Saturday, November 9, 2024
ElectricGuitar

UNBOXING/Gear Review: INDIO Retro Classic Electric Guitar with GIG BAG for $100!!!!


Indio guitars are famously cheap, but are they cheaply made? Let’s pony up the 100 bucks and find out together. Expect tone samples, unboxing, a review and some tips on how to upgrade this puppy. Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT so I can keep these vids coming.

Play-Along Backing Track Link:
https://youtu.be/kbUT9vlPMbo

IN THIS VIDEO
0:00 Intro
1:01 Unboxing
4:31 Tones
8:06 Review
18:15 Final Grade

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Originally posted by UCJ0CYKt6LdeMOrPC_Yu1YzA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOfbop5rdkU

23 thoughts on “UNBOXING/Gear Review: INDIO Retro Classic Electric Guitar with GIG BAG for $100!!!!

  • I don't think a parent paying $100 is going to sent it immediately to a luthier and pay $200 to file fret edges.

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  • Just ordered one of these after debating over cheap teles/strats for months (trying to get back into guitar but the budget is a-squeezin'). Almost went with Glarry, but everything I've seen about the Indio has blown me away for the cost.

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  • The black HSS just had coupons bringing it down to $58 shipped brand new! Snagged one! Can't wait to give it a shot.

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  • At the age of 72 I started my guitar journey at the age of 15. I have owned and played many, many, many, guitars by the BIG 2 manufactures F and G. Some guitars I had were just ok and others not so much. The nicest one I owned was a '62 Oly white strat. Traded that off for a '67 cherry red Gibson ES 335 small block inlay guitar. Played and owned poorly built guitars and a few good ones. I have to admit I still have over 30 guitars in my collection. The biggest and best surprise I had was ordering a blonde Indio tele. Had never owned a tele (strat guy by preference). The Indio I received was exceptionally well built. Very nice neck and the frets were actually level. Did need a little set up and the fret ends were good but I made them even better (to my liking anyway). This tele is the one I pick up and play most of the time. Have not modded it, didn't need to. My many years of playing and gigging taught me that a good EQ pedal and a darn good amp really makes the guitar sing. The best $100 I have ever spent. That Indio tele is going nowhere. However, most if not all my high end/expensive Gibson and Fender guitars are going, going and almost gone.

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  • The actual reason guitars are shipped with sheet under the fretboard: Electrolytic action between the metal strings metal and frets. Oxidation occurs between differing metal compositions. This is slow 'combustion' similar to rust.
    I've opened more than one Fender, Gibson, Guild and other guitars after sitting in a closet or under a bed that have developed severe fret erosion under the strings. Nice 'V' pits! These guitars were all purchased by a person many years ago and never played. Estate sales usually.
    I always passed on them, not that the asking price was high, actually I could have turned them for very good $$. But I play, not a collector or a seller.
    Also, most new players for these won't give a hoot about art. Wood grain prominence, red, black eveness, and such, who cares, I sure don't. 63 years playing a zillion guitar types, materials and it's 90% the play, not the guitar. Save money and disappointment, forget 'upgrading', just grab it and learn to progress as a musician.
    I give it a 10 out of 11.

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  • I just purchased one used for $50.00… like you I was expecting a used easy bake oven… Was absolutely blown away at how good of a guitar these actually are… I worked the fret edges down smooth and wow!!!

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  • People that go on and on about tone wood need to learn how to use their tone knobs and EQs. You can take two identical guitars and the tone can be totally different sometimes. It's more about the density and weight of the wood than anything. There's big differences in this depending on each tree and where from that tree the wood is taken from the tree.

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  • Thanks for your review. I went up a notch to the Retro Classic DLX — just $100 more and worth it.. Just arrived today…solid ash body. strung with D'Addarios, and (best of all) set up perfectly. Ready to play. Excellent starter guitar for my students. It is VERY true that these under $300 guitars are worth looking at.

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  • I ordered this tele as a back up for my my Yamaha FG401 acoustic. I've always liked and wanted a telecaster I play Country music. And many artists have used telecaster's over the years. It's supposed to arrive today! If anyone has any info on this guitar or how to play it well please let me know. Thank you.

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  • VERY NICE I HAVE A LYX TELECASTER FROM AMAZON ONLY COST 109 DOLLARS I LOVE IT THAT GUITAR ALSO HAS VERY NICE SOUND BEFORE THAT I BOUGHT A GRETSCH STREAMLINER FROM AMAZON BOTH LEFT HANDED ALL MY NINE GUITARS I HAVE ARE LEFT HANDED MY GRETSCH STREAMLINER AND MY LYX TELECASTER ARE MY FAVORITE

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  • You can't build a guitar for these low priced Amazon guitars.i know I have tried.the lowest I have gotten is 130 bucks,all in,without labor time included.

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  • Edit: Just got mine, and happily it is not bad looking at all! I guess your lighting/camera just makes it look "radio active" orange and red. Mine looks great, feels great, a couple slightly sharp fret ends as expected, frets seem level, not a blemish or crack, and the tuners are even not too bad. I have not heard it yet. Giving it a few days to acclimatize before any tweaks or fiddling and want to use the crappy stock strings for that before tearing it down.

    Original comment: Way too much RED in that burst. If I get this guitar, and it actually looks like it does in this video, I will be scuffing/dulling that finish down to matte just to hide/subdue that a bit. I would have gone for the red one, but it was not in stock. Only burst and blue are, and I don't care for the blue at all.

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  • If you get a chance check out the 1962 spects. My fretwork is awesome smooth! The 62 came in surf green Burst and blonde also it stays in tune with stock strings are still on it!

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  • I got the butterscotch blonde but the burst would've matched my Squire Bullet Strat HSS HT! It's my favorite guitar ???? out of the 7 that I own!

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  • I call the Monoprice headstock shape the Partridge Family bird logo. I actually prefer it to the pre-CBS & CBS era Squier & Fender Telecaster headstock shapes.Hey, even if the Partridge Family bird logo isn't your liking, it's better than others that shape the headstock like a hockey stick shaped blade or something that looks like Kevin Durant's feet in a sock.

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