blue Flame Monsoon and it's Elfin Amazing ! The neck reminds me of a Dean Vendetta neck. Almost the same, very sleek and fast. The pups are perfect for Metal. I play old school Thrash and 90s death metal and it's perfect for this. But Now, yea Now I'll have to buy a 2nd Gen ! No doubt !
Once again you’ve convinced me to pull the trigger on a cool budget guitar that I’ve had my eye on. Man, what a great time to be a guitar player! Wish we had this stuff in the 80’s.
Absolutely right , these budget brands have come along way in just the past 5 years. Honestly if I was looking for an SG or something similar I'd buy a Firefly over Epiphone , especially now that they're selling guitars for close to a grand and more. With no extras , I hope these budget brands are sending a message to the "name brand" companies that they're not worth their prices for what they're offering!
@@allenmitchell09 Exactly right and that's why the big shot companies should be taking notes. But I doubt if they'll adjust because they think they can ride their name forever without ever being innovative again...
@@allenmitchell09 That's why those big names better watch out because they obviously haven't been paying attention and think they'll be on top forever. They forgot where they came from but will be reminded sooner than they know!
Just got my deluxe hurricane and i am very pleased. Leo stepped up his game from my monsoon version 2. All i. Had to do is tune it. The locking tuners are butter smooth. Fretboard is a bit dry but that's about al that's wrong with it. I got the abstract model. All the bits in the finish seem to be shavings of wood. Different colors and depth within the epoxy. You can even see some bare wood in places between the chips. Darker than the image on Amazon shows. But the darker color matches the red back better..
Looks sick. How do we know we're getting the new Monsoon with the thinner roasted neck, and not the old Monsoon with the thicker 21 mm at the 1st fret? The specs at the Leo Jaymz Amazon store still has the 21mm 1st fret specs listed.
OK my brother you convinced me! I ordered two of these the blue and purple. I might get crazy and install a floyd rose on one or both! I'll see how that goes! Peace my friend! I love a burl top also!🤟👍🙏
Received this in blue burl on the 5th of July, shipped from Mississippi. Beautiful guitar. Looks way better than the pictures. It was packaged well. The QC is where the ball was dropped. The strings felt like someone drug sandpaper across them. Driest fretboard i have ever seen. Neck was adjusted with a bow, and the bridge saddles are jacked up to the ceiling. So after removing the strings, getting the neck straightened, rehydrated the fretboard, set the action. After hydrating the neck, the wood was to grainy when using vibrato or using bends. I sanded the fretboard smooth. After all this i really love this guitar. Bad presentation great guitar. All my issues were easy fixes for me, maybe not the next guy. I am actively searching Amazon for a violet burl. Yes buying a second one even if it has issues like my first one. Once the guitar is dialed in its a beast. Buy from Amazon and if its not ok just return it if you don't feel comfortable making small fixes. I did add locking tuners for easier string changes, remember reverse headstock when buying replacement tuners. The original tuners did work.
I picked up a Leo Jaymez SG for about 100 bucks because I wanted a 'beater black sabbath' guitar. It is one of my favorite players out of my guitars. Quite the surprise.
That piece was formidable, no joke you guys played so well. It was so epic , loved every second of it. I wish I could play like you. I’m more of a Johnny thunders type , easy solos. But I have to get my act up . ❤❤❤❤
People talk about a mod platform guitar. This is NOT that IMO. It check so many boxes that it is a legit performer straight out of the box. LJ keeps getting better and better. Thanks for turning the world onto LJ Richard.
Mr. James, I'm no metal/shred-head fan, but your specs for what you want from a guitar differ very little from my blue/rock ones AND, I want to thank you for requesting a non-tremelo bridge. I despise tremelos, and often have trouble finding guitars that don't have them. Many thanks sir, I will receive my Jaymz monsoon in a few days, largely because of yours' and maxes' reviews.
Nice Playing Glad they addressed the neck , The Pickup issues can be solved with foam Tip... But they fixed that as well awesome roasted neck. ANICO 5 Pickups.. The only Thing I would Change is make the pickups like Duncan INVADERS Donlis has Clones >> Purple & Black would Look KILLER on That Guitar... Love The Black Hardware... It would be interesting if they made a guitar like that with a Floyd Rose D-Tuner Locking Trem System.. Obviously more $$$$ $100 But Man What A total Shred Guitar that would be... Cheers 🍻🥃🥃😎🎸🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Looks like nice upgrades for the 2.0! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 If they really want to put a fork in the big boys, the 3.0 needs a CF reinforcement rods in the neck. I bet it can be done for just a few bucks more, if not the same price, if Leo Jaymz wants a major challenge! Would also love to see them toss in a small Solar Guitars style headstock string clip-on “thingy” to reduce overtones. (And sell them solo!)
It's really a shame when a guitarist refuses to try or acknowledge that a guitar is good because the name on the headstock is "wrong." I bought a Dean Thoroughbred X (the cheap one from India), and I absolutely love that guitar. Feels great in my hands, plays great, sounds great. The blue Monsoon I have rivals it, at just about half the price ($430 vs $230). Just because price goes up does not mean quality goes up.
I tried 2 of these Leo Jaymes guitars and they were pure crap. Unlevel frets, intonation came crappy. I stand by my previous remarks. They are sending you tube guys good quality and most others are getting seconds. Your playing is great bro, but I sense some BS involved with Leo Jaymes guitars
That's Hilarious I bought a Tempest from Leo Jaymz and I took it to have it set up and it didn't need really anything done to it, So your comment is Null and Void 😅
@@michaelwilson2497yep! Exactly, I ordered the swifter. After his endorsement and it has crappy electronics, buzzes and hisses and I can't even play it.
@zoocru67 mine was, but I use a gate anyways. The active pup was decent. But, when they say in the video, that it's great, they should also say all the work put into it. I love decent priced guitars. Leo Jaymes should take a page from Mitchell Guitars. The HD 400 (I have one) is made in China, has a slightly narrower neck than a Jem, floyd special, decent pups, but NO ss frets for about 399. I would rather Leo charge 499 with the ss frets. And better quality.
I'm still trying to de-1970s my playing. Studied a lot of Paul Gilbert but I still can't completely get rid of my blues based style. Do you have any instructional material? Would love to have some of those patterns. You shred, dude.
Not to intrude Try ACDC Angus Young He did a 12 Bar Blues Guitar pattern, Also they were Sly about using the Same 3 Cords on a lot of songs ... Look at the ACDC Song Beating Around The Bush ** IT is Fleetwood Mac Oh Well on crack speeded up ... Song Gloria by VanMorrison in the 60s was the inspiration for ACDC Jail Break song The RIFF is Based on Gloria, YEAH REAL CLOSE... See Paganini's 4th & 5th Caprice pices ITS Classical Music The K Pop Band Black Pink Recenty Ripped them off Black Sabbath Black sabbath is Based on the planets mars Tony Iommi saw Geezer Butler Jamming to it so he did It Contains the Forbidden Tone DEVILS TRIAD ... It Sounded Evil its not Check it out... Steve Vai is Big on pratcing shredding to Paganini's 5th Caprice Paganini's was very tall had double joint ie flexible whit grey complexion long dark hair & his eyes had a red glow in candle light it was rummored he was SATAN ... He WAS NOT His father locked him away to play the Violin all day as a child hence the complexion.. in his day almost no one could play his violin pices but him... Today its played alot. late 1700's to mid 1800's SO THE MUSIC IS ROYALITY FREE... Gustav Holst Late 1800's to 1830's Google them ... Good Luck
@@BackWoodsBillyCraftBeerReviews Funny that every guitar player I know respects Angus although obviously he's not exactly state of the art or anything. Just some great straight ahead playing
Great job guys, Killer shredding!! I want a Monsoon guitar now. And btw, the pink package Ernie Ball .009 super slinkys are what I prefer to. Great for shredding! Blue package .008's are crazy fun to, just replace the .008 with a .009 keep the 8 for a spare. Wild bending fun and super fast as well 🔥 🤟
@thebaldshredder Just want to thank you for your role in the Monsoon. I'm very new to guitar at almost 55, and I've been very frustrated trying to find an instrument I'm happy with. So much so, that I barely pick one up at all. After seeing your story about the Monsoon, and checking out some other sources, I decided to get one. Well, I got two. I really wanted a purple one, but it wasn't available on Amazon, so I got a blue one. My wife, though, found a purple one on eBay for half the price of a new one. They both arrived yesterday and have been patiently acclimating to my environment. I have a few things to do on them, but I'm really looking forward to getting back into it with these fellas. Maybe I am making too big a deal about really liking my guitar, but for me, I gotta want to pick it up. I need something that will inspire me to keep going. My other guitars, for one reason or another, don't. So thanks from an older beginner who wanted something just like a Monsoon. 🎉
My favorite out of approx. 13 budget guitars still has to be my 2-Kramer Baretta Specials at 179. (When on sale) I sanded one down and made a EVH bumblebee out of one of them with very little modding. Waiting for a sale again for a third one that I want to paint with a Diver Down album look to it! My favorite "Low-Mid" range guitars so far are Harley Benton. That Leo looks nice though! Oh and my favorite setup too. 1-volume, No tone, a 3-way and a couple pickups..🙂
I have a luthier made 6 string Iceman shape, neck-thru roasted maple satin neck, roasted maple fretboard with nice wood grain. A mahogany body with flamed maple top and nitro laquer on the body, the binding is made from purple heart. Full body/fretboard binding + the headstock. Graphtech nut, gotoh tuners, bridge and tailpiece. set Bare Knuckle nailbombs with the burnt effect. It's never about the name. Don't sue me Ibanez😂😂
My cousin works for a major guitar manufacturer and was in assembly for four or so years before moving elsewhere in the place. Without giving up too much detail the namebrand Guitar company that he works for you would recognize immediately if I were to say it and he swears all the guitars that he assembled are the same exact quality of guitars like we see above from these lesser name companies. The ONLY difference is the quality of hardware and pickups on these things. If you were to take this Guitar above and change it out with better tuners and Seymor Duncan pick ups you now all of a sudden have something just as high quality as a $1600 Jackson. You are literally just paying for a name and nothing more.
I would love to see Leo Jaymz do these specs on a T-Style! The Monsoon looks awesome, but i just can't get into those big horns 😅Just my opinion lol. Anyway, love your vids. Keep up the great work brother!
This 2nd generation Monsoon better have Locking tuners, ceramic humbuckers and stainless steel frets!!! I already have the first generation Monsoon! U promised us Richard !!!
@thebaldshredder Richard when I mentioned ceramic humbuckers I'm referring to Dimarzio or Guitar Fetish brand they both sound killer compared to Alinico 5 humbuckers, I have guitars with ceramic, Alinco 5, Active humbuckers EMG , Neodynium humbuckers and Alinco 7.
The best For me is Firefly guitars! I own two of them, and they're phenomenal right out of the box. Plus the majority of them are $169-$189. I own the Charvel knockoff and a Tele style. They're equipped with locking tuners, alnico pickups, stainless steel ball ent frets roasted maple neck and mahogany bodies. I had a friend play the Tele, and he thought it was an $800 axe. Westcreek is another great brand. I've got their Explorer knockoff, called the Revenge, and it feels and plays like a $700-$800 guitar. It's the one I reach for the most. I've got enough guitars, or I'd check one of these out.
Thank you for this review! 👍I found it very interesting, especially considering that until now I haven't heard of this brand and model due some reason... 🤔 Excuse me, Richard, could you please tell me, how the neck profile is (in terms of comfort, thickness, and playability), comparing to Ibanez "Wizard III" neck?
In with Leo jams guitars I believe they need to lose the trust rod cover and have a wheel in which 4:09 controls the truss rod at the very beginning of the fretboard 4:15 like other models
Can you get them to put a floyd rose on them , I keeep buying them but I want more I know it will help with keeping them in tune . Why not a whammy bar on that ? 3:01
I'm still looking for perfect intonation. Even with my new Enya which has a perfect built in 2-speak amp and carbon composite body -un effected by climate. I still have not perfected intonation.
dude your fretting hand looks like it could crush steel, no wonder you can shred like a hurricane of katana blades. Top vid man
Steel Crusher!!!
That's one slick axe, and oh man... that top! She's a beauty, sweet sounding too!
Much love man, it was my treat for myself to play along such a great player, and honor to be included! Amazing playing as always. Thank you to everyone who enjoys all we do! Thank you everyone! 🤜🤛🔥🤘🔥🖤🖤🖤
The honor was all mine. Your solo put that song over the top! Thanks my friend.
I have the first gen Blue Flame Monsoon and it's Elfin Amazing ! The neck reminds me of a Dean Vendetta neck. Almost the same, very sleek and fast. The pups are perfect for Metal. I play old school Thrash and 90s death metal and it's perfect for this. But Now, yea Now I'll have to buy a 2nd Gen ! No doubt !
Once again you’ve convinced me to pull the trigger on a cool budget guitar that I’ve had my eye on. Man, what a great time to be a guitar player! Wish we had this stuff in the 80’s.
We live in the golden age of budget guitars…Burl top ball frets alnico pickups under 230? Incredible.
Absolutely right , these budget brands have come along way in just the past 5 years. Honestly if I was looking for an SG or something similar I'd buy a Firefly over Epiphone , especially now that they're selling guitars for close to a grand and more. With no extras , I hope these budget brands are sending a message to the "name brand" companies that they're not worth their prices for what they're offering!
And the quality. They’re listening to the feedback and adjusting.
@@allenmitchell09 Exactly right and that's why the big shot companies should be taking notes. But I doubt if they'll adjust because they think they can ride their name forever without ever being innovative again...
@@mikeg6666 exactly, they want to make money and if customers demand quality for that to happen that exactly what they’ll do and have done.
@@allenmitchell09 That's why those big names better watch out because they obviously haven't been paying attention and think they'll be on top forever. They forgot where they came from but will be reminded sooner than they know!
Dude that's some really awesome guitar playing! I can't believe the price point on your guitar. It's loaded with great specs. Just WOW.
Daym!! You fellas are Rockin. I Love it. Thanks RJ
Thanks for listening
Just got my deluxe hurricane and i am very pleased. Leo stepped up his game from my monsoon version 2. All i. Had to do is tune it. The locking tuners are butter smooth. Fretboard is a bit dry but that's about al that's wrong with it. I got the abstract model. All the bits in the finish seem to be shavings of wood. Different colors and depth within the epoxy. You can even see some bare wood in places between the chips. Darker than the image on Amazon shows. But the darker color matches the red back better..
Looks sick. How do we know we're getting the new Monsoon with the thinner roasted neck, and not the old Monsoon with the thicker 21 mm at the 1st fret? The specs at the Leo Jaymz Amazon store still has the 21mm 1st fret specs listed.
OK my brother you convinced me! I ordered two of these the blue and purple. I might get crazy and install a floyd rose on one or both!
I'll see how that goes! Peace my friend! I love a burl top also!🤟👍🙏
Insane jam as always! Loved the guest stars playing as well
That guy was AWESOME
Awesome stuff! I love drumming to stuff like this. This is the kind of music I love jamming to
Great intro, you 2 compliment each other so well, very nice as usual love you man PEACE ✌
Nice song. Great dynamics. Very well composed.
Received this in blue burl on the 5th of July, shipped from Mississippi. Beautiful guitar. Looks way better than the pictures. It was packaged well. The QC is where the ball was dropped. The strings felt like someone drug sandpaper across them. Driest fretboard i have ever seen. Neck was adjusted with a bow, and the bridge saddles are jacked up to the ceiling. So after removing the strings, getting the neck straightened, rehydrated the fretboard, set the action. After hydrating the neck, the wood was to grainy when using vibrato or using bends. I sanded the fretboard smooth. After all this i really love this guitar. Bad presentation great guitar. All my issues were easy fixes for me, maybe not the next guy. I am actively searching Amazon for a violet burl. Yes buying a second one even if it has issues like my first one. Once the guitar is dialed in its a beast. Buy from Amazon and if its not ok just return it if you don't feel comfortable making small fixes. I did add locking tuners for easier string changes, remember reverse headstock when buying replacement tuners. The original tuners did work.
I picked up a Leo Jaymez SG for about 100 bucks because I wanted a 'beater black sabbath' guitar. It is one of my favorite players out of my guitars. Quite the surprise.
What an incredible intro jam! Loved it! \m/
That piece was formidable, no joke you guys played so well. It was so epic , loved every second of it. I wish I could play like you. I’m more of a Johnny thunders type , easy solos. But I have to get my act up . ❤❤❤❤
Awesome 👏 thank you 🙏 great playing 😊
Awesome guitar. Great jam as always B.S.
Sometimes you really tear it up you really done that on this video excellent shredding man!!!!
The beginning of this jam, all I could think of was the main riff for Dweezil Zappa, "You Can't Ruin Me." Very cool!
Awesome video and playing guys!!!💜😎👍🎸
Shreddermister, take a break! You're on fire! 🎸very nice! 🤘 😊
People talk about a mod platform guitar. This is NOT that IMO. It check so many boxes that it is a legit performer straight out of the box. LJ keeps getting better and better. Thanks for turning the world onto LJ Richard.
Only one I’ve ever been able to find in left-handed. It had the American flag on it Les Paul type and I don’t need another Les Paul.
Dude! That was an awesome shred jam!🤯♥️💪
Sick riff on that track Richard! Leo Jaymz seems to be getting better!
Great video! I hope that they sell these someday in Canada.
Fantastic value!
Mr. James, I'm no metal/shred-head fan, but your specs for what you want from a guitar differ very little from my blue/rock ones AND, I want to thank you for requesting a non-tremelo bridge. I despise tremelos, and often have trouble finding guitars that don't have them. Many thanks sir, I will receive my Jaymz monsoon in a few days, largely because of yours' and maxes' reviews.
I want one but description doesn’t say x-jumbo frets. I want to make sure I’m not getting the old version
Nice Playing Glad they addressed the neck , The Pickup issues can be solved with foam Tip... But they fixed that as well awesome roasted neck. ANICO 5 Pickups.. The only Thing I would Change is make the pickups like Duncan INVADERS Donlis has Clones >> Purple & Black would Look KILLER on That Guitar... Love The Black Hardware... It would be interesting if they made a guitar like that with a Floyd Rose D-Tuner Locking Trem System.. Obviously more $$$$ $100 But Man What A total Shred Guitar that would be... Cheers 🍻🥃🥃😎🎸🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Looks like nice upgrades for the 2.0! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 If they really want to put a fork in the big boys, the 3.0 needs a CF reinforcement rods in the neck. I bet it can be done for just a few bucks more, if not the same price, if Leo Jaymz wants a major challenge! Would also love to see them toss in a small Solar Guitars style headstock string clip-on “thingy” to reduce overtones. (And sell them solo!)
It's really a shame when a guitarist refuses to try or acknowledge that a guitar is good because the name on the headstock is "wrong." I bought a Dean Thoroughbred X (the cheap one from India), and I absolutely love that guitar. Feels great in my hands, plays great, sounds great. The blue Monsoon I have rivals it, at just about half the price ($430 vs $230). Just because price goes up does not mean quality goes up.
Some people just can't get over that name brand stigma and like paying more for less.
I tried 2 of these Leo Jaymes guitars and they were pure crap. Unlevel frets, intonation came crappy.
I stand by my previous remarks.
They are sending you tube guys good quality and most others are getting seconds.
Your playing is great bro, but I sense some BS involved with Leo Jaymes guitars
That's Hilarious I bought a Tempest from Leo Jaymz and I took it to have it set up and it didn't need really anything done to it, So your comment is Null and Void 😅
@@michaelwilson2497yep! Exactly, I ordered the swifter. After his endorsement and it has crappy electronics, buzzes and hisses and I can't even play it.
@zoocru67 mine was, but I use a gate anyways. The active pup was decent. But, when they say in the video, that it's great, they should also say all the work put into it.
I love decent priced guitars.
Leo Jaymes should take a page from Mitchell Guitars. The HD 400 (I have one) is made in China, has a slightly narrower neck than a Jem, floyd special, decent pups, but NO ss frets for about 399. I would rather Leo charge 499 with the ss frets. And better quality.
I'm still trying to de-1970s my playing. Studied a lot of Paul Gilbert but I still can't completely get rid of my blues based style. Do you have any instructional material? Would love to have some of those patterns. You shred, dude.
No I don't have any
Not to intrude Try ACDC Angus Young He did a 12 Bar Blues Guitar pattern, Also they were Sly about using the Same 3 Cords on a lot of songs ... Look at the ACDC Song Beating Around The Bush ** IT is Fleetwood Mac Oh Well on crack speeded up ... Song Gloria by VanMorrison in the 60s was the inspiration for ACDC Jail Break song The RIFF is Based on Gloria, YEAH REAL CLOSE... See Paganini's 4th & 5th Caprice pices ITS Classical Music The K Pop Band Black Pink Recenty Ripped them off Black Sabbath Black sabbath is Based on the planets mars Tony Iommi saw Geezer Butler Jamming to it so he did It Contains the Forbidden Tone DEVILS TRIAD ... It Sounded Evil its not Check it out... Steve Vai is Big on pratcing shredding to Paganini's 5th Caprice Paganini's was very tall had double joint ie flexible whit grey complexion long dark hair & his eyes had a red glow in candle light it was rummored he was SATAN ... He WAS NOT His father locked him away to play the Violin all day as a child hence the complexion.. in his day almost no one could play his violin pices but him... Today its played alot. late 1700's to mid 1800's SO THE MUSIC IS ROYALITY FREE... Gustav Holst Late 1800's to 1830's Google them ... Good Luck
@@thebaldshredder Dang. You still shred, dude
@@BackWoodsBillyCraftBeerReviews Funny that every guitar player I know respects Angus although obviously he's not exactly state of the art or anything. Just some great straight ahead playing
Looks and sounds great Richard!!
Thanks!
That Charvel Desolation Star collection is sweet!
seems like they are getting better
Wow Richard this is such an awesome guitar review I love it. Shred on dude.😃👍❤️🔥⚡️🎶🎸
Super killer shred bruh!!!
Hell yeah! That was f,in awesome!
Great job guys, Killer shredding!!
I want a Monsoon guitar now. And btw, the pink package Ernie Ball .009 super slinkys are what I prefer to. Great for shredding!
Blue package .008's are crazy fun to, just replace the .008 with a .009 keep the 8 for a spare. Wild bending fun and super fast as well 🔥
🤟
With my tiny opinion about things I know little about but majorly appreciate 1:36 COOL STUFF ❤🎉😊
Amazing jam. You really sold that guitar (they're out of the purple now!).
Just ordered this exact model on sale for 209.00 $ can't wait until it comes in Monday🎉
Awesome shred!
I was wondering from your other videos what this guitar was amazing axe 🤯
Dude! What a killer sounding axe. Also loved the tune! Dakota and you ripped it 😎
We need to have a threesome... wait... I mean a 3 way jam! LOL
That was ripping man loved every second of it.
Can’t wait to buy your new album
Might be getting the Green one for my birthday!
That's the won I'm saving for.i love that guitar.more than any other of my 19
I want a tremolo on it but these models don’t have one.
I have the green one and it rips but i did need to do some fretwork on mine.
Excellent 🎸
@thebaldshredder Just want to thank you for your role in the Monsoon. I'm very new to guitar at almost 55, and I've been very frustrated trying to find an instrument I'm happy with. So much so, that I barely pick one up at all. After seeing your story about the Monsoon, and checking out some other sources, I decided to get one. Well, I got two. I really wanted a purple one, but it wasn't available on Amazon, so I got a blue one. My wife, though, found a purple one on eBay for half the price of a new one. They both arrived yesterday and have been patiently acclimating to my environment. I have a few things to do on them, but I'm really looking forward to getting back into it with these fellas. Maybe I am making too big a deal about really liking my guitar, but for me, I gotta want to pick it up. I need something that will inspire me to keep going. My other guitars, for one reason or another, don't. So thanks from an older beginner who wanted something just like a Monsoon. 🎉
That's awesome!
Love the JAM!! I get a Vinnie Moore Minds Eye feel! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
What do you think of the tuners and bridge? Are they zinc alloy?
Thank you C&C machine.
My favorite out of approx. 13 budget guitars still has to be my 2-Kramer Baretta Specials at 179. (When on sale) I sanded one down and made a EVH bumblebee out of one of them with very little modding. Waiting for a sale again for a third one that I want to paint with a Diver Down album look to it!
My favorite "Low-Mid" range guitars so far are Harley Benton.
That Leo looks nice though! Oh and my favorite setup too. 1-volume, No tone, a 3-way and a couple pickups..🙂
I have a luthier made 6 string Iceman shape, neck-thru roasted maple satin neck, roasted maple fretboard with nice wood grain. A mahogany body with flamed maple top and nitro laquer on the body, the binding is made from purple heart. Full body/fretboard binding + the headstock. Graphtech nut, gotoh tuners, bridge and tailpiece. set Bare Knuckle nailbombs with the burnt effect. It's never about the name.
Don't sue me Ibanez😂😂
If the only change was that it said Jackson on the headstock, it would be 2-3 times the price! And people would pay it!
Looks great but the neck looks a bit thick
Wonder if it’s the standard Cort factory profile ?
Nice price though
I like the 9 from Ernie ball except I guess on my 335s I had to put 11s
Half step and harmonic values 2:26 are the CHEESE in the MUSIC LEAD 2:51 SANDWICH 🥪 3:09
Seems like over time there’s less brand snobs.
bought all 4 colors thanks to you
Wow that tune reminds me of Marty Friedman's Dragons Kiss Album really great exotic melody!
👍 I've owned everything at some point and I currently use a £150 Jackson. Because it's great 😂 I don't think we need to spend silly money anymore.
Love the bald shredding SHREDDER 1:36
My cousin works for a major guitar manufacturer and was in assembly for four or so years before moving elsewhere in the place. Without giving up too much detail the namebrand Guitar company that he works for you would recognize immediately if I were to say it and he swears all the guitars that he assembled are the same exact quality of guitars like we see above from these lesser name companies. The ONLY difference is the quality of hardware and pickups on these things. If you were to take this Guitar above and change it out with better tuners and Seymor Duncan pick ups you now all of a sudden have something just as high quality as a $1600 Jackson. You are literally just paying for a name and nothing more.
That looks gorgeous!!! What other colors are available??
I showed them in the video
The one option that would break this price point is still missing. Stainless frets
Great review. The jam was fantastic. The Monsoon looks like a top notch guitar, wonder who designed it?
A genius 😁
@@thebaldshredder Leo is lucky to know someone like that. I sure don't! 😅
Beautiful looking guitar
I would love to see Leo Jaymz do these specs on a T-Style! The Monsoon looks awesome, but i just can't get into those big horns 😅Just my opinion lol. Anyway, love your vids. Keep up the great work brother!
i got one of them monsoon i like great gutar for the price so another friend of mine got one and that one is nice also
Just curious, were you paid or did you receive anything by Leo to endorse this?❓❓ Thanks!
🔥🎸🔥
As always, a killer jamb
I grab one if they came in different colors.Are they going to make another color thanks
No idea.
This 2nd generation Monsoon better have Locking tuners, ceramic humbuckers and stainless steel frets!!! I already have the first generation Monsoon! U promised us Richard !!!
Ceramic pickups??? I promised no such thing! Why would you want to downgrade the guitar. Other upgrades coming, but not sure when.
@thebaldshredder Ceramic humbuckers sound better than Alinco 5 humbuckers Richard especially for hard Rock and Metal!
@thebaldshredder Richard when I mentioned ceramic humbuckers I'm referring to Dimarzio or Guitar Fetish brand they both sound killer compared to Alinico 5 humbuckers, I have guitars with ceramic, Alinco 5, Active humbuckers EMG , Neodynium humbuckers and Alinco 7.
@@metal1mark73 it's cool dude, we all have our preferences
How about the locking tuners?
The best For me is Firefly guitars! I own two of them, and they're phenomenal right out of the box. Plus the majority of them are $169-$189. I own the Charvel knockoff and a Tele style. They're equipped with locking tuners, alnico pickups, stainless steel ball ent frets roasted maple neck and mahogany bodies. I had a friend play the Tele, and he thought it was an $800 axe. Westcreek is another great brand. I've got their Explorer knockoff, called the Revenge, and it feels and plays like a $700-$800 guitar. It's the one I reach for the most. I've got enough guitars, or I'd check one of these out.
"I've got enough guitars" said no one, ever!
They remind me of the ESP Horizons that Bruce Kulick played in KISS.
Nice video
Hey when can we get these shipped to Ireland ? 🤔
Is Leo Jaymz ever going to make a guitar with the Monsoon specs - the new neck, but with a trem?
Yes. It's in the works.
Thank you for this review! 👍I found it very interesting, especially considering that until now I haven't heard of this brand and model due some reason... 🤔
Excuse me, Richard, could you please tell me, how the neck profile is (in terms of comfort, thickness, and playability), comparing to Ibanez "Wizard III" neck?
In with Leo jams guitars I believe they need to lose the trust rod cover and have a wheel in which 4:09 controls the truss rod at the very beginning of the fretboard 4:15 like other models
Why is the fret material hidden? Not showing what that is, is very suspicious and sketchy. Other than that it seems good
Can you get them to put a floyd rose on them , I keeep buying them but I want more I know it will help with keeping them in tune . Why not a whammy bar on that ? 3:01
I love how huge and overly exaggerated the cut outs are. Almost liiks like its got horns. And it sounds and looks go. So what more could you ask for
I love mine but it came with the intonation way out so I was bummed!
Ceramic pick ups, don’t mellow very well magnets lose their magnetism, but the ceramics they just suck
I'm still looking for perfect intonation. Even with my new Enya which has a perfect built in 2-speak amp and carbon composite body -un effected by climate. I still have not perfected intonation.
That head stock looks like it has some influence from Black machine
Pod express effects pedal Black edition 🚀 is out 😭😜😢 Thanks
That guitar is killer , it's like a cross between my 2 favorites Schecter and Ibanez...🤘😎
Damn, you can play!
Budget guitar like this is generally better than budget guitar of well known brands.